Transcript Updating the Pinellas Planning Council’s Countywide Plan

Pinellas by Design: A
Blueprint for Updating
the Countywide Plan
Pinellas Planning Council
May 18, 2011
Pinellas by Design: An Economic
Development and Redevelopment Plan
for the Pinellas Community
• Approved in 2005
• Culmination of a five-year
countywide planning and
visioning effort
• Contributions from local
governments, steering
committee, and the public
Pinellas by Design: An Economic
Development and Redevelopment Plan
for the Pinellas Community
• Transition from greenfield
to redevelopment
• Integrate land use,
transportation, and
economic development
• Determine the most
appropriate places for
redevelopment
Public Input
• Hundreds of participants
attended three
countywide summits
• Representatives of local
government, businesses,
and the public
• Identified areas of the
county appropriate for
higher density/intensity
redevelopment, mixed
uses, transit
Centers
• Other data were used to
identify focal points of
community activity
• Compact, interrelated,
higher densities and
intensities
• Mix of residential, retail,
entertainment and
employment uses
Corridors
• Connections between
centers, throughout
county, and to regional
destinations
• Automobile, transit, and
pedestrian/bicycle travel
• Shared by commuters,
shoppers, freight traffic,
tourists
Districts
• Areas where similar
land uses or activities
are grouped together
• Less compact and
interrelated than a
center
• Example types: tourism,
historic, arts/cultural,
employment
Employment Districts
• Employment districts
are especially important
• Existing and potential
employment districts
were identified
• Industrial land is a
significant component,
addressed in a 2008
follow-up study
Redevelopment
Potential
• Vacant land
• Underutilized land
• Public plans and
investments
• Aging structures
• Low structure value to
land value ratio
Those elements were combined in the
Centers, Corridors, and Districts Framework
Purpose of the
Centers, Corridors, and Districts Framework
“Effective redevelopment planning will build
upon the existing development framework,
channeling growth into areas where it can
be appropriately accommodated….
Redevelopment should be organized around
the existing system of centers, corridors, and
districts.”
Future-Oriented Perspective
• Recognize the Economic Development and
Redevelopment Plan for the Pinellas
Community (EDRP) as a working policy
document that will provide guidance for future
economic development and redevelopment
planning on a countywide basis.
Application to
Countywide Plan
• Incorporate the strategies of the EDRP within the
Countywide Plan. (Plan Approval Strategy A.3.)
• Amend the Countywide Rules to provide
additional flexibility for local governments in
meeting their redevelopment needs, consistent
with the goals of this plan. (Regulatory Tools and
Urban Design Strategy C.1.)
Unification of Land Use and
Transportation Planning
• Coordinate countywide redevelopment planning
with the MPO regarding transportation and land
use relationships. (Pinellas County Jurisdictions and
Agencies Coordination Strategy A.3.)
How do we continue to build
on Pinellas by Design?
• Move from concept to
implementation
• Adopt a future-oriented
Countywide Plan Map that
anticipates redevelopment
in these areas
• Encourage higher densities
and intensities to locate in
these areas through the
Countywide Rules, and
transportation planning
Examples from Other Areas
Blueprint Denver
• “Areas of change” vs.
“areas of stability” in
comprehensive plan
• Implemented
through land
development
regulations and
infrastructure
investments
Examples from Other Areas
Blueprint Boise
• “Areas of change” vs.
“areas of stability” in
comprehensive plan
• Implemented
through land
development
regulations and
infrastructure
investments
Examples from Other Areas
Portland Metro 2040
Growth Concept
• Directs growth to
centers, corridors,
and transit station
areas
• Protects existing
neighborhoods and
rural areas
The Work Ahead…
• Incorporate and further
local government plans
• Refine identification
criteria
• Update with current data
• Integrate with MPO plans
• Translate from general
concept to Countywide
Plan Map
Next Steps
• Land Use/Transportation
Working Group meeting
on June 1
• Meetings with local
government staff starting
in June
• Draft Request for
Proposals to Council on
June 15
Questions or comments?