create public plaza on the south side of McAllister at Maple. Vehicular circulation and parking are to be improved. realign Maple so as to connect directly to Wilson, making the necessary changes to Bury so as to ensure access to the apartment building. close the southbound access from Kingsway to Shaughnessy. widen Elgin Street west of Shaughnessy. improve alignment of Donald Street through road reconstruction. develop surface parking on City owned lands on the northeast corner of Shaughnessy and Wilson. investigate feasibility of acquiring the single-family lands between Marpole and McAllister and developing them as a surface parking area in the short term and mixed use development in the long term. provide additional parking in the Donald/Wilson area through the redesign of parking areas. Facade improvements should concentrate on Shaughnessy Street north of McAllister and the northwest corner of the Shaughnessy/Whyte intersection. Over the short term efforts will be necessary to establish a land use scheme for the Downtown. encourage the development of infill properties to retail commercial use. Infill sites are on the northside of Wilson east of Donald, on the City owned site at the northeast corner of Wilson and Shaughnessy, on lands at the southwest corner of Whyte. and Shaughnessy and on the vacant lot on the east side of Shaughnessy between McAllister and Kingsway. ensure retail commercial uses are developed at the street level along the north side of McAllister from Maple to immediately east of Shaughnessy, along the south side of McAllister betwen the firehall site and Shaughnessy and on Shaugtinessy north of McAilister. This proposal requires the redevelopment of existing sites and lot consolidation. retain ownership of the firehall site on the southeast corner of Maple and McAllister for purposes of public use