Tools for Implementing your Comprehensive Plan. Josh Campbell City of Suwanee Planning and Inspections

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1 Tools for Implementing your Comprehensive Plan Josh Campbell City of Suwanee Planning and Inspections

2 Tools for Implementing your Comprehensive Plan Planning Expectations and Culture Policies Regulations Investment Incentives

3 Expectations and Culture Balancing Aspiration with Implementation Market based Long Time Horizons Flexible Obtain Community Acceptance

4 Expectations and Culture Build a culture of expectations Use your STWP Use your CIP Update your Comprehensive Plan Annually Review these documents regularly

5 Policy Master Plans

6 Policy Boards Downtown Development Authority Urban Redevelopment Authority Public Arts Commission Planning Commission Educate your boards

7 Regulations Zoning Zoning Ordinances are tools that should advance the objectives of your comprehensive plan Update your Zoning Ordinance to meet the goals of your comprehensive plan.

8 Regulations Development

9 Regulations Environmental

10 Regulations Architectural

11 Investment City Funds Fund Balance Bonds Grants Tax Allocation District Public Private Partnership

12 Incentives Tax Incentives Planned Mixed Use Development District (Density) Planned Mixed Use Development District (Flexibility) Flexibility in the rules Flexibility in the elimination of time consuming processes

13 How do you use these tools to achieve the goals, objectives, and vision of your comprehensive plan?

14 In Short, How do you go from this

15 to this?

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17 Goals of 2020 Comprehensive Plan Goals Included: Strengthen Community Identity Create More Parks and Open Space Encourage Highest Quality Development Possible and Explore Innovative Development Techniques

18 Strengthen Community Identity Tools Used Policy Old Town Master Plan (now called Downtown Suwanee Master Plan) Open Space and Recreational Needs Assessment Urban Redevelopment Plan Downtown Development Authority Urban Redevelopment Authority STWP CIP Investment SPLOST Fund Balance General Obligation Bonds Revenue Bonds LCI Grants Public Private Partnerships Madison Retail, LLC; Bowen Family Homes Regulation Zoning Ordinance PMUD Incentive Tax Incentives PMUD Density PMUD Flexibility Beach Front Property

19 Old Town Master Plan (Urban Redevelopment Plan) Second Strategic Plan. Studied potential enhancements to the Old Town Area. Recommended a focus on building a New Town Center to complement the historic Old Town Area. Subsequently grand fathered into the LCI program.

20 Suwanee New Town Center Master Plan A Master Planned 60+ acre mixed-use project City purchased 23 acres 10-acre Town Center Park Town Center Avenue Amphitheatre Interactive fountain 13-acre Mixed-Use Town Center 31 Multi-family units 130,000 Square feet office, commercial, and civic uses

21 Suwanee Town Center Master Plan Design Elements 10-Acre Park Anchor Mixed-Use Development Downtown Street Character Critical Mass of Development Realistic Development Market Connectivity Civic Presence

22 Suwanee Town Center Master Plan Design Elements 10-Acre Park Anchor Mixed-Use Development Downtown Street Character Critical Mass of Development Realistic Development Market Connectivity Civic Presence

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24 Shadowbrook at Town Center Bowen Family Builders Developed 40 adjacent acres 116 Townhomes 85 Single family units 18,000 square feet of office and commercial uses 14.5 acres of open space

25 On the city-owned 23 acres the City planned: A Public Park (10 acres) 4 Mixed-Use Development Opportunities fronting the park (11 acres) New City Hall site (2 acres)

26 Town Center Park Completed in December 2003

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28 Town Center

29 Preserve Open Space Policy Open Space and Recreational Needs Assessment Investment SPLOST General Obligation Bonds Regulation Stream Buffer Protection Ordinance Buffer, Landscape, and Tree Preservation Ordinance PMUD Require a certain amount of open space (20 25%) Conservation Subdivision Ordinance Require a certain amount of open space (40 50%) Incentive PMUD Density more units per acre allows for more land to be preserved as Open Space PMUD Flexibility

30 Open Space & Recreation Needs Assessment Stemmed from community desires expressed in the 2020 Comprehensive Plan about parks and recreation. Comprehensive study of City's open space and recreation situation. Developed our philosophy of developing passive recreation spaces. Active recreation is handled by Gwinnett County. Recommended more open space and public gathering spaces including an enhanced town center. Led to a $17.7 million Open Space Bond Referendum

31 58% of voters APPROVED the Open Space referendum 42% of voters OPPOSED it

32 Parks Before City Hall Park Burnette Rogers Pavilion

33 Parks After Sims Lake Park

34 Parks After Town Center Park

35 Parks After Suwanee Creek Park PlayTown Suwanee

36 Parks After Suwanee Creek Greenway Brushy Creek Greenway

37 Parks After Delay Tract White Street Park

38 Quality Innovative Development See Strengthening Community Identity Regulation Zoning Ordinance PMUD Zoning Ordinance Sign Ordinance Zoning Ordinance BLT Ordinance Architectural Standards Incentive PMUD Flexibility PMUD Density

39 Residential Development Before Conventional Suburban Residential Conventional Suburban Residential Pic of Ruby Forest Aerial Level

40 Residential Development After New Urbanist Design

41 Commercial Development Before

42 Commercial Development After

43 BUILT TOWN CENTER Developed Open Space Master Plan Public Hearings for Developed 2000 Urban Redevelopment Plan Comprehensive Plan DESIGN CHARETTE CREATED URA SOLD TOWN TOWN CENTER REAL ESTATE CENTER Hired Financial Advisers for ADVISERS Open Space Bond TRACTS URA Bonds Challenged in Court PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR OPEN SPACE PLAN BETTER PARKS CAMPAIGN DESIGNED TOWN CENTER Public Meetings for Old Town Master Plan Sold Open Space Bonds on the Open Market declared downtown slum OPEN SPACE REFERENDUM FUNDRAISING Purchased Town Developed Center Town Center Master Hired Bond Attorneys tracts Plan for Open Space Bond TOWN CENTER COVENANTS Town Center Market Analysis Hired Appraisers for Town Center Master Planned Shadowbrook SUWANEE SOIREE Developed 2002 Old Town Master Plan DEVELOPED 2002 URBAN REDEVELOPMENT

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