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Prioritization Matrix

Downtown
Downtown-Midtown
Downtown-Northwest Boulevard
Downtown-Midtown-Northwest Boulevard
Midtown
Northwest Boulevard

The following is a prioritization matrix that shows the many projects that were described earlier and their relative priority

Downtown
		Timeline in years				Responsibility
		Now	3-5	5-10	10+	Public	Private	Public/ Private
Cultural Center	Land acquisition and assembly	X						X
	Detailed feasibility study	X						X
	Human Rights Center	X						X
	Music or arts festivals	X						X
	Marketing Campaigns	X						X
	Coordination with new library	X				X
	Pursue grants, donations, other funding sources	X						X
	Establish partnerships with private arts organizations	X						X
	Theater or performing arts center		X					X
	Outdoor amphitheater		X
	Urban plaza(s)		X			X
Parking	Detailed parking analysis	X				X
	Validation/Valet program	X						X
	Create public-private partnerships to link new parking capacity to private development	X						X
	Acquire land in appropriate locations	X				X
	Identify key sites for future parking facilities, relative to existing & desired land use	X				X
Civic Campus	Consistent urban design features		X			X
	New government offices			X		X
	City hall renovations & expansion		X			X
	Collaborate w/ private organizations (Chamber of Commerce)	X						X

Downtown-Midtown
		Timeline in years				Responsibility
		Now	3-5	5-10	10+	Public	Private	Public/ Private
Urban Housing	Land acquisition for future housing sites	X				X
	Multi-family housing tax abatement program	X				X
	Create partnerships w/ housing providers	X						X
	Partner w/ higher education for student housing Downtown	X						X
	Home rehab. / redevelopment project	X						X
	Home ownership programs	X						X
	Public-private housing partnerships		X	X				X
3rd & Garden Housing	Acquire properties	X				X
	Secure rehabilitation partnerships	X						X
	Renovate properties and resell	X						X
Downtown-NW Blvd
Garden Avenue Corridor	Property Acquisition	X				X
	Streetscape Plan	X				X
	New intersection		X			X
	Streetscape improvements		X			X
Downtown-Midtown- NW Blvd
Parks and Public Spaces	Implementation of Civic and Open Space Framework Plan	X				X
	Development of sidewalk dining programs	X						X
	Refined streetscape character elements for each subdistrict		X					X
	Pedestrian improvements		X			X
	Traffic calming		X			X
	Signage, civic monument and historical markers		X					X

Midtown
		Timeline in years				Responsibility
		Now	3-5	5-10	10+	Public	Private	Public/ Private
Neighborhood Node at 4th & Roosevelt	Facade improvement program	X						X
	Small business assistance	X						X
	Acquisition and demolition of vacant and burned out properties	X				X
	Streetscape improvements	X				X
	Signage and banners	X						X
	Signals and traffic calming		X			X
	Infill multi-family housing along 4th street		X					X
Remove One-way couplet	Traffic study	X				X
	Apply for state grants for funding	X				X
	Reconsider appropriate land uses along each street	X						X
Employment Center	Urban renewal plan	X				X
	Land acquisition	X				X
	Partnerships with NIC and UI		X					X
	Economic Development study	X						X
	Prepare development requests for qualifications (RFQs) and requests for proposals (RFPs) to solicit development partners		X					X
	Develop employment center			X				X
	Open discussions with Jobs Plus to identify possible users	X						X
	Pursue grants for funding	X						X
Northwest Boulevard
Public ROW Improvements	Wayfinding and gateway features	X				X
	Undergrounding of utilities	X						X
	Pedestrian and vehicular connections to Midtown		X			X
	Provision of public river and trail access points		X					X
Education Corridor	Master Plan	X				X
	Property Acquisition	X				X
	Facilitate relocation of existing uses	X				X
	Establish formal public-public partnership with educational institutions	X						X
	Implement the many projects of the master plan		X					X

Next Steps

The LCDC Lake District Strategic Plan lays out a planning framework and an action plan that will serve LCDC well over time and identifies many projects and actions to consider as part of Coeur d'Alene's renaissance. Three Districts are addressed: Downtown, Midtown, and Northwest Boulevard. The recommended projects and actions are both short and long term and include a variety of public, private, and public-private actions.

The focus of the next phase will be implementation of the highest priority projects.

Immediate recommended actions and tasks include the following:

City Council to adopt, by resolution, the spirit and intent of the LCDC Lake District Strategic Plan.
Identify no less than ten projects and/or actions for implementation in 2003. The projects and actions will strike a balance between:

Short term and long term projects
Early successes
Public projects
Private projects
Joint public-private projects

Explore the formation of a broad task force to guide LCDC in the implementation of the projects and to act as a forum for the involvement of many important community stakeholders.
With City staff and consultants, identify probable funding sources. These include identifying grant sources that can leverage tax increment financing and finding ways to leverage public investments with private investments.

The following table shows the high priority projects that should begin in 2003. As the table shows, there is a good balance between public and public-private projects, which are spread throughout all three districts, and that for most projects, 2003 is just the beginning of the process.

It is recommended that the LCDC Lake District Strategic Plan be updated by LCDC every five years in order to respond to changing conditions and new opportunities.

Downtown
2003	Public	Private	Public-Private	Public-Public	Steps beyond 2003
1. Acquire property for land banking and redevelopment.	X
2. conduct detailed parking inventory and demand analysis.	X				Implement recommendations of parking study.
3. Establish a multi-family housing tax abatement program.	X
Downtown-Midtown
4. Garden Avenue Housing - Acquire properties and begin rehabilitation. Form supporting partnerships.			X		Continued acquisitions and rehabilitations.
Downtown-Northwest Boulevard
5. Garden Avenue Corridor - Prepare streetscape and traffic plan and acquire properties as appropriate.	X				Construct acquisitions and rehabilitations.
6. Facade improvement program - Design a publicly-funded storefront improvement program to enhance the facades of 4th Street buildings.			X
7. Property acquisitions - Acquire vacant and underutilized properties for future redevelopment.	X				Prepare redevelopment plans and begin construction.
8. Traffic study to remove one-way couplet - Prepare a detailed traffic analysis to evaluate the feasibility and impacts of removing the 3rd/4th Street one-way couplet through the heart of Midtown.	X				If feasible, begin implementation of two-way traffic.
9. Prepare an urban renewal plan to incorporate the former auto lots into the LCDC jurisdiction for future use as a major employment center.	X				Upon adoption, prepare a master plan and implementation strategy for the new area.
Northwest Boulevard
10. Form Education Corridor partnerships to help coordinate financing and master planning for an expanded higher education district.				X	After partnerships are secured, prepare a master plan to guide development.