Collaborative Stories: Planning Innovations in Age - Friendly Communities PRESENTED BY: APA-FL Conference 09/08/2022 AICP CM Event #9252457
Zachary Eicholz, Deputy of Cape Canaveral
Susan Poplin, AICP, MSP PlannerPrincipal DepartmentCountyTallahassee-LeonPlanning Reinhardt, Livable Florida
VolunteerCommunitiesLead, AARP
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Paul Lewis, FAICP Chief Planning Manager City of Orlando
YOUR PRESENTERS
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Manager,SustainabilityDirectorDevelopmentEconomicCommunity/and City
Anne-Marie Flannery, Associate State Director Outreach,Communityfor Florida
3 AARP Network of Age - Friendly Communities 676 Active Communities 9 states and 1 territory (CA, NJ, NY, MA, CO, FL, ME, MI, USVI)
DOMAINS OF LIVABILITY
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Florida Age -Friendly Network
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6 Thank you! For more information, please contact: Ann-Marie Flannery AARP aflannery@aarp.orgFlorida
Why Should You Be An Age Friendly Planner?
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Why Is Being An Age Friendly Planner Important?
Because our aging population is
- unprecedented - pervasive (worldwide) - enduring - has profound implications
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U. S. 65+2010Population 20501935 1970 Lifeexpectancyatbirth 60 78.5 84.1 70.8 6,633,807 10 20,051,093 40,478,249 85,979,000
3,259,607 11 8,000,0007,000,0006,000,0005,000,0004,000,0003,000,0002,000,0001,000,0000 65+ Population - Florida 2010 2045 Bebr.ufl.edu (Don’t forget visitors!) 6,880,420 + 111%
Peter Pan
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Never ages Can even fly!
But we’re not all like Peter Pan…
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25.7 5.6 5.6 11.8 11.6 3.4 5.7 58.1 15.2 30.7 23.0 17.7 32.96050403020100 Disability in Florida all ages 65+ 50.6 14 % 70
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The best way to predict the future is to create it
Age-Friendly Tallahassee
Why is being an Age-Friendly and Livable Community so important?
Tallahassee-Leon County
So Goes the Population! 2020 County Population Statistics • Total Population: 298,313 • Population 50+: 88,418 • Percentage 50+: 29.64% 2045 County Population Statistics • Total Population: 346,037 • Population 50+: 111,180 • Percentage 50+: 32.13%
Inclusion and Education State Level
Florida Department of Elder Affairs
Including and Educating Area Planners
Capital Area Section of APA-FL
Tallahassee Senior Center • Oversees Initiatives and programs • Assists in monitoring AFC action steps • And so much more! Planning Department Age-Friendly Liaison • Coordinates with the City, County, State and TSC Staff • Educates on related Planning policy, programs, events and activities • Assists in monitoring and updating AFC action steps • Participates and/or hosts AFC community events Age-Friendly Designation and Workplan
Policy Documents Overlap
Common Or Overlapping Elements Of Policy Plans Community Vision Tallahassee-LeonCountyComprehensivePlanMobilityUtilitiesLandUse HousingEconomicDevelopmentHistoricPreservationPublicSchoolFacilitiesIntergovernmentalCoordinationImprovementsCapital Goals and Objectives to Address Domain Gaps Transportation&StreetsSocialParticipationHealth&WellnessOutdoorSpacesandBuildings InformationCommunityVolunteeringHousing&CivicEngagement&AwarenessWorkplanTallahasseewithActionItems Conservation Parks Recreationand OpportunitiesJob
AFC Planning ParticipationOverallLevel Organizational • No Change* • *Caution: Are you outside authorizations?of Coordination • Increased with other internal and ••••entitiesexternalPlanningDivisionsTSCNon-ProfitsStateAgencies Policy Planning • Development • Contribution • Review • Monitoring & production)(someOversight
AFC Planning Related Activity Outcome Health & Transportation ComprehensiveComponentsPlan • Land Use Future Land use AllocationMap • ProvideTransportationfacilities for pedestrians and cyclists–• Recreation and Open Space opportunities– for recreation including level of service for parks AFC Plan • Health & Wellness: Conduct Outreach and have an outreach AcrossandCommunicationexistingandGoalTransportation:event7BuildnewimprovesidewalksAwarenessDomains AFCOutcomeActivity • Bike ride with a OutdoorPlanner Expo and L3 ConstructionEvents of multi-use trail
AFC Planning Related Activity Outcome Health & Transportation ComprehensiveComponentsPlan • Land ProvideTransportationUsefacilities for pedestrians and cyclists– Future Land use parkslevelrecreationopportunitiesprovideOpenRecreationAllocationMapandSpace–forincludingofservicefor AFC Plan • Health & Wellness: Conduct Outreach and have an outreach AcrossandCommunicationexistingandGoalTransportation:event7BuildnewimprovesidewalksAwarenessDomains AFCOutcomeActivity • Bond Linear AffairsandParks,GrantAARPImprovementsPark–ChallengethroughRecreationNeighborhood
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AFC Related Activity Outcome Health & Transportation
AFC Planning Related Activity TransportationOutcome ComprehensiveComponentsPlan • Land TransportationUse –safe, convenient and abilities.userscontext-sensitiveofallagesand • considerationSpecial for senior areas, more dependent on modes other than automobile to provide a environment.accessiblesafe, AFC Plan • theandsignage,ImprovementTransportation:tocrosswalkwayfindingatseniorcenter AFC Activity Outcome • 7th improvementcrosswalkAvenue and wayfinding sign •PlanComprehensiveComponentsTransportation–supportgreenwaysandtrails AFC Plan • MasterGreenwaysprogressmonitorInventoryTransportation:andonPlan AFCOutcomeActivity • Inventory • Support of Plan(s)
••PlanComprehensiveComponentsLandUseHousing–diversity,inclusionary,andseniorhousing AFC Plan • flexibilityDwellingAccessoryunit AFCOutcomeActivity • codetheamendmentmanagementGrowthtolocalzoning AFC Planning Related Activity Outcome Housing
Land Use • ElementLandLivabilityandAge-FriendlyinUse •TransportationEnhanceCompleteStreets Housing • RepairsHomeTypesHousingOptionsAffordability–& AFC Planning Related Activity Outcome To Do Progress List
City of Cape Canaveral WELCOME TO THE SPACE BETWEEN Ⓡ SUN + SEA Ⓡ !
A City on the edge of the future that also strives to maintain its natural beachside community culture and world renowned space-based identity.
• The City is at the intersection of South, Central and Northern Florida
• The City of Cape Canaveral is quickly developing into a multi-modal hub of economic activity
• Indicating a continued trend toward an older population over the next 30 years
• City is quickly building and redeveloping community services and future-ready infrastructure in order to accommodate new opportunities, reduce environmental impacts and build overall resilience to increasing climate-related threats
Expansive Community and Economic Development
• City’s economy and community are diversifying into a high-tech, high-value beachside location that stands ready to support innovative local projects
• Average age: 57, nearly 36% are 65+ while 32% are between 44 and 64
◦ Urban Flooding ◦ Coastal Erosion ◦ Lightning ◦ Storm Surge ◦ Loss of Power
• Developing “Resilience Hubs” for enhanced multi-purpose response efforts to vulnerable populations
• Enhancing community infrastructure through long-term adaptive planning strategies
• The City is striving to become more sustainable/resilient in its procedures/operations. Targets include:
• Transitioning all City fleet vehicles to alternative fuel vehicles by 2035
• Becoming carbon neutral by 2050
• Incorporating renewable energy/energy storage installations on all City buildings and facilities by 2035 for power assurance and a reduction in the amount of single points of failure
• Having the entire City powered by renewable energy by 2050
Building Resilience and Environmental Stewardship
• Utilizing AARP’s Eight Domains of Livability to develop a multi-generational, all ages and abilities oriented community landscape
City Hall/Municipal Complex
CAPE Center • Cultural Arts Preservation and Enrichment Center – Multi-purpose cultural museum to showcase history, raise environmental awareness, provide education and provide an inclusive safe space for informed community discussions
and Bikeable Infrastructure • Bicycle infrastructure – promote alternative modes of transportation/lower emissions/decrease automobile traffic while improving safety for all users
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Walkable and Bikeable Infrastructure • Multi-modal streetscapes – promote alternative modes of transportation/lower emissions/decrease automobile traffic while improving safety for all users
Walkable and Bikeable Infrastructure
• Presidential Streets Master Plan – multi-decadal plan to systematically redo highly dense urban residential City core with amenities such as pedways, rain gardens, traffic calming measures, enhanced lighting, etc.
City of Cape Canaveral Community Center (C5) • C5 – multi-generational inclusive communal space containing exercise amenities, multi-purpose rooms, outdoor splash pad, gymnasium, indoor running track and open green spaces
City of Cape Canaveral Community Center (C5) • C5 – multi-generational inclusive communal space containing exercise amenities, multi-purpose rooms, outdoor splash pad, gymnasium, indoor running track and open green spaces
City of Cape Canaveral Community Center (C5) • C5 – multi-generational inclusive communal space containing exercise amenities, multi-purpose rooms, outdoor splash pad, gymnasium, indoor running track and open green spaces
City of Cape Canaveral Community Center (C5) • C5 – multi-generational inclusive communal space containing exercise amenities, multi-purpose rooms, outdoor splash pad, gymnasium, indoor running track and open green spaces
Increased Accessibility Infrastructure • Mobi Mats – wheelchair accessible beach access and increased user stability
Communal Spaces • Community garden – promotion of urban agriculture, culture of self-sufficiency and environmental stewardship
Communal Spaces • Rover’s Space Dog Park – multi-user pet-friendly accessible space for community interactions, place making and outdoor social gatherings
Renewable Energy • Rooftop solar arrays – enhanced resilience/lower utility costs/lower emissions
Renewable Energy • Solar street lighting – enhanced resilience/lower utility costs/lower emissions
Green Infrastructure/Low Impact Development • Stormwater exfiltration – stormwater control/flood mitigation
Green Infrastructure/Low Impact Development • Permeable pavement – stormwater control/flood mitigation • Florida native plants biodiversity enhancement/nutrient reduction • Bioswale - stormwater control/flood mitigation
Green Infrastructure/Low Impact Development • Sea oat planting – coastal flood protection/dune habitat restoration
Green Infrastructure/Low Impact Development • Permeable pavement – stormwater control/flood mitigation
Green Infrastructure/Low Impact Development • Permeable pavement – stormwater control/flood mitigation
Enhanced Resilience Measures • Lightning protection system – critical infrastructure protection/continuity of operations
Enhanced Resilience Measures • Removable flood barriers - flood mitigation/adaptation
Enhanced Resilience Measures • Remote sensor sites – flood mitigation/adaptation and environmental monitoring
Thank you for your time!
The Livable Orlando Story Collaboration Stories: Planning Innovations in AgeFriendly Communities 2022 APA Florida Planning Conference – Orlando, Florida Presented by September 8, 2022 Paul S. Lewis, FAICP
Livable Orlando: An Age-Friendly Initiative2020Population: 307,573 (Census) 2021 Population: 313,975 (BEBR) 2022 Population: 321,282 (BEBR) 65+ Years in Age in 2020: 10.2% 2050 Projected Population: 434,835 Land Area in 2022: +/-119 sq. milesSource: MyRegion.org How Shall We Grow 2050 Vision
Livable Orlando: An Age-Friendly Initiative Age-Friendly Community Livability Survey Community Engagement – 30+ Neighborhood and Community Events to listen and gather input. Data & Analysis – Deep Dive Intersecting Initiatives Our Process 8 Domains of Livability We Are Here EnvironmentBuilt EnvironmentSocial
Livable Orlando: An Age-Friendly Initiative Action Plan Goals & Specific Action Items 25 Specific Goals 85 Specific Action Items Equity Through An AgeFriendly Lens
Intersecting Initiatives We are “cross-pollinating” our Age-Friendly Action Plan with the following: City of Orlando Growth Management Plan and Land Development Code Green Works Orlando Community Action Plan (Sustainability/Resiliency) Orlando Future-Ready City Master Plan Orlando Parks Master Plan Downtown Master Plan (Project DTO 2.0) Complete Streets Strategy (Implementation) Orlando Transportation Guidelines Vision Zero Orlando Action Plan Regional Affordable Housing Initiative Orange County Housing For All MetroPlan Orlando’s Health Strategic Plan
The surrounding park has also been improved to include age-friendly amenities including playgrounds for children of different age groups, a musical instrument garden, and an ADA-accessible all-ages exercise equipment area with shade structure – so important in the hot climate of Central Florida.
These outdoor amenities are in close proximity to each other with shaded seating areas designed specifically to allow parents and grandparents to watch their children and grandchildren.
Grand Avenue Neighborhood Center & Park
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Outdoor Spaces & Buildings Action Item A.1.3: Mitigate the effects of extreme heat on vulnerable populations such as older adults by providing shade trees in parks, open spaces and along roadways/paths, shade structures, and water/cooling amenities (e.g., splash pads, water fountains) in public parks, where appropriate.
This $17 million project includes the renovation of the existing historic building and a new gymnasium, offices for staff, a teen room, game room, classrooms for educational programs, a computer room, a recording studio, and expanded arts wing.
Outdoor Spaces & Buildings Intergenerational Planning & Design
Through our Downtown Orlando Community Redevelopment Agency, the City of Orlando provided $1 million dollars to help the Orlando Neighborhood Improvement Corporation purchase and completely renovate the building, which has been renamed The Roberts.
Preserving Affordable Housing for Older Adults
Preserving affordable housing for our older adult residents is critical to our community’s livability.
The affordability and age restrictions would have expired in 2021. After that, the building could have been purchased by a developer and turned into luxury condos.
Housing – Preserving Affordability
On March 31, 2022, our community celebrated this wonderful affordable housing preservation story with a ribbon cutting and re-dedication event.
Baptist Terrace opened in 1969 as a 197-unit affordable senior living community.
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Move Nona Move Nona shuttles are operated by Beep, an autonomous mobility solutions provider in Orlando’s Lake Nona –Laureate Park neighborhood. It is the largest and longestrunning single-site fleet in the country. The shuttles are all electric. Connects the town center, UCF Medical School, VA Medical Center, Nemours Children’s Hospital, and the residential neighborhood including The Gatherings 55+ community. utonomouswww.lakenona.com/things/a-vehicles-move-nona/
Transportation Improving the Mobility Experience
Move Nona shuttles are ADA Accessible Shuttles arrive at a stop every 10-15 minutes Schedule and tracking in real-time by downloading Ride Beep, available for iOS and Android
Move Nona will be an important component of the GreenLink is a linear park system connecting the residential and commercial zones of the Lake Nona Medical City – Laureate Park neighborhood.
On the Horizon – Mobility and Placemaking
Lake Nona’s GreenLink (Coming Soon)
The park will be framed by mid-rise mixed-use development containing activated civic space, bike/pedestrian facilities, and stormwater conveyance, all in a very attractive urban environment.
Community Support & Health Systems Action Item G.2.1: Explore telehealth in the city’s senior centers and recreation centers with an emphasis on communities of concern, and to significantly reduce health inequities.
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On the Horizon Age-Friendly Resiliency
Social Participation Action Item F.3.1: Explore different concepts for transforming Orlando’s senior centers and recreational centers to emphasize intergenerational opportunities.
Local
Project Details and installation of wheelchair-accessible, solar-operated table and shade structure in two neighborhood parks: Prince Hall Park and Willows Park. with Wi-Fi hotspots and charging stations. tables bring needed connectivity to two neighborhoods in which 57% and 33% of residents, respectively, lack broadband service – much higher than the Orlando average of 18%. for 175 mph winds, each table provides critically important services to residents after a storm or other power outage. artists have painted the concrete pads upon which the tables sit, providing a colorful, unique park amenity.
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2021 AARP Community Challenge Grant – “Tables of Connection” Thank You!
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The Livable Orlando: An Age-Friendly Initiative Action Plan 2022-2025 features artwork created by Art’s the Spark participants, a program offered by the Orlando Museum of Art for those living with memory or neurological impairments, such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. We’ve also included poems from the City of Orlando’s 2021 Words & Wisdom Poetry Contest in the Action Plan.
In the next four years, our initiative will focus on improving the built and social environment to equitably enhance the lives of Orlando residents of all ages.
Quite simply, our goal is to make the Orlando community a place to live better for longer, and for our city to be more accessible for everyone.
The Livable Orlando Age-Friendly Action Plan has identified significant challenges for all of us – residents, public agencies, the private sector, nonprofit service providers, and cultural institutions. But it also gives us opportunities to transform the way we think about aging.
Call to Action
The Livable Orlando Age-Friendly Action Plan can be found on the City of Orlando’s website here: AARP Age-Friendly Community - City of Orlando
T ha n k y o u fo r joi n i n g u s ! Any Questions? Contact us: Ann-Marie Flannersy: aflannery@aarp.org Ken Reinhardt: kreinhardt@aarp.org Susan Poplin: susan.poplin@talgov.com Zachary Eicholz: z.eicholz@cityofcapecanaveral.org Paul Lewis: paul.lewis@cityoforlando.net