DOWNTOWN COMMITTEE
POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL
Downtown Plan
• Develop a one-way circulation pattern on Main Street and Broadway to increase on- street parking.
• Review all available on-street parking opportunities and increase parking where feasible.
• Review accessible parking space locations for even distribution within the project area. Convert all of the remaining +parking spaces on the city’s park site to accessible parking.
• Replace street trees and landscaping within the project area to improve safety and aesthetics; develop and implement unified landscape plan for the project area. • Develop bulb-outs and seating areas within the project area to improve pedestrian safety and comfort.
• Identify locations for new public art; fund and install new artworks. Maintain public art in the project area.
• Improve lighting and implement pedestrian-level lighting where feasible. • Provide additional bicycle racks.
• Provide wayfinding signage for public parking and features specific to this area; utilize public art.
• Treat the alleys to improve pedestrian safety, implement speed humps in the alleys. • Provide ride share drop off zones on Main Street and Broadway • Close S. Indiana Avenue between Main Street and Broadway on a temporary basis for special events in the evenings and on weekends.
• Define the temporary street closure area on S. Indiana with accent paving, landscape treatment, and other design alternatives to denote gathering area. • Define street closure methods using artistic or unique barriers for more frequent street closures.
• Cover the Buena Vista Creek channel and develop a pedestrian walkway and plaza area. Extend pedestrian trail from city’s parking lot (on Broadway) to S. Santa Fe. • Provide opportunities for additional shade in the City’s public parking lot. • Preserve patio areas and define new outdoor dining/seating spaces for businesses in the project area.
• Better pedestrian connections to the project area from the Transit Center, Vista Village, and surrounding neighborhoods.
• Extend the project area improvements down S. Indiana to Eucalyptus Ave.
Public Park
• Develop a new park on the City’s property at the southeast corner of Main Street/Indiana; retain parking perpendicular to the alley. Park considerations:
o Green open space and trees/shade
o Seating areas
o Event space or stage w/ utilities
o Vendor friendly areas
o Replace gazebo
o Public art
o Drinking fountain
o Pet friendly
o Kids play area
o Bicycle parking