Equity Goal
Goal Measurement •
Assess the ADA user experience of proposed non-traditional features (e.g. diagonal crossing, road diet, pedestrian islands, and similar). Identify current and new parking areas that accommodate destination users of the project area.
M-5 Leverage on-street paid parking as a
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revenue stream to invest in the diversity of local community needs.
• Quantify estimations of revenue from paid parking facilities based on demand for parking. • Develop policies to encourage the allocation of a percentage of revenue towards local community needs, including equity communities, that call the project area home.
M-6 Seek and utilize representative public input on mobility and access.
Active participation in planning and/or moderating public engagement, providing information, visuals, framing of tradeoffs and similar. Directly reference public input in the Master Plan.
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LAND USE & ZONING
HOW CAN EQUITABLE LAND USE & ZONING IMPROVE THE STITCH? Land use and zoning policy should encourage productive, connected, and activated spaces that foster inclusive socioeconomic and recreational opportunities for equity communities and support development without displacement. Prior to construction of the Downtown Connector, the area was primarily residential with some commercial use on main streets. Once built, the surrounding areas developed as an economic hub with increased density seen in commercial, hospitality, and institutional growth, and multi-family residences that align to significant population of renters. However, there are different patterns of development and investment in Midtown compared to Downtown – each on either side of the bifurcating highway. Land use and zoning policy can encourage a more equitable investment in Downtown and reclaim the space in between, enhancing the existing landscape and introducing new opportunities. Among the new opportunities, fostering mixed use development that generates new tax revenue streams can provide funding that is reinvested in ways that serve the diversity of community needs.
Equity Goals
Measurements
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Sustain existing and encourage new small business opportunities that are inclusive of disadvantaged business owners.
• Identify and quantify opportunity hot spots surrounding and at the project site based on spatial features known to support business (e.g., storefront visibility, multimodal accessibility, density on the block, and similar.)
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