Island Economic Development Implementation through form-based codes

1. Island Economic Development Implementation through form-based codes Town of South Padre Island Scott Polikov September 1, 2009

2. Form-based coding is not new. Great walkable places were once developed under private form codes.

3. Today, public form-based codes can create a de facto master developer context across multiple ownership. Leander, Texas

5. Placemaking and economic development are becoming inextricably interdependent

6. Durability of Value Durability of value- lifecycle analysis

7. The Opportunities Implement the vision for a walkable Padre Boulevard and Entertainment District Attract more high quality, pedestrian-oriented, mixed use development Predictability of development outcomes Protect public investments in infrastructure (existing and future) Attract and sustain private investment

8. Form-Based Codes A method of regulating development to achieve a specific urban form. Form-based codes create a predictable public realm primarily by controlling physical form, with a lesser focus on land use, through city or county regulations.

9. Form-Based Codes Form-based codes address the relationship between building facades and the public realm, the form and mass of buildings in relation to one another, and the scale and types of streets and blocks. The regulations and standards in Form-based codes, presented in both diagrams and words, are keyed to a regulating plan that designates the appropriate form and scale (and therefore, character) of development rather than only distinctions in land-use types.

11. Assessed the built environment The Corridor was initially analyzed for redevelopment opportunity.

12. A Building-Scale Master Plan was developed.

13. Main Street Today Main Street Before

14. Main Street After

15. The Master Plan then informed a new Main Street design

16. A Regulating Plan was then prepared delineating character zones.

17. The new development standards are organized by character zone

18. Downtown Duncanville District Core Main Street Frontage Standards Core Main Street Development Standards

19. Regulating Plan based on City’s GIS data Street Redesign based on survey The Regulating Plan sets out the schematic design for the final redesign and reconstruction of Main Street

20. Fiscal Analysis to Support Financing of Main Street Reconstruction 5-Year Phasing

21. Fiscal Impact The initiative offers the potential of four times current tax base, with total additional revenue impact approaching $3 million per year at buildout

22. New town homes are under construction bringing urban living back to Main Street

23. The same approach can now be taken on State Highways (Padre Boulevard – Park Road 100)

24. Downtown Seoul before CSS

25. Same corridor after CSS

26. Same corridor after CSS

27. A happy Mayor, who became President

28. TxDOT Polikov appointed by TxDOT to co-chair the Committee along with Mark Marek, TxDOT’s Design Division Dir. and former co-author of the AASHTO “Green” Book. The Committee concludes that urbanism is the key.

29. What is urbanism? “…places that encourage unplanned contact with other people.” -Milosav Cekic Gateway Planning Group

31. The Current Process 1. What is future mobility need for a particular roadway corridor? 2. What functional classification (how many more lanes) accommodates this need? 3. Is there money to pay for the project? 4. Hold public meetings per NEPA (“design – defend”) 5. Final design, letting and construction

32. The New Process Revised TxDOT Project Development Process Manual [revisions in italics] Subsection 1000 “For urban projects, particularly capacity improvements, the need for a project may be determined from traffic modeling of future travel demands as well as from the need for a sustainable street and transit network associated with the potential project in the context of desired land uses and urban design established in regional plans …neighborhood plans, other local plans …public-private partnerships or economic development plans.” Subsection 1330 The Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) and the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) have developed … context sensitive design [processes and criteria] for streets, intersections, and networks…. Those resources … shall provide guidance for the CSS process.

33. A partnership of the ITE and the Congress for the New Urbanism

34. Slides courtesy of Jim Daisa of Kimley Horn

35. Downtown Owensboro Initiative(Building on a history of tourism)

36. The starting point- the cultural arts, festivals, a great history of tourism

37. 17 Acre “Executive Inn” site—an opportunity

38. West Downtown Development Options “Executive Inn” Site Development Options

39. D A F B E C G Catalytic Public Investments

40. Catalytic Public Investment Package of Catalyst Projects D B A C H F F G

41. Current Conditions

42. Implemented Plan

43. Existing Zoning

44. FBC Character Zones Historic Core Downtown Core Riverfront Core Riverfront Edge Downtown Transition Frederica Blvd. Corridor Downtown Campus Neighborhood

45. Form & Development Standards by Character Zone

46. Overall Design Standards

47. An opportunity to create SPI’s Bold Move www.gatewayplanning.com