5.0 PRIORITIES + IMPLEMENTATION Implementation Priorities
Campus To Neighborhood Area Priorities Include:
Policy and Administrative Priorities The effort to come together to develop a master plan for the District also represents a significant investment and the partnerships strengthened during this process, which will continue to yield positive results. Much can be accomplished in the District when the partners collaborate on key projects, but each partner also has an individual role and responsibilities in creating a successful future for the community. Some immediate initiatives that each individual governmental unit should pursue include the following: • Consider creating a new zoning approach to the near downtown and corridor areas consistent with the Comprehensive Master Plan • Lead the development of a plan for a new transit center and public/private redevelopment in the Campus to Downtown Area • Work with PennDOT to assess the feasibility of reconfiguring the intersections of Wayne Avenue and 7th Street, and Oakland Avenue and 13th Street • 7th Street, Wayne Avenue, and Locust Street corridor improvements • Work with IUP on the implementation of the multi-modal trial connection to and through downtown (Hoodlebug Tail extension) • Make infrastructure improvements and improve aesthetics of corridor The Borough of Indiana • Update the SALDO to address development practices on the suburban corridors and/or implement a zoning ordinance • Develop a strategy to encourage the redevelopment of the Wayne Avenue corridor, and explore the opportunities for building private/public partnership to develop vacant and underutilized parcels • Work with PennDOT and IUP to insure the completion of the Indiana Multi-modal Corridor (IMMC) • Implement a sidewalk development strategy to provide sidewalk access along Oakland and Wayne Avenues White Township
• Improving the Oakland Avenue/13th Street/Maple Avenue intersection for all users • Improving the 7th Street/Wayne Avenue/Locust Street intersection - considering road leg closures or redirection • Stream restoration and floodplain management for Marsh Run and Whites Run Common Suburban Corridor Area Priorities Include: • Implement the transit operation and maintenance facility near the intersection of Rose Street and Saltsburg Avenue • Implement the Confluence Park concept, an important “gateway”development opportunity on Wayne Avenue, which will include a University Visitors Center, Arboretum Welcome Center, and hotel; provide critical linkages to the Hoodle Bug Trail, the Arboretum, and Campus; and create natural habitat and additional flood plain improvements • Redevelop the vacant commercial property at Wayne Avenue and Hospital Roads • Completing the Hoodlebug Trail network and creating a new multi-use corridor along Oakland Avenue While these expressed priorities make sense in terms of being high need/high impact projects, the list needs to be more fully vetted with the District Partners and funding sources. Many key projects may not have garnered votes based on the graphics emphasis of the maps, for instance, and yet are important to the larger community (e.g. the potential multi-use path as an “extension” of Rose Street). In our experience there is a great deal of wisdom expressed by the comments member participation. We recommend that these priorities be adopted. Most of the priority projects identified by community members are more substantial projects that require a great deal of time invested to move the project forward. We recommend that the District Partners also look at identifying a short list of less complicated but valuable projects which can be accomplished in the short-term to provide some evidence of success for the partnership while building community support.
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