Steering Committee Meeting #4 Presentation August 6, 2018 1 A. Commercial Strip Development and Alternatives B. Public Kick-off Meeting C. Next Steering Committee Meeting
Road Map of Planning Process 2 Steering Committee (Issues) 1: May 17, introductions, background 2: May 30, land use 3: July 9, Transportation Steering Committee (Issues) 4: Aug 6, commercial strip developments and alternatives; public meeting prep Public Open House 1 (Issues) 1: Sept 5, Kick-off Mtg - overview and background; opportunities for participation; identify issues/concerns Steering Committee (Vision) 5: end-sept, review public feedback 6: mid-oct, econ analysis, vision, goals 7: Nov, vision, goals, prep for Public Mtg Public Open House 2 (Vision) 2: Nov/Dec, vision for corridor, design charrettes, priorities, areas to improve Steering Committee (Policy) Public Open House 3 (Policy) Work Sessions Planning Board City Steering Committee Council (Adoption) 8: Jan 2019, review vision statement, goals, objectives 9: Feb/Mar 2019, review chapters, prep for Public Mtg 3: Mar/Apr 2019, review vision, goals, objectives, policies, implementation actions Spring 2019, Works Sessions with Planning Board and City Council Late Spring/Early Summer 2019, Present Draft Plan Spring/Summer 2019, Present Draft Plan
Commercial Strip Development History and Enabling Practices Stretching for miles in what seems to be an undifferentiated landscape of signs, driveways, parking lots and cheap buildings, the American commercial strip is one of the most exasperating and yet ubiquitous urban forms ever created. Occurring in nearly every settlement of any size in the country, the strip is everywhere the same and everywhere an eyesore. --- Brenda Case Scheer 3
Commercial Strip Development History and Enabling Practices 4 Why? Post Resources World Allocated War II: Interstate highway system program Federal home mortgage program moving to the suburbs Tax code change to allow owners to depreciate new commercial buildings after just 7 years (rather than 40 years) Application of commercial zoning in miles of linear arrangements
Result Commercial Strip Development History and Enabling Practices Inexpensive, single-story buildings on abundant, inexpensive properties at low densities. Focus on cars: buildings to rear of site, parking and signs up front New wide, multi-lane roads + low densities = car dependent, unfriendly to pedestrians 5 Typical Suburban Commercial Strip
Alternatives 6 Why Alternatives? Ugly; could be anywhere, lacks character/uniqueness Congestion; affect on business Can t walk/bike comfortably
Alternatives 7 Environmental Sustainability: fossil fuel use and dependence; air pollution; heat island effects; stormwater runoff; depletion of water resources and wildlife habitat; health problems
Alternatives Best Practices from the U.S. EPA and Urban Land Institute 8 Two interrelated components: 1) private land use/development patterns 2) public transportation ROW
Alternatives Best Practices from the U.S. EPA and Urban Land Institute 9 Reorganize from linear to nodal: ID locations for clusters of retail/commercial; Restructuring the Commercial Strip - A Practical Guide US EPA Orient buildings Resources to Allocated streets large display windows, frequent doors, human-scale design;
Alternatives Best Practices from the U.S. EPA and Urban Land Institute 10 Design for pedestrians wide sidewalks, seating, curbside parking on internal streets Locate parking to support walking park once and walk; lots to rear of building; shared parking; connections between Ten Principles for Reinventing America s Suburban Strips ULI
Alternatives Best Practices from the U.S. EPA and Urban Land Institute 11 Pattern of small blocks to connect neighborhoods to commercial convert super blocks to smaller ones to increased street frontages, more walkable, public open spaces
For strips between nodes: Build on value Funds in place Allocated encourage similar/related businesses around successful uses Transform the Commercial Strip Alternatives Best Practices from U.S. EPA and Urban Land Institute 12 Enable residential investment as the most viable and predominant alternate use Segments that specialize in auto sales/service, or medical services and health care clustered around hospital, etc. can have a distinct and unified segment identity (recognizable streetscape, enhanced frontage treatments) Auto Row - Oakland
Alternatives Best Practices from U.S. EPA and Urban Land Institute 13 Redesign the corridor s public ROW: Tree planting/wide landscaping between sidewalk and curb - buffer Resources Design speed; Allocatedsight distances; lane widths; turning radii Wide sidewalks (>5-6 ft) Street lighting at roadway and pedestrian scale Bike lanes and bus stops
Alternatives Best Practices from U.S. EPA and Urban Land Institute 14 Tools to improve thoroughfare capacity: driveway consolidation side-street access to properties
Alternatives Best Practices from U.S. EPA and Urban Land Institute 15 Tools to improve thoroughfare capacity: restrict and control left-turn movements
Alternatives Best Practices from U.S. EPA and Urban Land Institute 16 Tools to improve thoroughfare capacity: expand the street network
17 Conceptual Alternatives Hillsborough County, FL Improve with Reverse Access Typical Suburban Commercial Strip Create Walkable Street Network
Approach of Other Communities 18 STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO Developed concepts for what corridor should look like
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO 19 developed design standards for building orientation/relationship of uses; pedestrian circulation and connections;
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO 20 landscaping (materials, setbacks, parking lots, sloped and upland areas); building design (massing, form, transparency, roof form and function, building variety, materials, colors)
SANTE FE, NM 21 modified zoning codes to encourage development with a mix of uses, including residential; infill development of unused parking areas;
SANTE FE, NM 22 design standards for: obuilding placement, height, transparency, number of tenants; oshared parking, reduced parking, and parking lot placement; olandscaping and street trees; ostreet width and design; osidewalks, lighting, trees, outdoor seating in the pedestrian realm
TAOS, NM 23 revised zoning and subdivision regs to allow mixed-uses reduced minimum front setbacks to get buildings closer to street changed parking standards (shared parking, parking to rear) required pedestrian-friendly (buffered) sidewalks and crosswalks
TAOS, NM 24 create nodes of concentrated activity/density build missing street connections require internal streets on large parcels redesign hwy ROW to improve character acquire open space develop transfer of dev. rights program
MCCALL, ID 25 permit residential at all densities and promote mixed-use (new Community Commercial and Neighborhood Commercial zones); use development Resources agreements Allocated during permit process to preserve open lands/views, direct location of density, build connecting roads;
MCCALL, ID 26 create tradeable development rights program to protect certain areas from development and compensate property owners where development is undesirable; extend/construct Resources connecting Allocated street grid; redesign road ROW to accommodate pedestrians
DURANGO, CO 27 Mobility study is first phase of a comprehensive corridor redevelopment assessment a future phase will analyze character and assess land use/development
DURANGO, CO 28 redesign hwy ROW for improved multi-modal function, safety, etc.
Community Buy-In 29 Business owners and adjacent residents need to support change. Main Concerns To Address Concerns, Inform Discussion and Decisions Economic Impacts Case Studies Economic Studies Traffic Implications Traffic Analyses
Community Buy-In 30 Help public envision something different than a strip: drawings sketches simulations (traffic) Critical to discussion and decision
Public Kick-off Meeting September 5, 2018 31 5-7 pm, National Parks Realty Availability of Committee Members? Stations and Floor Plan
Public Engagement Strategy 32 Press Release Public Notice in Paper Article in City Newsletter; post with CVB Posters Website Emails (Chamber) Other?
Public Kick-off Meeting September 5, 2018 Station Assignments Stations Staff Committee Member 33 Introduce project, purpose, timeline Video Loop + Staff? Existing land use Planning Staff? Existing transportation facility Public Works- Craig/Karin? Aesthetics photo survey Planning Staff? Issues/Opportunities Exercise Planning Staff Councilor or Planning Board Member and? Next steps opportunity for involvement Planning Staff? Councilor or Planning Board Member and?
Public Kick-off Meeting September 5, 2018 34 Committee Members Role Help educate the public on the planning process opportunities for involvement existing conditions Help record public preferences issues and opportunities identified
Next Steering Committee Meeting 35 Availability September 19, 20, 24-27? Oct 1-3? Topics: review public feedback Upcoming: Oct: econ analysis, vision, goals Nov: vision, goals, prep for Public Mtg