[1. Call to Order]
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>> CHAIR: GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THE CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP MEETING FOR THE CITY OF PARKLAND ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2022 AT 6 PM. WE ARE CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER. PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE.
>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ROLL CALL? >> SPEAKER: COMMISSIONER ISROW, HERE, VICE MAYOR BRIER, HERE, MAYOR WALKER, HERE, COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN, HERE, IN MY REGULAR SEAT,
[4A. Planning for Future City Growth Workshop Series - Discussion 3]
COMMISSIONER CUTLER, HERE. THANK YOU.>> CHAIR: ALL RIGHT WE HAVE THE REGULAR AGENDA.
THIS IS DISCUSSION THREE OF SIX.
>> SPEAKER: WERE GOING TO HIT ON OPEN SPACE AND DEVELOPMENT.
OPEN SPACE IS ONE OF OUR EIGHT GOALS IN OUR COMP PLAN.
WE HAVE CALVIN GIORDANO HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT OPEN
SPACE AND DEVELOPMENT. >> SPEAKER: GOOD EVENING EVERYONE HAPPY HOLIDAYS. IS THIS WORKING OKAY? IT IS A LITTLE STRANGE IN ADJUSTING SEATS BUT I WILL GET USED TO IT. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE HERE. MY NAME IS JIM HICKEY AND I AM WITH CALVIN GIORDANO AND ASSOCIATES.
I ALSO HAVE WITH ME JACK FEELEY A AND PARKS EXPERT YOU WILL HEAR MOSTLY FROM HIM AND NOT FROM ME LET ME WALK THROUGH THE FRONT PIECES AND TALK ABOUT THE SCOPE OF WORK AGAIN. THIS IS HOW WE START.
I ALWAYS WANT TO GO BACK AND IDENTIFY THE FOUR GOALS THAT WERE IN THIS SCOPE THAT WE STARTED WITH WHEN WE BEGAN TALKING WITH YOU. AGAIN, AS THE CITY MANAGER HAD SAID THIS IS THE OPEN SPACE AND DEVELOPMENT MEETING OF THREE OTHERS PLANNED FOR THE FIRST OF THE YEAR NEXT YEAR AND WITHOUT THAT, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO I WANT TO BRING UP OUR SPEAKER.
PART OF THE DISCUSSION IS THAT WE WANTED TO BE HOLISTIC IN THE CITY AND TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSED PROJECT A LITTLE BIT IN THE OPEN SPACE AREA WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE FIRST MEETING. WILL GO FURTHER INTO DEPTH WITH THAT. WITH WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, JONO THE ONLY. I AM AN ARCHITECT BY TRADE SO I AM A BIT BIAS ON THIS PROJECT BECAUSE I LOVE PROMOTING THE VALUE OF OPEN SPACE. FOR US WE UNDERSTAND THE DESIRED OUTCOME THAT THE CITY WANTS IS TO USE THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE TO ENSURE AND MAINTAIN A HIGH LEVEL QUALITY NOT ONLY IN SPECIFIC AREAS BUT GENERALLY THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY. AS WELL, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ALLOCATING THE PARK SPACE NEEDS AND THAT THEY ARE MEETING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THE COMMITTEE. WE WANT TO FOCUS IN ON THOSE TWO KEY OBJECTIVES AS THE FRAMING OF THIS CONVERSATION THIS EVENING. I ALSO TEACH AT.
[INDISCERNABLE] AND I CAN SPEAK FOR 2 HOURS SO IF I TALK TO QUICKLY LET ME KNOW. THERE ARE FOUR KEY GOALS THAT WE THINK ARE VERY CRITICAL THAT OPEN SPACE REALLY TOUCHES ON AND THESE ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO SORT OF STRATEGIES THAT ULTIMATELY REALLY QUALIFY THE CITY AS A HIGH QUALITY PLACE TO LIVE. THOSE ARE ESTABLISHING THE TYPES OF GROWTHS IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OPEN SPACE AND DEVELOPMENT. THOSE THAT ARE THINKING ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND OPEN SPACE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUSTAINABILITY COMPONENTS. WERE ALSO THINKING ABOUT HOW OPEN SPACE HELPS TO CREATE AND THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE, HOW IT CAN CREATE IN PLACES TO GATHER AND BUILD A SENSE OF COMMUNITY PARTICULARLY WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO ALLOW NEIGHBORS TO CONVERGE IN AN AREA SO THAT THE KIDS GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER SO THERE IS A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORLINESS THAT IS ATTRIBUTED TO THAT DEFINITION OF COMMUNITY AND OF COURSE ESTABLISHING THOSE CENTERS AND PLACES THAT ARE GOING TO BECOME THOSE DESTINATIONS FOR PEOPLE TO COME INTO THE CITY AND PLACES WHERE RESIDENTS WITHIN THE CITY CAN GATHER AND MEET AND USE AS LANDMARK MOMENTS.
WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT EACH ONE OF THOSE TOPICS REGARDING THEMES AND WE WILL GO INTO MORE DETAIL.
STARTING OFF WITH THE TOPIC OF THINKING ABOUT ESTABLISHING WHAT KIND OF GROWTH THE COMMUNITY WANTS.
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT PUBLIC SPACE HAS AN IMPORTANT
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RELATIONSHIP WITH THE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES. SECURELY FOR THE RESIDENTIAL USES IT IS A HUGE DRIVER FOR THE NOTION OF QUALITY OF LIFE.WHENEVER INDIVIDUALS ARE LOOKING FOR PLACES TO PURCHASE A HOME OR WHETHER THEY ARE LOOKING FOR PLACES THEY WANT TO MOVE INTO, ARE ALWAYS LOOKING AT ACCESS AND AVAILABILITY OF PUBLIC SPACE AND OPEN SPACE PARTICULARLY BECAUSE IT IS A DRIVER OF THAT NOTION THAT PERCEPTION QUALITY OF LIFE.
IT HELPS TO FACILITATE THE ACCESS AND BENEFITS THAT THE OPEN SPACE OFFERS SUCH AS YOUR LEAGUES AND SPORTS PROGRAMS. INCREASINGLY, AS THE BABY BOOMER POPULATION INCREASES AND NEW FAMILIES COME IN THERE ARE PLACES THAT PEOPLE WANT TO WALK IN PROMENADE AND SHARE AND BUILD THESE EXERCISES AND WELL-BEING HABITS WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
THOSE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU ARE IN GATED COMMUNITIES YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO ALL OF THESE THINGS. FOR PARKLAND, PARTICULARLY, OPEN SPACE IS A HUGE DRIVER OF THE IDENTITY AND UNIQUENESS THAT THE CITY HAS. FROM A COMMERCIAL USES STANDPOINT IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF THE OPPOSITE.
IT IS DRIVING THE VIABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF ANY COMMERCIAL SPACES PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY ARE SOCIALLY DRIVEN PLACES SUCH AS RESTAURANTS, FOOD AND BEVERAGE, CAF?S, MEETING POINTS, THOSE PLACES REALLY DEPEND ON THE PUBLIC REALM TO BE ABLE TO CREATE SYNERGISTIC QUALITIES THAT PERPETUATE GOOD ECONOMIC MODELS.
IN DOING THAT, THAT DEFINES A HIGH PERCEPTION AND QUALITY.
IT HELPS YOU TARGET GOOD OPERATORS, GOOD TENANTS AND IT STARTS TO CREATE DEFINITIONS WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO RECREATE AND SHARE IN THOSE COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS.
AND, BY DOUBLING UP ON THOSE PUBLIC REALM RELATIVE TO HOUSE ACTIVATING THE COMMERCIAL SPACE, IT DOUBLES UP AS A THIRD SPACE THAT BECOMES A DESTINATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE OVERALL AVAILABILITY OF THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE AND WE EXTRACT OUT ONLY THE PARKLAND, WE LOOK AT HOW GOOD EXISTING CONDITIONS ARE AND HOW THEY ARE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. BY ADDING THE NEW 36 ACRE PARK, BY ADDING THE TOTAL ACREAGE, WE HAVE A TOTAL STAT OF OVER 500 ACRES OF ARCS AND OPEN SPACE. YOUR COMP PLAN ALSO COUNTER SPACES AS YOUR OPEN SPACE BUT WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THOSE GOLF SPACES ARE NOT NECESSARILY ACT WITH.
RIGHT? WERE TALKING ABOUT AN ACTIVE PARK ENVIRONMENT CAN PROVIDE BENEFITS TO THE RESIDENCE.
IN THERE, YOU HAVE OVER 200 ACRES OF PARKS, 174 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE AND 218 ACRES OF GOLF COURSE.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE DISTRIBUTION OF HOW THE MAJORITY OF THOSE PARKS ARE REALLY ABOUT ACTIVE RECREATION WITH BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS, SOCCER FIELD, BASKETBALL COURTS, TENNIS COURTS ALL DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE FOUR MAJOR, THREE MAJOR PARKS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AERIAL OF ALL THE DIFFERENT PARK SPACES YOU START TO SEE THAT THEY ARE REALLY POPULATED BY THESE PROGRAM COMPONENTS. THESE ARE A BIG DRIVER FOR THE USABILITY OF THE SPACES AND ABLE TO GIVE THE UNIQUE REQUIREMENT AND DEMANDS THAT YOUR ACTIVE RECREATION NEEDS.
WHEN WE LOOK AT PROXIMITY AND ACCESS AND YOU THINK ABOUT THE WALK ABILITY ASPECT AND ABLE TO ACCESS THE PARK AND OPEN SPACE FOR ORDER OF A MILE YOU START TO SEE THAT BY HAVING LARGER PARK SPACES THAT ACCOMMODATE SPORTS AREAS, BECAUSE OF THEIR SIZE THEY ARE NOT AS DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN A WAY WHERE THEY ARE AS EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE WHO WANT TO WALK AND BIKE TO A PARK.
WHAT WE ARE SHOWING IN THE DARK GREEN ARE THE ACTUAL PARK LOCATIONS AND OPEN SPACES AND THE SHADES AROUND THEM ARE ESSENTIALLY 1/4 MILE OFFSET. THAT IS A FIVE MINUTE WALK.
I HAVE TO PREFACE IT BY SAYING THAT THAT GETS DIMINISHED SUBSTANTIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE TO WALK THROUGH A GATED COMMUNITY OUT TOWARDS THE MAIN ENTRANCE BEFORE YOU CAN ACCESS IT.
IT MAKES THE ACCESS A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT.
WHAT WE ARE SEEING FROM A STANDPOINT ACROSS A LOT OF
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CITIES IN THE US AND CANADA ARE INSTANT DOING A LOT OF LARGE PARK SPACES, CREATING A LOT OF SMALL PARKS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE AND CLOSER TO CENTERS OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND CREATING SMALL AREAS WHERE MAYBE THERE ARE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET RESPITE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOUND THROUGH COVID IS THE OUTDOOR SPACE ACTUALLY BECAME A HUGE CONTRIBUTOR TO PEOPLE'S MENTAL HEALTH.THEIR ABILITY TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE, GO TO A PUBLIC SPACE AND NOT NECESSARILY ENGAGE IN A PROGRAM ACTIVITY HAVE SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY CAN GO, SIT AND RUN INTO A NEIGHBOR OR JUST DO SOCIAL MEDIA WHILE THEY ARE THERE AND THOSE THINGS ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR A LOT OF RESIDENTS.
WE ARE SEEING THAT THERE IS A HUGE PUSH TO TRY TO NOT CREATE LARGE PARK SPACES ONLY FOR PROGRAMS BUT ALSO TO CREATE MORE SMALLER AND PASSIVE USE AREAS IN CITIES THAT CAN BECOME MUCH MORE ACCESSIBLE BECAUSE THEY ARE SMALLER AND EASIER TO MANAGE. THEY CAN CREATE INVESTIGATIONS FOR CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS AND CREATES GREATER EASE AND WALK ABILITY FOR THE RESIDENCE. LINO THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR INCREASING THE CITY'S FOOT PRINT BY APPROXIMATELY ONE SQUARE MILE. WHEN THEY LOOK AT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT IS IN YOUR COMP PLAN BASED ON THE CENSUS WE HAVE 3.3 PEOPLE PER HOUSEHOLD WITH THE POTENTIAL AT TWO UNITS PER ACRE IN ADDITION TO UP TO 1400 UNIT.
THAT TRANSLATES TO AN INCREASE IN DEMANDED LEVEL OF SERVICE OF 2.39 ACRES. IF WE ARE TRANSLATING THAT 5000 ACRES PER 1000 RESIDENTS AS A BASELINE AND WE NEED TO ADD ON ROUGHLY 24 ACRES AND THE QUESTION BECOMES HOW DOES THAT GET DONE? HOW DOES THAT GET DONE BY CONSOLIDATING LAND AND CREATING ONE BIG PARK OR DOES IT GET DONE BY STARTING TO RETHINK AND LOOK AT THE TREND AND SAY, OKAY, WE HAVE THESE DEMANDS IN TERMS OF PROGRAMS IN SPORTS AREAS. THERE'S ALSO OTHER DEMANDS WE CAN MEET ON A MORE PASSIVE LEVEL AND CREATE THE SMALLER LEVELS THAT ARE EASILY ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO WALK. IT'S REALLY CRITICAL ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU THINK OF THE LONGEVITY OF OUR POPULATION AND HAVING AREAS THAT ARE MULTIGENERATIONAL IN THERE APPROACH. RIGHT? PLACES WHERE AGING RESIDENTS DON'T HAVE TO WALK LONG DISTANCE TO GET TO BUCK AND WALK TO WITHIN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. TO SORT OF REACH THEM.
A LOT OF TIMES YOU HEAR PLANNERS TALK ABOUT A FIVE MINUTE WALK AS A DESIRED EFFECT BUT THE REALITY IS IT'S CLIMATE DRIVEN. IN THE SUMMER YOU DON'T WANT TO WALK 5 MINUTES YOU WANT TO WALK THREE, 3 AND A HALF MINUTES.
NOT A BEAUTIFUL DAY WHEN THE WEATHER IS NICE YOU MIGHT BE MORE WILLING TO WALK THOSE 10 MINUTES SO IT'S A GIVE-AND-TAKE IN THAT METRIC. I THINK THE QUARTER MILE OFFSET IS IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT MAKES SOME OF THESE OPEN SPACES SUSTAINABLE LIKE TO THINK THAT OPEN SPACE BEING SUSTAINABLE BUT MEASURED BY HIS PERFORMANCE. NOT ONLY HAVING THE OPEN SPACE BUT THINKING ABOUT HOW THE OPEN SPACE CONTRIBUTES TO PROPERTY VALUE, HOW THEY ARE DESIGNED AS A HIGH POLITY ENVIRONMENT THAT BECOME SOMETHING THAT IS HIGHLY DESIRABLE.
HOW DO WE FORCE THEM SO THAT THEY HELP TO REDUCE HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS AND THE OVERALL AMBIENT TEMPERATURE GOOD PLACES FOR BIRDS AND BEES AND ONES THAT ARE POLLINATORS THAT ARE HUGE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS. WE ALWAYS ARE LOOKING FOR RECOMMENDING CITIES TO START TO PUT METRICS IN THERE AND HOW ARE THEY GOING TO MEET THESE DIFFERENT STANDARDS.
THINKING ABOUT RESILIENCY TO DISEASE WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL TO MAKE SURE OUR PARKS AND OPEN SPACES ARE NOT MONO PLANTED WITH A SINGLE SPECIES WITH THE PREDOMINANT SPECIES BECAUSE THERE IS AN ISSUE IF YOU HAVE A DISEASE YOU CAN LITERALLY WIPE OUT YOUR ENTIRE CANOPY. AND THEN OF COURSE, INCREASING THE GROUNDWATER RECHARGE. CREATING AS MUCH AREA THAT CAN PERCOLATE WATER SO THAT WE DON'T GET ANY SORT OF POLLUTION OR ANY OF THE OTHER COMPONENTS THAT WILL BE A PRODUCT OF CLIMATE CHANGE THAT CAN IMPACT US.
WE THINK THAT AN URBAN FORESTRY MASTER PLAN WILL BE A GREAT THING TO CONSIDER PARTICULARLY BECAUSE IT DOES A NUMBER OF
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DIFFERENT THINGS. ONE THING IT DOES IS INVENTORY AND ANALYZE THE DIVERSITY AND AGE OF THE CANOPY.YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS YOUR CANOPY AGES THAT YOU ARE PLUCKING OUT SOME TREES AND BRINGING IN YOUR TREES SO THERE IS CONTINUITY IN THE CANOPY AND IN THE AGE OF THAT.
I REMIND YOU THE TREES ARE ONE OF THOSE ASSETS THAT YOU GET THE GREATEST REWARD THE LONGER IT IS IN THE GROUND.
UNLIKE A DRAIN OR A PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE AS IT AGES IT FALLS APART, THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACES REALLY YOU GET YOUR BIGGEST BENEFIT THE LONGER THEY ARE IN PLACE.
IT HELPS TO ESTABLISH STANDARDS FOR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT THROUGH THE USE OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND THAT'S A HUGE COMPONENT PARTICULARLY AS WE ARE STARTING TO SEE MORE RAIN EVENTS, MORE URBAN FLOODING, INCREASES IN GROUNDWATER, ALL THESE THINGS WILL BE IMPORTANT.
IT HELPS TO TARGET THE TRANSPORTATION METRICS.
WE LOOK TO PRIORITIZE TREES OVER PALMS. IT'S A BIG EDUCATIONAL ART RE-UP TO TEACH PEOPLE THAT PALMS ARE REALLY A GRASS, THEY ARE NOT ACTUALLY A TREE SO THEY DON'T PROVIDE HABITAT ENVIRONMENT.
THEY DON'T PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF CARBON AND IMPORTANTLY DON'T PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF SHADE THAT IS REALLY ESSENTIAL TO MAKE THE CONNECTIVITY WORK. IT HELPS THE CITY PLAN AND BUDGET FOR MAINTENANCE SUCCESSION AND IT HELPS TO PRIORITIZE SPECIES THAT CAN BE RESILIENT THROUGH STORMS, FLOODING IN ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EVENTS.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CONNECT AND PARKLAND THROUGH YOUR PARKS AND OPEN SPACE YOUR LAST CONVERSATION WAS ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AND CONNECTIVITY.
WE THINK THAT THE OPEN SPACE AND TRANSPORTATION GO HAND IN HAND PARTICULARLY IN AN ENVIRONMENT SUCH AS PARKLAND THAT IS REALLY ABOUT A LOT OF COMMUNITIES.
THE REGULAR CORE DOORS ARE PRINCIPLE WHICH YOU CAN CAPITALIZE ON CREATING CONNECTIVITY THROUGH PARKS AND OPEN SPACE. SO THERE, JUST ON MY DRIVE AND I SAW SEVERAL PEOPLE RIDING THEIR BIKES ON THE SIDEWALKS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. CREATING THAT LEVEL OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND CONNECTIVITY SO THAT SIDEWALKS ARE WIDE ENOUGH SO THAT THEY CAN FEEL LIKE IT IS A MIXED-USE TRAIL ENVIRONMENT SO THEY CAN FACILITATE THE MULTIMODAL CONNECTIVITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
REGULARLY WHEN WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT CONNECTIVITY ACROSS THE POTENTIAL ONE SQUARE MILE THAT MAY COME IN.
THAT IS THE ONE WAY THAT WE CAN INCREASE CONNECTIVITY AND ACCESS TO SOME OF THESE LARGER PUBLIC OPEN SPACES AND PARKS.
PARTICULAR BECAUSE THEY ARE REALLY MORE LOADED TOWARDS THE EASTERN SIDE OF TOWN THEN THE WESTERN EDGE.
AND OF COURSE, AS I SAID EARLIER CREATING MORE SMALLER, PASSIVE USE AREAS THAT CAN INCREASE ACCESS, INCREASE THE SENSE OF NEIGHBORLINESS, IT HAS SHOWN THAT WHEN YOU HAVE THESE PARK SMALL AREAS THERE'S A GREATER SENSE OF COMMUNITY BECAUSE NEIGHBORS HAVE A TENDENCY TO REALLY GET TO KNOW PEACH OTHER A LOT BETTER BECAUS ARE NO LONGER SHARING THE SAME SPACE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY, THEY ARE SHARING SPACES WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS. THAT BUILDS A GREATER SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND REALLY SUPPORTS THE VALUE OF EQUITY THAT WE THINK THAT THE CITY WANTS US TO STAND FOR.
ENCOURAGING THE NONMOTORIZED ACCESS TO PARKS IS REALLY PIMPORTANT TO BICYCLES AND WALK ABILITY.
TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES WILL BE REALLY CRITICAL.
I BELIEVE DIANA SPOKE ABOUT ROAD DIETS, NARROWER LANES DEDICATED BIKE LANES AND WIDENED SWALE AREAS THAT CAN BE NO BE DESIGNED AS SIDEWALKS THAT CAN BE RETHOUGHT AS LINEAR PARKS. LINEAR PARKS CAN REALLY HELP TO EXTEND THE OVERALL BRAND LOOK AND FEEL THAT THE CITY WANTS TO COMMUNICATE AS A GROSS. PROVIDES GREATER CONTINUITY FOR VEGETATION AND IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, SOLUTIONS AND STRATEGIES INTO THE ROADWAY. SO THAT THOSE CORE DOORS ARE NOT JUST FULL OF GRAY INFRASTRUCTURE BUT THEY CAN RECHARGE THE GROUND AND DO A LOT OF AND IF IT'S THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CREATING A SENSE OF SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT IS UNIQUE PARKLAND, WE THINK THAT CREATING AN AMOUNT STANDARDS THAT APPLY ACROSS THE CITY AS A CODIFIED OPPONENT MIGHT BE REALLY IMPORTANT. HELP TO CONTINUE THE QUALITY,
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LOOK AND FEEL OF ALL THE DIFFERENT AMENITIES WHILE STILL ALLOWING FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT SPACES TO STILL HAVE THE UNIQUE OF THEIR OWN. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE FOUND IS THAT WHEN EVERY PARK LOOKS EXACTLY THE SAME IT STARTS TO BE UBIQUITOUS AND BORING HERE PEOPLE AREN'T AS ENGAGED TO VISIT THE PUBLIC SPACES.ALLOWING THE SPACE TO DECIDE IN A WAY WHERE THEY CAN HAVE AN IDENTITY OF THEIR OWN, THE NEIGHBORS THAT THEY HAVE AND THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE LOCAL AREA, IT GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO ADAPT WITH TIME AS THEY DEMOGRAPHICS CHANGE IT CAN BE SMALL ENOUGH TO MAKE CHANGES ACCORDINGLY.
IT GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY INVEST IN SMALL SPACES TO CREATE A HIGH-QUALITY REFINED ENVIRONMENT PLACES FAMILY-FRIENDLY AND FAMILY ORIENTED AND THAT ARE SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY THROUGH EVENT PROGRAMMING.
SMALL EVENT SPACES SUCH AS ACES THAT ACCOMMODATE MOVIE NIGHT, STORYBOOK READINGS, AND AGILITY USE AREAS.
WE HAVE FOUND IF YOU DON'T PROVIDE THESE AREAS THEN IT WILL TAKE OVER THE AREAS WE DON'T WANT THEM TO TAKE OVER.
GIVING THEM A DESTINATION TO BE FREE TO TRICK AND DO THE DIFFERENT EXTREME SPORTS THEY WANT IS CRITICAL.
PLACES FOR FESTIVALS AND FAIRS AND VOLUNTEERISM.
PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU HAVE A COHORT OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT NEED VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE SO THEY CAN GO OUT AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY. THE HIGH-QUALITY DESIGN IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT TO WHAT WE THINK WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE PARKLAND FEEL. THAT MEANS IF THESE DESIGN COMPONENTS ARE CODIFIED WE CAN HAVE METRICS FOR GOOD HARDSCAPE'S STANDARDS. GOOD CITIES HAVE ADOPTED STUFF SUCH AS INTEGRAL CONCRETE FOR ALL PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY.
I'M NOT SURE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE GOING TO RECOMMEND BECAUSE THE CONCRETE PHASE IT STARTS TO LOOK LIKE A PATCHWORK OVER TIME. HOWEVER, HAVING ELEMENTS THAT ARE HARDSCAPE OPPONENTS THAT CAN BE EMBEDDED IN PUBLIC SPACES AND DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT CAN START TO DEVELOP A LEVEL OF COHESIVENESS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
OF COURSE YOUR SIGNAGE AND WAYFINDING AND AMENITY PACKAGES INCLUDE FURNISHING, FINISHES AND LIGHTING.
AGAIN, WERE STARTING TO BUILD THE FUNDAMENTALS OF COHESIVENESS CITYWIDE WHILE STILL ALLOWING THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACES TO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY SO DESIGN CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS. CREATING SPACES THAT ARE DESIRABLE AND USABLE IS SUCH A KEY COMPONENT.
NUMBER ONE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PROBLEMATIC USE IS DIVERSIFIED.THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE SAME SPACE.
THE SAME SPACE THAT IS VERY FLEXIBLE THAT CAN ADAPT TO DIFFERENT NEEDS, PLACES THAT ARE MULTI GENERATIONAL.
WE KEEP HEARING PICKLE BALL EVERY TIME WE GO OUT TO THE RESIDENCE ALL THE ELDERLY COMING IN ALL THE TALK ABOUT IS PICKLE BALL COURTS AND YOUNG PARENTS TALK ABOUT CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND. IT'S A HUGE GAP IN BETWEEN AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE OFFERING AMENITIES THAT CAMBRIDGE THE ENTIRE ARC OF A PERSON'S LIFE SO THEY CAN FEEL INVESTED IN THE CITY. WE TALKED ABOUT ADAPTABILITY THROUGH FLEXIBLE USE AREAS AND SOMETIMES THIS CAN BE JUST AS SIMPLE AS A WELL SIZE LAWN AREA THAT HAS ACTIVITIES ALONG THE EDGES THAT ALLOWS THE LAWN TO OPERATE ON DIFFERENT LEVELS AND WHERE THE PROGRAMMING ON THE EDGES CAN HELP ACT OF EIGHT THAT. THAT WAS KIND OF WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, THE POTENTIAL FOR THE OPEN SPACE FOR DEVELOPMENT. OF COURSE PUBLIC WI-FI IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE FINDING IS AN ABSOLUTE NECESSITY.
PARTICULARLY IF WE WANT THE YOUTH TO USE THE PUBLIC REALM.
A LOT OF THEM ARE A LITTLE TOO ACCUSTOMED TO CLIMATE CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS AND ACCESS TO VIDEO GAMES.
AS WE CAN PROVIDE THESE KINDS OF AMENITIES IT CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO CONTRIBUTE AND BUILD COMMUNITY AS WELL. AND, THE EXPRESSION IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE A STRONG, ROBUST ARTS PROGRAM THAT CAN BE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE PARK AREAS AS PART OF THE MESSAGING.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OPEN SPACE WITH THE RETAIL COMPONENT WE WERE ASKED TO LOOK AT WHAT WOULD BE THE ADVANTAGES OR DISADVANTAGES OF THE CITY OWNED THE PROPERTY OR DIDN'T OWN THE PROPERTY. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ADVANTAGES IF THE CITY OWNS IT AND THE DEVELOPER OPERATES AND MAINTAINS IT, IT REALLY PUTS THE CITY IN THE DRIVER SEAT.
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WE THINK THAT IS WHERE THE CITY REALLY WANTS TO BE HERE TO BE ABLE TO BE THE DRIVER FOR HAVING A SAY IN WHAT KINDS OF USES THAT THE PUBLIC SPACE HAS, WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMMING IS GOING TO HAVE, HOW DO YOU INCENTIVIZE AND ACTIVATE THE SPACE TO REALLY BE RESPONSIVE TO WHAT THE RESIDENTS NEED AND WHAT THE RESIDENCE WANT AND NOT NECESSARILY WHAT THE COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS ARE GOING TO NEED.I THINK THAT CAN HAVE A HUGE BEARING ON BEING ABLE TO MEET THE DIVERSE PALLETS OF THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO OFFER THROUGH YOUR PARKS AND OPEN SPACE. IT GUARANTEES THAT THE ACCESS TO THAT PUBLIC SPACE REMAINS PUBLIC AND THAT IT IS A PUBLIC FACILITY. THERE ARE PRIVATE SPACES THAT LOOK PUBLIC. SOMETIMES AS YOU ENGAGE THROUGH THEM, I HAVE BEEN IN AREAS IN DANA POINT I WENT OUT THERE TO PHOTOGRAPH, I WENT TO THE GARDENS AND I GOT ACCOSTED BY SECURITY WHILE I TOOK PICTURES AND IT MADE ME VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. WHEN YOU ARE IN THE PUBLIC REALM YOU WANT TO FEEL THAT IS PART OF YOUR CITY, PART OF WHAT YOU IDENTIFY WITH. HAVING THE PUBLIC ACCESS GUARANTEED IS IMPORTANT AND HELPS THE CITY DEFINE THE STANDARD. THIS IS THE IMPORTANT PIECE.
IF YOU'RE ABLE TO DEFINE THE STANDARD AND THAT AESTHETIC QUALITY AND YOU ARE ABLE TO DRIVE WITH THE ULTIMATE PERCEPTION OF WHAT THAT SPACE WILL BE BECAUSE YOU CAN BE SURE THAT WHAT IS OFFERED IS OF A HIGH CALIBER.
YOU DON'T WANT THE DEVELOPER TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS BASED EXCLUSIVELY ON MONETARY DECISIONS BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO CUT CORNERS. THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE DECISIONS ON MATERIALS THAT MAY NOT AGE WELL.
THEY WILL LOOK PRETTY FOR THE FIRST FIVE OR SIX YEARS THEN AS THE USE GOES THROUGH IT STARTS TO DECAY IT GETS BRITTLE WITH THE SUN AND THEN THE PLAY STARTS LOOKING SHABBY AND THEN YOU GET INTO WHO'S GOING TO REPAIR IT.
YOU REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU ARE OWNING IT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND IT GIVES YOU THE LEVERAGE TO MAKE SURE TO KEEP THE CONTINUITY OF THAT. IN TERMS OF DISADVANTAGES FOR THE CITY, IF THE CITY DOESN'T OWN IT IT IS INCUMBENT UPON YOU TO ALWAYS ENFORCE AND INSPECT THE AREA AND MAKE SURE IT'S BEING KEPT TO THE AGREEMENT THAT YOU HAVE WITH THAT DEVELOPER. ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS BECOME A PERPETUAL THING AND IT NEEDS TO GET INVESTED IN AND THE SUCCESS OF THE SPACE IS ENTIRELY DEPENDENT ON THE SUCCESS OF THOSE COMMERCIAL SPACES. SO THEY HAVE A HARD TIME LEASING SOME AREAS THEN THEY MIGHT NOT BE INVESTING IN THE PROGRAMMING FOR THAT PUBLIC REALM AND IT BECOMES A VICIOUS CIRCLE. YOU WANT PEOPLE TO BE ACTIVATING IN THE PUBLIC REALM SO THERE'S GOOD VIABILITY FOR THOSE PUBLICS BASIS TO EXIST. IN DOING SO YOU HAVE LESS CONTROL OF PROGRAMMING. WHICH THEN THE DEVELOPER IS MAKING THE DECISION ON WHAT TYPES OF ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HOLDING. SOME OF THEM MAY BE GOOD AND SOME OF THEM MAY REALLY BE ABOUT GETTING TRAFFIC THERE REGARDLESS OF THE QUALITY BECAUSE GETTING FOOT TRAFFIC THERE TO BRING PEOPLE TO THE COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS BRING SOME YOUNG THAT CAN APPEAL TO THE OVERALL POPULATION. I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE
DISADVANTAGES - >> MAYOR: MAY ASK A QUESTION ON THAT BECAUSE I'M CONFUSED. NUMBER ONE YOU SAY IT HAS AN ADVANTAGE THAT THE CITY OWNS IT THE DISADVANTAGE SAYS IS LESS CONTROL THE PROGRAMMING. I WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW DO WE HAVE MORE SAY IN THE USE OF IT LESS CONTROL?
>> SPEAKER: THAT THE CITY DOES NOT OWN.
SORRY, IF THE CITY DOESN'T OWN IT.
>> MAYOR: GOT IT, THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER: THE ONE THING IS, AS A MAIN DISADVANTAGE, IF THE CITY DOESN'T OWN IT THEN YOU ALMOST NEED TO HAVE CONSTANT SUPERVISION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SPACES BEING KEPT CLEAN, THAT THE STANDARDS ARE BEING MET AND THAT CAN MEAN ADDITIONAL STAFF THEY NEED TO BRING ON BOARD. WITH THAT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE NEXT STEP.
WE HAD A SERIES OF QUESTIONS THERE THAT ARE TOPICS OF
DISCUSSION? >> MAYOR: I WOULD LIKE TO TOUCH ON A LITTLE BIT I THOUGHT THE PRESENTATION WAS GREAT AND BROAD AND IT TALKED ABOUT OUR ENTIRE CITY NOT SPECIFICALLY
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HERON BAY WHICH IT DOES GET ONTO BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AS OUR CITY APPROACHES BUILDOUT THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING WHAT OPTIONS WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE OPEN SPACE THAT OUR RESIDENTS DESIRE.IF WE GO TO SLIDE 21 REALLY QUICK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS SLIDE IS IT SHOWS WHAT THE CITY HAS DONE AND WHAT IT CONTINUES TO DO. WE DO SHOW THE IMPACT OF THE 36 ACRE PARK WHICH I THINK IS GREAT AND TO TOUCH ON THAT FOR SECOND, I AM A HUGE PROPONENT OF HAVING UNIQUE PARKS AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WITH THE 36 ACRE PARK I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REALLY TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE PROGRAMMING AS FAR AS RECREATIONAL AND LEAK PLAYS AND MAKE SURE THE PARK IS JUST THAT UNIQUE THIS TO GIVE IT THE ABILITY WHETHER IT'S SKATING OR ADOLESCENCE OR WHATEVER IT IS NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MINDFUL OF SOME OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS. THE COVER BRIDGE PARK AT THE END OF THE BREAK IS GREAT BECAUSE IT HAS A NICE PARK AND SOME WALK. THAT'S WITH THE 36 ACRE PARK.
IT SHOWS ON THAT SIDE OF THE CITY WE ARE MISSING A LOT OF OPEN SPACE THIS IS OBVIOUSLY NO FAULT OF YOURS AND WHAT'S NOT HERE IS THE 200 ACRE OR ROUGHLY UNDER 200 ACRE NATURAL PRESERVE THAT'S GOING TO BE THE BALANCE OF THE GOLF COURSE.
AGAIN, TO YOUR POINT, US HAVING THE ABILITY TO CONTROL EXACTLY WHAT THOSE AT HERON BAY AND BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY TO THAT, TO 5 MILES OF WALKING PATH, WE WILL NOW HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO WHATEVER OPEN SPACE IT IS THAT WE ULTIMATELY DESIGNED WITHIN THE HERON BAY PROPERTY TO MAKE SURE WE DO HAVE THAT CONNECTIVITY WITHIN OUR CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS WILL HAVE AN EASILY ACCESSIBLE AVAILABILITY TO THE 5 MILES OF WALKING PATHS.
I THINK THAT IS AN UNDERESTIMATED AND IF IT OF THE CITY TO THE PURCHASE OF HERON BAY BECAUSE I THINK IT WILL BE ULTIMATELY OBVIOUSLY IT WILL BE A FEW YEARS DOWN THE LINE BEFORE IT TRULY GETS UTILIZED. I THINK IT GIVES THE CITY A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE A MORE STRUCTURED -LIKE OUR PARKLAND-OR THE RIVERWALK OR THE TYPES OF EVENTS THAT WE DO NOW THAT TIES INTO WHATEVER COMMERCIAL RETAIL TOWN CENTER THAT WE DO AND IT IS GOING TO HAVE US A LOT OF OPTIONS.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE HAD SO FAR. >> COMMISSIONER: AND A COUPLE POINTS. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO ENCOURAGE NONMOTORIZED ACCESS TO PARKS AND TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ENCOURAGE THAT.
HE'S A LOWER SPEED LIMITS ONE OF THOSE THINGS? IS SOMETHING THAT AS YOU ASSESS THESE THINGS THAT IS A FACTOR IN TRYING TO ENCOURAGE? YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT BIKES BEING ON THE SIDEWALKS AND MAKING SURE THE SIDEWALKS ARE RIGHT AND THE REASON WHY SOME PEOPLE BIKE ON SIDEWALKS IS BECAUSE ON THE STREET SOME PEOPLE CANNOT DO THAT I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF PART OF THIS WAS AND WE CAN DEAL WITH TRAFFIC ISSUES LATER BUT LOWERING SPEED LIMITS, CREATING MORE DISCERNED BIKE LANES, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS YOU MENTIONED LINEAR PARKS ALONG THE SIDE.
>> SPEAKER: ABSOLUTELY. I'M CONSTANTLY IN A BATTLE WITH TRAFFIC ENGINEERS. WE WANT TO SLOW THEM DOWN BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT AS CARS ZOOMED BY IT CREATES A PERCEPTION FOR A LOT OF DEATH STRANDS AND CYCLISTS AND THAT IS WHY YOU SEE THEM SOMETIMES EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT HAVE A DEDICATED BIKE LANE NOT A SEPARATED BIKE LANE AND SOMETIMES AS RESIDENCE YOU WILL SEE CYCLISTS PARTICULARLY YOUNGER KIDS RIGHT ON THE SIDEWALK BECAUSE THEY WANT A LEVEL OF SEPARATION. I THINK LOOKING AT THIS IN CONSORT OF TRAFFIC CALMING THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IS GOING TO BE REALLY CRITICAL TO MAKE THIS FUNCTIONALLY APPROPRIATE.
>> SPEAKER: AND TO ADD WE MIGHT NEED TO HAVE SOME PHYSICAL CHANGES. WHEN YOU DO THE STUDY THEY LOOK AT WHAT IS THE 85 PERCENT OF THE SPEED AND THAT BECOMES YOUR SPEED. I ALWAYS SAY IF THEY'RE DOING A TRAFFIC STUDY GO BY REALLY SLOW A FEW TIMES IN YOUR CAR AND
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THAT WILL REDUCE IT. BUT THAT'S USUALLY HOW IT GETSESTABLISHED. >> SPEAKER: TO YOUR POINT SOMETIMES IT'S ALWAYS A CONSTANT BATTLE RIGHT? BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE WANT TO GO SLOWER SO THEY HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF SAFETY BUT WHEN YOU ARE ON YOUR LARGER ARTILLERY'S YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE MOVING FAST ENOUGH SO THAT WHEN YOU HAVE TO GO TO WORK AND YOU WANT TO COME HOME YOU ARE ABLE TO PASS THROUGH AT A RELATIVELY DECENT SPEED.
IT IS ALWAYS A CONSTANT BATTLE TO TRY TO FIND THAT BALANCE.
>> COMMISSIONER: YOU CAN LOOK AT HOMEWORK ROAD AND HOW IT GOES ONE WAY IN THE CANOPY OF TREES IS MEANT TO SLOW PEOPLE DOWN LIKE YOU ARE HOME AND PEACEFUL VERSE IS SOME OF THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE YOU HAVE FOUR-LANE ROADS NO CANOPY OF TREES AND A MUCH HIGHER LIMIT.
>> THAT ROAD WAS DESIGNED WHEN THERE WAS 2000 RESIDENTS AND BILLY IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND OTHERS 30,000.
>> COMMISSIONER: THEY HAVE BEEN STUDIES THAT WERE DONE TO SHOW CITIES THAT HAVE A HIGHER POSTED SPEED LIMIT WHEN YOU GET INTO AN ISSUE THAT THEY PEDESTRIAN AND A VEHICLE, GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT IF YOU ARE GOING 25 IT'S A LOT DIFFERENT THAN IF YOU'RE GOING 45.
PEOPLE ARE MORE APT TO SLOWER THE SPEED AND THE MORE APT PEOPLE ARE TO LOOK AND NOT BE BARRELING DOWN THE ROAD TO MAKE
THE GREEN LIGHT. >> COMMISSIONER: AND TO MY POINT I AGREE WITH VICE MAYOR BRIER THOSE LARGER ROADS ARE NICE AND PEOPLE CAN GO ON DIFFERENT PATHS TO TAKE TO GET TO THE SAME PLACE AND THAT IS ONE OF THOSE TO MY POINT IS A
CONSTANT STRUGGLE. >> COMMISSIONER: I AGREE ON THE NON-PROGRAMMING NOT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE PROGRAMMED INTO THE MIRROR! THIS IS GOING TO BE INTO THE PASSAGE PARK OR PRESERVE AND WE GET PLENTY OF RESIDENTS COMPLAINING OF THE PARKS THAT ARE BOMBARDED WITH KIDS.
THERE ARE GREAT PARKS AND GREAT PROGRAMS AND SOMETIMES JUST PICKING UP ALL IN GETTING IDS TO PLAY IS NOT AS PRACTICAL AS IT COULD BE IN SOME OF THE BIGGER PARKS.
WE CAN DEAL WITH THAT THEN AND THERE MAY BE ANOTHER AVENUE FOR THAT TYPE OF OPEN PLAY AND NONPROGRAMMING.
>> COMMISSIONER: IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE LOOKING AT THIS MAP WITH THE CONNECTIVITY AND WALK ABILITY I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE IS NECESSARILY WALKING FROM THE EAST SIDE OF PARKLAND TO THE WEST SIDE BUT DEFINITELY THE OPTION TO CYCLE THE NARROW PATHWAY SOMETIMES MAKE IT TREACHEROUS TO DO THAT.
JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, IN OUR CITY WITH THIS TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT, HAVE YOU SEEN THE SUCCESS OF MAYBE SOME OF THESE SMALL MINI TRANSPORTATION TYPE BUSES? I'M JUST THINKING THAT MAYBE BETWEEN PARKS TO GET PEOPLE MOVING AROUND. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FIND OUT OUR RECREATION PROGRAMS IS THAT WE'VE GOT A FAMILY OF FIVE AND TWO KIDS ARE PLAYING IN PINE TRAILS AND ANOTHER TWO KIDS ARE PLAYING AT TERRA MARK AND SOMEONE'S PLAYING AS SOMEONE ELSE TO GET THEM FROM POINT A TO POINT B IS A COMPLEX ISSUE AND THERE'S A LOT OF PROS AND CONS BUT HAVE YOU SEEN THAT MORE RECENTLY OR IS THAT SOME THING THAT PEOPLE SHY AWAY
FROM? >> SPEAKER: WE SHY AWAY FROM THAT BETWEEN PARKS WHAT WE SEE IS WITH THE SHUTTLE OR THE BUSES THEY ARE GEARED TOWARDS THE COMMERCIAL SENSE.
I WILL SAY THE BENEFIT OF HAVING A SYSTEM LIKE THAT IS THAT IT DOESN'T NEED TO RUN 24 HOURS A DAY.
IT CAN WORK CLOSELY WITH PROGRAMMING AND WE CAN LOOK AND SEE WHEN YOU HAVE PEAK USES AT THE PARK AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONNECTIVITY THROUGH THOSE NEEDS.
I THINK THAT CAN BE REALLY TAILORED DOWN FOR WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE PEAK PROGRAMMING SEARCHES WHERE YOU HAVE PARENTS STRADDLED ALL OVER THE CITY TRYING TO GET THE KIDS AROUND.
>> COMMISSIONER: IN OTHER CITIES HAVE YOU SEEN SUCCESS ON BIKE PATHS OR PHYSICAL BARRIERS BETWEEN THE TRAVEL LANES AND
THE BIKE LANES? >> SPEAKER: YES.
>> COMMISSIONER: IN MAJOR CITIES OF COURSE.
>> SPEAKER: IF YOU LOOK AT EVERY MAJOR CITY THAT TAKES BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE AS A CORE VALUE YOU WILL FIND THAT THEY ARE USING SEPARATED, DETECTED BIKE LANES.
I AM THE CHAIR OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND WERE LOOKING AT
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CREATING AND UNDERLINED BICYCLE NETWORK OUTSIDE OF METRO MIAMI AND WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED IS THAT IN ORDER TO HAVE A GREAT BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE YOU NOT ONLY HAVE TO SEPARATE THEM FROM TRAFFIC YOU HAVE TO SEPARATE THE BICYCLE FACILITY FROM THE PEDESTRIAN FACILITY SO YOU DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF CONFLICT. JIGGLY BECAUSE AS KEYBOARDS BECOME MORE PROMINENT THAN THOSE LITTLE ELECTRIC SCOOTERS THEY HAVE A DEDICATED PATH THAT THEY CAN SHARE WITH THE CYCLISTS AT THAT VELOCITY AND NOT HAVE THOSE KINDS OF IMPACTSWITH THE PEDESTRIAN. >> COMMISSIONER: I MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE ONE OF MY AUGUST CONCERNS AMONGST OTHER AREAS WERE PUTTING MORE BIKE LANES AROUND THE CITY AND THE CONCERN IS THAT IF YOU ARE ENCOURAGING DEATH STRANDS AND BICYCLIST TO BE WALKING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD MAKE SURE THEY ARE SAFE.
>> SPEAKER: IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T HURT TO DO THAT BUT THOSE ARE MAJOR CITIES WITH TRAFFIC AT 100 TIMES WHAT WE
SEE ON TRAFFIC PATTERNS. >> COMMISSIONER: I WILL BE CANDID WITH YOU I'M CONFUSED BY THE PRESENTATION.
I GET IT THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WALKING TO PARKS OR HAVING SMALL POCKET PARKS BUT WHAT I DON'T SEE ON THIS TEQUILA DRAWING IS THAT PREDOMINANTLY ALL THAT ENVIRONMENTS ARE HOA'S AND PREDOMINANTLY THOSE HOA'S HAVE PARKS WITHIN THEM SO THAT THERE ARE WALKABLE PARKS THAT YOU CAN TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION FOR OUR CITY AND MANY OF THE THINGS THAT YOU TALK ABOUT SUGGESTIONS OF RANTINGS AND ALL THOSE SORTS OF THINGS WERE DOING THAT ALREADY.
WERE TAKING THEM INTO CONSIDERATION ALL THE TIME.
OF ALL THE CITIES THAT I KNOW AND CERTAINLY IN BROWARD COUNTY THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE ARE MAJOR CONSIDERATION FOR US ALL THE TIME. WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME AND BUDGET GETTING TO ONE OF YOUR OTHER POINTS MAKING SURE WE CONTINUE TO GRADE MATERIALS AND UPGRADING THE PARKS AND UPGRADING PLAYGROUNDS. I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS THAT TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE YOU TELLING US THAT WERE NOT ALREADY DOING OR SUGGESTING TO US THAT WE DON'T ALREADY
KNOW? >> COMMISSIONER: IS YOU TALK ABOUT THE SQUARE-MILE, DO YOU REALLY WANT TO PROMOTE MORE HOA WITH GATED COMMUNITIES WITH LIMITED ACCESS? IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOT MAKE EVERYBODY SO DEPENDENT ON THE PRIMARY ARTERIAL TO MOVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
MAYBE THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCENTIVIZE MORE CONNECTIVITY SO THAT IF THERE'S ONE REGULAR ENTRANCE THAT DOUBLES UP AS PEDESTRIAN BUT YOU ALSO ACQUIRE MORE CONNECTION EXCESSES AROUND THE ROOM AND ARE SO PEOPLE HAVE GREATER ACCESS IN THE MORE INNER PART OF THE HOA TO BE ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO THE TRAIL AND CONNECTIVITY THAT YOU ALREADY INVESTED IN. OF THOSE DECISIONS CAN BE MADE AT THIS POINT. WE ACTUALLY WANTED TO CELEBRATE THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE A LOT OF THESE INITIATIVES AND YOU ARE PUSHING THAT STANDARD ALWAYS WITH EVERY ONE OF THE PARKS.
>> SPEAKER: TO YOUR POINT THIS IS A SIX REP PROCESS THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU NEED TO CONSIDER AS YOU ARE REACHING GROWTH. AS WE ARE PURCHASING THIS LAND, WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE DOING WITH THAT, WE ARE BUILDING A 36 ACRE PARK, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER STEP IN THE PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A GLOBAL SENSE OF PLANNING.
WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT WHEN WE DOING ABOUT PLANNING, WERE NOT THINKING AHEAD. NOT BEING FORWARD THINKING IN THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THIS IS A PRESENTATION FOR US TO MAKE SURE WE ARE AWARE AND THAT WE CONSIDER ALL WE ARE DOING AND THAT WE ARE THINKING AHEAD AND PLANNING FOR OUR FUTURE. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER STEP IN THE PROCESS IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SAYING YOU ARE LACKING ERE OR YOU HAVE TO DO THIS.
IT'S JUST A REFRESHER FOR US. AND YOU KNOW THE RESIDENCE TO YOUR POINT. WHEN I LOOK AT THIS I SAY WELL, WE ARE DOING A GREAT JOB WE NEED TO KEEP THAT UP RIGHT? YOU BROUGHT UP THE FACT ABOUT THE 36 ACRE PARK AND PROGRAMMING AND CONNECTIVITY. MAYBE THIS ISN'T THE MOST INTENSIVE PRESENTATION BUT IT GIVES US AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE
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ARE DOING AND WHAT WE ARE PREPARED TO DO AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD, TO YOUR POINT WE DO THAT A LOT.ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING AT THE END OF THIS WE HAVE ANOTHER 3 ACRES THAT WE ARE BUILDING IN ANOTHER PARK.
THIS PRESENTATION ALLOWS US TO THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THAT PARK? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BUILD? HOW IS THAT GOING TO BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS WITH THE NATURAL PRESERVE. HOW CAN WE INCORPORATES HERON BAY TO MAKE SURE THAT A LOT OF THESE THINGS THAT YOU TALK ABOUT THAT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THAT HOW WE CAN HAVE THAT WILL PLAY. THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE OWN.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE MAINTAIN. IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE BOUGHT IT IT'S RIGHT ON THE BORDER AND SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AND USED TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY AND HAVING THAT RIGHT NEXT DOOR IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ALMOST
ASSUME THAT AS PART OF OUR OWN. >> I THINK PART LAND IS UNIQUE IN THE AMOUNT OF OPEN SPACE YOU HAVE IN YOUR WAY ABOVE THAT 5 ACRES PER THOUSAND BUT THERE'S AN EXPECTATION THERE THAT PEOPLE WANT THAT CONTINUED LEVEL OF SERVICE AND MAKING SURE THAT WHATEVER NEW DEVELOPMENT COMES IN THAT YOU HAVE THAT CONSISTENT STUDENT SERVICE.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S A FIVE YOU STILL WANT TO ACHIEVE AND GO BEYOND THAT. IF WE ARE IDENTIFYING THOSE THINGS THAT WE ALL KNOW AND AHEAD OF THE GAME IN UNDERSTANDING HOW IMPORTANT THE PARKS ARE.
PARKS TO MEET OUR NUMBER ONE IN THE SCHOOLS ARE 1A.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT FOLKS WHEN THEY ARE LOOKING TO PURCHASE PROPERTY THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT THEY LOOK FOR.
YOU ALL HAVE A VERY EXCEPTIONAL PARK SYSTEM.
YOU ARE IMPROVING AND WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE.
WE ARE JUST OFFERING SUGGESTIONS AS TO WAYS THAT WE CAN MAKE SOME CHANGES. ESPECIALLY WITH FUTURE DEVELOPMENT COMING IN. HE CAN STILL HAVE YOUR GATED COMMUNITIES BUT LOOK AT THEM AS A WAY OF PROVIDING ACCESS.
MAYBE THE FIRE EXIT IN THE BACK, MAYBE THERE IS A GATE THAT ALLOWS FOLKS TO GO IN AND OUT.
IF IT'S CLOSE TO A SCHOOL MAYBE IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO GO IN AND OUT. MAY BE THE RESIDENTS DON'T WANT
THAT. >> I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE HERON BAY PROPERTY IN PARTICULAR.
WE WILL HAVE A PRESERVE AND THEY'VE ALREADY TRIED TO MOVE THE NATURAL PATHWAYS INTO THE COMMUNITY INTO THE PROPERTY AND SO, THE HOA WOULD BE CONCERNED THAT WE NOT HAVE WHATEVER'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPED FOR THE BORDER OF THE PROPERTY TO BE
SOMEHOW PART OF THE ACCESS TO. >> THERE WILL BE A CONNECTIVITY AND MAY BE AN ENTRANCE.
>> AND MAY BE THE CONNECTIVITY IS INTO THE PARK THERE'S NO ACCESS. THE PARK IN FORT LAUDERDALE IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE. THERE IS AN ACCESS GATE FOR THAT RESIDENCE, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FROM THE NORTH SIDE TO ACTUALLY ACCESS THE PARK. BUT THAT IS DONE THROUGH A KEYPAD AND ONLY THOSE THAT WANT TO KNOW.
>> GO-AHEAD COMMISSIONER. >> CAN YOU GO BACK I THINK IS THE SECOND OR THIRD SLIDE IT'S A BREAKDOWN OF THE GREEN SPACE BY SQUARE FOOTAGE. THERE YOU GO.
I WANTED TO SEE HOW WE SET RATE OR DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN PARKS OR OPEN SPACE? IS IT LIKE A FIELD OR A BASKETBALL COURT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
>> I THINK I DID A REPORT IF YOU YEARS BACK SO LET ME THINK.
WHAT I DID WAS CALCULATE THE ACTUAL SPACE THAT WAS USED FOR SPORTS AND THE REMAINDER OF IT WAS THE OPEN SPACE THAT WAS ALLOWED. AND THEN THE 218 I DID TAKE OUT HERON BAY AND I SUBTRACTED IT OUT BECAUSE I WAS INCLUDED.
>> DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? ANYBODY? I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.
THIS WAS GOOD AND I APPRECIATE IT AND IF NOBODY HAS ANYTHING?
>> MOTI
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