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lo'9-49 ATTACHMENT REVIEW OF 2002 -2003 GOALS AND WORK PROGRAM The achievements of the 2002 -2003 Work Program are summarized below and address the City Council /Agency Board priorities established for both operational and capital budgets. In the area of economic development, the focus was on downtown improvements, including (1) creating an implementation plan for the Downtown Plan (including possible additional committees), and (2) implementation of the Courthouse Plaza restoration. In the area of housing, the priorities include (1) increasing housing programs for teachers /seniors, and (2) housing education /forum(s) regarding density issues. These priorities address the Council's "overarching guidelines which are: (1) Aesthetics; (II) Creating Pedestrian - Friendly Public Places; and (III) Quality of Life. The Redevelopment Agency's work program is categorized into "general" and "housing" activities in terms of the capital projects. Operational expenditures also addressed some of the goals and priorities of the Council. REDEVELOPMENT - GENERAL 1. Cinema This program budgeted monies to fund the Agency's share of predevelopment costs for the Retail /Cinema Project. It included monies carried over from 2001- 02. The transaction was restructured and an Amended Disposition and Development Agreement as well as EIR was approved in December 2002, approving the elimination of the office building, the consolidation of the parking structure and retail /cinema complex on Block 1, and the expansion of surface parking on Block 2. Expenditures included reimbursement of staff engineering services, as well as consultant costs related to pre - development activities. 2. Courthouse $500,000 was appropriated to begin the planning for the demolition of the courthouse annex and the creation of a plaza on the Broadway side of the building. Design work for the restoration of the Courthouse facade was completed. A contract for the design of the Plaza was awarded to the urban design firm of Freedman, Tung & Bottomley (FTB), which will initiate work on the design and the public participation process in the summer of 2003. An additional $66,810 was allocated to this project with the approval of the contract with FTB.