CREATING
ENVIRONMENTS
PEOPLE
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DOWNTOWN
CONEPT PLAN
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MAY 2024
AGENDA
Site Overview
Downtown Specific Plan conformance
History and Process
Building Design
Public Spaces
Questions
SITE PLAN
OCT
2020 –
RFP
CURRENT SITE PLAN
URBAN OPEN
SPACE
• Focus remains on urban core
• Unique places and experiences
• Public space, Public Realm, Private
development
• Focus on Activity and People
• De-emphasis the car and dated
development mentality
DTSP
CONFORMANCE
DTSP
CONFORMANCE
HISTORY:
Process and Steps
• City issued RFP in 2020
• City Council selection of Vernon Group
• Secure Fallas site, Downtown Committee, PC, CC for Hertitage Walk Lofts • Work on Lot 3 – Alvin Newton Apartments – Downtown Committee, PC, CC, Firefighter Memorial Committee, Construction Documents
• In Discussions on Boot Barn Site, Private development, submit for initial concept any day
• Capital secured for Lofts and Alvin Newtown Apartments, Beginings Phase one of Construction financing
• Lot 2 partnership with Affordable Developer and Architectural Team • Conceptual work on Lot 1 to become centerpiece of overall development • Lot 4 to be next step in process
BUILDING
DESIGN
Specific Plan Conformity
Contextual
Routed in place
Residential needs
FOCUS ON PUBLIC REALM
AND PEOPLE SPACES
Gathering space
Plazas and connection to the past
Urban form vs. Sub-urban
PUBLIC SPACE
PUBLIC
SPACE
WHAT’S NEXT
READY TO FOCUS ON LOT 1 AND LOT 4 – THE ANCHORS
THANK YOU
QUESTIONS?