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<br /> <br />49.Prepare an open space plan for downtown that includes the Park Blocks, parks adjacent to downtown <br />and the riverfront path system. <br /> <br /> <br />50.Provide places downtown that appeal to children and families. Consider places to play or learn <br />about the city. Design places with kids in mind. <br /> <br /> <br />51.Identify areas along streets that can be enhanced by landscaping, art or pedestrian amenities. <br /> <br /> <br />52.Maintain views and access from downtown to nearby open space areas. Include signs and sidewalk <br />improvements. <br /> <br /> <br />53.Create a civic design review board to assist in and approve the designs for all civic facilities, <br />particularly in our downtown core. <br /> <br /> <br />54.Install graphics for downtown information and directions at the Park Blocks. <br /> <br /> <br />55.Develop a funding strategy to daylight the Millrace from Ferry Lane to the Willamette River. <br /> <br /> <br />56.Locate a play structure for kids near the Park Blocks. <br /> <br /> <br />57.Work with Lane County to develop a mixed use or civic structure in place of the butterfly parking lot <br />on Oak Street between 7th and 8th Avenues, to better integrate this site with the Park Blocks. <br /> <br /> <br />58.Implement a historic plaque program and walking tour. <br /> <br />59. Expand the MUPTE program boundary to encourage housing on the edges of downtown. <br />Periodically review boundaries and expand to include areas where additional housing is <br />appropriate. Completed. <br /> <br />60. Establish a vertical housing tax exemption zone in order to encourage residential density and <br />mixed-use development. Completed. <br /> <br /> <br />61.Develop additional financial tools to assist with the development of housing, including the use of <br />bonds, tax increment financing, land assembly and parking. <br /> <br /> <br />62.Remove regulatory barriers to the development of housing in commercially zoned areas downtown, <br />while ensuring compatibility of uses and design. <br /> <br /> <br />63.Reinforce opportunities for home ownership downtown. <br /> <br /> <br />64.Seek opportunities to equalize the costs of building housing in and near downtown compared with <br />locations elsewhere in the city. <br /> <br /> <br />65.Support the continued residential use of structures in neighborhoods bordering downtown. <br /> <br /> <br />66.Encourage rehabilitation of older multi-story rental housing south and east of the downtown core. <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br /> <br />