Highway 99 Beautification Master Plan - Council of Fresno County ...

plant material.The major options that are available for these tasks are as follows:Highway 99BeautificationMaster Plan1. Improvement of quantity and or efficiency of existing maintenance operations.2. Hire additional maintenance services.3. Create a series of volunteer programs that address the needs of these two tasks.Due to the timeline required for the state budgeting process, the consideration that options one and two be placedin the long term category, is not unreasonable, although unfortunate. Therefore, developing volunteer programs isthe most expedient of the three options and should definitely be addressed immediately.There are, however, several examples throughout the State in which the local communities voiced strong andconsistent opinion about the physical structure and maintenance of their highway corridors. Through these efforts,successful outcomes were achieved, and Caltrans was influenced to deviate from the standard district approach.The Association has accomplished every major goal it has set for itself. Due to the Association’s now provenrecord of accomplishment and its’ organizational abilities, we feel efforts directed to Caltrans to increase maintenanceoperations is within the realm of possibilities for the Association.Community service ordered by the judicial and penal system is another avenue for an immediate but temporarywork force for maintenance and litter control in the Corridor. Parks and recreation, as well as public worksdepartments throughout the State, have been successfully using this resource for years.AppendixImplementationAdditional short-term actions that will have a short-term effect include:1. Coordination of architectural guidelines and sign control ordinances between agencies within the Corridor.2. Incorporation of guidelines into current planning projects, which include Appendixbut are not limited to, The City ofFresno’s gateway design competition, the Selma soundwall, and Caltrans landscape improvements program.3. Incorporation of guidelines into private projects currently under consideration for approval by the localjurisdictions that lie within the corridor.Implementation79