COHEN STADIUM REDEVELOPMENT 1 1/31/2018 Public Hearing October - PDF document

1/31/2018 Cohen Reimagined AGENDA • Introduction – Representative Sam Morgan • Comments - Mayor Dee Margo • Establish Purpose of Meeting - Sam Rodriguez, City Engineer • Master Plan Evolution - Eugenio “ Pacelli ” Mesta, EXIGO • Next Steps – Jessica Herrera, Economic Development Sam Rodriguez, City Engineer “Delivering Outstanding Services” 1 COHEN STADIUM REDEVELOPMENT 1

1/31/2018 Public Hearing October 23, 2017 First Conceptual Masterplan presented on Public Hearing 1 2

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1/31/2018 Representative Sam Morgan at First Public Hearing 4

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1/31/2018 Comment Cards and Emails Received 6

1/31/2018 FOCUS GROUP 1 December 17-19 7

1/31/2018 Second Conceptual Masterplan presented at Focus Group 1 FOCUS GROUP COMMENTARY DAY 1 8

1/31/2018 FOCUS GROUP COMMENTARY DAY 1 FOCUS GROUP COMMENTARY DAY 2 9

1/31/2018 FOCUS GROUP COMMENTARY DAY 2 FOCUS GROUP COMMENTARY DAY 2 10

1/31/2018 FOCUS GROUP COMMENTARY DAY 2 City Engineer Sam Rodriguez and City Manager Tommy Gonzalez at Focus Group 11

1/31/2018 Sugarland Plaza Footprint SUGARLAND TOWN SQUARE 12

1/31/2018 SUGARLAND TOWN SQUARE Millennium Park Chicago, Illinois 13

1/31/2018 Millennium Park Chicago, Illinois Regional Water Parks 14

1/31/2018 • • Indoor/Outdoor all year round aquatic facility Solar panel covered parking • • Technology driven development for youth Skeptical of urban living concept • • Development not focused on residential Worried about noise to hotels • • Transit Oriented Development BRIO Public Transportation embedded into infrastructure • • Tall trees to provide shade Family fun and activities • • Sustainable watering strategies for vegetation National and regional center for sports • • Sustainable design throughout development Identity of Franklin Mountains represented • • Sun and Wind energy Better quality retail stores • • Revenue driven, money maker for Northeast Possibility of truck stop amenable for drivers • • High quality design Recreation for all ages • • No repeats of what is existing near the Cohen Greenspace needs to have sufficient shade for site summer • • New restaurants and destination spot Originality, fresh image • “I want to love El Paso, not be used to it” • Destination for all of El Paso and adjacent cities • • Retail/Restaurants Vegetation that is native and beautiful • • Possible underground parking under Olympic vs recreational aquatic center • greenspace Accommodate sufficient parking for multiple dates of year FOCUS GROUP COMMENTARY DAY 1 • More shade, tall trees or canopies, or indoor centers. • Do not replicate existing commerce and retail, bring new • More parking and more walkability. ones. • Add transportation alternatives, Parking and transportation, • Not convinced to mix residential with recreation. • Sustainability driven: wind and energy. connection to Northgate Transfer Center • Underground parking under greenspace. • Tax Investment Revenue • Make sure there are enough bathroom and water fountains. • Focus on the Recreation/Commercial aspects of the • Parking and amenable space for truck drivers, when they come into project, not the residential. • Rezone it? town. Truck drivers reset for 32 hours. • How can we accommodate for people in RVs as well. • What can we do about the tennis courts across the • No Urban Living (The market will dictate if urban living will be street? • developed) Show more benches and sitting areas under shade. • Technology driven development • More tall trees and vegetation • No more public housing. • In next masterplan show materials: • Brio addition to the masterplan. • How is this project sustainable? • Transit Oriented Development • Show us recycled materials, sustainable design • Roof over pools strategies. • Motel / Indoor water park with hotels but to be able to use year • Show how demolishing Cohen Stadium is better than round. keeping it? • Vegetation to be native and beautiful. We want instant impact with • Costs and risks • the aesthetics of the park. How can this development create more jobs? • Solar and wind energy • Development should be a tax investment, to generate revenue and not be money lost. If Cohen begins to generate revenue, that money could be used to pave streets and fix drainage. • Development should also generate more jobs, year round. FOCUS GROUP COMMENTARY DAY 2 15

1/31/2018 Public Transit Development Underground Parking Multi-Purpose Athletic Facility Diversity / Brand Name Retail Family Entertainment Native / Sustainable Landscape Walkable Greenspace FOCUS GROUP 1 TOP COMMENTS FOCUS GROUP COLLABORATIVE SKETCH 16

1/31/2018 1. Outdoor Living 2. Military 3. Regional Transit 4. Iconic Architecture 5. Technology Driven 6. Public Art 7. Women in Military Recognition 8. Education 9. Public Restrooms 10.Hotel with observation deck 11.Lighting Show 12.Recreation 13.Sustainable 14.Pet Friendly 15.Cohen Stadium FOCUS GROUP COLLABORATIVE IDEAS OUTDOOR JUMBO SCREEN 17

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1/31/2018 • Is an amphitheater really • Flexibility of open space helpful for the community of the • Digital outdoor screen Northeast? • Sound strategy for hotels and • War memorial to be a different amphitheater type, compared to the adjacent already existing war memorial. • Aquatic center to be used all = Indigenous people year? Wind analysis of the site • Parking to be ADA / Parking • Maximize value of the site, order to disturb other adjacent improvement. FOCUS properties? • Energy producing • EPCC connection to the Cohen athletic/recreation center to GROUP 2 Site? power buildings • Back stops to be incorporated • Vegetation selected according Commentary to city ordinance • Candlewood suites are over capacity for the next year • Recycle as many components of Cohen Stadium as possible. • Non-smoking casino • Patriot Park, Cohen Park = • Main Event issue to be names confirmed with time • Culturally driven center that has • Traffic flow an identity • Can the site contain and • Art, creativity, imagination and sustain the traffic with 54 and uniqueness. the gateways FOCUS GROUP 2 Commentary • It’s all very nice, it will cost us more than we are told it will cost. It will not generate more income that it cost to “sustain”. It will be • We agree with focus group and concepts. replaced prematurely to something that cost even more or abandoned. Be careful of what you push for, what El Paso needs if • I am very happy with this project. We have been waiting for this to government that is fiscally responsible. Stop “tax and spend” happen for a long time. We really need the hotels and also I rationale. suggest that we should have a Mercado with Mexican items like the ones they have in Mexico for the people, including me, that • Everything looks great. Cost to build and to attend is the main don’t go to Mexico anymore because of the violence. When people question. I appreciate the way this is being handled. Getting the come here for events. They can go there and shop and leave their word out to more people would be beneficial. money in the Northeast. We should also have an emergency health • No truck stop, that means problems big time. Underground parking facility next to the police station. No repeats of restaurants or retail, could cause a flooding issue, also what happens during windy important shops, next stuff. seasons? • Advertising afterwards. 24/7 Security. We have flag sit for war • I like the masterplan better this time. I am only concerned about memorial already. water in underground parking. Think about the windy season and • Agreed to indoor/outdoor aquatic facility, underground parking, pool. family fun and activity center. Better quality retail shops. Recreation • All agreed concepts are circled. I would like to see more youth and for all ages. Technology driven development. Great program, make young adults invited to the development process. it happen. • • Please consider using artificial grass in high traffic areas. Use LED I would like a year round water park use. We need a bowling facility lights where needed. Post emergency phones, like at UTEP, to (pro style), hold major events. I like 90% of it, keep improving. contact police if needed. Make the entire area free WIFI for people that use the area. 21