Project Information
 At the January 2, 2008 City Council meeting, the Council approved a contract with Moule & Polyzoides to prepare a Specific Plan for the Uptown and Town Centre areas. Basically, the City will re-master plan the west side of town. This is a significant undertaking identified as a key objective of the General Plan, Economic Strategy, Council Goals, and current Budget/Financial Plan.
A new vision for the future will be developed to include:
- New mix of residential & commercial uses, types, and densities
- Transit system improvements to emphasize pedestrian, bicycle, & public transit equally with automobile, calm traffic, & link neighborhoods
- Downtown expansion
- Salinas River restoration, enhancement and connection with an expanded downtown
- Orientation of future development upon traditional neighborhood design principles
- Master planning City & Pioneer Parks, as well as Robbins Field
- Master planning historical museums
- Master planning PR Event Center non-equestrian facilities
- Updating historical buildings inventory and create an historic building preservation/reuse code
- Rethinking west side traffic circulation, public transit and parking.
There will be a number of opportunities for active community participation and input including public workshops, focus groups, and an intensive 5-day design Charrette.
August 1, 2008 Consultant delivers First Administrative Draft Specific Plan to City
October 3, 2008 City delivers comments on First Administrative Draft to Consultant
October 31, 2008 Consulatant delivers Second Administrative Draft Specific Plan to City
December 12, 2008 City delivers comments on Second Administrative Draft to Consultant
January 30, 2009 Consultant delivers Final Draft Specific Plan to City
December 15, 2009 Public Draft EIR
January 29, 2010 Close of Draft EIR Review Period
March 20, 2010 Final EIR and Specific Plan
April 2010 Planning Commission/ City Council Hearings
Specific Plan Documents-
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Chapter 1 provides an introduction to the Specific Plan, existing conditions of the Plan area, and Plan-Wide policies.
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July 6, 2009
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Chapter 2 describes, with illustrative plans, perspective views, and precedent images, the future pattern of development that responds specifically to the existing conditions and opportunites of the Plan area, and the expressed preferences of the community.
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July 6, 2009
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Chapter 3 describes an organized sequence of actions that can, and must, be taken by various players to realize the vision for Uptown and the Town center
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July 6, 2009
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Chapter 4 describes improvements to infrastructure such as streets, trails, parking, public services infrastructure, sustainable stormwater management, and parks & open space.
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July 6, 2009
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Chapter 5 provides detailed regulations fro development and land uses within the Plan area and describes how these regulations will be used as part of the City's development review process.
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July 6, 2009
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Charrette Products-
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Work produced by the consultant team during the Uptown / Town Centre Charrette.
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May 27, 2008
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Workshop Products-
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PDF of the presentation from the Combined Discovery Workshop on April 17th (9mb)
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April 17, 2008
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PDF of the presentation from the Uptown Workshop on April 10th (1.6mb)
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April 10, 2008
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PDF of the presentation from the Town Centre Workshop on April 11th (4.6mb)
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April 11, 2008
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Specific Plan Workshops-
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The Public Draft of the Uptown / Town Center Specific Plan dated July 2, 2009, as presented to the City Council and Plannign Commission on September 3, 2009.
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September 3, 2009
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