a. Create a survey form and process to inventory existing public art sites and performance spaces.

b. Consider the implementation of a pilot "Artists Live/Work Space" in the commercial/industrial area that is not included in BINMIC.

A. The Fremont business community is a energetic and vital assemblage of retail, service, and industrial businesses not found in any other community. The uniqueness or "Fremontness" of the community businesses should be preserved and supported.

a. Maintain the identity of Fremont as the Center of the Universe.

b. To support the economic basis of the Fremont business district, promote activities that generate tourism, capitalizing on the arts.

c. Encourage the pedestrian environment by creating and supporting shared parking in close proximity to the retail core.

d. Retain and promote small locally owned businesses.

e. Recognize special needs of Fremont's diverse businesses by the City of Seattle setting definite time schedules for regulatory and permitting processes.

B. The Fremont business community should be enhanced with an attractive, convenient and interesting pedestrian environment.

a. Develop an urban design plan and streetscape improvements for the retail core.

b. Evaluate street and sidewalk maintenance and cleaning needs and identify city and private responsibilities.

c. Directional signage: Install directional signs on major routes to and from Fremont.

d. Develop a special sign district in which sandwich boards are legalized.

C. In conjunction with the Wallingford neighborhood, create Stone Way N. as an attractive, viable business street.

a. Establish an on-going joint Wallingford/Fremont coordination committee to oversee joint issue identification and planning.

b. Address special transportation and access issues.

c. Develop a streetscape design plan that recognizes need for freight mobility and business access balanced with business community amenities.

D. Storm water should be quickly removed from the low lying areas of Fremont

1. Develop drainage maintenance program.

a. Catch basin maintenance schedule: Work with Seattle Public Utilities to develop and implement a catch basin maintenance schedule to prevent frequent clogging. Identify resources and responsibilities.

E. The movement of goods, services, and people traveling to and from Fremont businesses should be efficient and with a minimum of conflicts

A. The efficient movement of goods, services, and people through and within Fremont is essential to viable businesses and an attractive pedestrian environment. This mobility should be facilitated.

a. Monitor the implementation of the transportation element of the Seattle Comprehensive plan to assure issues of concern to Fremont are addressed.

b. Inventory and map circulation patterns including motorized, non-motorized, and transit.

c. Install traffic signal at Bridgeway and Aurora Ave N.

i. Issues related to the Fremont bridge and its access routes.

ii. Issues and solutions that balance freight mobility with the needs of the adjacent community.

iii. Ways to improve north/south access on and off Aurora Ave.

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iv. The movement needs of:

v. Possibilities for inter-neighborhood access, e.g. around Lake Union and to Ballard.

vi. Strategies for traffic calming.

(See C.1.B.)

a. Inventory traffic calming elements (e.g., Fremont's washed-out crosswalks) and seek opportunities to enhance the existing infrastructure.

b. Establish plan for evaluation and maintenance of the traffic calming infrastructure and bringing deficient elements up to desired service levels.

c. Identify "hot spots" of speeding traffic and limited safety zones for pedestrians and other non-motorized transit.

e. Partner with Wallingford to address traffic calming in the Stone Way N. corridor.

f. Incorporate traffic calming design elements into the streetscape design plan where streetscape planning coincides with traffic "hot spots". (See IV.A.1.a)

A. The creation of coherence and consistency of the Fremont physical image will engender a greater sense of community. Within the "public realm", the streetscape can provide the medium to provide this cohesiveness while building design should respect the eclectic Fremont context.

a. Prepare streetscape concepts and coordinate streetscape improvements throughout the neighborhood that consider open space, public art siting program, and pedestrian and vehicular circulation.

b. Survey, inventory and map the following data: existing trees, landscape, street furniture, lighting, signage. Add findings from Public Art Inventory.

c. Study procedures for planting new trees along with evaluation of conditions, location and preservation of existing big trees where appropriate. Coordinate with open space and linkage plan.

a. Identify methods for enhancing community identity and development. Explore the needs and potential for enhancing the Fremont community identity.

a. Identify and add appropriate open space opportunities (including areas for "pocket parks") to the previously prepared inventory of existing open space. Develop open space acquisition priorities and protection requirements.

b. Identify open space acquisition and maintenance procedures. Identify view corridor establishment procedures.

c. Identify green ways and street tree planting opportunities connecting Fremont open space with other open space in the greater community. Identify and prioritize new potential view corridors.

A. The availability of diverse and affordable housing was a key issue identified in Phase I planning process. Housing affordability, growth, and future development were specific issues. Skyrocketing rents and increases in housing prices were key concerns.

a. Inventory housing in Fremont, including low-income housing, by housing type, physical age and condition, development and re-development potential, current real estate data and programs for affordable housing. Publish a map and report.

b. Identify opportunities for housing development, housing preservation and neighborhood improvement. Identify sites or area with re-development potential.

d. Revise housing growth estimate based on new boundaries or agreements by Queen Anne, Wallingford, and Fremont to exclude land south of the Ship Canal and adjust for boundary changes with Wallingford.

A. The "Safe Fremont'" image should be clearly established and protected.

1. Create an understanding of the Fremont "crime statistics".

a. Compile statistics on crime in Fremont and compare with other neighborhoods.

b. Create a map of Fremont with overlay identifying problem areas with recommendations for improvements for public safety and ways for community involvement.

1. Working with the Fremont Phase II Planning Committee, a coordinating planner will manage the contracts of technical experts, coordinate the volunteer efforts and assemble individual plan elements into a whole plan.

1. City staff, familiar with comprehensive plan coordination with Seattle departments and outside regulatory agencies will provide review and oversight activities.

a. Review each neighborhood plan element and sub-element to determine compliance with City Comprehensive Plan, and, if necessary, prepare proposals for City Council action to amend the City's plan to reflect/incorporate Fremont Neighborhood Plan.

b. Review mandatory elements (under state law) of City comprehensive plan to ensure Fremont Neighborhood Plan compliance.

c. Prepare environmental analysis of the Fremont Neighborhood Plan on compliance with SEPA regulations.