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• Actions Strategy 4c • Extend Walnut Street past River Street to make a direct vehicle Make the Mississippi River an and pedestrian connection between most of downtown and the integral part of downtown river. • Introduce uses along and north of River Street that complement the park and attract people to the riverfront area. • Establish guidelines for planting on downtown streets and side- walks that utilize, to the greatest degree possible, plants that are a part of Monticello's river and savanna environment. • Redevelop West Bridge Park to serve as downtown's major outdoor event space, able to easily accommodate 1000 people for a single event. Actions Strategy 4d • Use the first major public improvement project to study and Make improvements throughout define the elements that will be used at all downtown streets downtown's public spaces that utilize and public spaces. consistent patterns,materials and • Review life cycle costs and efficiencies for all new elements details introduced into downtown's public spaces before implementa- tion (for example, the cost of furnishing electricity to lights, the cost of maintaining street trees, the lifespan and maintenance costs of a concrete walk). • Establish a common lighting program for all downtown park- ing areas(public and private). . Strategic Outcome • A downtown that evolves to reflect qualities and character ele- ments that are appropriate to the Monticello landscape and community — a downtown that is not a copy, but an original —and uses elements that endure. Strategic Target • Establishment of design guidelines and a review process by September 1997. • Implementation of improvements to streets coordinated with major construction or reconstruction. • Initiation of enhancement to West Bridge Park in the summer of 1997. Strategy 5: A transportation"web" Actions Strategy 5a • Develop a network of sidewalks reaching from downtown into Create a range of options for moving surrounding neighborhoods. into and through the downtown in • Expand the service provided by the Heartland Express to create order to ease,as much as possible, a regularly scheduled "local circulator," concentrating service traffic congestion and to encourage at peak transport hours (such as noon and early evening). people to move between downtown • Study the feasibility of utilizing the railroad for a local service destinations without their cars • trolley or linear parkway, with destinations including schools, downtown and Montissippi Park. A New Bridge Ai Revitalizing Monticrllo's Downtown and Rlverfront Page 4:29