Operating and CIP Budget Fiscal Year 2015-16

Long Range Planning (continued)

Downtown Revitalization

 CITY OF MORGAN HILL  FY 15-16  OPERATING AND CIP BUDGET  CITY OF MORGAN HILL  FY 15-16  OPERATING AND CIP BUDGET  CITY OF MORGAN HILL  FY 15-16  OPERATING AND CIP BUDGET  CITY OF MORGAN HILL  FY 15-16 OPERATING AND CIP CITY OF MORGAN HILL  FY 15-16  OPERATING AND CIP BUDGET  CITY OF MORGAN HILL  FY 15-16  OPERATING AND CIP BUDGET  CITY OF MORGAN HILL  FY15-16  OPERATING AND CIP BUDGET The Long Range Planning team plays a key role in the City’s Downtown Revitalization focus area. In addition to sup- porting the City’s infrastructure and urban design improvement projects and the disposition of City properties through the Long Range Property Management Plan, the Planning team is proactively evaluating land uses and ur- ban design for the Monterey Corridor and is working with Economic Development staff to participate in regional land use / transportation planning efforts that focus upon the Downtown. The City is in the process of applying for grants that will help to fund this activity. Station Area Master Plan The Long Range Planning program has received grant funding to develop a Station Area Master Plan. The Plan will provide detailed planning and conceptual design with an implementation strategy to achieve the transit-supporting amenities that are as user and pedestrian friendly and as possible. The Plan will include:  Landmark–quality design with planning for sight lines, aesthetics, and public art  Amenities including electric charging stations, bike rentals, repair services and lockers, and public restrooms  Integration of Downtown cultural, recreational, retail, and service amenities through expanded downtown sign- age and information kiosks  Improved walkability due to continuous street front development  Parking access and management for public lots as well as the City’s new 273-space garage. The Plan will also provide conceptual design and formal Bicycle, Pedestrian and Accessibility Master Plans for the City's Priority Development Area (PDA, generally consistent with the boundaries of the Downtown Specific Plan Area), including identifying and closing gaps in existing pedestrian and bicycle trails that reach key employment, residential, and recreational destinations within and beyond the PDA. The Agricultural Lands Preservation Program and Southeast Quadrant (SEQ) Land Use Plan The ongoing Agricultural Lands Preservation Program and Southeast Quadrant Land Use Plan process is the result of actions placed in the Open Space and Conservation Element of the 2001 General Plan Update. Specifically those ac- tions (2.1) directed the development of a greenbelt plan, for the area along the expected edge of the urbanized area of the city, (2.2) the evaluation of appropriate land uses in the rural County areas surrounding the city, including spe- cifically the potential for an industrial park southeast of the tenant/Highway 101 interchange. Also included, was (2.4) consider a “variety of tools to create a greenbelt including public acquisition, land use regulation, urban devel- opment policy, economic incentives to landowners, open space easements, transfer of development rights and clus- ter development, assessment districts and dedication of additional lands upon development. Lastly, the actions (2.8) referred to the previously adopted South County Joint Area Plan (1982) that directed the establishment of a permanent greenbelt between Morgan Hill and Gilroy continuing such land uses as low density rural residential, agri- cultural activities and recreation areas”.

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