CRESTHILL + MONROE VHCA COMMUNITY FORUM
PRESENTED: APRIL 19, 2018
CRESTHILL + MONROE VHCA COMMUNITY FORUM
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Undeveloped Parcel R-4 Zoning Designation Kegley Ownership
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Undeveloped land R-4 and C-1 Zoning Designation Invest Atlanta Ownership Awarded to Fuqua Development
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9 Single-Family Homes R-4 Zoning Designation National Register Historic District Kegley Ownership
Commercial Building C-1 Zoning Designation Kegley Ownership
PRESENTED: APRIL 19, 2018
CRESTHILL + MONROE VHCA COMMUNITY FORUM ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY VISION Virginia-Highland is for... The preservation of single-family homes in the National Register Historic District. The Virginia-Highland neighborhood has consistently advocated for the preservation of single-family homes and properties within the established National Register Historic District. This position has been strongly supported by previous City plans and policies for the neighborhood including the VirginiaHighland Master Plan, the City of Atlanta Comprehensive Development Plan, the BeltLine Subarea 6 Master Plan, and the City of Atlanta Zoning Map.
Source: Google Streetview
PRESENTED: APRIL 19, 2018
CRESTHILL + MONROE VHCA COMMUNITY FORUM ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY VISION Virginia-Highland is for... The preservation of single-family homes in the National Register Historic District. CRESTHILL + MONROE APPLICATION • The 9 single-family homes along Cresthill and Monroe must remain R-4 zoning. • All R-4 zoning regulations for yards, densities, heights, and transitional height planes must apply. • Driveways serving the future project must not access Cresthill.
PRESENTED: APRIL 19, 2018
CRESTHILL + MONROE VHCA COMMUNITY FORUM ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY VISION Virginia-Highland is for... The BeltLine. Virginia-Highland has 1 mile of the BeltLine corridor that runs along the western edge of the neighborhood. The corridor has provided a safe and accessible biking and walking link to area parks, schools, restaurants, retail, jobs, and more and neighborhood quality of life is improved because of it. Source: Transportation For America
PRESENTED: APRIL 19, 2018
CRESTHILL + MONROE VHCA COMMUNITY FORUM ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY VISION Virginia-Highland is for... The BeltLine. CRESTHILL + MONROE APPLICATION • Support the future extension of the BeltLine trail adjacent to the site. • Support the future BeltLine transit stop adjacent to the site. • Support safety improvements to the BeltLine intersection crossing at Monroe Drive.
PRESENTED: APRIL 19, 2018
CRESTHILL + MONROE VHCA COMMUNITY FORUM ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY VISION Virginia-Highland is for... Development along the BeltLine Through previous master planning processes, the neighborhood has embraced the future development of parcels along the BeltLine. Much of the BeltLine area in Virginia-Highland has historically been utilized as industrial, commercial, office, or multi-family residential areas. The community supports the future development of over 1.2M square feet of land in these areas for new higher density mixed use and multi-family development with orientation to the transit and trails along the BeltLine.
Source: David Pendered
PRESENTED: APRIL 19, 2018
CRESTHILL + MONROE VHCA COMMUNITY FORUM ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY VISION Virginia-Highland is for... Development along the BeltLine CRESTHILL + MONROE APPLICATION • Support the rezoning and appropriate redevelopment of land adjacent to the BeltLine. This excludes the parcels containing the 9 single-family homes that are located along Cresthill and Monroe within the National Register Historic District. • The 1.46 acre Invest Atlanta parcel should not be tied to the redevelopment of single-family homes in the National Register Historic District.
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CRESTHILL + MONROE VHCA COMMUNITY FORUM ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY VISION Virginia-Highland is for... Affordable housing opportunities. The Virginia-Highland neighborhood has a rich historic precedent for integrating denser, smaller, and more affordable housing options within the community. Affordable apartment buildings, duplexes, and garden style apartment complexes are scattered throughout the neighborhood. These multi-family properties in the neighborhood represent a total of 4,669,651 square feet of land area and 15% of all of the land within the neighborhood. The neighborhood further supported the rezoning of the North Highland Neighborhood Commercial Districts to triple the multi-family density that could be built in these nodes. Virginia-Highland also supports the adoption of the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance by the City of Atlanta which will ensure a minimum level of new affordable housing inventory as part of future multifamily residential developed along the BeltLine.
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Source: Google Streetview
CRESTHILL + MONROE VHCA COMMUNITY FORUM ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY VISION Virginia-Highland is for... Affordable housing opportunities. CRESTHILL + MONROE APPLICATION • Support the creation of extensive affordable housing opportunities along the BeltLine. (This excludes the parcels containing the 9 singlefamily homes that are located along Cresthill and Monroe within the National Register Historic District. • Housing affordability should not come at the expense of other community values.
PRESENTED: APRIL 19, 2018
CRESTHILL + MONROE VHCA COMMUNITY FORUM ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY VISION Virginia-Highland is for... a safer and slower Monroe Drive Previous planning initiatives for the area have engaged the community to envision the future of the Monroe Drive corridor. Each of the 3 previous planning processes that have produced recommendations for Monroe Drive have resulted in recommendations for a “road diet� for the corridor as a means for ensuring slower and safer traffic for the street. The neighborhood believes that a reconfigured Monroe Drive is the best approach for preserving the predominantly historic single-family character of the street and for providing the safest street possible for the many residents who use the roadway as drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians.
Source: Canvas Planning Group
PRESENTED: APRIL 19, 2018
CRESTHILL + MONROE VHCA COMMUNITY FORUM ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY VISION Virginia-Highland is for... a safer and slower Monroe Drive CRESTHILL + MONROE APPLICATION • Support development proposals that enable the Monroe Drive Road Diet to be implemented. • Require Monroe Drive improvements including pedestrian safety measures to precede any future development. • Require future development to be transitoriented by providing drastically reduced parking spaces.
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CRESTHILL + MONROE VHCA COMMUNITY FORUM ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY VISION Virginia-Highland is for... Extensive community planning processes The Virginia-Highland neighborhood has an extensive history of actively participating in community planning processes. The neighborhood values the process of engaging broad spectrums of the community to obtain input and ideas. Further, the community appreciates the complexity of city planning and embraces the need for exhaustive analysis and data gathering related to land use, urban design, transportation, open space, affordability, and sustainability issues. In addition to engaging in previous ABI and City of Atlanta planning processes, the neighborhood has further self-funded extensive planning initiatives in the North Highland Neighborhood Commercial Zoning Analysis and the Virginia-Highland Master Plan.
Source: Canvas Planning Group
PRESENTED: APRIL 19, 2018
CRESTHILL + MONROE VHCA COMMUNITY FORUM ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY VISION Virginia-Highland is for... Extensive community planning processes CRESTHILL + MONROE APPLICATION • Support future planning processes that adequately engage community members with extensive public engagement tools and forums. • Support future planning processes that exhaustively analyze the transportation and land use implications of future development along the BeltLine. • Require detailed site plans for all future meetings.
PRESENTED: APRIL 19, 2018
CRESTHILL + MONROE VHCA COMMUNITY FORUM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS • Community Meetings April 10, May 17, June 28
• Working Group Meetings April 9, April 26, May 16, June 21, June 29
• Technical Advisory Group Meetings April 12, May 10, June 6
PRESENTED: APRIL 19, 2018
CRESTHILL + MONROE VHCA COMMUNITY FORUM OFFICIAL REZONING PROCESS •Submit Rezoning Application •VHCA Planning Committee presentation •VHCA presentation •NPU F meeting •MNA Land Use Committee •MNA Board presentation •NPU E meeting •Zoning Review Board meeting •CDP Public Hearing •CD/HS Committee meeting •Zoning Review Board meeting •Zoning Committee meeting •City Council meeting •City Council meeting PRESENTED: APRIL 19, 2018
July 3 August 8 August 13 August 20 August 21 August 30 September 4 September 6 September 10 September 11 September 13 September 26 October 1 November 5
CRESTHILL + MONROE VHCA COMMUNITY FORUM COMMUNITY ROLE IN THE PROCESS •Participate in designated meetings •Represent the community perspective through the process PROCESS CHALLENGES •Initial plan does not align with established community vision •Initial plan does not align with established City policies •Lack of plan specifics with a truncated process •A 12-week process to change 12 years of vision and policy
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CRESTHILL + MONROE VHCA COMMUNITY FORUM NEXT STEPS • Talk to your neighbors On your street and all over Atlanta
• Tell us what you think planning@vahi.org
• Complete Councilmember Ide’s Survey – click here atlantadistrict6.com • Donate to Community Engagement Fund – click here gofundme.com/vahicef • Attend the May 17 & June 28 Community Forums PRESENTED: APRIL 19, 2018