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Cie Rum Downtown Planning — Focus on P' Street Design Concepts - City Council <br />Planning Commission Study Session and Public Forum (2017) AKA "Preferred <br />Alternative " <br />✓ Six -Year Transportation Improvement Plans: <br />Cle Elum 2020-2025 Transportation Improvement Program <br />• This project is included in the development of the Cle Elum 2020-2025 <br />Transportation Improvement Program. <br />✓ Site-specific development plans; e.g., Community Master Plan: <br />Downtown Association Main Street Study (2015); <br />✓ Other: <br />5. Explain how this infrastructure project has been coordinated, or will be coordinated with other <br />jurisdictions, such as counties, cities, state/federal agencies, and with economic development <br />organizations during planning, design, financing, construction and/or operation phases. <br />The City retained the services of HLA Engineering and Land Surveying, Inc. (HLA), together with <br />HBB Landscape Architecture (HBB), to facilitate the planning process to arrive at a concept titled <br />the "Preferred Alternative" as shown on the attached pamphlet titled "Downtown Revitalization <br />Planning 1st Street Concept." The planning process was initiated in April 2017 with a Walk and <br />Talk downtown tour, which included City staff and the Mayor, primarily to discuss existing themes, <br />deficiencies, and opportunities. Next, four focus group sessions were administered with assistance <br />from Central Washington University land -use planning students, including business owners, <br />longtime residents, students, and Suncadia Resort members. Focus groups discussed the following: <br />• How would you describe Cie Elum? <br />• What makes Cie Elum unique? <br />• Why do you come downtown? What do you like best? <br />• What do you like least? <br />• Of the great things you like about other downtowns, what would you apply to First <br />Street? <br />From the focus groups, HLA and HBB created two geometric layouts of a typical block and three <br />amenity grouping concepts. These layouts and concepts were presented at a community stakeholder <br />workshop with 28 participants, and public preferences were noted. Based on workshop findings, a <br />preferred concept was born and presented at a combined City Council and Planning Commission <br />study session, see attached titled "Cie Elum Downtown Planning — Focus on 1st Street Design <br />Concepts." Following the study session, the concept was presented at a public forum with 32 <br />participants, continuing to gain traction. After detailing the preferred concept to address public <br />desires, the Planning Commission prepared an official recommendation to the City Council on June <br />26, 2017, to adopt the Preferred Alternative, see attached. On June 27, 2017, the City Council <br />adopted by Resolution 2017-011 (attached) the Preferred Alternative with an overwhelming amount <br />of support from the community, 45 participants and standing room only in the Council Chambers. <br />Construction of the stormwater system and street improvements will all take place within existing <br />Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) right of way, while the City has control <br />of access points. As a result, the City will be required to receive WSDOT approval on plans and <br />specifications prior to construction. Preliminary approvals of channelization concepts have been <br />