Clarendon Sector Plan Update: Online Engagement Session #1 October 29, 2020
Purpose of Presentation 1. Share information on Fire Station 4 and preliminary staff thinking on a future replacement station 2. Share preliminary staff ideas for creating new parks and public spaces in Clarendon 3. Receive public feedback on Fire Station 4 and parks/public spaces via project website, in advance of November 19 virtual LRPC+ meeting 2
Clarendon Sector Plan Update- Overview Objective: Consider focused updates to detailed policy guidance in the 2006 Sector Plan • Refinements to detailed recommendations for sites within the study area • Evaluate how conditions and assumptions have evolved since 2006, including public facility and park needs • Evaluate current and future service needs for public safety and public spaces • Not revisiting vision statement, overarching goals, or framework elements • Opportunity to review planning issues holistically, prior to project-specific review processes (SPRC, PFRC, Park Master Plans) Plan elements to be evaluated: • Land uses for private redevelopment (i.e. office, residential, hotel, retail) • Building height and form • Transportation (new street locations and street dimensions/design) • New fire station to replace Fire Station 4 • Public open spaces 3
Clarendon Sector Plan Update- Study Area Sites 1. St. Charles Catholic Church 4. Joyce Motors Assemblage 2. 3200 Wilson Blvd. Block 5. Wells Fargo/Verizon Site 3. Silver Diner Assemblage 6. County Site 4
Clarendon Sector Plan Update- Schedule 2020 Sept Oct 29 Nov 19 Dec Online Online Virtual Kick-off Engagement Engagement LRPC #1 #1 #2 Agenda Topics Recorded Staff Presentation Recorded Staff Presentation Recorded Staff Presentation From Online Engagement • Sector Plan Overview • Fire Station 4 • Overview of Private # 1 • Sector Plan Update Scope • Public Parks & Open Development Proposals and Process Space • 3-D Modeling (Sector Plan Scenarios & Development Virtual Walking Tour Proposals) • New Street Locations & Dimensions/Design 2021 Q1 Q2 Q3 Online Virtual Online Virtual Online Commission Review #1 & Engagement LRPC Engagement LRPC Engagement County Board RTA #5 #3 #3 #2 #4 • Sector Plan Update Agenda Topics Recorded Staff Recorded Staff Recorded Staff Agenda Topics Report From Online Presentation Presentation Presentation From Online • Zoning Amendments Engagement Engagement #s • Draft Tools • Land Use Mix • Building Height & #s Commission Review #2 & 4 & 5 (Revised Planning • Transportation Form 2 & 3 County Board Action Guidance, Analysis • Public Parks & Policies, Maps) Open Space • Sector Plan Update • Revised 3D (continued) Report Modeling • Zoning Amendments Scenarios 5 All dates are subject to change
Share Your Feedback on This Presentation Share Your Feedback On This Presentation • Provide your feedback, comments and questions by visiting the project page or by contacting staff • Comment period will be open from October 30 th through November 9 th • Virtual LRPC Meeting on November 19 th – Meeting will provide opportunity for live discussion on materials shown in this presentation 6 6
Clarendon Sector Plan Update: Fire Station 4 7
Arlington County Fire Department Travel Time Legend 0-2 minutes 2-4 minutes Station Location 1 Glebe Road 2 Ballston 3 Cherrydale 4 Clarendon 5 Aurora Highlands 2019 Incidents 6 Falls Church EMS 19,182 (67%) 8 Lee Highway Fire 6,141 (21%) Rescue 1,524 (5%) 9 Walter Reed Other 1,887 (7%) 10 Rosslyn 28,734 8
Fire Station 4 Today • Located at northwest corner of 10 th and Hudson Streets • Built 1963, renovated 1997 • One of the busiest fire stations in Arlington • Current station demand is high for EMS, fire, and rescue emergencies • Apparatus: fire engine, ladder tower, 2 medic units, and a command aide • Not able to accommodate additional staffing or modern fire station standards 9
Prior Planning for Fire Station 4 • System-wide location studies in 1999 and 2000 recommended consolidating Fire Stations 4 and 10 in the Courthouse-Rosslyn region • Thinking influenced 2006 Clarendon Sector Plan guidance to move station off-site • 2012 location study reversed that recommendation – Current locations of stations 2 (Ballston), 4 (Clarendon), and 10 (Rosslyn) work as a system to provide excellent response to Rosslyn-Ballston Corridor, highest demand area in Arlington 10
Fire Station 4 Response Data • Station 4 responds with 5 units primarily Unit Responses from Station 4 (365 days) along the Ballston/Rosslyn corridor • 11 to 13 personnel assigned each shift FS4 Responses Unit (2019) Engine 104 2,472 Tower 104 1,843 Medic 104 2,268 Medic 104B 380 Command Aide 819 TOTAL 7,782 11
Rosslyn-Ballston Corridor Growth Population At-Place Employment 80,000 120,000 70,000 100,000 60,000 80,000 50,000 40,000 60,000 30,000 40,000 20,000 20,000 10,000 0 0 2000 2020 2040 2000 2020 2040 Forecast Forecast Ballston Virginia Square Clarendon Ballston Virginia Square Clarendon Courthouse Rosslyn Courthouse Rosslyn 12 Sources: 2000 Decennial Census, 2020 CPHD Estimates, MWCOG Forecast Round 9.1
2006 Clarendon Sector Plan • Sector Plan introduces concept of new public park on County and Verizon properties on 10 th Street N. • Park implementation requires demolition/relocation of four buildings: – County Facilities: Fire Station 4, Fire Prevention Office, Clarendon House (relocated in 2015) – Plan does not specify new locations – Verizon switching station on N. Irving Street (privately owned) • Sector Plan also leaves open possibility of redeveloping County site, co-locating public facilities with housing 13
10 th Street County Site: Sector Plan Maps Sector Plan Illustrative Plan Sector Plan Building Height Map (County property outlined in purple) 14
Fire Station 4 Siting and Program Considerations • • Site location Operational requirements • • Pull-through apparatus bays < 1 min. change in travel time to • Minimum 4 bays, 5 preferred maintain adequate system • Front or rear apron (50’ deep, open to response times (within ~4 - 6 blocks of current site) sky) • • Access to main arterial streets Adequate Size/Shape of Site • Adequate distance from major • 32,000+ sq. ft. total floor area intersections (minimum 18,000 sq. ft. on ground • Turning radii of fire apparatus floor) • 22 parking spaces (surface or structured) 15
Fire Station 4 Siting and Program Considerations • • Adjacent uses and mitigation Partnership/co-location opportunities • • Opportunities for mixed-use Planning and zoning development with housing or other • Consistency with Sector Plan uses on upper floors guidance and other policies/regulations • Cost • Other public facility needs • New public parks and spaces • Feasibility/Implementation • Relocation of Fire Department offices from 1020 N. Hudson– • Timing siting opportunities more flexible 16
Fire Station 4 Siting Approaches 1. Rebuild on current site – Would preclude Sector Plan’s vision for new 10th Street Park – Temporary fire station swing space during construction – Sector plan recommended heights for site (75-110’) provide opportunity for mixed-use development 2. Other County-owned sites – do not meet size requirements County-Owned Sites – Triangle Park and DPR maintenance facility (10 th and Fairfax) – West End Plaza (east end of Fairfax Drive) – Washington/13 th site (recent acquisition from Clarendon West Site Plan) 17
Fire Station 4 Siting Approaches 3. Partnership in lower floors of private redevelopment – 4 site plan applications pending or anticipated within site radius – Development teams declined County’s requests to partner on a private site • Fire Station 10 partnership in West Rosslyn leveraged County land • Ability to achieve higher densities in Rosslyn than in Clarendon • Ground floor requirements for limit square footage for retail, lobbies, amenities • Increase construction costs and complexity associated with fire program 4. Land acquisition – Limited opportunities for underutilized sites that meet operational needs – High land costs in R-B Corridor – No funding currently available, COVID-19 recession uncertainty for future funding 18
Preliminary Staff Conclusion Approach 1 (rebuild on 10 th Street site) best meets fire station program requirements and staff’s siting considerations • Meets locational factors (response times, access) • Land area is sufficient to accommodate program requirements for additional personnel and apparatus, and to meet modern facility standards • Opportunities to co-locate housing or other uses on upper floors – Medium density development consistent with planning goals for Clarendon – Public-private partnership would reduce public funding needed • Wells Fargo/Verizon proposal to not redevelop Verizon switching station will preclude full achievement of 10 th Street Park for foreseeable future 19
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