May 10, 2012

What? Why?

PUBLIC INVOVLEMENT  Hokee Pokee Festival  Hope Mills Opening Day Baseball Event  Dogwood Festival Stakeholders Meeting May 22 – East Hoke Middle School 6:30pm May 23 – Hope Mills Recreation Center 6:30pm

Survey Summary  Close the survey June 30  65 Surveys

Please tell us which roadways needs to be improved (adding through lanes/turn lanes). Select your top three. US 401 – 20.5% Rockfish Road – 56.4% Camden Road – 48.7% Main Street (Hope Mills) – 87.2% Raeford Road – 25.6% Cliffdale Road – 7.7% Wayside Road – 7.7% Other roadways that need changes Trade St Legion Rd try to be turning lanes all the way to Owens Golfview Rd Lakewood Rd Rockfish Rd in Cumberland County Something needs to be done about remaining 2 lane segment of Cliffdale Rd Other roadways that need changes Trade St Legion Rd try to be turning lanes all the way to Owens Golfview Rd Lakewood Rd Rockfish Rd in Cumberland County Something needs to be done about remaining 2 lane segment of Cliffdale Rd

Other Intersections Rockfish Rd and Golfview Rd Lakeview Rd and Main St Other Intersections Rockfish Rd and Golfview Rd Lakeview Rd and Main St Please tell us which intersections needs to be improved to allow faster and/or safer traffic flow. Select your top three. Camden Road/N Main Street (Hope Mills) – 81% Main Street (Raeford/US 401) – 28.6% Raeford Road/Cliffdale Road – 9.5% Rockfish Road/Camden Road – 66.7% US 401/Cliffdale Road – 14.3% Dundle Road/Stoney Point Road – 23.8%

How often do you walk or bike now? DailyOnce to Twice Weekly A Few Times a Month Never Walking for Exercise/ Recreation? 13.5%45.9%21.6%18.9% Walking as Transportation (work, shopping, visiting)? 6.7%16.7%20.0%56.7% Bicycling or Exercise/Recreation? 3.4%24.1%27.6%44.8% Bicycling as Transportation (work, shopping, visiting)? 0%6.3%3.1%84.8%

DailyOnce to Twice Weekly A Few Times a Month Never Walking for Exercise/ Recreation? 48.6%45.7%2.9%0.0% Walking as Transportation (work, shopping, visiting)? 27.6%17.2%13.8%37.9% Bicycling or Exercise/Recreation? 22.6%45.2%19.4%9.7% Bicycling as Transportation (work, shopping, visiting)? 14.3%17.9%10.7%7.1% How often you would like to do the following?

Roadways that need pedestrian and bicycle changes Camden Rd Rockfish Rd Golfview Rd Hope Mills Rd Main St (Hope Mills) Raeford Rd Hwy 301 Cliffdale Rd Stoney Point Rd

Split the study area into four sections and asked what changes were needed in each. LAND USE

We Need MoreLeave As IsToo Much Already Shopping 61.9%33.3%4.8% Offices 42.9%57.1%0% Single Family Homes (1/2 acre or less) 23.8%66.7%9.5% Single Family Homes (1 acre or more) 23.8%66.7%4.8% Apartments/Town Homes 42.9%47.6%9.5% Medical Area 75%25%0% Farmland 38.1%57.1%4.8% Park/Open Space65.2%34.8%0% Section 1

LAND USE We Need MoreLeave As IsToo Much Already Shopping 38.9%44.8%16.7% Offices 38.9%50%11.1% Single Family Homes (1/2 acre or less) 36.8%42.1%21.1% Single Family Homes (1 acre or more) 31.6%42.1%21.1% Apartments/Town Homes 50%35%15% Medical Area 50%45%5% Farmland 30%65%5% Park/Open Space55%45%0% Section 2

LAND USE We Need MoreLeave As IsToo Much Already Shopping 47.4%36.8%15.8% Offices 26.3%57.9%15.8% Single Family Homes (1/2 acre or less) 31.6%52.6%15.8% Single Family Homes (1 acre or more) 40%45%15% Apartments/Town Homes 42.1%36.8%21.1% Medical Area 50%40%1.6% Farmland 25%65%10% Park/Open Space57.9%36.8%5.3% Section 3

LAND USE We Need MoreLeave As IsToo Much Already Shopping 51.9%29.6%18.5% Offices 29.6%55.6%14.8% Single Family Homes (1/2 acre or less) 36%40%24% Single Family Homes (1 acre or more) 50%33.3%16.7% Apartments/Town Homes 48.1%33.3%18.5% Medical Area 67.9%28.6%3.6% Farmland 24%68%8% Park/Open Space70%26.7%3.3% Section 4

Other Land Use Responses Way too many low income areas are concentrated making crime rates in the city inflate and gang activity rise. Breaking these areas up will help crime. Look at what New Haven, CT did with it's ghetto's as an example of good planning. Need better roads and services There seems to be to much development on the periphery; development needs to occur in urbanized areas. Need more stores; another Wal-Mart out closer to 301 Neighborhoods should be connected/interconnected so that neighbors do not need to leave one neighborhood to get to another. "Deep" development is needed to prevent Bragg Blvd-type development. Land use needs to be higher density. Strip commercial with each their own points of access is out of control. There are loads of derelict lots in this study area that need to be reused or held to a certain condition standard. Less government housing in area 4

Policy Directions The place we are at now with our policies, and future directions

Why are Policies Important? Over time, policies – not individual infrastructure projects – tend to have the greatest influence on how a place develops, and if it develops the way we envision it By having an understanding of the diversity and limitations of our current policies, we can compare them against our future recommendations and suggest adjustments to the policies we have now

Policies – Regional and Local Local Policies Land Use Plans Cumberland County 2030 Growth Vision Plan Southwest Cumberland County Land Use Plan Transportation Plans (incl. NCDOT-driven plans) Development & Subdivision Ordinance Language Site Review Practices Regional and State Policies Sustainable Sandhills NCDOT Complete Streets and Design Standards Fort Bragg (Joint Land Use Study Update & Long-Range Master Plan) BRAC Regional Task Force Tabletop Exercise

NCDOT Complete Streets Planning & Design Guidelines ( )

How to Summarize and Evaluate Policies? 1.Text Summary 2.Evaluation Matrix > to Provide an Independent Review of Supporting Policies 3.Establish Policy Directions Indicated by the Review Leading to Recommendations: 1.Menu of Policy Options 2.Specific Cases as Examples 3.NOT Re-Writing Ordinances!

Policy Directions – It’s About Respect Respect a contextual design for street hierarchy o Support NCDOT’s ‘Complete Streets’ design flexibility o Respect Rural v. Urban aesthetics found throughout the study area o Codify the vision through (for example) form-based planning standards and overlays o Adopt technology such as intelligent transportation systems Respect this symbiotic relationship between land use and transportation o Allow for roadway expansion through appropriate building setbacks o Support alternative transportation modes in design o Take more responsibility for managing roadway access o Connections mean better access and better trip distribution for local trips Respect the importance of economic viability o Respect existing property values o Grow the tax base while preserving community character o Capitalize on – and preserve – historic/cultural/scenic features o Preservation of open space and local farming Photo: Spacing.Ca

So…How Do Policies Influence Us Now? Think About Policy Directions Into Consideration when Developing the Land Use/Transportation Typologies in the Next Exercise Continue to “Feed Us” Directions as We Progress Based on the Real-World Problems and Concerns You Have as Professionals, Citizens, and Officials Remember: An Output of this Plan is NOT Going to be Changes to Ordinances or Plans, but Instead Make Specific Recommendations and Provide Examples to Show How to Achieve Preferred Transportation Options – Use Us and this Project as a Resource to You and Your Community!

Mapping a Better Outcome Creating a Community without Covering Old Ground

Not Starting from a Blank Slate – and We’re Not All the Same, Either Typically, area planning efforts start with overarching goals to help guide the course of the study and its recommendations. Next, we would develop many scenarios to define directions for the study area, and refine them based on our initial interpretation of study goals. This approach does not lend itself well to this particular study because: 1.Towns and Counties already have adopted visions, goals, and objectives 2.The study area is very diverse and complex, and does not lend itself well to generic goals 3.When generic goals are used, generic outcomes almost always result: “the lowest common denominator” VisionGoalsObjectivesScenariosTesting Cost, Validate & Revise

Turning the Process on its Head Use our knowledge of our own communities to create the best possible conservation areas, suburbs, towns, cities, downtowns, and other “building blocks,” creating a menu of land use/transportation typologies that we can apply to different parts of our diverse region, comparing them to trend and planned scenarios. Along the way, we’ll identify ways of enhancing the recommendations and barriers to implementation that will become part of the implementation strategy. Create “Building Blocks” Analyze Apply to Study Area Implement

Going Forward From Where We Are Instead of starting from scratch, let’s treat our towns, countryside, cities, suburbs, and downtown cores as uniquely as possible. – Step 1 (Today). Identify the street typologies, land uses, and design issues and goals for several transects. – Step 2 (Next Meeting). Assign the typologies to unique geographies throughout our study area. – Step 3. (Later) Assess and revise the typologies applied in Steps 2 and 3 based on assessment of outcomes. – Step 4. (Still Later) Review cost estimates, assess with the public, and finalize recommendations. Step 1. Describe our land use types and characteristics of streets. Note issues and barriers for each type of use. Step 2. Apply typologies to individual grid cells across the study area. Step 3. Assess and revise the typologies based on technical assessment of impacts and outcomes Step 4. Vet with the public, finalize cost estimates and prepare implementation guidance ABC A A A A A B B B B C C C C B C A A A B A B A C C A C

Building Blocks For each land use that you think is important to promote and “do right” in the study area, create a typology, or “building block.” Each typology consists of both transportation and land use elements – although not every possible element is shown. Use the check boxes to quickly identify the types of transportation infrastructure and land use characteristics that belong in each typology. Second, discuss how each transportation and / or land use could be made better (Objectives & Enhancements) and the threats to getting each land use type to be the best it can be (Issues & Barriers). Note: There may be more than one set of characteristics for each typology (more than one rural condition, more than one suburban condition, etc.) Transitioning Sidewalks both sides! Street connectivity is poor in many places