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maintaining compatibility with a longer range vision and b) to develop a long-term vision of how the Park Blocks could be used and what kind of improvements could accomplish that vision. Public Involvement: A 16 member committee included representation from user groups (e.g. Saturday Market, Farmers’ Market) and organizations with an interest in downtown improvement, arts, entertainment, neighborhoods, and staff. The committee met five times over three months and both heard from and then shared their recommendations with the public. Council Involvement: Council received updates during the process and the final recommendations. Outcome: The main recommendations are listed below. ? Enhance and support the City’s most vital and active urban space ? Provide improvements for markets ? Encourage desirable adjacent uses, including housing ? Support Great Streets concept ? Enhance Federal Courthouse & River District access ? Support Downtown redevelopment ? Coordinate with new Eugene City Hall planning ? Coordinate with planned conversion of Eighth Avenue to two-way traffic 7.Downtown Policing Action Plan Team Short-Term Public Safety Strategy Recommendations Date: 2004 Context: In February 2004, the Police Commission convened a planning team consisting of representatives from the Police Commission and downtown stakeholders to enhance and formalize the use of community policing strategies in the downtown core. In response to concerns expressed during a 2006 Police Commission meeting, Commissioners who served on the original Downtown Action Plan team were asked to reconvene to assess the implementation status of the plan and determine what existing or new strategies required further attention. In April 2006, the team presented a memo to the Police Commission that emphasized several recommendations in the plan and suggested a new concept that reflected a growing interest among stakeholders to utilize security cameras in hot spot locations. Public Involvement: The Police Commission is a public body and they included downtown community stakeholders in the development of the Plan. Police Commission meetings provided a public forum for members of the community to speak on this topic. Council Involvement: In November 2004, after review and amendment of the team’s draft report, the Police Commission forwarded the Plan to the City Council. No formal action on the Plan was taken by City Council. Discussions did occur during this time period. In May 2006, the Police Commission forwarded updated recommendations to the City Council. Outcome: The recommendations from the 2004 plan are listed below. ? Increase police and security service presence and visibility ? Address specific safety and environment issues ? Emphasize information sharing and collaboration The ad hoc team decided in 2006 to emphasize a few strategies that deserved immediate consideration as opposed to resubmitting an updated version of the original plan. The following four recommendations are the result of that decision. In selecting these strategies, members remained steadfast in their position that real and perceived safety issues are best addressed through increased police and security presence and visibility. ? Increase police presence and visibility in the downtown core ? Increase DEI guide services