EA EAST S SAVANNAH G GATEW EWAY RED EDEVEL EVELOPMENT: HIT - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

AGEND ENDA PRES ESENT ENTATION ON SEQU EQUENC ENCE 9:00 am Opening and Welcome 9:30 am “The Big Picture” Orientation 10:00 am Site Tour 12:15 pm Lunch 1:30 pm Neighborhood Planning 2:25 pm Housing Planning 3:10 pm People Planning

EA EAST S SAVANNAH G GATEW EWAY RED EDEVEL EVELOPMENT: HIT ITCH & WESSELS LS COMMUN UNIT ITIE IES NT 2011 CHOIC OICE E NEIG NEIGHBORHOO OOD D PLANNIN NNING GRANT Planning Overview

 On the east side of historic downtown  Abuts the Downtown Historic District  Surrounded by historic neighborhoods to the west and underutilized areas to the east OVER ERVIEW : Study udy Ar Area

2006 – Chatham County – Savannah Tricentennial Plan 2006 – Downtown Savannah Market Analysis 2007 – Downtown Savannah Master Plan 2007 – East Downtown TAD 2007 – Housing and Community Development Plan 2009 – Housing Authority of Savannah Portfolio Analysis 2011 – Proposed Unified Zoning Ordinance OVERVIE VIEW : Planning g Chron onol ology ogy

TRICENT NTENNI NNIAL P PLAN - 2006 2006  City + County Comprehensive Plan  Currently Updating the Short-Term Work Program (2012) and the “Strategic Plan”  Hitch-Wessels located within the “Downtown Expansion” area  Downtown Expansion is intended to provide for compatible and interconnected development (wide mix of uses allowed) OVERVIE VIEW : Prev eviou ous Planning

DOWN WNTOWN MAR MARKET AN ANAL ALYSIS S - 2006 2006  Study conducted before market downturn, but at the time...  Market rate-housing was strong  Single-family & condominiums all selling well  Affordable home-ownership had not shared in the boom  Rental market saturated by students  Retail and office markets were moderately good, but not as strong as hotel Source: Urban Partners, Technical Memorandum OVERVIE VIEW : Prev eviou ous Planning

DOWN WNTOWN MAS MASTER PL PLAN AN - 200 2007  Focus on Economic Development and Quality of Life  “A diverse Downtown includes mixed-income housing”  Creating connections between historic fabric and new growth areas  Revitalization of dilapidated neighborhoods  Pressures on housing stock Source: Sottile and Sottile, 2005 OVERVIE VIEW : Prev eviou ous Planning

EAST DOWNT NTOW OWN T N TAD – 200 2007  Identified $57.6M in public projects  Includes $10M obligation to schools capital improvements  In 2009, bonds were issued for just over $20M Source: City of Savannah TAD Update, 2011  President Street to receive significant investment (over $12M)  Use of public works projects to incent private development  Updated in 2011 OVERVIE VIEW : Prev eviou ous Planning

HOU OUSING & COM OMMUNITY DE DEVE VELOPMENT P PLAN N – 200 2007  Addresses “housing, homelessness, and non- housing community development needs for … 2008 – 2012”  Major objectives include leveraging $15M of HUD funding to incent $85M in outside funding  Create 1,250 new affordable housing units in a variety of formats  Improve blighted commercial corridors OVERVIE VIEW : Prev eviou ous Planning

HAS AS PO PORTFOLIO AN ANAL ALYSIS – 2009 2009  System-wide analysis of housing products, condition and funding/operations  Site-by-site analysis of redevelopment / revitalization opportunities (new development & re- use)  Focus on real estate fundamentals and portfolio repositioning  Study also included market analysis OVERVIE VIEW : Prev eviou ous Planning

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UNI NIFIED DE DEVE VELOPMENT OR ORDI DINANCE - 20 2012 12  Currently in the public review stage  “Downtown Expansion” (D-X) Zoning Category commensurate with the Tri-centennial Plan  Among other items, D-X regulates building setbacks (generally 10’), building heights (generally 8 stories) and minimum residential unit size (450 square feet)  Additional requirements still under development  CN Area abuts Savannah Downtown Historic Overlay District (existing - carried forward) OVERVIE VIEW : Prev eviou ous Planning

DEVE VELOP OPMENT NT I INITIATIVE VES  Ashley Midtown HOPE VI  Sustainable Fellwood  East Downtown Tax Allocation District  Wheaton Street Gateway Corridor  Presidential Square  Savannah River Landing  Savannah Gardens OVERVIE VIEW : Dev evel elop opmen ent

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Steer ering C g Committee ee   Savannah-Chatham Public School Central Missionary Baptist Church  Chatham Area Transit System   •Savannah Fire & Emergency Services Chatham County   •Savannah State University Chatham County Safety Net Planning  •Savannah Technical College Council   •Second Ebenezer Missionary Baptist CHSA Development, Inc.  City of Savannah Church   •Step Up Savannah, Inc. Curtis V. Cooper Primary Health Care   •Trident Sustainability Group Housing Authority of Savannah   •Union Mission, Inc. Metropolitan Planning Commission   •United Way of the Coastal Empire Purpose Built Communities   •Youth Futures Authority Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce  The Savannah Bank, N.A.  Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department EAS EAST SAVAN ANNAH H GATEW EWAY: Pr Process

Five overlapping planning tracks, 24-month timeframe  Project Management Ongoing  Data Collection / Existing Conditions Analysis 7-8 Months  Neighborhood Assets / Needs Assessment 5-6 Months  Resident & Community Involvement Ongoing  Transformation Plan Design & Documentation 10-12 Months EAST SAVAN EAS ANNAH H GATEW EWAY: Pr Process

Data Collection & Existing Conditions Analysis  Website development  Data compilation  Field survey design and implementation  Market / economic development analysis  Transportation / mobility EAS EAST SAVAN ANNAH H GATEW EWAY: Pr Process

Needs Assessment  Identification of physical assets / needs  Identification of social assets / needs  Identification of economic assets / needs  Needs assessment summary EAS EAST SAVAN ANNAH H GATEW EWAY: Pr Process

Community Involvement  Transformation Work Group meetings  Stakeholder interviews  Community survey  Community workshops EAS EAST SAVAN ANNAH H GATEW EWAY: Pr Process

Transformation Plan Design  Physical framework  Program development  Implementation / action plan  Draft transformation plan  Final transformation plan EAS EAST SAVAN ANNAH H GATEW EWAY: Pr Process

Communi unicat ation P n Plan  Resident Training  Transformation Team and Taskforce Meetings  Issues forums, workshops and charrettes  Flyers posted in local access centers  Press releases  Social media  Housing Authority website EAS EAST SAVAN ANNAH H GATEW EWAY: Pr Process

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