TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THRU: Bonnie Hagan, Acting City Manager
FROM: Susan Galvan, Interim Community Development Director
1. SUBJECT
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Orange Plaza Paseo long-term plan and streetscape program.
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2. SUMMARY
The City created the Orange Plaza Paseo in July 2020 in response to COVID-19 restrictions placed on dining and retail businesses. While many of the COVID-19 related restrictions have been removed in California, including limits on indoor dining and shopping, certain pandemic conditions still exist. As such, the City Council approved continuation of the Paseo on a temporary basis until the end of 2021. In addition, the City Council provided direction to staff to move forward with a study of a paseo in the form of an annual seasonal closure of North and South Glassell Street, including engaging a streetscape designer and preparing an environmental analysis under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). In light of the goals of the paseo program to support a vibrant downtown experience within the historic environment, staff also considered a "parklet" option, which expands outdoor dining and retail in on-street parking spaces while maintaining vehicular traffic on Glassell Street.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
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Option 1 - Annual Seasonal Paseo
1. Approve agreement with The Arroyo Group in the amount of $68,120 for preparation of the Orange Plaza Paseo Streetscape Design Study; and authorize the City Manager and City Clerk to execute on behalf of the City; and
2. Approve agreement with Dudek in the amount of $146,886 for environmental services for the Orange Plaza Paseo; and authorize the City Manager and City Clerk to execute on behalf of the City; and
3. Authorize the transfer of $215,006 from expenditure account 952.9810.56020.20247, City Trf: NW & SW Merged 2003 Taxable Bonds - SAORA Capital Projects, to expenditure account number 952.9810.51670.20492, City Trf: NW & SW Merged 2003 Taxable Bo...
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