Lincoln Downtown Masterplan
Lincoln, CA · 2024
Client: City of Lincoln
Location: Lincoln, CA
Year: 2024
CP Role: Sub-consultant to Opticos Design, Inc.
Practice Area: Spatial Planning + Placemaking
Team: Alex Steinberger, Principal-in-Charge; Ayano Healy; Victor Tran
The Challenge
Lincoln's Downtown Master Plan calls for public improvements that the City needs a way to pay for. The City wanted to know whether an Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District could fund them, and how much it could raise.
Our Approach
As a sub-consultant to Opticos Design, we built a revenue model that projects future property tax increment from the City's preferred development scenario. We combined assessor data with a screen for parcels likely to redevelop, then used real estate pro formas to estimate future assessed value by building type. The interactive model lets City leaders change buildout, timing, and which taxing jurisdictions participate, and see projected revenue right away.
Outcome
The analysis showed that County participation could more than double the district's funds, giving the City a conservative financial roadmap for its downtown vision. The master plan builds on our earlier Downtown Code Audit, and its public review drafts went to the community in English and Spanish in September 2026.
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