WORKSHOP AGENDA ITEM 5. Hillsborough County: CPA Text Amendment Livable Communities Element (Northwest Area Community Plan Update)

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1 WORKSHOP AGENDA ITEM 5. Agenda Item: Hillsborough County: CPA Text Amendment Livable Communities Element (Northwest Area Community Plan Update) Action Necessary: Synopsis: No This is a publicly initiated text amendment to the Livable Communities Element (vision statement and strategies) to update the Northwest Area Community Plan. Attachment: Executive Summary and Backup Information Presenter: Allison Yeh (ext 351)

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3 Planning Commission Workshop November 8, st Cycle 2011 Amendment Summary CPA Update of the Northwest Area Community Plan I. PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT A. Description of Request Request: This is a publicly initiated text amendment to update the vision statement and strategies of the Northwest Area Community Plan in the Livable Communities Element. The amendment includes administrative updates to the community plan boundary map to match the community plan boundary with the Urban Service Area boundary. The Northwest Area Community Plan boundary will also be revised to exclude the Citrus Park Village Community Plan boundary which was adopted as part of an independent community plan in Background: The Northwest Area Community Plan s consists of a Vision Statement, Goals, and Strategies and is adopted in the Livable Communities Element of the County s Comprehensive Plan. This community plan is considered in decisions pertinent to the development, redevelopment, economic, environment, and other matters of concern to residents that affect the future of the northwest area. The Board of County Commissioners directed the Planning Commission to update each adopted Community Plan no less than every 10 years. The currently adopted Northwest Area Community Plan became effective in January Many things change within a community in a decade. The update process provides an opportunity to address those changes. The plan update addresses changes to the adopted goals, strategies and concept and the boundary map. These revisions were based on a review of the adopted plan and what has been accomplished, what has not been completed and a review of changes in existing conditions. Planning Commission staff worked with stakeholders and citizens in the development of the plan update. The involvement of those who live or own a business in the 1 st Cycle 2011 Comprehensive Plan Amendments

4 community is vital to ensure that the needs and desires of the community are reflected and is a critical factor to the success of the plan. The amendment proposes updates to the following areas of the plan: 1. Updated boundary map to align with the Urban Service Boundary and exclusion of Citrus Park Village. 2. Updates to strategies including the removal of language related to proposed development of the Citrus Park Village Plan. This portion of the Northwest Area Plan was implemented with Citrus Park Village Community Plan (CPA 02 07) plan amendment that became effective September 2003, and the codified adopted Land Development Code, Part [Please see Section I of the staff report for the proposed update to the Northwest Area Community Plan Vision & Strategies] CPA Northwest Area Community Plan

5 B. Review Agency/Department Responses Copies of agency responses are included in Section II to this report. The following Hillsborough County Agencies/Departments had no objections or significant objections to the proposed text amendment: Environmental Protection Commission Fire Rescue Department Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Metropolitan Planning Organization Public Works Department Hillsborough County School District Unincorporated Hillsborough Planning & Growth Management Dept. Water Resources Division CPA Northwest Area Community Plan

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7 Section I Northwest Area Community Plan Updated Boundary Map and Vision & Strategies CPA Northwest Area Community Plan

8 NORTHWEST AREA COMMUNITY PLAN Vision The Northwest Area Community Plan will strives to create well defined, vital communities with a sense of place through a development option that features creation of traditional neighborhoods and town centers while preserving a large interconnected greenway system and natural resources. The creation of compact, mixed use neighborhoods, with economic vitality, mobility and connectivity will be encouraged as a desired community pattern within the Northwest Hillsborough area., (see proposed boundary map below) as defined in Map 1. The historic Citrus Park Village area (shown on Map 2 of the Northwest background documentation) will develop on the basis of traditional neighborhood principles. Northwest Area Community Plan Citrus Park Village Strategies To ensure the implementation of the Vision formulated by the residents of the Northwest community, the following strategies will guide future growth and development in the area defined in Map 1. (See Adopted Boundary Map 2010) The boundary proposed community

9 plan boundary map will be amended to reflect align with any change to the the Urban Service Area boundary. The boundary will be amended to reflect any change to the Urban Service Area. Section A Large scale ecosystems have been identified which are planned to will remain free of inappropriate development by: Assigning wetlands, water bodies, greenways/trail corridors, acquired environmental lands (ELAPP Environmental Land Acquisition and Protection Program) and parks to a defined system of Preserves to be permanently protected from development. Assigning significant wildlife habitat, approved environmental lands (ELAPP), stream corridor buffers, and connecting corridors to a system of Reserves in need of protection from inappropriate forms of development. Techniques to preserve these lands will include public acquisition, transfer of developmental rights and public private management. Creating stormwater management plans that utilize large surface storage lakes and natural biological treatment systems, rather than incremental isolated ponds. Section B The evolution of aan alternative community form has been identified that encourages the creation of mixed use traditional neighborhoods as well as higher density town centers, while permitting conventional suburban development. This alternative community form evolution is encouraged by: Adopting the composite master plan, known as the Northwest Hillsborough Regulating Plan (See Figure 4A) (Map 1) which locates and defines each intended neighborhoods, and town centers, districts, and corridors. by parcel boundaries, Tthe site plans provide an example of Traditional Neighborhood Development (TND )development pattern for each site. These are conceptual plans and are not regulatory in any way over the future development of these properties. Provide incentives for an alternative development pattern characterized by: a) Neighborhoods that are compact, pedestrian friendly, and mixed use. b) Neighborhoods within which the activities of daily living should occur within walking distance, allowing independence to those who do not drive, especially the elderly and the young. c) Neighborhoods with a broad range of housing types and price levels which can bring people of diverse ages and incomes into daily interaction, strengthening the personal civic bonds essential to an authentic community. d) Concentrations of civic, institutional, and commercial activity embedded within neighborhoods, not isolated in remote single use complexes. e) School facilities sized and located to enable children to walk or bicycle to them.

10 f) Range of town squares, parks, playgrounds, playing fields, and community gardens, distributed within neighborhoods along with corridors of green space used to define and connect different neighborhoods and centers. g) Walkable neighborhoods with defined centers and edges, allowing for home occupation and convenient transit. h) Safe, beautiful streets for informal socializing and community meeting halls for purposeful gatherings. Ensuring the harmonious evolution of neighborhoods, districts, and corridors through precise urban design codes that serve as predictable guides for change. Planning for the evolution of existing suburban areas into economically vital mature mixed use communities. Adopting a checklist of traditional neighborhood development criteria, which, if determined by Administrative Review to have been met, convey traditional neighborhood development zoning to property. Separate checklists shall be created for large undeveloped sites which can become full traditional neighborhood developments of over 100 acres, for smaller or infill projects, and for the retrofit of residential, commercial or other conventional development patterns. Designating the Tampa Bay Downs site (See Site 3 on Figure 4A)Map 3 of the Northwest background documentation) as a Special Entertainment Center (SEC) intended to encourage mixed use development, based upon TND principles, that functions as an employment center. The SEC, will be based on the horse racetrack uses, and foster interconnectivity between local and regional neighborhoods, promote economic vitality, efficient transportation, mobility, and a unique sense of place. Additional definition of the SEC will be provided in the plan, andthrough development standards created as part of the Land Development Code through an optional regulatory plan. Section C Flexible and innovative mobility options have been identified to offset the deficient street network by: Connecting neighborhoods with employment, retail, and education centers through Greenways of equestrian, pedestrian, and bicycle trails integrated with other recreation areas, and ensuring that major streets do not act merely as vehicular thoroughfares but serve pedestrians and bicyclists equally well. Requiring town centers designed with a mix of ed-uses of sufficient density to support public transit (bus, light rail, and trolley). Planning for a transit system that runs frequently and has comfortable waiting facilities. Requiring new development to be designed with a continuous local network of roads characterized by short blocks with minimal use of cul de sacs. This network separates community based trips from long distance through traffic, and provides a variety of alternative routes and itineraries that connect to adjacent neighborhoods as often as possible.

11 Creating incentives that provide land use patterns that improve transportation efficiency through internal capture. Balancing capital funding of transportation improvements to support right of way pedestrian enhancement, and alternative modes of travel, in addition to traditional roadway widening projects. Revising design standards to allow low speed vehicular design within defined community boundaries. Section D Social and economic vitality and sustainability has been ensured through: Locating and designing civic infrastructure, buildings and services to support town centers and neighborhoods. Requiring a range of housing suitable for younger and older people in addition to housing for families in the neighborhood. Ensuring adequate infrastructure and balancing urban service systems through an equitable assignment of fiscal responsibility between private and public sectors. Encouraging economic development opportunities to balance employment opportunities with housing. Enable market forces to affect housing type and density without compromising the neighborhood structure. Creating economic incentives for the construction of neighborhoods and town centers. Stabilizing property values by master planning at the neighborhood and community scale. Section E Incentives have been identified for transfer of development rights from areas planned for permanent open space preservation to areas planned as denser cores. Permitting development rights to be transferred from reserves, as identified on the Community Plan to town centers to achieve a maximum density of 9 units per acre and an intensity of a 1.0 floor area ratio. Requiring each reserve area from which development rights have been transferred to become a permanent part of a Preserve Area. Permitting an increase of a maximum of 50% of the transferred development rights to be added to the receiving site. Section F A neighborhood plan has been adopted to guide development in and around historic Citrus Park village as shown on Map 2 (of the Northwest background documentation) by: Defining an area to be governed by the Citrus Park Village Neighborhood Plan. Codifying traditional neighborhood development (TND) regulations for Citrus Park to include a plan, TND code, TND checklist and a zoning overlay defining

12 neighborhood center, neighborhood general and neighborhood edge zones.identifying a greenway network, traffic network, public areas and private areas in the Neighborhood Plan. Permitting development which is consistent with the Citrus Park Village codified regulations.

13 Section II Review Agency Comments CPA Northwest Area Community Plan

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17 Hassan Halabi From: Sent: To: Carnell, Louis Friday, October 15, :23 PM Hassan Halabi Sir, I am sorry we have not gotten back to you sooner. Chief Patterson has been out do to the recent death of his mother. We do not anticipate a change in our response times or degradation in our level of service. I have reviewed the response times for addresses close to areas in question. We have existing Fire Stations in all areas of proposed development. Sincerely Todd Carnell Quality Management Chief Hillsborough County Fire Rescue

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21 L:\TRAN_MPO\COMPREHENSIVE PLANS\HILLSBOROUGH CO\2010\CPA 11-03_BW.doc MEMORANDUM DATE: September 28th, 2010 TO: FROM: RE: Hassan Halabi, Senior Planner Bud Whitehead, Transportation Section CPA Livable Communities Element Text Change Northwest Area Community Plan Staff has reviewed the proposed text amendment to the Livable Communities Element. The proposed amendment, in and of itself, will not create transportation impacts. However, additional transportation improvements might require an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan Capital Improvements Element.

22 Transportation Systems Multimodal Review Hillsborough County Comprehensive Plan Amendment Request CPA Livable Communities Element Text Change Northwest Area Community Plan Residents in this area have a number nearby destinations suitable for accessing through cycling, walking and transit. The popular Upper Tampa Bay Trail, schools, recreation, parks, shopping, are all less than two miles from many residential communities a reasonable distance to shift to these modes of transportation, without using an automobile. On-road bike lane, sidewalks, and trails are crucial to providing a means for safe non-motorized travel in addition to the planned trail connection. Several roadways in the community currently have poor level of service for walking, cycling, and transit which has been acknowledged with the focus of the Northwest Area Community Plan embracing Complete Streets and a livable community. This Plan supports multi-modal transportation leading to better air quality, healthier residents, and a safer community. Are there any planned or programmed bicycle, pedestrian and transit improvements in the area? The MPO s current adopted Long Range Transportation Plan support the Northwest Area Community Plan by identifying several on-road bicycle and sidewalk projects, the completion of the Upper Tampa Bay Trail Phase IV, and intensified transit in the future including regional and local bus service with opportunities for future rail service possible. Additional considerations: We can expect people walking and cycling to destination points or combined with transit for long trips, along Gunn Highway, Sheldon Road, Linebaugh, Hillsborough, all the major roads throughout the Northwest Area Community Plan. It is important to provide continuous, accessible, well-maintained sidewalks, high-visibility crosswalks, pedestrian-level lighting, on-road bike facilities, trail connections, and resting points and benches at transit stops. 1

23 Hassan Halabi From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Campos-Kreutzer, Raoul Tuesday, October 12,2010 8:41 AM Hassan Halabi Kamermayer, Carolyn; Lyons, John; Williams, Michael Comprehensive Plan Amendment Request - 1st Cycle Public Works Department's staffs have reviewed above subject request, and have no comments or objections. Tell us what matters to you! VISI~ and lend your volce to the budget discussion

24 School Board Susan L. Valdes, Chair Doretha W. Edgecomb, Vice Chair Jennifer Faliero April Griffin Carol W. Kurdell Jack R. Lamb, Ed.D. Candy Olson Superintendent of Schools MaryEllen Elia Deputy Superintendents Kenneth R. Otero Daniel J. Valdez Chief Facilities Officer Cathy L. Valdes MEMORANDUM To: Krista Kelly, AICP From: David Borisenko, AICP Department Manager, Planning and Facilities Siting Date: October 13, 2010 Re: Comprehensive Plan Amendment Request 1 St Cycle 2011 Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) offers the following summary comments on each of the requested amendments. CPA Rhodine Road in the vicinity of Balm Riverview Road The proposed map amendment would convert the subject site from Residential 4 to Suburban Mixed Use 6. The number of potential residential units could be increased from 65 to 97 single family detached dwelling units. The following schools serve the subject site. School FISH Capacity Reserved for concurrency Students generated by combined amendments Projected Enrollment Available Capacity Projected Enrollment Available Capacity Sessums Elementary Rodgers Middle Riverview High School Raymond O. Shelton School Administrative Center 901 East Kennedy Blvd. Tampa, FL Phone: FAX: School District Main Office: P.O. Box 3408 Tampa, FL Website:

25 There appears to be sufficient capacity at the all the schools in the school year at the time of this review. However, based on the projected enrollment for the current five year planning period, Sessums Elementary School may not have sufficient capacity in the future. Elementary school students that may be generated by future development within the subject site may be required to attend school in an attendance zone adjacent to Sessums. The following table shows the current enrollment and capacity in the adjacent attendance zones. School FISH CAPACITY School Year Current Enrollment Available Student Stations Corr Gibsonton Riverview Boyette Springs Collins School School Year Projections FISH CAPACITY Current Enrollment Available Student Stations Corr Gibsonton Riverview Boyette Springs Collins There appears at this time to be sufficient capacity to compensate for future capacity deficiencies at Sessums based on current and projected enrollments. However, any future residential development will be reviewed for compliance with the Hillsborough County School Concurrency Ordinance at the time permitting. If sufficient capacity is not available in an adjacent zone Hillsborough County Public Schools may consider redistricting or another solution, or the developer may be required to implement a mitigation option identified in the Hillsborough County Concurrency Ordinance. CPA Bearss Avenue and Livingston Avenue The proposed map amendment would convert the subject site from Residential 6 to Residential The number of potential residential units could be increased from 30 to 102 multi-family dwelling units. The following schools serve the subject site.

26 FISH Capacity Reserved for concurrency Students generated by combined amendments Projected Enrollment Available Capacity Projected Enrollment Available Capacity School Mort Elementary Buchanan Middle Freedom High School There appears to be sufficient capacity at each of the schools at the time of this review and in the future. However, any future residential development will be reviewed for compliance with the Hillsborough County School Concurrency Ordinance at the time permitting. If it is determined that sufficient capacity is not available at that time, students generated by the development may be required to attend an adjacent school attendance zone. If sufficient capacity is not available in an adjacent zone Hillsborough County Public Schools may consider redistricting or another solution, or the developer may be required to implement a mitigation option identified in the Hillsborough County Concurrency Ordinance. CPA Environmental Lands Acquisition Program (ELAPP) Update The proposed amendment will not generate residential development and appears to have no impact on future school enrollment. CPA Northwest Area Community Plan Text Change It is not possible to estimate the impact of the proposed text change on future school enrollment within the study area. Future proposed residential development will be reviewed for compliance with the Hillsborough County School Concurrency Ordinance at the time of permitting.

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28 Hassan Halabi From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Moran, Kevin Thursday, October 14, :59 PM Hassan Halabi Jeffers, Jim; McCary, John CPA Livable Communities Element Text Change Mr. Halabi, Hillsborough County Water Resource Division's (WRD) staff has reviewed the proposed text change. WRD has no comment on the proposed text change. Kevin S. Moran, P.E. Water Resource Division Public Utilities Department 925 E. Twiggs St. Tampa FL (813) ext (813)