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26 <br />DOWNTOWN <br />City-Owned Block <br />Key Outcomes <br />• New publicly accessible park along Main St, that can accommodate the farmers market and other events <br />• Active ground floor with direct access onto Main Street <br />• Pedestrian-scale design and frontage along Main Street <br />• Above-floor office or residential uses <br />• Maintain ability for future structured, shared parking ramp <br />• Explore the viability of a linear development along Highway 10 <br />• A publicly-accessible restroom for the public space <br />The City owns a 2 acre site in the middle of <br />downtown. The site currently hosts a 160 space <br />surface lot, and a small 4,000 sq ft turf green <br />space. <br />Future development of the site must balance the <br />creation of an active retail frontage along main <br />street, the provision of a publicly-accessible public <br />space, and preservation of at least a portion of <br />the site for public parking. An east/west oriented <br />parcel (PID 75-00405-0240) in the center of the site <br />could provide a convenient delineation between the <br />development and parking areas, while maintaining <br />vehicle access to existing development on the west <br />side of Jackson Ave. <br />As the city prepares for a future development RFP, <br />it should remain flexible on the exact development <br />and public space arrangement. Some options <br />shown here illustrate how development and public <br />space programming could be arranged. <br />DEVELOPMENT VISION <br />SITE PHASING <br />The initial development may not be able to deliver structured <br />public parking or linear development, so the city should <br />anticipate multi-phased site improvements. Development <br />on Main Street should ensure feasibility of future site <br />improvements. <br />DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVES <br />The city should maintain an openness to working with a private developer <br />on a feasible development plan that meets city goals. Recognizing this, other <br />development alternatives were explored that could also meet the needs and <br />expectations of the community. <br />2 <br />1 <br />3 <br />5 <br />4 <br />1 Publicly-accessible green space <br />along Main Street <br />2 <br />Mixed-use building, with active <br />ground floor and office or <br />residential above ground <br />3 Surface, or future structured <br />parking <br />4 Space for future “linear” development <br />5 Maintain access to existing <br />building, with rear alley <br />POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES <br />• 8,000-12,000 sq ft ground floor retail space <br />• 20-25 new housing units or 16,000 - 24,000 sq ft new office space <br />• 6,000 - 10,000 sq ft public space to gather <br />• 80-160 parking spaces (pending future structured parking) <br />PHASE 1 <br />PHASE 2/3 <br />PHASE 2/3 <br />Page 96 of 157