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street trees and streetlights have been installed, aleng with a palm tree lined dreg e n fFE)Rt of the ninomo The City also installed streetscape improvements on Broadway between Courthouse Square and Fox Theatre. The improvements have created an integral public space between the Courthouse and Fox Theatre that compliments the plaza at Courthouse Square. The sidewalk in front of the Fox Theatre has been widened to provide sufficient space for pedestrian circulation, queuing, and gathering for the theatre. A row of mature Canary Island Date palms, a reference to similar palm trees that originally were planted in front of the historic Courthouse, line the block in front of the Fox Theatre. This line of palms combines with the palm tree display accenting the Cinema Block, Theatre Way, and Courthouse Square, to provide a dramatic focus for the center of the Downtown Core. An extra -wide mid -block crosswalk has been added to accommodate the natural pedestrian flow between the main entrance of the Fox Theatre and Courthouse Square. The Middlefield Road streetscape project completed in 2021 with bicycle and pedestrian improvements between Cassia and Woodside Road. Theatre Way Through a public/private partnership, in 2006 the City installed streetscape improvements on Jefferson Avenue, Middlefield Road, and Broadway around the Cinema Block. A portion of Middlefield Road between the Fox Theatre and the Cinema Block was converted into Theatre Way, a signature pedestrian street featuring a single lane of one-way traffic, palm trees, and attractive pavers. A wide sidewalk with custom- designed lighting columns and step curbs was installed on the Cinema Block side. The extra -wide sidewalk space features a dining terrace serving the restaurants and cafes in the ground -floor of the Cinema Block. Theatre Way provides daytime and nighttime outdoor dining opportunities and serves people coming to the theaters and other Downtown attractions. Theatre Way became a car -free street between Broadway Street and Middlefield Road in 2021. Theatre Way was part of a group of Downtown projects which were awarded a Charter Award for Outstanding Urban Design by the Congress for the New Urbanism in 2007. EI Camino Real, 700 Block The EI Camino Real Corridor Plan was adopted in 2017. The Bike and Pedestrian Safety Improvement Study is a supplement to the adopted EI Camino Real Plan with conceptual design for safety improvements on EI Camino Real between Maple and Charter Street. In addition to development that provides improvements to the Corridor, the City collaborates with Caltrans and other agencies to finance and implement the plan. B) Traffic Calming and Bicycle Facilities Jefferson Avenue In 2006 In 2006 the City implemented a reconfiguration of the Jefferson Avenue thoroughfare between Franklin Street and Marshall Street. Jefferson Avenue between Marshall Street and Middlefield Road was converted from its former four -lane ATTY/RESO.0049/PC RESO RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS AND DTPP AMENDMENTS - EXHIBIT A REV: 06-07-23 VR Page 17 of 19