HomeMy WebLinkAbout5A1 Budget Request (Downtown Planning)
Redevelopment Commission Agenda Item
DATE: Dec. 12, 2023
FROM: Caleb Bauer, Executive Director of DCI
SUBJECT: Budget Request for Downtown Planning Process
Funding Source* (circle one) River West; River East; South Side; Douglas Road; West Washington; RDC General
*Funds are subject to the City Controller's determination of availability; if funds are unavailable, as solely determined by the City Controller,
then the authorization of the expenditure of such funds shall be void and of no effect.
Purpose of Request: $500,000 budget request for development of the first Downtown Master
Plan
Specifics: The Department of Community Investment requests $500,000 from the River West
Development Area to fund professional services in support of the development of a Downtown
Master Plan.
Staff plans to engage with a number of consultants, including urban design firms Urban Design
Associates and Torti Gallas + Partners, as well as others to conduct analysis on retail, parking,
and housing needs in the downtown area.
The City has not conducted a Downtown Master planning process in decades, and the
unprecedented growth we have seen in the downtown area merits a planning process that can
help to ensure growth is coordinated and additive.
_________________________Pres/V-Pres
ATTEST: __________________Secretary
Date: ____________________
APPROVED Not Approved