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Key Next Steps: <br />Land Use and Water Element <br />7. Millrace Study and Design <br />Significant additional study is required for any <br />Millrace design to address the design principles <br />listed above.The new Millrace design will need <br />to be conducted by a team consisting of a <br />water quality expert, hydrologist, landscape <br />architect, and urban designer. This team will <br />need to provide a long term and short term <br />plan for the entire watershed of the Millrace <br />(old and newt addressing the basic design <br />principles above. In addition, careful <br />coordination wilt be necessary with the <br />environmental regulatory agencies, such as the <br />Army Corps of Engineers and the National <br />Marine Fisheries Service. <br />2. Planting Scheme for 8~'' Avenue <br />An appropriate planting scheme for 8t'' Avenue <br />needs to be developed and coordinated <br />through appropriate city agencies. Landscape <br />Guidelines for 8~'' Avenue will also need to be <br />integrated with a Great Streets zoning overlay, <br />anticipated as part of the work for the <br />Downtown Plan Update. <br />3. Riverfront Landscape Design <br />A planning and design team needs to be <br />assembled to focus on landscape issues as part <br />of an overall land use concept for the riverfront. <br />(See also discussion of riverfront under Chapter <br />2, Land Use.) <br />4. Identify Revenue Sources <br />Appropriate sources have not been identified. <br />Cost estimates are extremely high; actual <br />amounts will depend on phasing and design. <br />In pursuit of funding the City should consider <br />extending the Urban Renewal District (due to <br />expire in 2005) in order to generate tax <br />increment to fund some of the improvements <br />envisioned in this Concept Pfan. The City should <br />also investigate the possibility to leverage <br />Federal funds for the Millrace. <br />Page 33 <br />