DOWNTOWN HOUSING AND PARKING

North Albany Middle School, 11/17/98

Housing

• Upper story
• Ownership of wherever you live
• People - key livability - increased variety of businesses
• Encourage building code flexibility - ADA - sprinklers - historic integrity
• Encourage more walking - more stops
• Walk signs with push buttons
• More trees and benches
• Bike lane
• Security

Parking

• Parking structure
• Need for more parking. Buy a car lot
• Park-n-ride
• Funding
• Parking structure - Must reach critical mass
• On county land
• Code plan for parking in new development
• Encourage streetscape - pleasure of walking
• Not so tied to cars. Have benches
• This would slow cars and traveling
• Bump outs - Can see pedestrians