1 Table of contents 364-365

The Stitch Master Plan Appendices 1&2

Appendices of the Stitch Master Plan

Appendix 1		1
Appendix A Stakeholder and Community Engagement Plan		2
Introduction		3
Engagement Purpose		3
Engagement Objectives		4
Evaluate: Establish a baseline		4
Inform: Provide accessible information about this master planning process		4
Involve: Create avenues for stakeholder and community input		4
Collaborate: Unite leadership to build consensus around the plan and set up partnerships to support implementation		4
Stakeholder analysis		5
Stakeholder Groups		5
Arts and Culture		5
Community Organizations		5
Corporate and Multi-tenant Office Buildings		5
Displaced Community Members		5
Government and Elected Officials		5
Hospitality Industry		6
Media		6
Nonprofit Organizations		6
Property Owners		6
Real Estate Developers and Brokers		6
Students		6
Transit Operators		7
Vulnerable Populations		7
General Public		7
Stakeholder Mapping		7
Engagement Methods		8
Inform		8
Evaluate and Involve		9
Collaborate		10
Engagement Guidelines and Tools		11
Meeting Materials		11
Accessibility		11
Accessibility Protocols		11
Burden Reduction		12
Engagement Evaluation		12
Appendix B Buttermilk Bottom Community History Report		14
Abstract		15
Introduction		18
Early Urban Renewal in Atlanta		26
The Beginnings of Buttermilk Bottom, 1911- 1917		30
Community Life, 1890-		34
The Spatial Realities of Buttermilk Bottom		39
The Decision to Demolish		43
Urban Renewal Timeline		43
Resistance Efforts		51
Where Did the People Go		56
Current times		62
Conclusion		64
Buttermilk Bottom Bibliography - Community History Research		66
List of Oral Histories resources		69
Atlanta Underside		69
Domestic Workers		69
Interview with Willie Mae Jackson, cook, and Dorothy Bolden, maid.		69
Atlanta City Directory Entries		70
List of Highlighted Significant Sites and People		81
Key Institutions, Civic, Religious, and Social Organizations		81
Churches		81
First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ		81
Butler Street CME Church		82
Mt. Olive Baptist Church		82
Landmarks		83
Forrest Arms Hotel		83
Buttermilk Bottom Residents of Significance		85
Fred C. Bennette Jr		85
Dewey Merritt		86
Justice Bob Anderson Mitcham		86
Norman Fred “Geronimo” Lumpkin		87
Rev. Raynell M. Parkins, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church		87
Musicians Who Played Music or Boarded in Forrest Arms Hotel		89
Major Employers of Former Buttermilk Bottom Residents		89
Scripto Factory		89
Cultural Spaces		89
Photography Studio		89
Schools		90
Storrs School		90
Important community legacies, histories, and culturally significant context to highlight in the design process		90
Great Fire 1917		90
Appendix C Equity Guidebook		91
EQUITY IN PROJECT PROCESSES		92
How Public Agencies can Support & Sustain Equity		92
Early Stage		92
Mid Stage		93
Late Stage		94
How Individuals can Support & Sustain Equity		94
EQUITY IN PROJECT OUTCOMES		96
Equity Goals & Measurements		96
Mobility & Access		96
How can equitable mobility and access improve the Stitch?		96
Land Use & Zoning		98
How can equitable land use & zoning improve The Stitch?		98
Parks & Public Space Design		100
How can equitable parks and public space design improve The Stitch?		100
Economic Development		101
How can equitable economic development improve The Stitch?		101
Housing		102
How can The Stitch support or influence equitable housing outcomes in the project area?		102
Appendix D Fatal Flaw Evaluation of Previous Infrastructure Analysis		105
Design & Construction Risks		106
Evaluation of Previous Infrastructure Analysis		106
Vertical Clearances		107
Horizontal Clearances		110
Horizontal Clearance - Inside Shoulders		111
Horizontal Clearance - Outside Shoulders		113
Utilities		116
Construction Impacts to Historic Structures		117
The Ralph		118
The Medical Arts Building & Parking Garage		119
Appendix E Streetlight Methodology and Results		121
Methodology		122
Volume Calibration		122
Data Collection Dates		123
AADT on the Downtown Connector and Local Streets		123
Trip Length (Distance)		125
Downtown Connector		125
Local Streets		128
Cut-Through Rates		129
From the I-75/I-85 Downtown Connector		129
From Local Streets		131
Potential Trip Change		131
Volume Relocation		131
From the Downtown Connector to Surface Streets and Active Modes		132
From Surface Streets to the Downtown Connector and Active Modes		132
Results		134
Data and Analysis List		136
Appendix F Travel Demand Modeling Existing Conditions		137
Purpose		138
Travel Demand Modeling Methodology		138
Travel Demand Model Summary		138
Validation and Calibration Statistics for Subarea model		139
Existing Conditions		142
Population		142
Employment		143
2020 Level of Service		144
Appendix G Planned Transportation Improvements Around the Stitch		148-149
Complete Streets Projects		150-151
Bicycle Projects		162-163
Pedestrian Projects		170-171
Transit Projects		176-177
New Connection Projects		186-187
Roadway Projects		192-193
Appendix H Review of Previous Planning Documents		204
Appendix I Known Environmentally Sensistive Areas		216
Appendix J Phase 1 Multimodal Street Project Details		220
Appendix K Stitch Business Case		221
Appendix L Workshop Display Boards		222
Appendix 2		224-225

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