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Pinellas by Design: A Blueprint for Updating the Countywide Plan

Pinellas by Design: A Blueprint for Updating the Countywide Plan. Pinellas Planning Council May 18, 2011. Pinellas by Design: An Economic Development and Redevelopment Plan for the Pinellas Community. Approved in 2005 Culmination of a five-year countywide planning and visioning effort

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Pinellas by Design: A Blueprint for Updating the Countywide Plan

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  1. Pinellas by Design: A Blueprint for Updating the Countywide Plan Pinellas Planning Council May 18, 2011

  2. Pinellas by Design: An Economic Development and Redevelopment Plan for the Pinellas Community • Approved in 2005 • Culmination of a five-year countywide planning and visioning effort • Contributions from local governments, steering committee, and the public

  3. Pinellas by Design: An Economic Development and Redevelopment Plan for the Pinellas Community • Transition from greenfield to redevelopment • Integrate land use, transportation, and economic development • Determine the most appropriate places for redevelopment

  4. Public Input • Hundreds of participants attended three countywide summits • Representatives of local government, businesses, and the public • Identified areas of the county appropriate for higher density/intensity redevelopment, mixed uses, transit

  5. Centers • Other data were used to identify focal points of community activity • Compact, interrelated, higher densities and intensities • Mix of residential, retail, entertainment and employment uses

  6. Corridors • Connections between centers, throughout county, and to regional destinations • Automobile, transit, and pedestrian/bicycle travel • Shared by commuters, shoppers, freight traffic, tourists

  7. Districts • Areas where similar land uses or activities are grouped together • Less compact and interrelated than a center • Example types: tourism, historic, arts/cultural, employment

  8. Employment Districts • Employment districts are especially important • Existing and potential employment districts were identified • Industrial land is a significant component, addressed in a 2008 follow-up study

  9. Redevelopment Potential • Vacant land • Underutilized land • Public plans and investments • Aging structures • Low structure value to land value ratio

  10. Those elements were combined in the Centers, Corridors, and Districts Framework

  11. Purpose of the Centers, Corridors, and Districts Framework “Effective redevelopment planning will build upon the existing development framework, channeling growth into areas where it can be appropriately accommodated…. Redevelopment should be organized around the existing system of centers, corridors, and districts.”

  12. Future-Oriented Perspective • Recognize the Economic Development and Redevelopment Plan for the Pinellas Community (EDRP) as a working policy document that will provide guidance for future economic development and redevelopment planning on a countywide basis.

  13. Application to Countywide Plan • Incorporate the strategies of the EDRP within the Countywide Plan. (Plan Approval Strategy A.3.) • Amend the Countywide Rules to provide additional flexibility for local governments in meeting their redevelopment needs, consistent with the goals of this plan. (Regulatory Tools and Urban Design Strategy C.1.)

  14. Unification of Land Use and Transportation Planning • Coordinate countywide redevelopment planning with the MPO regarding transportation and land use relationships. (Pinellas County Jurisdictions and Agencies Coordination Strategy A.3.)

  15. How do we continue to buildon Pinellas by Design? • Move from concept to implementation • Adopt a future-oriented Countywide Plan Map that anticipates redevelopment in these areas • Encourage higher densities and intensities to locate in these areas through the Countywide Rules, and transportation planning

  16. Examples from Other Areas Blueprint Denver • “Areas of change” vs. “areas of stability” in comprehensive plan • Implemented through land development regulations and infrastructure investments

  17. Examples from Other Areas Blueprint Boise • “Areas of change” vs. “areas of stability” in comprehensive plan • Implemented through land development regulations and infrastructure investments

  18. Examples from Other Areas Portland Metro 2040 Growth Concept • Directs growth to centers, corridors, and transit station areas • Protects existing neighborhoods and rural areas

  19. The Work Ahead… • Incorporate and further local government plans • Refine identification criteria • Update with current data • Integrate with MPO plans • Translate from general concept to Countywide Plan Map

  20. Next Steps • Land Use/Transportation Working Group meeting on June 1 • Meetings with local government staff starting in June • Draft Request for Proposals to Council on June 15

  21. Questions or comments?

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