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BACKGROUND <br /> The Downtown Specific Plan Update Task Force (Task Force) has met nine times since <br /> January 2017. At its October 10, 2017 meeting, the Task Force reviewed options and <br /> strategies for the downtown, which were based on direction from the Task Force in <br /> earlier meetings. The options included Civic Center land uses, Main Street streetscape, <br /> Peters Avenue streetscape, First Street streetscape, and Division Street streetscape, <br /> and are summarized below. <br /> Streetscapes <br /> As shown in Table 1, streetscape options for Division Street (the portion between Main <br /> Street and Railroad Avenue), Peters Avenue, First Street, and Main Street have been <br /> prepared to illustrate possibilities for improving the overall pedestrian environment, and <br /> enhancing mobility on key streets in Downtown. Although some of these options remove <br /> motor vehicle parking in order to provide high quality walkways and/or bike lanes, and <br /> because parking is highly valued in Downtown, parking spaces removed to implement <br /> any of the alternatives would be replaced at a different but proximate location. These <br /> efforts would be supported by the adopted Downtown Parking Strategy, which seeks to <br /> expand and better manage Downtown's parking supply. All of the options could be <br /> phased to allow for the installation of new infrastructure or street trees as budget allows, <br /> or when these elements are aging and require replacement. Attachment 1 to this report <br /> illustrates these options. <br /> TABLE 1: STREETSCAPE OPTIONS <br /> Street Name Low-Degree Medium-Degree . . High-Degree <br /> • Change . Change Change <br /> Open to motor vehicles Semi-open to motor Closed to motor <br /> Division Street <br /> Planters define vehicles vehicles <br /> widened pedestrian Curbless, paver Curbless, paver <br /> zone paving, trees paving, trees, art <br /> Street Name - Medium-Degree Change High-Degree Change <br /> Provide green-backed bike lanes by Provide cycle track by narrowing <br /> narrowing lanes lanes - <br /> Peters Avenue Provide trees in parking area Provide trees in parking area <br /> Provide bulb-outs Provide bulb-outs <br /> Use proposed corridor for bike path Provide green-backed bike lanes by <br /> First Street removing parking <br /> Provide left turn pockets <br /> Move trees for wider sidewalks Move trees and café dining for wider <br /> Main Street Enhanced materials sidewalks and parklets <br /> Enhanced materials <br /> Page 2 of 6 <br />