HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-21-2015 C3 GrigsbylA-00-ft Council Memorandum
July 20, 2015 JUL 21 2015
TO: City Council
FROM: Daryl Grigsby, Director of Public Works
COUNCIL MEETING: 07 %,7/ /
VIA: Katie Lichtig, City Manager ITEM NO.: --,6A
SUBJECT: Mission Plaza Assessment and Master Plan RFP
Via an email received July 19, 2015, Mr. Allan Cooper of Save Our Downtown, brought to the
City's attention that the Mission Plaza Assessment and Master Plan (Master Plan) RFP does not
contain a workscope item to "address height, setback and view requirements for buildings
bordering Mission Plaza." Mr. Cooper is requesting the staff report be pulled from the Consent
Agenda, so his concerns could be added to the RFP tasks. Staff agrees those are important
concerns, but the effort to update the Downtown Concept Plan is a more appropriate forum.
Mr. Cooper's comments are important, and exceed the Master Plan scope. The Master Plan will
focus on Plaza events, infrastructure, and amenities. Therefore, staff believes that building form
and views would be better addressed as part of the update to the Downtown Concept Plan. The
Downtown Concept Plan will look beyond the Mission Plaza to the form of, and
interrelationships between, the buildings and the public spaces in the Downtown as a whole. The
Request for Proposal to update the Downtown Concept Plan is currently scheduled for Council
review on August 18, 2015. Both efforts will be coordinated throughout their respective
processes so that information and community input will inform development of both plans.
Lastly, the list of "issues" contained in the Master Plan RFP is not all inclusive. Staff expects
that additional issues and concerns will arise, which is why staff has included a number of
outreach tasks. The Master Plan RFP is set up to encourage public participation in order to
identify as many concerns and issues as possible. All issues and concerns, such as those stated
above, will be shared between the Downtown Concept Plan Update and Master Plan teams.