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Conclusion Phase 1 of the Downtown Parks Site Assessment and Feasibility study concluded with a presentation of the draft report and key recommendations to the City Council on March 12, 2018. The key recommendations presented were based off an initial evaluation against the Site Evaluation Criteria and with additional review and input by City Staff, the Parks Commission, the Planning Commission, and the Complete Streets Advisory Committee. PRCS and SERA recommended that Sites 02 (Library Lot A/Roselli Park), 03 (City Hall/Main Street Lot) and 06 (Bradford Street/Redwood Creek) move on to Phase 2 of the project. City Council supported the recommendation and therefore all three sites were further studied in Phase 2 of the project. During Phase 2, additional information and public opinion was gathered by PRCS staff throughout their Community Engagement and Outreach, and the consultant team conducted a land survey of Redwood Creek. The findings that resulted from existing conditions studies, the community engagement and land survey were coordinated into high level, community -informed, site design diagrams that included recommendations for programming and amenities for the three selected sites. This assembly of findings and design concepts can be used by City staff and Council to inform the decision of site selection for a park(s) and the subsequent, or future, design of the spaces. The recommendations provided in this report are meant to illustrate to Council the various options for developing a park, or a collection of parks, located in the Downtown area. There are also recommendations in the report to support the implementation of an urban recreational corridor stretching from the southern end of Roselli Park to the HWY 101 Undercrossing. The urban recreational corridor recommendations should also be considered by Council for use in future City streetscape and right-of-way improvement projects. The recommendations for adjustments and investments on City property will be discussed in subsequent initiatives, mitigation measures, and detailed design of the future park(s) which the community has indicated a preference for passive, lightly programmed, well connected and sized, green space(s). 24 SEPTEMBER 2018 X CONCLUSION AND NEXT STEPS After analysis of the community engagement survey results, analysis of the Parking Memo, and completion of the diagrams for each of the three selected sites, PRCS and SERA conclude that City Council recommend that the three sites studied in Phase 2 proceed to a detailed design phase. If the three sites were to develop in accordance with the diagrams in the report, concurrently with the development of the HWY 101 Undercrossing, and a version of the proposed bicycle network in the City-wide Transportation Plan, a new corridor would be created that stretches from the southern end of Downtown (at Roselli Park) to the Bay Trail. PRCS and SERA believe that if Council does recommend that all the three sites (Site 02, 03 and 06) move on to the next phase of the process (detailed design), then Council would advance with achieving Goal #3 of the Downtown Precise Plan: "to create a network of great public open spaces." Next Steps According to the findings in the study, there are two steps that City Council could take to continue moving forward with the process of building a new public park in Downtown Redwood City. The first step is for City Council to review the community -informed, site design diagrams and recommendations, that have been prepared given the various site opportunities and constraints, as well as findings from the community outreach, the land survey, and the Parking Memo. Upon review and analysis of the diagrams and site recommendations, City Council could make recommendations for which site(s) should proceed to the detailed design phase of this project which would include a significant community outreach aspect. The second step is for City Council to recommend that the City release a RFP for professional design services for the design of future Downtown parks and urban recreation corridors, including a project component for comprehensive, inclusive community engagement. 73 0 v cQ (D M rn