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Renewing Fort Collins Together: A Team Approach

Renewing Fort Collins Together: A Team Approach. April 14, 2011. Agenda Topics. North College Urban Renewal Plan Area Mason Corridor Midtown Existing Conditions Survey Prospect South Foothills Mall Sustainable, Flexible, Predictable Planning Tool. North College Urban Renewal Plan Area.

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Renewing Fort Collins Together: A Team Approach

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  1. Renewing Fort Collins Together: A Team Approach April 14, 2011

  2. Agenda Topics • North College Urban Renewal Plan Area • Mason Corridor • Midtown Existing Conditions Survey • Prospect South • Foothills Mall • Sustainable, Flexible, Predictable Planning Tool

  3. North College Urban Renewal Plan Area

  4. URA Commitments • Landscaping/trees/wetlands enhancements • Stormwater improvements • Sewer expansion/infrastructure • Streetscapes • Sidewalks • Utilities • Green building features • Demolition/site prep • Façade enhancements TIF Quick Facts • $80 M invested • $14 M in TIF grants • $26 M in TIF generation

  5. North College Marketplace Union Place Kaufman and Robinson Valley Steel JAX Rocky Mountain Innosphere

  6. www.renewfortcollins.com

  7. Mason Corridor

  8. Mason Corridor • Linking community, lifestyle, and business • Enhancing environmental quality • Providing economic development opportunity • Offering convenience and choice

  9. Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) • “Rubber tired light rail” • Flexibility & convenience • Speed & comfort • High frequency service • Compressed natural gas • Purchasing six North American Bus Industries (NABI) BRT Vehicles

  10. Mason Express BRT Corridor

  11. Downtown CSU: Old Main to Laurel Prospect to Drake and Horsetooth to Harmony

  12. South Transit Center

  13. Project Status • 90% final BRT design completion • Construction late 2011 • Operational late 2013 • Howes two-way conversion complete • Mason two-way conversion begins 2011

  14. Next Steps 2011 Complete BRT final design, obtain FTA Grant Agreement 2011-13 Mason Street conversion, STC construction, and BRT construction (includes Troutman and NRRC) 2013 Begin MAX service

  15. Midtown Existing Conditions Survey

  16. Existing Conditions Survey – Finding of “blight” Creation of Urban Renewal Plan area Enable TIF as funding tool Revitalization & Improvements Step 1 Step 2 PROCESS Step 3 Step 4

  17. What is a Blight Study? • Inventory existing conditions • Visual and non-visual observations • Assess which observations qualify as factors of blight according to Urban Renewal Law in C.R.S. • Four of the eleven factors must be present • Document evidence to support a “finding of blight” by City Council

  18. Section 1 Section 2 Section 3

  19. Blight Factors Identified • Slum, deteriorated or deteriorating structures • Defective or inadequate street layout • Faulty lot layout • Unsanitary or unsafe conditions • Deterioration of site or other improvements • Unusual topography or inadequate public improvements • Health, safety, or welfare factors requiring high levels of services or underutilized buildings/sites

  20. Non-Visual Observations • 535 nuisance code violations from 1999-2010 • Level of Service at major intersections at C/D • 33 average annual traffic accidents at major intersections • Spring Creek floodway/floodplain • Surface drainage and flooding • Multiple ditch crossings

  21. Next Steps • April 20 – Open House • April 26 – Council work session to review Study • May 17 – Council hearing to declare blight and submit Urban Renewal Plan (URP) to P&Z, PSD, and County • June 16 – P&Z hearing to determine if URP is aligned with City Plan policies • July 19 – Council hearing to approve URP

  22. Prospect South

  23. Prospect South • Existing Conditions Survey updated • Capstone – Choice Center student housing project • 220 units • Break ground in July, open Fall 2013 • July 19 – plan area adoption • Property owner “Charette” – corner of Prospect and College

  24. Foothills Mall

  25. Foothills Mall Redevelopment • Existing Conditions Survey updated • Continued dialogue with General Growth Properties • Working towards a redevelopment agreement • Likely a phased program over several years • More to come over the next six months

  26. Sustainable Sustainable, Flexible, Predictable Planning Tool (SFP) SFP Predictable Flexible

  27. Why do we need the SFP? • Modifications to the Code are becoming the norm, not the exception • Projects just meeting the code minimum, not above and beyond • Infill/redevelopment sites are heavily constrained • Interim uses are challenging under the Code

  28. The SFP is… What is the SFP? PREDICTABILITY Flexible zoning LEAST Prescriptive zoning MOST dynamic • Voluntary L.D.G.S. SFP! • Planned Development Approach • Performance-Based REVIEW PROCESS LAND USE CODE Discretion/Neighbor Input LEAST MOST • Defined Location • Incentivized static

  29. Defined Location • Targeted Activity Centers • Targeted Redevelopment Areas • Transit Oriented Development (TOD) OverlayZone

  30. Incentivized • Use flexibility (addition of a permitted use) • Extended plan approval timeframe • Funding • Fee delay • Density bonus

  31. Next Steps • Research (Feb - Apr) • Develop (Apr - May) • Test & Refine (May - Jun) • Adopt (Jul - Aug) • Monthly Planning & Zoning Board (P&Z) work sessions • July 21 – P&Z recommendation • Aug 16 – City Council action

  32. Issues and Opportunities Survey

  33. Thank you for coming today!Questions? www.renewfortcollins.com

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