Historic Downtown
Marysville Safety
and Walkability
Enhancements
Regional Programs
Community Design
Non-Competitive Grant
This project would construct safety and walkability enhancements such as street lighting and pedestrian boulevarding components along Historic Downtown Marysville's D Street Corridor. The purpose of the project is to provide safety enhancements and beautification to revitalize businesses and community interest in the downtown area.
January 11, 2023
City of Marysville
Public Works Department
526 C Street
P.O. Box 150
Marysville, CA 95901
530-749-3904 [email protected]
January 11, 2023
Greg Chew, Senior Planner
Sacramento Area Council of Governments
1415 L Street, Suite 300
Sacramento, CA 95814
Subject: Regional Programs Community Design Funding Program - Historic Downtown Marysville Safety and Walkability Enhancements Project
Dear Mr. Chew:
The City of Marysville is pleased to submit an application for the non-competitive category of the Community Design Funding program to fund $250,000 for its Historic Downtown Marysville Safety and Walkability Enhancements Project. As indicated by the Program & Application Guidelines, the following are submitted for your consideration.
a. Name of Jurisdiction: City of Marysville
Project Manager:
Project Title:
b. Budget Request:
Vincenzo S. Corazza
Public Works Department
526 C Street
P.O. Box 150
Marysville, CA 95901
(530) 749-3904
Historic Downtown Marysville Safety and Walkability Enhancements Project $250,000 Community Design
$ 28,675 Local Match
c. Project Description:
In 2017, the City of Marysville was awarded $515,000 by the State Active Transportation Program to upgrade
the transportation infrastructure to include bike lanes, additional sidewalks and particularly, bike racks, parklets, and sidewalk gap closures in its downtown area, specifically the D Street Corridor. While that project has increased the walkability along the D Street Corridor, activity typically occurs during daylight hours.
During the night hours however, shops usually are closed, and the D Street Corridor has fewer bicyclist and pedestrians.
Recent developments in Marysville, the Adventist Health and Rideout Hospital's Blue Zones Project, and upcoming economic development projects, have encouraged the city to provide safety and walkability enhancements to expand usage of the area by residents and workers. Marysville has, and is, attracting restaurants, cafes, breweries and other venues that can lead to a balanced live-work-play situation.
Led by Heather Thompson, the owner of The Brick, a long-standing coffee house cafe, the Marysville Business Alliance (MBA) was formed in 2021 to "revitalize Marysville through community events and create a unified voice to represent the business community at a City and County level and set the direction and vision for the future, incorporating the deep history of the area, music, arts, and culture. Nurture, Create, Thrive and Grow."
When presented with a design question on how they
would like to see the D Street business community prosper, the majority of the MBA members were concerned with safety, as well as creating a destination to attract locals and regional tourists. The City receives a surge of visitors during its annual festivals, which include the Peach Festival, Veterans Day Parade, Christmas Parade, and Bok Kai Festival & Parade; All which create a thriving atmosphere for downtown businesses during these destination events. As a result of the large number of people, the City blocks off the downtown area with only pedestrians allowed. During the night, however, the illumination isn't sufficient for individuals or small groups of people to feel comfortable walking up and down D Street.
This project will improve the walkability of D Street by providing a temporary closure of D Street between 3rd and 4th Streets (see Exhibit A) to create a pedestrian boulevard every week, e.g., Friday nights from 6:00 p.m. through 11:00 p.m. to replicate the block's closure during parades and events. Family-friendly features will be integrated into the pedestrian boulevard to attract people, such as bike/ped education pop-up events for the family and benches for wary foot-traffic shoppers. Additionally, safety features will include: brighter lighting, raised crosswalks, improved shade landscaping and other pedestrian amenities.
Project Goals:
Enhance Blue Zone Project Area - Create a more walkable and safer environment for hospital employees and residents of the area
Eonomic Development - Create an attractive destination for local residents, and those outside the area as well as provide a catalyst for local businesses to be inspired to improve their own buildings and frontage
Scope of Work (What this funding will be used for):
All professional services and staff costs required to complete the design-build project delivery. This includes preliminary engineering, environmental, civil design, landscape architecture, land surveying, utility relocations, construction, and project management services as well as coordination with the Marysville Business Alliance.
Project elements would include bike/ped mode separation devices (bollards), enhanced pedestrian street lighting, replacement of/additional shade trees, greenscapes and interactive bike/ped safety education activities.
Specific features will be developed as part of the community input/design process.
Assisting with Community Development
The Marysville Business Alliance (MBA) is very supportive of this community design to enhance the safety and walkability of downtown, particularly the D Street corridor. On October 21,2022, the President of the MBA, along with members of the City Council and staff, went to the City of San Jose, meeting its Vice Mayor at Santana Row. Santana Row is an economic revival engine that has a pedestrian boulevard. The delegation sought advice and ideas of how to also revitalize the City of Marysville's downtown as a place of walkability and a destination stop.
On December 1, 2022, the community design
concept of improving D Street to be walkable and
safer was brought up at a MBA meeting and a
special meeting of members were convened the
following week to discuss ideas and concepts.
Since the MBA will be the primary beneficiaries of
this grant, the City of Marysville purposely chose
the design-build (DB) project delivery model such
that post-award, the DB team can partner with
City staff as well as the MBA to design specifics
of this community design.
When the goals are met with this catalyst project,
additional investments will spread to the rest of D
Street to include Historic Chinatown as well as
the rest of downtown.
This projects meets SACOG Blue print Principles of: (3) infill development; (4) mixed land uses; (5) compact development.
d. Project Deliverability:
Steps the sponsor would take to successfully complete scope activities by the end of FY 2025/2026.
She believes that these
incoming developments will
inspire local merchants as
residents move in and increase the city's
customer base..."The Marysville Business
Alliance is always looking for ways to bring
people to downtown Marysville,"
Thompson said.
-New business, housing developments in
the works: Posters highlight economic and
residential growth planned for Marysville,
Appeal Democrat
Michaela Harris
12/9/2022
Multimodal - Provide for bicycling and pedestrian crossings along D Street Safety - Improve safety by bicyclists and pedestrians
The deadline to complete the activities identified in this Scope of Work is June 30, 2026. An estimated timeline of activities is as follows:
Preliminary Authorization July 1, 2023
RFP for DB Firm
Design and Construction
Benchmarking
Final invoicing received
Closeout completion
September 2023
December 2023
December 2023 - June 2024
May 2024
June 30, 2024
Benchmarking is an interactive process between the City of Marysville, the Design/Build Team and the Marysville Business Alliance as the design and construction progresses. e. Leverage: What level of local match is offered by the project sponsor? It is understood that local match is required for the project. The City of Marysville is prepared to allocate $28,675 (11.47%) match to complete the work and requests $250,000 in Community Design grant funds to complete the proposed safety and walkability enhancements.
For non-monetary leverage, the Marysville Business Alliance will match participate in design charettes/forums with the Design Build Team to arrive at a final design that is acceptable to the downtown businesses. f. Green Zone Implementation: Describe if
any scope activities include planning or
project development work in the
jurisdiction identified Green Zone(s).
The City of Marysville's Downtown District
is within a designated Green Zone.
g. Affordable Housing Support: Describe if the sponsor's scope includes activities that are supportive of affordable housing production in their jurisdiction.
Walkability and safety enhancements to the downtown D Street Corridor are key to supporting housing; they provide the "play" elements of a balanced live-work-play lifestyle. Live in downtown, work at the hospital or various other employers in downtown, and stay after hours to eat, drink and be entertained on D Street.
There are several housing projects being contemplated in the downtown area with affordable housing components being a top consideration. Currently, the former Marysville Hotel is looking to redevelop. One of the objectives for the Marysville Hotel redevelopment is the help support housing for Adventist Health employees as well as to meet the need of the overall housing shortage, and the goal is to have market rate housing there.
Other housing projects include the 3rd and D Street apartment development, which will feature 38 market rate units. The developers are considering making 10% of this project affordable. Like the Hotel Marysville, these apartments will fulfill a need for housing adjacent to the Medical Arts District. The Delta Building at 425 5th St. is being remodeled to allow for more residential units in the downtown area.
These housing developments' proximity to Adventist Health/Rideout Hospital complements the City's Blue Zone's initiative to turn Marysville into a more walkable community. Enhancements to our historic downtown that encourages walking, and particularly an entertainment destination, supports the housing elements of any development.
h. Project Cost Estimate:
Community Design $250,000
Local Match (11.47%) $28,675
Total Budget $278,675
Design Build Professional Services Budget estimate:
Your consideration of this important Community Design Project is appreciated. If you have any questions about this application, please contact me.
Sincerely,
Vincenzo S. Corazza
City of Marysville, Public Works Director
Exhibits:
Exhibit A - Project Location
Exhibit B - Project Component Examples
Exhibit C - Letters of Support:
Marysville Business Alliance
Yuba Sutter Economic Development Corporation
Blue Zone Project
Design/Build Consulting $45,000
Bike/Ped Street Lighting Upgrade
Pedestrian Lighting Frontage Upgrade
Bike/Ped Mode Separation Devices
Bike/Ped Safety Education Activities
Pedestrian/Bicyclist Refuge Amenities
Raised Crosswalks
Pedestrian/Bicyclist Hydration Station
Contingencies
$40,000
$40,000
$20,000
$20,000
$55,000
$20,000
$10,000
$28,675
Exhibit A: Project Location
Exhibit B: Safety and Walkability Enhancement Component Examples Bike/Ped Mode Separation Devices Walking/Biking Safety Education Activities Raised Crosswalks Bike/Ped Street and Frontage Lighting Upgrades Pedestrian/Bicycle Refuge Amenities Pedestrian/Bicyclist Hydration Station
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December 15, 2022
SACOG
1415 L Street, Suite 300
Sacramento, CA 95814
Letter of Support Re: City of Marysville’s application to SACOG’s 2022/2023 Regional and Community Design Program grant for its Historic Downtown Marysville Safety and Walkability Enhancements project.
To whom it may concern,
Blue Zones Project – Yuba Sutter is a community well-being initiative that encourages changes in our community that lead to healthier options. The world’s longest-lived people reside in environments that nudge them to move naturally.
Through built environment change, individuals can see tangible transformation taking place in their lives: from the downtown and parks they gather in, to the streets and paths they navigate to get to work, school, and shopping. We work with city planner, leaders, and communities to enhance the built environment, so people naturally move more each day without thinking about it.
Blue Zones Project – Yuba Sutter is pleased to be writing a letter of support for the city of Marysville’s application to SACOG’s 2022/2023 Regional and Community Design Program grant for its Historic Downtown Marysville Safety and Walkability Enhancements project. The goal of this project is to improve the walkability and safety of downtown with enhanced lighting as well as hardscape features that attract walkability. We fully support this effort and the focus on improvement of its downtown D Street corridor as a destination in Marysville that convenes and connects the region to be equitable, sustainable and prosperous by improving safety and walkability. We believe that this will increase walkability by providing more attractive destination for vehicular users to park and bike around downtown, particularly on D Street.
We look forward to working with the City of Marysville to improve the walkability and safety of its downtown. Please let me know if you have any questions about Blue Zones Project – Yuba Sutter or would like to further discuss our support of this grant.
Sincerely,
Eric Paredes
Eric Paredes | Public Policy Advocate
Blue Zones Project – Yuba Sutter
[email protected] | C: (530) 682-2263