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APPENDIX <br /> <br />Summary of Policies <br /> <br />I. Strong Regional Center <br /> <br /> 1. Build upon downtown's role as the center for government, commerce, education <br /> and culture in the city and the region. <br /> <br /> 2. Downtown development shall support the urban qualities of density, vitality, <br /> livability and diversity to create a downtown, urban environment. <br /> <br />II. Building a Downtown <br /> <br /> 1. Actively pursue public/private development opportunities to achieve the vision <br /> for an active, vital, growing downtown. <br /> <br /> 2. Use downtown development tools and incentives to encourage development that <br /> provides character and density downtown. <br /> <br /> 3. Facilitate downtown development by re-designating and rezoning underutilized <br /> properties, such as surface parking lots, to commercial land use designation and a <br /> commercial zone such as C-2 or C-3. <br /> <br />III. Great Streets <br /> <br /> 1. Emphasize Broadway, Willamette Street, 5th and 8th Avenues as Great Streets <br /> through public improvements and development guidelines. Include portions of <br /> these streets as follows: <br /> · Willamette between 5th and 13th Avenues <br /> · Broadway between Lincoln and Hilyard <br /> 5th Avenue between Lincoln and High Street (with potential extension to the <br /> Willamette River) <br /> · 8th Avenue between Willamette Street and the Willamette River <br /> <br /> 2. Strongly encourage the location of significant municipal, county, state and federal <br /> buildings along 8th Avenue. <br /> <br />IV. Special Places <br /> <br /> 1. Enhance public places throughout downtown through the careful design of civic <br /> buildings, streetscapes, parks and plazas. Include public art and other elements to <br /> create special places for all ages. <br /> <br /> 43 <br /> <br /> <br />