Operating and CIP Budget Fiscal Year 2015-16

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area during construction. Twelve projects valued at approximately $100,000 were approved by City Council.

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 Contributed to the review and development of the design concepts for the Monterey Road Streetscape, parking garage and retail space

 Assisted with the development and implementation of the Complete Streets, a traffic calming project for Down- town to make downtown a pedestrian friendly shopping district by replacing traffic lanes with bike lanes. The small pilot project was executed successfully and a six month pilot implemented in February 2015.

 Developed and obtained support for the Downtown Morgan Hill Placemaking Investment Strategy, a 49-page document, that detailed an investment plan for $25 million of bond monies for Downtown Projects

 Served as staff liaison to Morgan Hill Downtown Property Based Improvement District (MHDPBID), the Morgan Hill Downtown Association (MHDA) and the Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Committee

 Launched the first annual parklet project “Streets Scenes” by turning parking spaces into community spaces

 Worked closely with the Morgan Hill Economic Development Commission, the Downtown Association and the Chamber of Commerce representatives to develop the Long Range Property Management Plan, which has been approved by the Department of Finance

 Promoted the Downtown development opportunity sites at broker events, the City’s website, the Silicon Valley Business Journal ads and through mailers

 Assisted with the drafting of the Request for Qualifications/Proposals to assist with the development of the Downtown development sites

 Provided support for the Downtown Review Committee (the MHEDC, with representatives of the Chamber of Commerce and MH Downtown Association) for the review and recommendations of development proposals for Downtown Opportunity Sites 1, 2, 3 and 4

 Provided support for preparation of Purchase and Sale agreements and escrow management of Downtown Op- portunity Site disposition

Business Attraction/Expansion/Retention

 Worked closely with property owners and brokers to facilitate sale and lease transactions, assisting the absorp- tion of the industrial space supply resulting in reduction of vacancy to 3%

 Launched the Morgan Hill Manufacturing Stakeholder Group to identify opportunities for partnership to support and expand Morgan Hill’s manufacturing sector

 Assisted over twenty companies by scheduling appreciation visits, responding to business inquiries, working with brokers and developers to respond to requests for information and develop answers to zoning questions and fee estimates

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