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Welcome Casino Area Master Plan Working Group Session Baltimore City Department of Planning 6/5/14 – Day 3

Casino Area Master Plan Day 3

6:00 Introductions 6:10 Review of Days 1 and 2 and Revised Vision Statement 6:15 Year One Spending Plan Overview 6:20 Review Goals and Prioritization Criteria 6:30 Poll to Share Priorities 7:45 Recap and Next Steps 8:00 Submit Comments Cards and Adjourn

Agenda

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Recap of Day 1

• Project background
• Visioning Presentations –

Imagine the Future

• Breakout sessions to discuss

broad expectations and priorities for planning process and spending

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Middle Branch Area communities thrive with innovative, sustainable, transparent, and community-oriented investments that foster growth and strengthen their distinctive identities. Quality of life is improved with state-of-the-art schools, public services, and amenities. People are healthy, happy, and have access to opportunities for meaningful workforce training and jobs that support their families. Communities are clean, safe, connected, and economically viable.

Revised Vision Statement

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Goals

• Innovative
• Sustainable
• Transparent
• Connectivity
• Economic Growth
• Safety
• Environmental Quality
• Social Equity
• Quality of Life

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Recap of Day 2

• Presented Draft Vision

Statement and Goals

• Reviewed Prioritization

Criteria

• Break out session –

prioritize workgroup recommendations into short-, medium-, long-term, and broad goals categories

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We want SMART Strategies

S – Specific M – Measurable A – Achievable R – Relevant T – Time-Bound

Prioritization Criteria

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• Ready to implement
• Benefits multiple work groups / neighborhoods / goals
• Addresses an Immediate Health and/or Safety Need
• Low Cost / High Return
• Regional Significance
• Provides Economic Improvement
• Establishes a Sense of Place

Prioritization Criteria

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Year One Spending Plan (2014)

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2014 Spending Plan Highlights

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Highest Priorities based on public input and LDC recommendations – 21 Total

• Complete Streets Study
• Workforce / Business Development
• Fiberoptic Cables / Security
• Infrastructure Upgrades
• Landscape and Urban Design Enhancements
• Increased City Staffing

Preferencing Exercise

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Review Strategies Related to each Goal and Sub-Goal Poll preferences on Sub-Goal “Packages” The Planning Team will be using tonight’s polling results along with input from City Departments and the LDC to determine highest priorities for the next 5 years

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Which part of the study area do you represent?

• 1. EAST (Port Covington, Spring

Garden, South Baltimore, Federal Hill, Riverside, Sharp- Leadenhall, Otterbein)

• 2. WEST (Carroll Park, Carroll-

Camden Industrial Area, Washington Village/Pigtown, Barre Circle, Ridgely’s Delight, Stadium Area)

• 3. SOUTH (Cherry Hill, Middle

Branch, Lakeland, Mount Winans, St. Paul, Westport)

• 4. Outside (Not representing an

area within the designated Boundary)

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What should we call the project area?

• 1. Casino Area
• 2. South Baltimore

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CONNECTIVITY

Five Subcategories in Connectivity

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• Surface Transportation
• Transit
• Traffic Operations
• Subsurface Infrastructure
• Infrastructure Maintenance

Subcategory I: Surface Transportation

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• Improve transportation access to Cherry Hill

Community Center

• Fund a Bike Fleet for Residents
• Improve bike access and increase bike

parking

• Perform trail maintenance
• Expand and enhance Gwynn Falls Trail

Corridor

• Conduct a Complete Streets Study
• Build pedestrian bridges across railroad

tracks at key sites

Subcategory II: Transit

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• Free local shuttle bus service
• Improve transportation access to waterfront

destinations

• Collaborate with the MTA with local Bus

Network Improvement Project (BNIP) for strategy, routing and key destinations

Subcategory III: Traffic Operations

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• Identify/implement additional crosswalks

where needed

• Improve Signage & Wayfinding systems
• Install a Bus/Car Drop off Loop at Westport

Elementary School

• Conduct a comprehensive parking study for

South Baltimore

• Increase enforcement technology

Subcategory IV: Subsurface

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• Expand and enhance broadband, fiberoptics,

and computer technology access

• Upgrade internet speeds and add computers

at community facilities

• Prioritize storm drain upgrades and

replacement in areas with reoccurring flooding

• Expand awareness about residential and

commercial wastewater practices and system improvements

Subcategory V: Infrastructure Maintenance

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• Provide ongoing maintenance and repairs to

local road and highways

• Improve the guardrails, landscaping, and site

improvements to I-295 Westport Ramp

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Connectivity: Which is your priority?

• 1. Surface

Transportation

• 2. Transit
• 3. Traffic Operations
• 4. Subsurface
• 5. Infrastructure

Maintenance

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ECONOMIC GROWTH

Three Subcategories in Economic Growth

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• Job Training
• Entrepreneurship / Small Business Support
• Land Development

Subcategory I: Job Training

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• Expand and enhance ability of SBDC to

provide training, counseling, technical assistance, and financial advice to small businesses and connect homeless to jobs.

• Provide funding to augment existing HABC

staff positions for job preparation, referral services and training

Subcategory II: Entrepreneurship/Small Business Support

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• Fund a campaign to promote business

incentives and programs

• Support and partner with existing incubators

Subcategory III: Land Development

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• Create a new production subsidy program for

rehabilitation or demolition of vacant buildings

• Create land use policies that support transit
• Expand the Live Near Your Work program for Casino

Employees

• Institute a Small Developer Gap Financing Program
• Develop design guidelines that address future

development in the context of existing neighborhoods and maintain public access to the waterfront

• Perform a market analysis of for best possible

redevelopment opportunities and available housing near the casino

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Economic Growth: Which is your priority?

• 1. Job Training
• 2. Entrepreneurship/

Small Business Support

• 3. Land Development

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SAFETY

Three Subcategories in Safety

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• Transportation
• Emergency Services
• Crime Prevention

Subcategory I: Transportation

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• Implement a Transportation Action Plan with

local residents

• Collaborate with railroad authorities for local

rail crossing gates and light improvements

• Conduct a comprehensive rail alignment

study to explore modifications to Railroad corridors and track patterns

Subcategory II: Emergency Services

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• Add a medic unit to Engine 55 (Bush Street).
• Ensure adequate emergency medical service

and improve emergency response times to south Baltimore neighborhoods by adding two medic units to Old Truck 6 (Hanover/Ostend) and relocating storage function at Old Truck 6 to Old Engine 26 (Fort/Riverside)

Subcategory III: Crime Prevention

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• Reinstate patrols along the Gwynns Falls Trail
• Strengthen and expand the Neighborhood

Watch and Citizens on Patrol programs

• Increase BCPD staffing in Casino area and

provide foot patrols in surrounding communities

• Conduct a planning study for a centralized,

multi-agency public safety hub that houses both Police and Fire Department resources

• Conduct a comprehensive study of public safety

infrastructure

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Safety: Which is your priority?

• 1. Transportation
• 2. Emergency Services
• 3. Crime Prevention

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ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Six Subcategories in Environmental Quality

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• Green Space
• Clean and Pollution Free Water
• Clean and Pollution Free Land
• Clean and Pollution Free Air
• Clean and Pollution Free Energy
• Maintenance

Subcategory I: Green Space

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• Conduct an inventory of trees and develop a

planting plan to prioritize new tree plantings

• Partner with NGOs and CDCs that implement

tree planting projects on planting and tree care efforts

• Engage groups to donate trees and dedicate

days to help with tree planting and clean-ups

Subcategory II: Clean/Pollution Free Water

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• Host Community-Wide cleanup programs

such as “Dumpster Days” & “Canoe & Scoop”

• Improve trash cleanup and pickup in the area
• Provide signage in popular fishing and

crabbing areas to discourage or prohibit those activities until water quality improves

• Implement recommendations for the

multiple Watershed Plans

• Install screens and/or catch basin inserts in

all stormwater inlets.

Subcategory III: Clean/Pollution Free Land

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• Provide more trash receptacles & staff to

maintain & empty them

• Expand waste management programs including

commercial area trash cans, free household trashcans, and storm drain filters.

• Enforce that trash must be put out in trash cans
• Fund an additional inspector dedicated to

sanitation violations.

• Fund an additional attorney dedicated to

handling dumping cases.

Subcategory IV: Clean/Pollution Free Air

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• Provide funding to monitor and analyze air

quality

• Collaborate with the MTA for the use of

hybrid buses in the local Area

• Create centralized CNG (Compressed Natural

Gas) filling station to increase the use of cleaner fuels

Subcategory V: Clean/Pollution Free Energy

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• Provide Baltimore Energy Challenge (BEC)

Sustainability Captains and resources

• Provide Green Schools Coordinators in all schools
• Conduct a study to build Cogeneration or Combined

Heat and Power (CHP) Plants

• Find opportunities for public private partnerships

with entities that will design, build and operate CHP

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• Conduct a Study to identify sites for Solar

Installations

• Seek funding to purchase and install generators for all

city buildings dedicated as critical to public safety

Subcategory VI: Maintenance

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• Double the park maintenance staff for the

area

• Establish a “Green Dream Team” program to

incorporate a jobs & education program by providing small stipends for youth who help care for the area

• Increase DPW – Solid Waste staffing while

simultaneously building community sanitation capacity through other programs like a community “Green Dream Team.”

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Environmental Quality: Which is your priority?

• 1. Green Space
• 2. Clean Water
• 3. Clean Land
• 4. Clean Air
• 5. Clean Energy
• 6. Maintenance

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SOCIAL EQUITY

Four Subcategories in Social Equity

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• Education
• Nutrition
• Health Care
• Affordable Housing

Subcategory I: Education

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• Support each school in the area by funding a Community

School Organizer/Program

• Enhance or expand current initiatives to provide early

childhood education opportunities

• Enhance or expand current adult education programs, to

improve employability

• Provide funding to increase the number of kids regularly

attending and doing better in school. Expand environmental education programs including programs related to trash and preventing dumping and a behavior change

• Hire a Staff Naturalist to provide environmental programs in

the area

• Renovate the Light Street Branch library into a 21st-century

library

Subcategory II: Nutrition

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• Provide funding to Harbor Hospital to continue

and expand their farmer’s market

• Provide information about the UMD Farmer’s

Market at 22 Greene St

• Add Farmer’s Markets in neighborhoods like

Westport

• Continue to provide specific funding for the

Neighborhood Food Advocates (NFA) program

• Fund a study to assess potential for urban

agriculture projects, including orchards, urban farms, and community gardens.

Subcategory III: Health Care

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• Create programs to connect homeless to health care
• Fund programs that teach healthy dietary, exercise,

and hygiene habits in schools, rec centers, libraries, community centers, churches, and neighborhoods

• Create grants to fund programs to reduce teen

pregnancy

• Create grants to develop violence prevention

programs

• Develop a Public Health media campaign
• Fund existing and new programs that promote

physical activity

• Conduct a Community Health Impact Assessment

Subcategory IV: Affordable Housing

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• Develop eviction prevention programs
• Increase funding for homelessness advocacy
• Conduct weekly case conferencing meetings for

homeless

• Increase temporary housing options
• Provide new households for permanent housing
• Create a pilot rehabilitation grant program
• Expand the income eligibility requirements of

the existing accessibility retrofits program for seniors

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Social Equity: Which is your priority?

• 1. Education
• 2. Nutrition
• 3. Healthcare
• 4. Affordable Housing

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QUALITY OF LIFE

Five Subcategories in Quality of Life

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• Recreation
• Art
• Culture
• Sense of Community / Community Support
• Historic Resources

Subcategory I: Recreation

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• Fund a shoreline study to develop more detailed

recommendations for expanding water access and implementing shoreline improvements

• Improve all area parks including Carroll Park, Middle Branch

Park, Federal Hill Park, Florence Cummings Park, Reedbird Park, Solo Gibbs Park, Riverside Park, Swann Park, & Wegworth Park

• Develop and fund new Parks, Community Recreation

Centers, recreational facilities, additional mobile recreation vehicles with staff, and additional outdoor recreation programming

• Improve outreach programs for residents to inform them of

recreation programs and services

• Create a park administrator position at Middle Branch Park

Subcategory I: Recreation, Continued

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• Expand water recreational programs & water safety

programs

• Improve the boathouse as the primary boat rental

location and amenities

• Create a water trail for kayaks and canoes
• Improve the permit process for launch of

canoes/kayaks

• Provide new facilities, such as a skateboard park

and basketball courts to serve older youth

• Host athletic events such as a triathlon, 5K, Tough

Mudder, etc.

Subcategory II: Art

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• Fund Construction of a screening wall

around the Westport BGE substation that could be used for community art

• Fund a Public Art Master Plan for the area
• Fund the restoration and maintenance of

existing public art located at community school sites

Subcategory III: Culture

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• Sponsor community events including neighborhood

festivals, concerts, block parties, community walking tours, etc.

• Create an organization to coordinate, promote, and

market all cultural, historic, recreational, health and social programs

• Expand the programs housed at the School 33 Art

Center

• Work with the Stadium Authority to

complete/enhance the Memorial that was moved from Memorial Stadium

• Fund BOPA to work with schools to create and

implement an after-school program for school kids to create temporary, outdoor art exhibits

Subcategory IV: Sense of Community / Community Support

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• Create more “Friends of the Park” groups

and youth volunteer programs

• Investigate the possibility of creating a BID to

provide sanitation, wayfinding, and other services

• Conduct limited acquisition and relocation in

Saint Paul that can allow for consolidation of the existing scrap metal facility and relocate residences

Subcategory V: Historic Resources

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• Grant Program for local cultural and historic

interpretation

• Establish a National Heritage Area and offer

“neighborhood discovery” programs that foster local appreciation, promote the history of African American Watermen, and create documentaries

• Implement the Sharp-Leadenhall Federal Hill Urban

Heritage Trail

• Create a Federal Hill and Barre Circle local historic district
• Conduct historic resources survey for areas not yet

surveyed (Lakeland, Mt. Winans and the industrial areas around the casino)

• Fund the Baltimore National Heritage Area and the

Mount Auburn Cemetery to develop interpretation and restoration of this cemetery

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Quality of Life: Which is your priority?

• 1. Recreation
• 2. Art
• 3. Culture
• 4. Sense of

Community/ Community Support

• 5. Historic Resources

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Next Steps

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• Conduct Economic Leveraging Analysis
• Prepare a Draft Master Plan
• Share Draft Plan in September
• Adopt Master Plan in Fall 2014