06-30-08 Joint Meeting/Special Called Meeting of La Porte City Council and Main Street Advisory Committee

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1reauafic~on~C:onserv~n ............................................................................. . . . . Action 2: Action 3: Action 4: Action 5: OBJ.I0.ld: Policy 1: Action 1: Action 2: Action 3: Action 4: OBJ.I0.le: Policy 1: Action 1: Action 2: Action 3: Chapter 10 Continue to actively enforce the sign ordinance to ensure compliance. Continue partnering with the Chamber of Commerce, businesses, schools, and organizations to develop an on-going banner program that promotes local businesses, festivals, and community activities. Incorporate assocsted enhancement costs into the Capital Improvement Program and Annual Budget Consider development of a historic trail/corridor on Main Street to exlubit the local historic markers. Consider a property maintenance code and enforceme ot program for vacant and undeveloped properties, which provide opportunities for renovation and redevelopment The City should continue to promptly enforce ordinances regarding property maintenance and appearance. Encourage and support private initiatives to landscape and beautify vacant lots. Conduct a visual property and building maintenance survey and identify priority improvements. Work with property owners towards conformance. Consider the implementation of a II'operty maintenance code to provide standards for upkeep and improvements. Consider a program to encourage property owners to maintain and enhance their property so as to be an asset to the City. Improve the visual environment in the established areas of the City by relocating or burying overhead utility lines where practical and feasible. The City should seek to enhance the visual quality of the community by identifying alternatives and solutions for overhead power lines. Establish a partnership with local utility providers to determine the cost, timing, and feasibility of relocating overhead lines underground throughout the City, but specifically along the defined enhancement corridors and focal points, to support the enhancement of the visual environment Amend the City's applicable ordinances, as necessary, to require utility lines to be buried, located at the rear of lots, or on the perimeter of subdivisions. Incorporate the costs to bury overhead power lines along the identified enhancement corridors, such as Bay Area Boulevard, into the Capital Improvement Program and Annual Budget. Page 10-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . La Porte 2020 Comprehensive Plan Update..................................................................