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Community Meeting - Agenda

Community Meeting - Agenda. Review of Community Process & ground rules Presentation from the project team Facilitated Q&A Closed door discussion. The Lawrenceville Community Process. About Us. Mission: Improve and protect quality of life for all Lawrenceville residents

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Community Meeting - Agenda

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  1. Community Meeting - Agenda • Review of Community Process & ground rules • Presentation from the project team • Facilitated Q&A • Closed door discussion

  2. The Lawrenceville Community Process

  3. About Us • Mission: Improve and protect quality of life for all Lawrenceville residents • Membership of over 500 residents • Board of Directors comprised of residents: elected by membership • Programs: Public Safety, PEP Rally, AdvantAGE, Farmers Market, Cleaning and Greening, Community Events, advocacy, and more.

  4. About Us • Mission: Serve as the catalyst and conduit for responsible growth and reinvestment in the Lawrenceville community. • Membership of businesses • Board of Directors comprised of residents, businesses, institutions • Focus areas: 21st Century Business District, Market Maturity, EcoDistrict Communities, Riverfront

  5. The Lawrenceville Community Process Background • Adopted in 2011 • Moved decision-making from Planning Team to more transparent and inclusive process • Around 100 development projects and 50 liquor licenses have gone through the process • Jointly facilitated by LU and LC

  6. Goals • Community knows what’s being proposed in Lawrenceville • Community can provide direct feedback to organizations and is equipped to participate in public processes themselves • Relationships built between businesses/owners and neighbors • Get out front of potential issues • Ensure compliance with community plans and priorities • Build consensus around position

  7. What Projects We Try to Take Going through an existing public process: • Zoning Board of Adjustments • Planning Commission • URA • PA Liquor Control Board • City Council • Air quality permits through ACHD *Exception: applications for medical marijuana dispensary/grow facility

  8. What Projects We Try to Take • 4 residential units or more • Use: variances (and some special exceptions) • New structures or expansions: 2,400 square feet or more • Zoning change • Liquor license application or transfer OR… • Has potential community-wide impact

  9. 4751 Butler Street • Zoning hearing TBD • Special Exception: • Use as a parking structure • Variances: • Corner lot as off-street parking • Surface parking within 10’ of right of way

  10. • Owner or project team reaches out • City Planning connects • LU / LC discovers by monitoring ZBA, Planning Commission, URA, PLCB Hot List, etc. How Projects Come To Us

  11. Clarifying LU and LC’s Role • We are NOT affiliated with the project • We have NO authority to intervene in private transactions of property. The community process only kicks in when there is a public process of some kind (typically a variance from the zoning code or a liquor license application)

  12. Getting the Word Out • Flyer within 500 feet • LU website • LU e-newsletter • LU Facebook, Nextdoor Lawrenceville

  13. Community Meeting - Agenda • Review of Community Process & ground rules • Presentation from the project team • Facilitated Q&A • Closed door discussion

  14. Ground Rules • Please hold all questions for the end of the presentation. We will go back to a slide if there is a specific question or comment, so please jot own notes that you may want to revisit when we open it for Q&A. • Once opened for Questions and Comments, please raise your hand and only proceed with your question or comment once you have been acknowledged by the facilitator. Please also identify yourself by name, and also your relationship or interest in the issue. • Please be respectful of all speakers, including those asking questions and making comments. • Questions/ comments will be limited to 2 minutes each. A clarification question or comment will be permitted. • If time permits, we will call on individuals who would like to ask or make a second or additional question or comment. • Please also use index cards available if you’d like to submit a comment or question but are not able to in the meeting. We will compile as part of notes from the meeting. • If the ground rules are violated or ignored, we will ask the individual to leave the meeting, and if it continues, we will end the meeting.

  15. Community Meeting - Agenda • Review of Community Process & ground rules • Presentation from the project team • Facilitated Q&A • Closed door discussion

  16. About Us • Phoebe & Brett • Lawrenceville residents (your neighbors) • Not a big development company • Our values: • We are aligned with the missions and visions of LU & LC • Responsible business management • Preservation - Lawrenceville culture and shared history • Openness, inclusivity & diversity • Keep it local

  17. What It Is Today: 4751 Butler • Today • Formerly a used car lot • Currently sitting vacant / unused • Bit of an eyesore • Shape of property is challenging • Potential – It has a Unique Location • Seen as the ‘Front Door’ of the Central Lawrenceville Business Corridor • In easy walking distance to most of Lawrenceville (10 mins to 40th street & 10 mins to McCandless Ave)

  18. Question 1 What is the one of the largest problems facing Lawrenceville residents today given all the new development?

  19. Question 1 What is the one of the largest problems facing Lawrenceville residents today given all the new development? Answer: Lack of Parking

  20. What It Can Be: A Step in the Right Direction • The FIRST NEW PARKING SPACES brought to Lawrenceville since the PPA lot at 42nd St • Offsite parking for Lawrence Hall (Phase I: 14 spaces) • Paid parking for visitors to the neighborhood (Phase II: up to 22 spaces)

  21. Question 2 How will you fit that many cars on such a small & oddly shaped lot?

  22. Question 2 How will you fit that many cars on such a small & oddly shaped lot? Answer: Rotary Parking Carousels

  23. Benefits of Parking Carousels • Access: Available space at ground level • Efficiency: Cars park quickly w/ engines off • Safety: People remain in plain sight • Security: Parked cars are out of reach • Green: Small footprint = more greenery • Aesthetics: Screened & quiet • Portability: Carousels can be relocated

  24. What It Can Be: Efficient, Vertical Parking We live here and we get it. We know nothing we can do will totally fix the parking problem, but we are trying to help. Layout #1 – Arial View

  25. What It Can Be: Efficient, Vertical Parking Layout #1 – Street View

  26. What It Can Be: Efficient, Vertical Parking We are exploring best layouts & screening methods – e.g. commissioning an artist to create the screening through metalwork or other design. Layout #2 – Arial View

  27. What It Can Be: Efficient, Vertical Parking Layout #2 – Street View

  28. Potential Concerns • Personal Safety • The site will be well lit at night, monitored by security cameras and managed by an onsite parking attendant. • Much safer than traditional parking lots or structures where individuals can conceal themselves / loiter. • Traffic • We expect the addition of off-street parking to reduce overall traffic, as there will be fewer people driving around distracted searching for parking. • Entrance is on Plummer, not Butler. The proximity of the intersection will assist in controlling driver behavior. • Visual & Noise Pollution • Visually we are making the site as attractive as “parking” can be – green space & trees, artistic screening, etc. • Audibly the rotary systems are about as loud as an AC unit

  29. We Welcome All Ideas and Feedback Questions?

  30. Community Meeting - Agenda • Review of Community Process & ground rules • Presentation from the project team • Facilitated Q&A • Closed door discussion

  31. Community Meeting - Agenda • Review of Community Process & ground rules • Presentation from the project team • Facilitated Q&A • Closed door discussion

  32. Positions We Take • Support • Support with conditions • Oppose • Neither support nor oppose

  33. Next Steps • Turn in any questions you didn’t get to ask and we will follow up to get them answered • LU will post meeting notes on website and e-newsletter • Reach out to LU at 412-802-7220 or info@LUnited.org with any other questions or additional comments as we determine our position • ZBA date TBD but will be at 200 Ross Street in the 1st Floor Conf Room

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