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The Road From Hell - What it Takes to Connect a Neighborhood The Road from Hell or What it Takes to Connect a Neighborhood Why might I care? • Growth an issue in your community? • Communities that developed before they were planned? • Need to retrofit existing neighborhoods for today's land use and transportation needs? 45, The Background • County Department of Land Use and Transportation • Urban unincorporated neighborhood • State and regional planning •oals 1 4 The Neighborhood Need • Rural-suburban,old,well-established • Farm-to-market roads • Grid system for new urbanism • Light rail access 1ja The Mood • Long history of opposition • Sensitive issues 4 • Vulnerable elected a official { I J ' ■ The Process, part 1 • Embrace all impacted stakeholders • Set up broad Citizen's Advisory Committee • Meet in local homes • Community survey �► taiit 2 I , Process, cont. • Two community open houses • Deal with the bad news up front • Face-to-face planning;walk the route • Get ADA Committee involved The Reaction • Depended on where you lived • Environmentalist uprising • Trees and wetlands very important ..--*- 1 The Message • No"no-build"option • What can we do to mitigate the effects? • CAC recommends"least objectionable" alignment _ .----. 1-.."-'is 0 3 ■ Issues • Public presence at CAC meetings • Understanding parameters of process • Red-toed frogs • The Vote • Commissioners and bonding option • Vote on project rather than funding • Painful politics Construction! • Constant,clear communication • Sewers a sweetener , ITO 4 The Results • Slow acceptance • New alignment ^ • Park space;bridges � .1...4141144 ...••..'. tJILL..4 .. Results, part 2 • Water quality features • Peripheral traffic • Coloring new Town Center process t© l or 4 0 r The Party • Grand Opening parade • Merchants and historic families involved • Kids,dogs and horses! 05 The Pole • Cedar tree saved • The Healing Pole • Off to the White House 1'� • The Sentinel Plaza • a 'r Lessons learned • Use Sounding Board rather than CAC • Orchestrate expectations/ground rules • Define scope of work Lessons learned, part 2 • Make use of neighborhood association • Communicate constantly • Include right-of-way staff from the beginning;information only • Support your Commissioners ■ 6