1. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 What Makes a Great Neighborhood

2. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Purpose of Tonight’s Presentation: 1.Provide Overview of Adopted Framework Plan 2.Describe “Placemaking Elements” that make Great Centers and Neighborhoods Explain how “Placemaking Elements support City of Redmond’s Great Neighborhood Policy – “Visioning Redmond 2005”

3. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Visioning Redmond 2005 & Framework Plan Where We Have Been… Visioning Redmond identifies Centers and Neighborhoods as the primary tools for creating Great Neighborhoods. Centers Centers will be designed to be pedestrian and bike friendly Development within Centers will be oriented to public spaces Centers will include integrated design elements such as gateways, public art, street lighting and pedestrian amenities Neighborhoods Neighborhoods surrounding centers will provide a variety of housing types. 5000 residents will live within a 5-minute walk of each center to provide a stable customer base for area merchants. Redmond Area Framework Plan, adopted by resolution in August 2006, illustrates urban design and development concepts that are consistent with Visioning Redmond (2005)

4. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 City of Redmond Framework Plan 1.General location (if necessary) of arterial and collector roadways and basic public facilities such as sanitary, sewer and stormwater 2.Location of steep slopes and unbuildable lands 3.Location of mixed use areas, commercial and industrial lands 4.Location of single and multi-family housing sites 5.Location of public open spaces and neighborhood centers 6.Location (if needed) of schools, parks and public meeting spaces 7.Location of Streets 8.Location of natural resources & amenities

5. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 NAP and HAP Neighborhoods Northwest Area Highway Area

6. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Principles of Great Neighborhoods Great Neighborhoods… Have a Vibrant Mixed Use Core Are Connected Are Diverse Are Legible Are Sustainable

7. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Principles of Great Neighborhoods Vibrant Mixed-Use Core Contains a mix of uses and density to support these uses Optimizes pedestrian activity Minimizes automobile-pedestrian conflicts Focuses on active public space

8. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Vibrant Mixed-Use Core Street Corner as a Place to Gather-Meet Friends Buildings that Define the Street Pedestrian-Oriented & Human Scaled Ground Floor Well-lit & Transparent Ground Floor that Fosters Street Life

9. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Minimize pedestrian-automobile conflicts Vibrant Mixed-Use Core Lakeshore Road (SR 5), Hamburg, NY Reinforce the pedestrian realm by placing parking behind the building or along the side of the building.

10. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Create dynamic public gathering spaces where streets intersect Vibrant Mixed-Use Core Corner Entries Reinforcing the corner

11. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Create Active Public Spaces Vibrant Mixed-Use Core

12. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Principles of Great Neighborhoods Well Connected (Connectivity) Hierarchy of Streets Walkable Safe and accessible Focus on active public spaces Interesting architecture

13. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Connectivity: Street Types Mixed –Use Center Main Street Neighborhood Boulevard

14. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Connectivity : Local and Shared Streets Neighborhood Street Shared Street

15. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Connectivity: Pathways and Trails Connectivity: Pathways and Trails

16. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Connectivity: Streets are for People

17. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Connectivity: Zones within a Great Street The Street The Building The Sidewalk “Shy” Zone Walk/Talk Zone Walk/Talk Zone Furniture/ Buffer Zone Furniture/ Buffer Zone

18. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Connectivity: Elements of a Great Street Sidewalk buffers On-Street Parking Lighting Street furniture Wide sidewalks Interesting facades Landscaping Bike lanes Good Crossings Narrow roadways Also…

19. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Make the ground-floor of the building visible (transparent) to promote interaction between the building and the street Design facades and entries to be inviting and easily accessible to passing pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists Connectivity: Architecture & Orientation

20. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Connectivity: “Eyes on the Street”

21. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Connectivity: Parking & Circulation Locate parking on the side or rear of the building Buffer parking with landscaping Make safe pedestrian connections through parking lots

22. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Connectivity: Paths, Trails and Sidewalks

23. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Connectivity: Bikeways Provide safe and attractive access through the use of on- and off-street facilities Shared use path Shoulder bikeway Bicycle lane and separated sidewalk

24. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Principles of Great Neighborhoods Diverse A range of building types and levels of affordability Variety of street and pathway types Variety of open spaces

25. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Diversity: Commercial Buildings Buildings that define street edge Human-Scale

26. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Diversity: Live and Work Buildings

27. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Diversity: Multi-Family Housing

28. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Diversity: Medium Density Homes

29. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Diversity: Small Lot Houses / Cottages

30. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Diversity: Natural Open Spaces

31. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Diversity: Neighborhood Parks

32. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Diversity: Active Public Spaces and Plazas

33. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Diversity: Shared Semi-Public Spaces

34. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Principles of Great Neighborhoods Legible Well-defined cognitive elements: i.e. edges, nodes, landmarks, pathways, gateways, and districts

35. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Legibility: Gateways Create a clear transition between inside and outside the neighborhood

36. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Legibility: Lighting and Street Furnishings Integrate lighting & street furniture into centers

37. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Legibility: Public Art Integrate public art as a way of wayfinding and animating centers

38. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Legibility: Building Signage Integrate signage into the overall composition of the building façade

39. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Legibility: Street Signage Minimize sign clutter Promote uniformity and consistency

40. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Principles of Great Neighborhoods Sustainable Oriented for solar and wind Ecological infrastructure for storm water, waste water, energy Local resources for building Opportunities to decrease fossil fuel reliance

41. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Sustainability: Ecological Infrastructure

42. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Sustainability: Ecological Infrastructure Solar Access Rose House Block OrientationBuilding Orientation

43. City of Redmond: Northwest Redmond & U.S. Highway 97 Plan - October 11, 2006 Discussion