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c. Specifying minimum and maximum height requirements as <br />an urban form requires a visual sense of enclosure. The current <br />provisions only specify that a maximum height is to be <br />determined. <br />d. Adding some level of building standards relating to scale <br />and massing, materials, exterior treatments, site lighting, and signs <br />and awnings. <br />3) Continue to monitor investor interest in Downtown <br />residential projects, including attached single-family, multi -family, <br />and residential -over -retail opportunities. Work with private <br />interests to pinpoint and remove or reduce barriers to new <br />development and redevelopment in and around Downtown. <br />Additional ownership housing options are needed, but such <br />�; Jr housing alternatives need to be planned and permitted by -right. <br />4 Continue to work with the Economic Development <br />Corporation (EDC) to offer Main Street Enhancement Grants to <br />provide matching funds to enhance existing buildings in the Main <br />Street District, including fagade rehabilitation or enhancement; <br />new awnings, canopies, porches, and signage; and other <br />beautification projects. <br />,� - 5) Continue partnering with the county and other <br />.,�fi�a.�„�',l�'�BH�ir�;�„' �/�,�W'iYr,.:u%�:�n;ri� <br />stakeholders in the redevelopment of the Sylvan Beach area (e.g., <br />.�'... the rehabilitation of the Sylvan Beach Pavilion and other such <br />improvements) so that the park grows as a local attraction (and <br />local amenity) similar in quality to the one envisioned in the 2004 <br />Sylvan Beach Park Master Plan. <br />;v <br />6) Continue to pursue an array of waterfront public/private <br />y development projects (e.g., restaurants and other retail <br />I opportunities, conference facilities, among others) to compliment <br />i10W� the beach park and fishing activities and to generate additional <br />revenues. <br />Focus Area 2 - Quality Neighborhoods and <br />Housing <br />La Porte's long-term future is inextricably tied to its housing <br />availability and conditions. Housing is central to almost any <br />discussion about City affairs, no matter whether the discussion is <br />on economic development, desire for additional local commercial <br />retail opportunities, or the ability to walk from one neighborhood <br />to another. While one challenge is to sustain the integrity of <br />existing housing, another is to address future housing needs. <br />Having a diverse stock of housing — new and old, big and small — is <br />instrumental in offering choice and providing for the individual <br />needs of all households, regardless of economic stature. Besides <br />FOR' LA, POSIU”: 1."F :� _ 20112 (JPDA f.`E <br />