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Executive Director Uptegraff anticipated the Mid-Town Specific Plan would be ready for Council <br />consideration in September 1996. <br /> <br />Downtown/Artists Village <br /> <br />Senior Planner R/ce presented staff's report for the Downtown District including the Artists Village, <br />showed slides of current uses, and pointed out potential development opportunities. He briefed the <br />Council on the boundaries and long-term vision for the area, and provided a packet of information <br />detailing Community Commercial, Central Business, General Commercial, and Central Business- <br />Artists Village zoning and permitted land uses. Rice indicated the Main/lst Street intersection, a <br />major gateway to the Downtown, and a landscaping "edge" along First Street as areas of special <br />focus by staff. <br /> <br />Councilmembers discussed expanding the Artists village, the infeasibility of locating auto parts stores <br />in areas without adjacent parking, the need for planning flexibility relative to the Main/lst Street <br />intersection, and extending the study of the Main Street corridor to MacArthur rather than ending <br />at Warner Avenue as originally proposed. <br /> <br />Mayor Pro Tem Richardson requested a copy of the McFadden/Main realignment plan. <br /> <br />Executive Director Uptegraffindicated staff would conclude its Main Street Corridor presentation <br />with information on South Main at the next study session, and address the industrial area on Main <br />between Warner and McArthur in the future. <br /> <br />PUBLIC COMMENTS <br /> <br />Jim Hendricks presented his vision for Sycamore Street as a parklike, urban setting with amenities <br />as opposed to the street's current use as a feeder to parking structures. <br /> <br />In response to an inquiry from Debbie McKuen, Public Works Agency Engineering Services Manager <br />George Alvarez anticipated making traffic counts in the French Park area some time in October 1996, <br />following which traffic mitigation measures would be discussed with the Neighborhood. <br /> <br />RECESSED TO CLOSED SESSION - 7:50 P.M. <br /> <br />The Brown Act permits the City Council to discuss certain matters without members of the public <br />present, provided the items to be discussed are posted 72 hours prior to the City Council meeting. <br />The following items were received for the June 17, 1996 Closed Session. <br /> <br />95.A. <br /> <br />PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT (GC. Section 54957) <br /> <br />Title: City Attorney <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL MINUTES <br /> <br />209 JUNE 17,1996 <br /> <br /> <br />