CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Provide feedback regarding potential streetscape improvements along Ogden Avenue from Washington Street to the City's eastern boundary.
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Allison Laff, AICP, Deputy Director
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
Not required.
BACKGROUND:
Under new business at the August 15, 2017 meeting, City Council directed staff to prepare a report regarding streetscape improvements that could be made along Ogden Avenue from Washington Street to the City's eastern boundary. This report was received by the City Council on September 19, 2017 and provided the following:
* The Ogden Avenue Site Enhancement Initiative (2009) recommended several improvements to achieve a consistent streetscape while maintaining the Ogden Avenue Corridor as a drive-to commercial destination, including enhancements at major intersections, burying of overhead utility lines, minimizing the visual impact of utility boxes, upgrading roadway lighting, and installing wayfinding signage along the Corridor.
* City staff retained Hitchcock Design Group to provide updated renderings of potential streetscape improvements.
* Based on preliminary figures, the City and NDP estimated the total cost to design, construct, and install the proposed streetscape elements along Ogden Avenue from Washington Street to the City's eastern boundary to be approximately $5 million dollars, as follows:
Improvement
Cost
Entryway Signage
$ 200,000.00
Landscape Corners
$1,200,000.00
Decorative Street Lights with Banners
$2,800,000.00
Other (design, utilities, etc.)
$ 500,000.00
Total
$4,700,000.00
* As the cost of these improvements is not currently accounted for within the City's CIP budget, staff recommended that a public open house be held to receive feedback on the proposed streetscape improvements from property owners, tenants, residents, and other interested parties, as well as discuss interest and suppo...
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