City of North Miami Beach
FIRM OVERVIEW Calvin, Giordano & Associates, Inc. We are a well-established multi-disciplinary firm that has been located in South Florida for 80 years. Since 1937, the company has grown from a small, two-person surveying firm to over 350 employees, providing over 25+ Municipal Services. Municipal/Agency Experience (not limited to): City of Cutler Bay, FL City of Marathon, FL City of South Miami, FL City of Key West, FL City of Hialeah Gardens, FL City of Delray Beach, FL City of Hialeah, FL City of Greenacres, FL City of Miami Gardens, FL City of Pahokee, FL City of Sunny Isles Beach, FL City of Weston, FL City of West Park, FL City of Tamarac, FL Town of Surfside, FL City of Boca Raton, FL Town of Medley, FL Town of Lake Park, FL Town of Bay Harbor Islands, FL Town of Palm Beach, FL City of Hollywood, FL
TEAM RESOURCES Office Distance to North Miami Beach CGA Miami-Dade 5mi / 15 minutes Lambert Advisory 17mi / 25 minutes CGA Corporate Office 15mi / 25 minutes
Calvin, Giordano & Associates, Inc. PROJECT TEAM Calvin, Giordano & Associates, Inc. AICP certified planners Shelley Eichner Alex David (Project Manager) Sarah Sinatra Gould Richard Cannone Robert Collins Urban Design Gianno Feoli Traffic Engineering Eric Czerniejewski, PE Engineering Curt Keyser, PE Landscape Architecture Tammy Cook-Weedon, ASLA Lambert Advisory Market, Economic, and Strategic Planning Services Eric Liff Paul Lambert Susana Siman
PROJECT UNDERSTANDING To provide continuing architectural, landscape, and urban design review services on an ongoing basis. To provide comprehensive planning and zoning regulations in order to create mixed-use areas in five strategic locations within the City. Conduct a parcel analysis to: Evaluate the appropriate development pattern for each area/parcels Determine the existing entitlements Evaluate the highest and best use of those sites Utilize the appropriate density and/or basket of rights zoning concept for those areas, which will be the basis for Comprehensive Plan and zoning code amendments Study Areas Mixed-Use B-2 Overlay District (e/o Biscayne on 163 and West Dixie n/o 172) Health Care Innovation District (around Jackson North) NE 167/163 Mixed-Use Corridor (bet. NE 8 and 10 Avenues and possibly portions of unincorporated MDC). NE 19 Avenue Corridor (n/o City Hall to Miami Gardens Drive) Chinatown (162 Street bet. 12 and 15 Avenues)
PROJECT APPROACH IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY Our research analysis, regulatory review & community coordination will guide the Implementation Strategy: Critical Components of the Strategy: Strategy and recommendations are sound and economically feasible The community is directly involved in the process and concept/renderings are vetted by stakeholders Provide the City with a clear understanding of potential options to effectuate new development Confirm that any investment/participation made by the City results in measurable public benefit Implementation Strategy provides an effective blueprint for evaluating redevelopment opportunities in the future
PROJECT APPROACH PARCEL ANALYSIS Provide comprehensive understanding of underlying economic conditions within each distinct district Build upon momentum resulting from recent regulatory/planning initiatives Identify both short- and long-term demand for multitude of uses driving redevelopment in each district Assess the highest and best use opportunities for key parcels within each district Testing alternative options through financial evaluation Ensure we provide planning team with the tools needed to formulate most effective regulatory/zoning concepts Also, provide the resident and stakeholder community with the information being used to make informed decisions
PROJECT APPROACH TRANSIT ORIENTED CORRIDOR/DISTRICT STRATEGIES COMPLETE STREETS AND MULTIMODAL CONNECTIVITY Understand the multimodal elements of the roadway Connect the Transit Oriented Corridors/Districts to further redevelopment goals Context Sensitive, Livable, Walkable, Bikeable Design Elements COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Analyze existing and underutilized densities and intensities within each Corridor/District Strategies and recommendations for protecting neighborhoods Provide recommendations for other changes to Comprehensive Plan LAND DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING CODE Provide recommendations for Zoning Code changes per Amendments COMMUNITY OUTREACH Individual/Group Interviews, Community Workshops, Public Officials and Community Representatives Roundtable, Public Hearing Process, Project Website and Social Media
URBAN DESIGN AND GRAPHICS EXPERIENCE
PROJECT SCHEDULING PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS Use of real-time monitoring software to manage team progress Continuous resource tracking and management based on staff utilization and availability Reallocation of staff to meet necessary deadlines Identification of project challenges in advance Monitor project progress against schedule and estimated completion date and budget
PROJECT SCHEDULING MAJOR MILESTONE COMPLETION Individual Public Officials and Staff Interviews, Project Strategy May, 2017 Community Workshops & Survey Workshop 1 & 2 Community Survey Develop Project Website, E-Newsletter June, 2017 Complete analysis and provide draft Comprehensive Plan amendment package to staff for review including: Proposed Amendments to the GOPs FLUM Amendments GIS maps Data and Analysis August, 2017 Complete analysis and provide draft Zoning and Land Development amendment package to staff for review including: Proposed Text Amendments to the Zoning Code (Section 24.58) to add new Districts Zoning Map Amendments Graphics August – September, 2017
PROJECT SCHEDULING (Continued…) MAJOR MILESTONE COMPLETION Public Hearings LPA Hearing Transmittal package and presentation at public hearing (Council – 1st Reading) Adoption package and presentation at public hearing (Council – 2nd Reading) Summary list of future code amendments Final copy to City after NOI issued by DEO October – December, 2017 Adoption package and presentation at public hearing (Council – 1st and 2nd Readings) Final copy to City after Adoption November – December, 2017 FINAL ADOPTION December, 2017
SIMILAR PROJECT EXPERIENCE CITY OF TAMARAC University and McNab Corridor Redevelopment Study Purpose: Provide a sustainable commercial redevelopment plan to create sub-districts along University Drive and McNab Road for focused redevelopment. Results: Capitalized on assets such as University Hospital and Tamarac Commerce Park; Created a hospital district expansion area; Allowed for additional workforce housing and retail to serve hospital district; Permitted the conversion of strip malls to more intense commercial development; Permitted zoning changes that provided for transit-ready and transit-oriented development; and Economic Development and Market Study determined feasible uses.
SIMILAR PROJECT EXPERIENCE TOWN OF SURFSIDE Collings/Harding Corridor Analysis Purpose: Prepare criteria to help guide future development into the desired development pattern without increasing overall densities or intensities along the corridor. Results: Prepared new zoning criteria and reviewed existing conditions; Strategies relating to mid-block accessibility, walkways and overall pedestrian activity including design criteria; Consistency between new criteria and Comprehensive Plan; Revised open space requirements for landscaping and public spaces; and Solid, legally defensible plan.
SIMILAR PROJECT EXPERIENCE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD Sheridan Station-side Village transit-oriented development Purpose: Create a diverse, transit oriented urban village along the Sheridan Street Corridor adjacent to the Sheridan Street Tri-Rail Station. Results: Amendments to change the land use designation from low medium residential (6-10 units/acre), industrial and transportation to transit-oriented development; A true mixed-use development integrating the existing Tri-Rail station as a transit hub along with other providers such as Broward County Transit; A diverse urban village that fosters a live, work, play and ride atmosphere; A 6-acre park within a Live Oak hammock on the site’s southern portion, while preserving a historic coral rock house; and Leveraging state lands to create a new development compatible with mass transit.
SIMILAR PROJECT EXPERIENCE CITY OF WEST PARK SR 7/441 Transit Oriented Corridor Zoning Purpose: Prepare a Transit Oriented Corridor future land use amendment and zoning change for the City. Results: A Form Based inspired code that provided a necessary mix of land uses, density and design that promotes transit usage. Consistency with the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Regional Market Study conducted for SR 441 and charrette master plan. Compatibility with existing single-family areas that abut the corridor.
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