Administrative Changes

• Codify the regulations identified in the Urban Design Element with the goal of passage of the regulation package by the Planning Board and the City Council in early 2006.
  
  
• Develop a streetscape manual to coordinate the placement of all street furniture and fixtures.
  

Areas of Civic Importance

• Map the Areas of Civic Importance in more detail so they can be formalized as an overlay district in the zoning code.

Preservation and Creation of Distinctive Civic Places

• Begin the process to create an overlay zone for each area currently identified in the Areas of Civic importance as distinctive civic places and illustrate on the zoning map.  The initial areas identified include Gene Leahy Mall, Capitol Avenue/Capitol Hill, North and South 24 th Streets streetscape areas, Turner Boulevard at Dodge Street, Crossroads area, Overpass/Miracle Hills and Gateway District .

Public Art

• Inventory exiting locations of public art and then begin to Identify locations for Public Art in the Areas of Civic Importance.
  
  
• Review placement of art in public places and advise on the selection of artists for public commissions.
  
  
• Review and approve all works of art commissioned or accepted by the City of Omaha
  
  

  General Quality of Public Design

• Create a Design Review Board as part of the regulations package.