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S.A. - Page MAIN <br />City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.ore <br />111152 <br />Guiding Principle <br />Recommendations <br />1. <br />Attract, recruit and support a <br />A. <br />Develop a list of boutique retail, entertainment, <br />variety of retail in the Downtown <br />restaurants, bars, and hotels that are located in other <br />District (e.g. boutique retail, <br />downtowns and are looking to expand locations. <br />entertainment, restaurants, bars, <br />B. <br />Identify and implement best practices used by <br />hotel). <br />comparable downtowns for attracting, retaining, and <br />strengthening retail. <br />C. <br />Identify vacant parcels in the Downtown District that <br />are appropriate for hotels and actively promote them <br />to developers/brokers representing hotels. <br />D. <br />Develop and provide a list of real estate brokers and <br />relevant links to databases that provide information <br />about available spaces and vacancies in the <br />Downtown District. <br />2. <br />Attract, recruit and support <br />E. <br />Identify a list of anchor businesses that may be a fit <br />targeted anchor businesses in the <br />for new retail space in mixed use developments or <br />Downtown District (i.e. business <br />larger spaces in the Downtown District that become <br />with customers who return on a <br />available. These anchor businesses draw patrons on a <br />regular basis). <br />regular basis and support in-line boutique stores. <br />3. <br />Recognizing the City's limited <br />F. <br />Schedule semi-annual meetings of these groups to <br />resources, position the City to <br />implement the Downtown Retail Plan and act as the <br />facilitate the Task Force <br />point of contact for responding to any retail <br />recommendations by <br />opportunities. <br />coordinating and leveraging <br />G. <br />Update marketing information on a timely basis. <br />efforts with groups involved in <br />Downtown programs. <br />4. <br />Develop policy solutions to <br />H. <br />Study potentially expanding the area in the <br />address the lack of available <br />Downtown District that requires active ground floor <br />space and vacancies in the <br />uses beyond those designated in the Precise Plan. <br />Downtown District <br />I. <br />Consider limiting new banks on key corner spaces. <br />J. <br />Consider encouraging Downtown property owners to <br />notify the City when retail spaces become vacant. <br />K. <br />If feasible, consider expanding the depth for ground <br />floor retail space. <br />5. <br />Continue to restrict ground floor <br />L. <br />Consider developing standards to create displays in <br />building spaces to "active uses" <br />store windows and allow temporary uses (pop up - <br />in the designated area, as <br />retail/art) in vacant spaces. <br />defined in the Downtown Precise <br />Plan (see Section 2.2). <br />City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.ore <br />111152 <br />