WILMAPCO

January 13, 2016

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING

ROUTE 9 CORRIDOR MASTER PLAN

WILMAPCO

Introductions:Management Committee

Introductions:Design Team

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Design Collective: an award-winning Architecture, Urban Design/Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Interiors firm

RCLCO: a land use economics firm delivering real estate strategies, market intelligence, and implementation assistance

Toole Deign Group: a leading, national Planning, Engineering, and Landscape firm specializing in pedestrian and bicycle transportation

Direct line of communication to Lead Project Manager

WILMPACO + PARTNERS

WILMAPCONew Castle County

Delaware Office of State Planning CoordinationDelaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT)

Delaware Transit Corporation (DTC)Delaware Economic Development Office (DEDO)

New Castle County Department of Community ServicesNew Castle County Department of Land Use

STAKEHOLDERS

DESIGN TEAM LEAD

URBAN DESIGN + PLANNING Design Collective, Inc.

Baltimore, MD

PRINCIPAL-IN-CHARGEMatt D’Amico, ASLA

PROJECT MANAGERCecily Bedwell, AICP, LEED AP BD+C

PLANNERWill Story, AICP, LEED AP

PLANNERCaitlin O’Hara

DESIGN SUBCONSULTANTS

MARKET ANALYSISRCLCO

Washington, DC

TRANSPORTATION + TRAFFICToole Design Group

Silver Spring, MD

PrincipalLee Sobel

Director of PlanningRJ Eldridge

Senior AssociateSteven Wang

Associate/ Senior PlannerCarol Kachadoorian

AssociateClare Healy

Urban DesignerKen Ray, RLA

Traffic EngineerChristina Fink, P.E.

Design Collective, Inc.Experience

URBAN & DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION

Downtown Frederick, MDPort of Port Royal, SCEast Liberty, PADowntown Elkton TOD Plan, MDBaltimore CBD, MDPark South Albany, NYDowntown Westminster, MDDowntown Providence, RICity of College Park, MD

CORRIDORS

Clarksville Pike, MDBelair Road, Baltimore MDHarford Road, Baltimore MDNC 73 Corridor, Davidson NCPurple Line, MDRoute 1, College Park MDBroad Creek, Norfolk VA

TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT

Purple Line, MDCollege Park Transit District, MDLargo, MDElkton, MDPerryville, MDAbington, PAUMCP East Campus, MDState Center, Baltimore MDWest Side, Baltimore MD

MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT

Maple Lawn, MDGlen Lennox, NCState Center, Baltimore MDDowntown Columbia, MDTowson Row, MDFrederick, MDMid Pike, MDInnovation Quarters, NCLargo, MD

RCLCOExperience

OFFICESWashington, DCLos AngelesOrlandoAustin

EXPERTISEMarket AnalysisEconomic and Fiscal ImpactEconomic DevelopmentPlanning and Design EconomicsDevelopment ServicesFunding Public InvestmentsTransit-Oriented Investments

RCLCO is a land use economics firm delivering real estate strategies, market intelligence, and implementation assistance.

PUBLIC STRATEGIES GROUP answers questions concerning real estate, economics, finance and policy for our public sector clients.

Toole Design GroupExperience

PRIMARY/LEAD AUTHOR

• AASHTO Bike Guide

• AASHTO Pedestrian Guide

• FHWA Mitigating Multi-modal Conflict Points

• FHWA Incorporating Multi-modal Facilities into Resurfacing Projects

• FHWA Flexibility in Roadway Design

• FHWA Pedestrian Facility Maintenance Guide

• FHWA How to Develop a Pedestrian Safety Action Plan

• FHWA Pedestrian Safety Guide for Transit Agencies

Previous Meeting Notes

Review of Task 1

State Strategies

2015 Zoning

Land Use

Future Land Use

Population and Employment Change

Vacancies and Income

Demographics

Highway Conditions

Vehicle Crashes

Transit Routes

Bus Ridership

NonmotorizedTransportation

Planned Projects

Food Access

Environmental, Cultural, and Social Resources

EnvironmentalConstraints

Sea Level Rise

Flood RiskAdaptation Map

Review of Scope & Schedule

Improve access to jobs, healthy foods, recreation, community services, and affordable housing

Promote mixed-use and mixed-income redevelopment

Mitigate environmental and health concerns

Examine land uses and recommend zoning adjustments

Recommend roadway improvements that promote the use of alternative transportation and manage truck traffic

2 Task 2 - Real Estate/Economic Development AssessmentMonths 4-10

Key Objectives of Market Analysis

• Confirm whether the community’s vision aligns with the market realities

• Define the corridor:

• Land use and transportation patterns

• Context (one study area or multiple study areas)

• Relationship to surrounding land use, transportation, and infrastructure

• Identify the sites, land uses and development program opportunities for catalytic development

• Communicate and maximize the corridor’s economic potential while preserving the local history

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By the end of this task, the team expects to provide a set of redevelopment strategies for evaluating alternative land uses and development programs.

Task 2 - Real Estate/Economic Development AssessmentMonths 4-10

3 Task 3 - Community VisioningMonths 7-8

• Project Kick-Off Meeting & Site Tour

• Site Base Plan Preparation

• Existing Conditions Site Plan Analysis

• Public Workshop I Preparation, Facilitation, and Summary Report

• Review and Coordination Meetings/Communications

• Wiki Map (Optional Service)

3 Task 3 - Community VisioningMonths 7-8

By the end of this task, the team expects to understand constraints and opportunities, outline goals and objectives, and begin to identify a broad vision for the area.

4 Task 4 - Draft Corridor Vision and Development AlternativesMonths 8-10

• Compile a community vision

• Create a range of reasonable development alternatives based on technical analysis and community vision

• Public Workshop II Preparation, Facilitation, and Summary Report

• Review and Coordination Meetings/Communications

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4 Task 4 - Draft Corridor Vision and Development AlternativesMonths 8-10

5 Task 5 - Preferred Alternative and Final ReportMonths 10-13

• Final Preferred Redevelopment Plan, 3-D Massing Studies, and Diagrams

• Final Streetscape Plans, Street Sections, and Multi-modal Improvements

• Prepare Perspective Renderings

• Draft and Final Report, with public process, redevelopment plan alternatives, analysis, input, preferred plan, supporting graphics , and recommendations

• Review and Coordination Meetings/Communications

5 Task 5 - Preferred Alternative and Final ReportMonths 10-13

The end goal is to deliver a highly visual report detailing the public process, the analysis of the plan alternatives, the preferred development plan, and recommendations for incorporation into the Master Plan.

ScheduleOctober November December January February March April May June July August September October

Background

Notes:1. As noted in the RFP, Task 1 is being completed by the Project Management Committee ahead of the consultant team's involvement.

3. WS = Public Workshop

2. Meetings include Project Management, Advisory, or Joint Committee Meetings and Stakeholder Interviews/Meetings. In addition, project manager will participate in weekly client phone or video conference calls.

Visioning

Develop Alternatives

Complete Report

Economic Assessment

Public Outreach

Advisory Committee

Public ProcessA Robust, Highly-Interactive Public Participatory Process

• Innovative strategies for stakeholder engagement, at all scales

• Multi-pronged approach: 2 Public Workshops, Stakeholder Meetings, Project Website materials, and Wiki Map option

• Different approaches for different groups

• Consistent message and graphics

• Empower the public to help: Visioning, Wiki Map, Walking Surveys, etc.

Inventive Outreach: Festivals, Food Truck Gatherings, Bus Exit Polls, Sidewalk/Storefront Comment Boards, ...

Public Process

Next Steps

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