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time frame (approximately 6-12 months) since there is a clear need for such facilities in the Downtown. The following are several alternatives suggested by staff and/or the PDA: 1. Delucchi Park near W. Angela Street: This is the location shown in the Master Plan for the Downtown Parks and Trails System and, by reference, in the Downtown Specific Plan. In addition to serving users of Delucchi and Lions Wayside Parks and customers of businesses in the southeastern part of Downtown, a restroom at this location would accommodate customers and sellers at the weekly Farmers Market. There is a substantial amount of pedestrian activity in this part of Downtown due to the proximity of shops and restaurants, and a restroom at this location would likely be heavily used. This is the PDA's and staffs preferred location. 2. Delucchi Park near Neal Street: This location would be equally accessible to users of both Delucchi and Lions Wayside Parks, could be used by those attending the summer Friday night Concerts in the Park, and would also be in relatively close proximity to the Farmers Market. Furthermore, it would be centrally located with respect to the Main Street commercial area and within convenient walking distance from Downtown businesses. There may be safety concerns with children at Lions Wayside Park crossing the street to use the restroom, particularly during Concerts in the Park; however, the conceptual plans for these parks show that traffic would be restricted on Neal Street between First Street and Railroad A venue during such events by placing removable bollards at each end of this street segment. 3. Lions Wavside Park: A restroom at this location could be a freestanding building, either near Neal Street or the proposed Firehouse Arts Center facility, or it could involve providing exterior public access to the restrooms within the Firehouse. Either would be convenient to concert-goers and would be centrally-located relative to businesses on Main Street. However, both would be somewhat less convenient to users of the Farmers Market, especially if located within the Firehouse building. Providing direct access to the interior Firehouse restrooms is a consideration of the Downtown Specific Plan: The Technical Appendix of the Specific Plan contains a recommendation to "provide direct access to public restrooms in Fire Station No.1 from outside the building to preclude having to open the entire building and, thereby, requiring City staff to be present." Staff notes, however, that as currently designed, the conceptual floor plan for the facility would not lend itself to providing such direct exterior access. Furthermore, the Firehouse facility would be open to the public during its hours of operation, which would be during the days and many evening hours, so that people could enter the building to use the restrooms during much of the day. The PDA supports this alternative but is concerned since the Firehouse project is not expected to be completed for two years. SR 05:101 Page 2 of5