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5. Casa de Redwood <br />Casa de Redwood is a 139 unit senior housing project located at 1280 Veterans <br />Boulevard. Both the City CDBG program and the Redevelopment Agency are funding this <br />project which includes the replacement of windows and balcony doors. The work is in- <br />progress. <br /> <br />6. Douglas Avenue House <br />The Agency purchased this duplex from the City. The next steps will be rehabilitation of <br />the two units and working with the school district to ensure that this property can be used <br />as teacher housing. <br /> <br />Economic Development <br /> <br />1. Maple Street Child Care Site <br />The Agency began acquisition of a potential childcare site on Maple Street, adjacent to the <br />new Franklin Apartments. During concept design for this site it was determined that the <br />facility should ideally accommodate 100 children. The only way to achieve this was to box <br />culvert the adjacent creek and to abandon and close Lathrop Street. The cost for box <br />culverting was determined to be more than the cost to acquire the site. Given the rapidly <br />escalating site costs, staff worked to locate other sites. One alternative in the downtown is <br />being examined now and will be brought to the Board for consideration in 2002-03. <br /> <br />2. Downtown Plan <br />The Downtown Area Plan was completed in October and presented to the City Council in <br />November 2001. The next step will be hearings before the Planning Commission which <br />are scheduled to start in August 2002. <br /> <br />3. Implementation of the Economic Development Strategy <br />During 2001:02 the Agency held a Business Appreciation Event and concluded an <br />agreement with the Auto Dealer Group for the lease of land in the Marina sub-Area for <br />storage of new vehicles. However, for most of the year, the Economic Development <br />Coordinator was working 'almost full-time as the project manager for the Retail/Cinema <br />Project. <br /> <br /> 4. Storefront Improvement Program (SIP) <br />The SIP program has been operating for ten years. In 2001-02 SIP rebates were made on <br />the following properties: <br /> <br />· Auto Start, 1903 El Camino Real <br />· Teddy Bear Stuffers, 847-49 Main <br />· Los Portales, 2090-2098 Broadway <br /> <br />5. Jefferson Avenue Crossing <br />Funds ($125,000) for this project were appropriated in the Agency budget. The crosswalk <br />adjacent to the downtown post office was discussed in association with the Downtown <br />Retail/Cinema project and a decision whether to install the crosswalk will be made when <br /> <br /> 4 <br /> <br /> <br />