AGENDA DATE: 3/2/2016
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Rio/29 Small Area Plan
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Project Update
ITEM TYPE: Regular Information Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Foley, Walker, Davis, Kamptner, Graham, Cilimberg
PRESENTER (S): Wayne Cilimberg
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Thomas C. Foley
BACKGROUND: The Places29 Master Plan, originally adopted in February 2011, included the area around the Rio Rd./Rt. 29 Intersection as a Priority Area for public investment and land use decision-making, using a Small Area Plan in order to coordinate land uses with recommended road improvements. With the now ongoing construction of the Rio Rd./Rt. 29 interchange (completion expected by the end of calendar year 2016), the Small Area Plan became a critically important undertaking to insure that land use, transportation, infrastructure, and other recommendations both incorporate this imminent interchange and provide guidance for the development of the larger area which has been identified as a future focal point for new urban development and redevelopment. Recognizing this, the Board of Supervisors included undertaking this Small Area Plan in its FY 2015-17 Strategic Plan and included funding towards the Small Area Plan in its FY 2015-16 budget.
The Places29 Master Plan expected the Small Area Plan to feature: 1) updated current and projected traffic information; 2) a future land use map showing land uses at a more detailed level than in the current Places29 Master Plan; 3) a neighborhood street network that further details the improvements recommended in the current Places29 Master Plan, including streetscape elements; 4) preliminary design of the recommended transportation improvements; 5) identification of right-of-way for the transportation improvements, including new local streets; 6) measures to minimize the impacts of the recommended transportation improvements; 7) identification of opportunities for business development, expansion an...
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