Tucson, Arizona Río Nuevo Master Plan
The Vision and The Plan - continued...

Summary of adjunct recommendations include the following:

City of Tucson

• propose development of image for City of Tucson that incorporates Rio Nuevo project, central core and downtown.

Broadway

• Identify Broadway as Tucson Central Corridor for retail, employment and housing activity.

• Form a task force to inventory all land and ownership within the district. Inform owners of Master Plan. Promote reuse and redevelopment for high value housing, retail, and employment.

• Use city infrastructure as an incentive.

• Purchase right of way identified for Broadway.

• Improve intersections of Campbell Ave. and Tucson Blvd. with Broadway as soon as possible.

• Study land use and redevelopment potential within ¼ mile of corridor and ½ mile radius at park Place, Williams Center, El Con, Campbell/Broadway and downtown for population, employment and destination projections that support express bus as a preliminary step to Light Rail.

• Initiate a process for Design Standards on Broadway with District.

• Study and approve streetscape design standards for Broadway.

Downtown

• Amend LUC and building code per New Jersey to promote reuse of existing buildings.

• Approve third party approval for all LUC and building codes.

• Initiate a process for design standards for downtown.

• Initiate historic district designation for downtown.

• Propose consolidation of advisory boards and committees in downtown.

Rio Nuevo District

• Propose revenue stream from for-profits to fund management entity.

• Propose marketing and operations entity for duration of Rio Nuevo.

• Recommend priority projects in each district.

• Recommend bonds.

• Recommend application process.

Proximate Neighborhoods

• Process to review and update neighborhood plans to emphasize residential and neighborhood commercial.

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