Starting at NW corner of Roberts & 4th Ave. N...move parking on both lots at that corner sublevel. Build a 1.5-story solarium on the corner lot (city-owned). Return air-rights above solarium to original owner. Return surface parking lot (now brand new concrete) to original owner (the bldg that recently served as our temporary downtown library). The owner of the corner lot is granted all sublevel parking on both lots and immediately sets to work building condominiums w/wide
French patio doors atop the solarium. The landlord of the adjacent lot is further remunerated for seizing his sublevel space under his new surface lot. MEANWHILE, BACK IN THE SOLARIUM...build a N-S pedestrian/bike ramp along the west side of the solarium ramping down to the north. Exercise surgical eminent domain to claim west garage end of former bar/library for ramp. Route ped ramp below parking lot on n side of bar/library. Build a store or stores UNDER that parking lot to enhance sublevel ramp lighting, ambience, security. The city can either use surgical eminent domain to do this, or the landlord of the parking lot can build these underground stores...BUT IT WILL GET DONE one way or the other. (The parking lot owner could build apts/efficiencies atop his parking lot, also)Run the ped ramp under the RR tracks & route it through the empty space between the apt./office bldgs that are sited there.

Several parking spaces would have to be taken to bring the ramp up to ground level next to the existing buldings - we could return parking these spaces if Hardee's decided eventually to convert their site to fill their entire footprint with a new restaurant with housing & other retail atop subgrade parking complete with block-long atrium ...Giddyup!