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RESOLUTION NO. 71-2022
ADOPTING THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN UPDATE
WHEREAS, Danville's historic downtown is the product of three decades of careful
planning guided substantially by the original Downtown Master Plan (DMP) adopted
in 1986; and
WHEREAS, nearly all implementation measures identified in the 1986 DMP have been
completed in the intervening 30 years; and
WHEREAS, the Town recognized that an updated set of implementation strategies are
necessary to adapt the Downtown's physical spaces to accommodate changing
community needs brought about by the global COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, the Town seeks to reimagine how these physical spaces can be enhanced to
provide greater connection, interaction, and engagement; and
WHEREAS, the Danville Town Council prioritized the DMP Update as part of the FY
2021-22 Operating Budget to support the local business community; and
WHEREAS, the SWA Group (SWA), an urban design firm, was retained in late 2021 to
assist the Town in this effort; and
WHEREAS, the Town and SWA conducted a series of outreach efforts in early 2022 to
receive input from the community through stakeholder interviews, a community
survey, several pop-up events, study sessions and public hearings with elected and
appointed officials; and
WHEREAS, as a first phase effort, SWA developed a series of placemaking strategies
and project concepts that focused on the historic Old Town core, which were considered
by the Town Council at its May 17, 2022 public hearing; and
WHEREAS, at its May 17, 2022 public hearing, the Town Council eliminated a one-way
circulation proposal, accepted the remainder of the projects, and advanced three
priority concepts for further analysis as a potential catalyst project; and
WHEREAS, at its June 14, 2022 Study Session, the Town Council selected the "Theatre
Plaza and Raised Intersections, Street Furnishings, and Specialty Art Lighting" as the
catalyst project for implementation following adoption of the DMP Update; and
WHEREAS, the selected catalyst project would utilize $1.5 million in Local Fiscal
Recovery Funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and an additional $1
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million from the General Purpose Capital Improvement Fund in the Capital
Improvement Program (CIP C-362); now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Town Council adopt the DMP Update; and, be it further
RESOLVED, that the Town Council authorize the development of the "Theatre Plaza
and Raised Intersections, Street Furnishings, and Specialty Art Lighting" as the DMP
Update's catalyst project.
APPROVED by the Danville Town Council at a regular meeting on September 6, 2022
by the following vote:
AYES: Arnerich, Fong, Morgan, stepper, Storer
NOES: None
ABSTAINED: None
ABSENT: None
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