Presentation - DT Planning and Neighborhoods
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City Council Neighborhoods Subcommittee February 9, 2023 Downtown Area Planning and Neighborhoods Update Agenda 2 • Development Update & CIP Projects • Downtown Core • Studies • Downtown South • City Initiatives • ULI AZ TAP Study • Next Steps Redevelopment Update 3 • Completed Projects (Past 5 Years): • Summit at San Marcos • Overstreet & Overstreet Garage • Oregon St. Parking Garage • New Square Phase 1 • The Alexander & Johnathan • Arizona Avenue Improvements • Chicago St. / Arizona Ave. Intersection Redevelopment Update 4 • Current Projects: • DC Heights Phase 1 • Encore Chandler • Shops on Frye • Boston St. Improvements • Construction summer 2023 • Wall St. Improvements • Construction summer 2023 • City Hall Public Parking & Alley Improvements • Construction late summer 2023 • Alley Improvements • FY 22-23 through FY 24-25 Redevelopment Update 5 • Future Projects: • One Chandler • New Square Phase 2 • DC Heights Phase 2 • District Downtown • 336 S. Washington • Sites 1 & 2 • SWC Oregon St. & Chicago St. Current Downtown Data City Investment: $70,450,000 Private Investment: $452,700,000 ROI: $1.00 to $6.40 Businesses • 45+ Bars & Restaurants | 21 Retail Stores • 315,000 SF Office | 432,000 SF Retail Sales Tax Data • FY 21-22 was the best year on record: • Total Revenue Collected: FY 21-22: $2.11 million (FY 20-21: $1.34 million) • 57.4% YoY growth from FY 20-21 (previous best year on record) Downtown Core 7 Purpose: • Plan necessitated by Downtown growth – new destinations and more visitors • Intended to unify visual language of Downtown wayfinding, direct vehicles to Downtown parking, provide direction for pedestrian traffic, and identify pedestrian comfort improvements • Aimed at creating an actionable, prioritized plan for staff to implement from Pedestrian & Wayfinding Plan 8 Process: • 13-month process (August 2021 - September 2022) - Began with RFP – 12 proposals - J2 selected by 5-member selection committee • Studied existing conditions, both by observation and by stakeholder survey • Created final report to be used both as standalone direction and in capital projects Pedestrian & Wayfinding Plan Recommendations 9 • Recommends prioritized locations for signage, both leading into and within Downtown Chandler • Includes placement recommendations for signage calling out multiple garage options • Simple but highly legible design is instantly recognizable as a “Parking” sign • Plan provides context-specific design, i.e. size, color, amount of information varies based on location Alley Study 10 • Determined infrastructure needs for future development • Suggested one-way vehicular access • Leveraging access to alleys for driveways to minimize cub cuts and flexibility in smaller lots • Lead directly into current CIP Project • Alley 1: California St. to San Marcos Alley • Alleys 2 & 3: Frye to Fairview between Washington St. & Arizona Ave. Washington Alley Cross Section Parking Study 11 • Last updated in 2014 • Increase in both new development and redevelopment • 2 new parking garages • Redevelopment moving south into the Southside Village neighborhood • Study will include Southside neighborhood • How to address future parking needs • Leveraging City owned property • Evaluating residential parking impacts Southside Village Neighborhood 12 City Investment in Southside Village Neighborhood 13 • 2016 – Washington St. / Frye Rd. Upgrades • 2017 – Street Repaving & ADA Improvements • 2018 - Arizona Avenue Improvements • 2018 – For Our City Day • Provided dumpsters 2020 – 2022 • Awarded a TNR Neighborhood Grant • Winn Park Playground Improvements • 2022 – Folley Mural completed at SW Corner of Washington St. & Frye Rd. Current Initiatives • Historic Conservation District • Adopted in July 2022 (1st City historic designation) • Historic Marker Project by end of FY22/23 • $10,000 donation to Chandler Museum from Chandler Historical Society for project collecting Oral Histories of neighborhood • Harris Park playground equipment – Envision program for community input • Ongoing – Housing Rehabilitation projects 14 ULI – AZ TAP Study Urban Land Institute – Arizona Technical Assistance Panel (AZ TAP): • Assists municipalities in the preliminary study of unique land use planning, development, and redevelopment issues • Principal Question: How will the City guide and manage evolving growth in the Southside Village area? Process: • 10-month process (December 2021 – October 2022) • 8-member panel consisted of urban planners, developers, placemaking experts, traffic engineers, etc. • Public outreach and discussion with key stakeholders from the neighborhood • Full day retreat to include tour of area with committee and staff • Multi-departmental effort ULI – AZ TAP Study Key Recommendations • Overlay with adaptive reuse and infill policies specific for this area • Look at City-owned property to assist in development or to create gravitational pulls to the area • Organize strategies around a micro-niche economy of arts and culture that includes live-work and retail incubation • Neighborhood scale – missing middle housing / gentle density • Policies to protect fabric of the neighborhood and encourage development • Reevaluate the most effective multi-modal design direction for Washington Street • Connecting of neighborhood to downtown, parks, walkability • Connect Delaware to Pecos Indicates need to change current usage/code • South Arizona Avenue Corridor Area Plan Update (Currently in Budget) • Expected completion 2024 • Area Plan last updated in 2006 - Design Guidelines in 2008 • Code Updates • Washington St. CIP – currently in CIP FY24/25 • Winn School Preservation (w/ Salvation Army) • Washington Alley Improvements • Currently in CIP FY24/25 Next Steps 17 Questions? 18