PLANNING PRINCIPLES FOROUTCOMESEQUITABLE Florida Planning Conference 2022 Corinne Arriaga, City of Sarasota Alvimarie Corales, City of Sarasota Vitor Suguri, FDOT 1
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Alvimarie Corales, Chief BRIDGING THE GAPS IN NEWTOWN
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Transportation
Alvimarie Corales Arriaga Planner
Presenters
Chief Transportation Planner Corinne
What to Expect City of Sarasota Overview NewtownNewtownHistoryRedevelopment Plan Newtown’s Current Condition Pedestrian Connectivity Next Steps 4
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-The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, 2013
Transportation Equity
• “Transportation equity is a civil and human rights priority. Access to affordable and reliable transportation widens opportunity and is essential to addressing poverty, unemployment, and other opportunity goals such as access to good schools and healthcare services. However, current transportation spending programs do not equally benefit all communities and populations. And, the negative effects of some transportation decisions - such as the disruption of low-income neighborhoods - are broadly felt and have long lasting effects. Providing equal access to transportation means providing all individuals living in the United States with an equal opportunity to succeed.”
• median household income
City of Sarasota
$56,093
• Newtown is approximately 838 acres, Redevelopment Agency (CRA) established in June 2006 by City Resolution 06R-1901
• Black Other races
~81%
~14%
• Located on the Southwest Coast of Florida, Sarasota is home to over 56,000 residents (ACS 2018 5-yr estimates).
• White
• ~5%
Community
• ~ 7,376 residents • ~67% Black • ~23% White • ~9% Other races • $23,877 median household income • $132,177 median home value 6
NEWTOWN ALIVE
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History Culture
Activism8
Community Character
Overtown
Overtown in the early 1920s. Overtown was a 20-acre segregated district about five blocks north of downtown Sarasota where most black residents lived and worked. Locals also referred to the district as "Black Bottom" or the "Rosemary District.“
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Rosemary District
Newtown Plat
Original Newtown Plat 1914.
112 building lots. Washington Avenue is now 23rd Street.
23rd Street Google Street View - 2014
Churches
CultureCommunity Education
Churches
CultureCommunity 14 Education
R.L. Taylor Complex – Community Center
ThenActivism&Now 15 CivicWomen’sColored1950’s:Club Protestors march through Newtown in Sarasota despite rainy weather. 2 years ago. Oct. 3, 1955: 100 African American residents wade in water at Lido Beach in defiance of Jim Crow regulations
Setting Priorities
REDEVELOPMENTNEWTOWNPLAN
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• To create and maintain a safe community with financially stable and prosperous residents, a thriving "main street" corridor, diverse housing options, and a positive brand centered on the celebration of the area's history and cultural arts.
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Vision Statement
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Engagement
Transportation Outcomes • Roads & Infrastructure Improvements o Top Capital Project from Survey o Diverse Transportation Choices o Short Distance Accessibility Walking Biking 19
o Provide Diverse Transportation Choices: people living in Sarasota either may not beold enough to drive or may be reducing theirdriving due to age related abilities.
o Take Action: investments the City makes nowwill influence the travel choices people havein the future.
o Be Resilient: The City’s infrastructure needsupgrades to accommodate these forecastedclimate changes.
o Provide Greater Safety: Safety impactseveryone in Sarasota and all modes of travel,either by personal injury, property damage, ortravel delay.
o Be Active: More walking and biking will meanmore people can get needed physical activityas a part of daily life.
• Complete the grid (complete greenways ,MURT, and improve ROWs)
• Values
Sarasota in Motion
CONNECTIVITYPEDESTRIAN
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Set OutcomesandGoals ConditionReviewedCurrent MeasuresCreated GatheredData AnalyzedData PrioritizedLocations 22OpportunitiesIdentifiedFunding
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CURRENT CONDITIONS Multimodal Transportation Network 24
Missing ADA Ramps <4 Ft. Sidewalks Trip Hazards Substandard 25
MEASURES AND DATA Multimodal Transportation Network 26
Measures and Data Road Type • Interstate Connector • Major Arterial • Minor Arterial • Major Collector • Minor Collector Location • Pedestrian Zone • Proximity to Schools • Proximity to Parks • Proximity to Bus Stops • Proximity to Environmental Justice Areas • Walkability to Essential Services • Connectivity to MURT Feasibility • Within Public ROW • Encroachments • Design • Project Status • Consistent with City Plans or Studies 5-Year Safety • Bicycle/Pedestrian Crash Location • High Crash Location 27
Measures and Data (continued) Constraints • Potable Water • Stormwater • Sanitary • Streetlights • Poles • Railroad • Environmental • Policy • Social • Maintaining Agency Accessibility • ADA Needs • Sidewalk Width • Trip Hazard • Ramps Support • Neighborhood • Political • Individual 28
ANALYSIS Multimodal Transportation Network 29
GIS Model Builder
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PRIORITIZATION Multimodal Transportation Network 33
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• $8 Million in Sidewalk Retrofit • Phase 1 - High Priority Sidewalks • Scored 26 – 29 • $2 Million Phases 36
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Leveraging Funds
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38 LeveragingFundsNewtownCityCRAFunds State Grants TransportationAlternatives Safe Streets and Roads 4 AllSafe Routes 2 School
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NEXT STEPS
Continue Community Engagement
Thank You! Alvimarie Corales Chief Transportation Alvimarie.Corales@SarasotaFL.govPlanner Corinne Arriaga Transportation Corinne.Arriaga@SarasotaFL.govPlanner40