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7A <br /> Page 3 <br /> City of Redwood Cifiy <br /> Year Two Review of City Priorities 200fi-2008 <br /> City Council's Priorities — Progress to Date <br /> Monday, February 12, 2007 <br /> Downtown Redevelopment <br /> Economic development: business retention, business promotion <br /> � Compieted downtown retaii cinema project and the courth�use square and <br /> restored fa�ade <br /> ■ 40 new businesses have either opened or committed to open <br /> ■ Significant woric in repairing and repCacing city-owned landscaping and irrigation <br /> systems to support renaissance <br /> ■ Develaped and implemented a Downtown Law En�orcement Plan to acidress the <br /> influx of new visitors <br /> ■ "Downtown Live° Concerts hosted in summer 2006; pEanning 18 concerfs at <br /> Courthouse Square for 2007 <br /> • Cultural Commission continues to seek applications to support Downtown <br /> activities i,e. Winter Holiday Program, and Montalvo at the Fox Theater <br /> ■ Completed expansion af the children's room at Downtown Library. Added coffee <br /> cafe in plaza. Visitors increased by 25% to library. <br /> Planned, responsible, smart rg owth <br /> ■ Planning Commission forwarded the Downtown Precise Plan to Council and <br /> certified its Environmental Impact Report, culminating a rigorous community input <br /> and engagement process <br /> = G�neral Pfan �Ndat� is �n pr�cess <br /> ■ Downtown Library Park design in process. <br /> Pedestrian/bike friendlv <br /> ■ Piloted formatian of a community bicycle/pedestrian committee <br /> � Recanfigured Industriaf Way with bike lanes. <br /> Historic preservation/identitv <br /> ■ Completion of the restoration of the courthouse faCade and new public square <br /> ■ "Our Town — Downtown" celebration in Octaber, celebrating courthouse sguare <br /> as new centerpiece of a historical(y imporfant district. <br /> Public safety <br /> Develop plan to restore Engine #9 <br /> ■ Partial reinstatement of Engine Company 9; additional reinstatement potenfials <br /> expiored. <br /> 1 of 4 <br /> _. .__ <br />