041508 Strategic GrowthMaintaining, vitalizing and developing
community wealth and resources for the long
term
City Council
Strategic Growth Areas Update and Budget Request
April 15, 2008
Jack Whitney
The Comprehensive Plan's Strategic
Our challenge is to:
Growth Areas are designed to
provide opportunities for
absorb most of the city's future
continued economic growth
growth.
They integrate a diverse cluster
prevent urban sprawl
of attractive, more compact but
protect our established
compatible mixed land uses:
residential neighborhoods
office, retail, service, hotel and
and rural areas
residential (where appropriate).
maximize infrastructure
•
They afford greater use of
efficiency
alternative transportation
systems.
Next Steps to implementing the Comprehensive Plan:
Strategic Growth Areas
–turning theBlueprint into Reality.
WHERE ARE THEY
STRATEGIC GROWTH AREAS
Resort Area
WHAT ARE THEY ?
•Twelve distinct geographic areas established
in the 2003 Comprehensive Plan.. Plus the
Resort Area
•Designed to absorb most of the City’s future
growth –largely through new development
•They integrate a diverse mix of attractive,
compact but compatible land uses: office,
retail, industrial, hotel and residential
•They afford greater use of transit
Work-to-Date
•Presentation to City Council 7/17/07
•VBDA/Planning Commission/Board of Zoning 9/18/07
•Blue Ribbon Committee Presenation10/17/07
•City Council Selected Three Areas to focus upon this
year.10/23/07Selecting three areas:
Resort Area SGA13--
(Sasaki)
Burton Station Area SGA 1
(Landmark Design and
Urban DesignAssociates)
Pembroke SGA 4
(Scope of Services under
development)
•Update VBDA 11/20/07
•Update City Council on Resort Area progress 1/15/08
•Planning CharrettesBurton Station 4/2/08 and 4/3/08
PLANNING /IMPLEMENTATION
PROCESS
•Coordinated with Comprehensive Plan Update
•Interdepartmental approach
•Public “Listening”and participation
•Established SGA “Team”with specific focus
•FY 08/09 CIP and Operating Budget Requests
to initiate implementation
PARALLEL WORK
•Comprehensive Plan
•Green Ribbon Committee
•Workforce Housing
•Blue Ribbon Committee Recommendations
•APZ1 Clear Zone Master Plans
PRODUCTS
•SGA Master Plans
•Community Involvement Plan
•Design Guidelines –“Pattern Books”
•Zoning Maps and Overlay Districts
•Economic Development and Marketing Plan
ORGANIZATION
SGA ~ PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION TEAM
CHIEF: Steve Herbert, Chief Development Officer
LEAD –Jack Whitney, Director of Planning
Core Team:
•Planning
•Economic Development
•Housing
•Convention and Visitors Bureau
•Parks and Recreation
•Public Works
•Law
•Management Services
•Media Communications
•Public Utilities
WORK PLAN
Goal: Complete detailed planning for 3 SGAs per year
Goal: Complete detailed planning for 3 SGAs per year
Year One:
•Established SGA Team
•Schedule
•Kicked-Off Plans
–Northampton (Burton Station)
–Resort Area
–Pending Pembroke (Town Center)
•Prioritize and Schedule Year 2
FUNDING CONSIDERATIONS
•Optimize Use of In-House Resources
•Operating Budget Request $500,000
–Developing Design Plans, Consulting Services and
Expertise to Evaluate “ROI”
–Public Listening / Involvement
•CIP Funding Request $3 Million per year
–Land and Right-of-Way Acquisition
–Infrastructure Improvements
–Relocation Costs (if necessary)
–Implementation Based on Design Plans
NEXT STEPS
•
Resort Area Master Plan Adoption
•Burton Station (SGA1)
–April 28-May 1 Public Listening and Master Planning
•Pembroke Master Planning Process Kick-off
•Three Year schedule of SGAs to be Reviewed by
Council (December-January Timeframe)
•Budget Adoption for CIP and Operating Budget
Questions?