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Chinatown Revitalization Plan Chinatown Revitalization Plan TAC / Working Group Meetings September 2017 Agenda: TAC Community Survey Results PD and Code Enforcement Updates Introduction to Mapping Exercise: Input on Economic


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Chinatown Revitalization Plan Chinatown Revitalization Plan

TAC / Working Group Meetings

September 2017

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Agenda: TAC

  • Community Survey Results
  • PD and Code Enforcement Updates
  • Introduction to Mapping Exercise:
  • Input on Economic Activity / Land Use
  • Analysis of Connections
  • Small Group Exercise and Reports
  • Housing and Homeless Initiative Updates
  • Next Steps
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Agenda: Working Group

  • Community Survey Results
  • Introduction to Mapping Exercise:
  • Working Group Input on

Economic Vision

  • Analysis of Transportation

Options

  • Small Group Exercise and Reports
  • Housing and Homeless Initiative

Updates

  • Next Steps
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COMMUNITY SURVEY RESULTS

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Bilingual Survey

English Responses English Responses Spanish Responses Spanish Responses 97% 3%

Participant Demographics Participation

13% Under 24 26% 25-34 29% 35-50 21% 51-64 11% 64+

Age Age

649 RESPONSES!

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PART 1: About You

In this section of the survey, paricipants were asked basic demographic information and their relationship to Chinatown

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Participant Demographics

Participant Ethnicity Participant Ethnicity

7% 3% 34% 3% 5% 48% 12% 5% 6% 0% 75% 2% 1.00% 16% 5%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

Participant Demographics

Salinas Ethnicity Salinas Ethnicity

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Participant Demographics

Association with Chinatown Association with Chinatown

Live 5% Work 8% Own Property 3% Own Business 1% None , 79% Other 7%

Participant Information

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PART 2: Chinatown Today

In this section of the survey, participants were asked about their current perceptions of Chinatown

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Chinatown Today

Current Perception of Chinatown

52% Very Negative 25% Negative 16% Neutral 7% Positive 1% Very Positive

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63% 63%

Shops & Restaurants Shops & Restaurants

A B C D 48% 48%

Events Events

38% 38%

Museum Museum

34% 34%

Parks & Open Space

“Other” improvements that would encourage survey participants to visit Chinatown included impr improved

  • ved

safety safety, cleanliness, cleanliness, reduced crime, and duced crime, and fewer homeless fewer homeless encampments encampments.

E F

35% 35%

Housing & Housing & Jobs Jobs

25% 25%

Other Other

Improvements that would increase Chinatown visits

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PART 3: The Future of Chinatown

In this section of the survey, participants were asked about their vision for Chinatown and potential improvements that would help the revitalization effort

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Transportation Priorities

  • Replace missing curb ramps, ensure ADA access

ADA access to all sidewalks

  • Convert streets to two-way traf

two-way traffic ic/eliminate one-way roads

  • Improve the alleyways

alleyways

15% 15% 30% 30% 40% 40% 50% 50%

  • Improve connections to

connections to the the ITC ITC (Amtrak and Greyhound Station)

  • Add mor

more bus stops bus stops/service

  • Other (comments included ensur

ensure safety e safety and addr address ess homelessness homelessness)

  • Improve connections to

connections to downtown downtown/across the railroad tracks

  • Improve intersections safety

intersections safety with more crosswalks and bike lanes

  • Ensure adequate parking

adequate parking

  • Upgrade infrastructur

Upgrade infrastructure including roadways, sidewalks and drainage

* Percentages were rounded to the nearest 10th

Transportation Priorities

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30% 30% 40% 40% 50% 50%

  • Other (comments included pr

promote small businesses

  • mote small businesses and

ensur ensure clean envir e clean environment

  • nment)
  • Add more spaces for light industrial

light industrial, manufacturing, and fabrication

  • Attract additional non-pr

non-profits and

  • fits and service

service or

  • rganizations

ganizations

  • Attract new food-r

food-related businesses elated businesses and organizations

  • Attract new shops and services

shops and services

  • Encourage job training

job training / apprenticeship programs

* Percentages were rounded to the nearest 10th

10- 10- 15% 15%

  • Add more of
  • ffice spaces

fice spaces, including start-ups and incubators

  • Support and expand existing

Support and expand existing businesses businesses, including industrial, auto, and manufacturing

Business/Commercial Priorities

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Housing Priorities

12% 12% 15% 15% 30% 30% 60% 60%

  • Other (comments included

service-only service-only building, senior af senior affor fordable able housing and no mor no more housing housing)

  • Live/work

Live/work Units

  • Per

Permanent supportive anent supportive housing housing for homeless

  • Af

Affor fordable able housing

* Percentages were rounded to the nearest 10th

Transportation Priorities

  • Far

Farmworker mworker housing

  • Market-rate

Market-rate housing

Housing Priorities

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  • Active r

Active recr creation eation facilities (playgrounds and courts)

  • Arts and perfor

Arts and performance mance spaces

10% 10% 25% 25% 35% 35% 40% 40%

  • Other (comments included

dog park dog park or Chinese gar Chinese garden en)

  • Plazas

Plazas, gathering, event spaces

  • Permanent community gar

community garden en

  • Parks

Parks, green open space

  • Community Center

Community Center/ Indoor recreation center

* Percentages were rounded to the nearest 10th

Park and Recreation Priorities

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  • A community watch gr

community watch group

  • up

10% 10% 20% 20%

30-35% 30-35%

60% 60%

  • Private security

Private security services

  • More police patr

police patrols by car

  • ls by car
  • Additional security cameras

security cameras

  • A police department

police department of

  • ffice

fice

  • Chinatown police substation

substation

  • More police on foot or bike

police on foot or bike

* Percentages were rounded to the nearest 10th

Safety Priorities

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20% 20% 35% 35%

40-50% 40-50%

  • Security

Security

  • Other (comments expressed concerns about services

increasing homelessness)

  • Expand the existing

Expand the existing services services of the health service center

  • Focus efforts to per

permanently house anently house the chronically homeless

  • Increase mental health

mental health services services

  • Add drug and alcohol

drug and alcohol tr treatment eatment

* Percentages were rounded to the nearest 10th

10% 10%

  • Pr

Preserve the existing eserve the existing services services in the neighborhood

Social Service Priorities

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Common Themes Common Themes

  • Make Chinatown safe and

safe and clean clean

  • Provide additional services and housing for

housing for existing homeless existing homeless population population

  • Include art piece/mural

art piece/mural that pays homage to Chinatown’s history

  • Make it a vibrant, welcoming

vibrant, welcoming space either with community events, events, restaurants and shops or staurants and shops or af affor fordable housing dable housing

Chinatown 10-Year Vision

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INPUT ON ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES AND LAND USE

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August Working Groups

  • ACE / Asian Community (8/17)
  • Business and Property Owners (8/30)
  • Chinatown Service Providers (8/25)
  • Residents (8/31)
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AREAS OF AREAS OF AGREEMENT AGREEMENT

  • Homeless encampments
  • Homeless encampments ar

are e a a barrier to investment barrier to investment

  • Safety is
  • Safety is fundamental

fundamental

  • Pr
  • Property owner

perty owner impr improvements

  • vements

ar are critical e critical

  • Zoning is a barrier
  • Zoning is a barrier to some

to some uses uses

  • Connections ar
  • Connections are

e critical to critical to support economic support economic activity activity

  • Cr
  • Create gateways /

ate gateways / visual visual

BUSINESSES BUSINESSES

  • Compatible light industrial, auto-

related, plumbing

  • Cafes, restaurants, groceries, and

markets (including job skills, training) COMMUNITY AMENITIES COMMUNITY AMENITIES

  • Community commercial kitchen
  • Community center, recreation

center, library

  • Parks, open spaces and

community garden

  • Parking
  • Events

August Working Groups

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CONNECTIVITY ANALYSIS

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AREAS OF AREAS OF AGREEMENT AGREEMENT

  • Connections into and
  • Connections into and out
  • ut of
  • f

Chinatown ar Chinatown are critical e critical

  • To ITC

ITC

  • To Haciendas I & II, other

Haciendas I & II, other neighborhoods to the east neighborhoods to the east

  • To Downtown

Downtown

  • Cr
  • Create gateways /

ate gateways / visual visual connections connections

  • Convert inter
  • Convert internal r

al road network ad network to two-way to two-way

  • Infrastructur
  • Infrastructure (including

(including bike/ped) needs impr bike/ped) needs improving

  • ving

Input and Analysis

CONNECTION TO DOWNTOWN CONNECTION TO DOWNTOWN

  • Critical long-term connection

CONNECTION TO ITC CONNECTION TO ITC CONNECTIONS EAST CONNECTIONS EAST CONSIDERA CONSIDERATIONS FOR TIONS FOR ALL ALL

  • At-grade railroad crossings are very

challenging to coordinate with UPRR and CPUC

  • Bridge for vehicles not feasible
  • Bike/ped bridge expensive and raise

safety concerns

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BOUNDARY EXPANSION

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SMALL GROUP EXERCISE

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Small Group Exercise

  • Work as a group to identify priorities

priorities for:

  • Opportunity Sites
  • Connections
  • Opportunity Site Uses (4)
  • 10 & 12 Soledad
  • PG&E / Chevron Site
  • MidPen (focus on adjacencies)
  • Triangle parcel at Rossi and Sherwood
  • Priority Connections (3)
  • ITC
  • Downtown
  • East
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Buildout Vision

“I want this place to be whole and nice, and for people to come here all the time”

  • Hailey (age 9)
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Small Group Exercise

  • Work as a group to identify priorities

priorities for: 1) Opportunity Site Uses (4)

  • 10 & 12 Soledad
  • PG&E / Chevron Site
  • MidPen (ground floor and surrounding)
  • Triangle parcel at Rossi and Sherwood

2) Priority Connections (3)

  • ITC
  • Downtown
  • East
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HOUSING UPDATES

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NEXT STEPS

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Chinatown Revitalization Plan Chinatown Revitalization Plan

TAC / Working Group Meetings

September 2017