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Department Activities

Planning Activities City‐Wide and Neighborhood Comprehensive Development Plans Wilmington Transportation Initiatives Capital Improvements Program / Budget Crime & Blight Abatement Action Team Zoning and Land Use Zoning Code Map/Text Amendments Land Use and Zoning Studies Commissions and Committees City Planning Commission Design Review & Preservation Commission WILMAPCO – TAC and Council Neighborhood Planning Council Leadership Access Wilmington | Bike Wilmington Plan Reviews Subdivisions Waterfront Development Parking Lot Landscaping Curb Cuts Environmental Street Dedications and Removals Public Facility Naming/Renaming Demolition Historic Preservation Section 106 reviews Advise on National Register and Historic Preservation Tax Credits Heritage Tourism Outreach City Historic Districts and Neighborhood Conservation Districts

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Department Vision

The mission of the Department of Planning and Development is to improve the quality of life for City residents by ensuring that physical, social, and economic development in the city occurs in a rational and comprehensive manner that addresses community needs and governmental priorities.

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Three Top Priorities

• Comprehensive Plan Update
• Perform mandated functions in a timely manner
• Update and improve the development process

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Three Performance Measures

• Implement the process to update the Comprehensive Plan
• Track number of in‐house administrative reviews
• Track number of Planning Commission and Design Review and

Preservation Commission Cases

Council Questions

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Discuss any changes to positions.

There are no changes.

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Discuss the additional $50K budgeted in Consultants.

• City Code and Regulation Changes: Zoning Code, subdivision

regulations, sign ordinances, and other related issues to come out of the comprehensive planning process.

• Professional Training: Will provide training for persons involved in land

use decision making including staff, Planning and Design Review Commissioner members, NPC Leadership Committee and City Council members.

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City‐Wide Comprehensive Development Plan Questions.

a. FY 17 Allocation Update: Of the $125K allocation, $50K remains as $75,000 has been spent for background work on the plan b. Total cost budgeted: $350,000 c. Funding Sources: Planning ‐ $125K; Housing Strategic Fund ‐ $125K; Chase Bank ‐ $75K and Barclays Bank ‐ $25K d. Update Frequency; State Code: Five‐Year Review and Ten‐Year Update for recertification by the

• Governor. The last update was in 2010.
• e. Specify how the Neighborhood Comprehensive Plans feed into the

City‐Wide Comprehensive Development Plan. The City’s Comprehensive Plan is composed of the City‐Wide Plan which

• utlines more general policy information and the individual Neighborhood

Plans which provide more specific information on neighborhood issues.

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Discuss the $57.3K budgeted in the Temporary Salaries account line.

• a. Shift in funding from Temporary Agency, to the Temp Salaries

account line: Allows us to work directly with HR instead of through a temp agency which saves the City money. $16.7K will be used for clerical coverage for Planning.

• b. State Historic Preservation Position: Funding allocation for

the re‐occurring local match pertaining to the State Historic Preservation non‐allocated grant position. $40.6K will be used to partially fund the Historic Preservation Planner position.

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• 4. Provide an update on the amount of capital funding available for the

NPC’s Funds available currently and funds allocated since FY2000 District Funds Available District Funds Available 1st $ 102,139.38 5th $ 83,773.75 2nd $ 111,299.72 6th * $ 163,293.00 3rd $ 151,691.51 7th $ 66,643.72 4th $ 147,014.00 8th $ 90,463.50 Each NPC received $200K in FY2000, $50K in FY2006 and $100K in FY2014. * 6th District was awarded an additional $31,256 in FY2009 from external source.

Discuss the annual funding commitment

• f 7K to WILMAPCO
• The City is a member agency of WILMAPCO which is the regional

transportation planning agency for New Castle County, Delaware and Cecil County, Maryland. The City has a key role in transportation for the region as demonstrated by one of WILMAPCO’s key programs – the Wilmington Initiatives. This project is a partnership between DelDOT, the City and WILMAPCO to coordinate and prioritize the City’s transportation projects.

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Sampling of funded Transportation Projects

• FY 2018 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP):

– Christina River Bridge – Walnut Street improvements – including sweep removal – New Wilmington Transit Center – Industrial Track Bikeway connecting Wilmington to the City of New Castle

• Transportation Alternatives Projects (TAP) – projects up to $1 million:

– 9th Street Enhancements – Rodney Square Beautification – Trolley Square Improvements

• Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP):

– Wilmington Initiatives – Downtown and Southbridge Circulation Studies

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Provide FY18 proposed organizational chart with the total number of employees (i.e. permanent, temporary, contract and vacancies).

Herb Inden Director

Vacant

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• a. Outline specific duties of each employee.

Planning Manager City Planning Commission, site planning review functions, zoning code and map amendments, comprehensive and urban renewal planning, annual State reporting and certification requirements, annual Capital Budget/Program, annexation procedures, new land use and zoning policies, WILMAPCO. Senior Planner Design Review and Preservation Commission, applications for work within city historic and conservation districts, demolition applications and annual Certified Local Government reporting. Senior Planner II Planning Commission case work, neighborhood planning initiatives, zoning recommendations, census data reports, requests for census data from citizens, governments and businesses. Planning Grant Coordinator Access Wilmington, FOIA, ADA regulations, collection and analysis of data. Historic Preservation Planner Responsible for historic property reviews (Section 106) for HUD projects and other federal projects; National Register nominations and architectural surveys; providing information on city history to constituents and city departments; and other related tasks.

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Planner II Environmental reviews for all federally funded or federally associated projects, Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy Land Bank, Crime and Blight Abatement Action Team, department budget monitoring and processing. Planner II Major and minor subdivisions, site plan review, curb cuts, waterfront development, street removals/dedications and parking lot landscaping. Handles department GIS functions. Planner II Demolition requests and administrative reviews related to City Historic and Conservation Districts, supports Design Review and Preservation Commission and field work. Assists with research and analyses, special studies, proposed zoning code regulations related to historic preservation, demolition and vacancy issues and research. Planner I Neighborhood Planning Councils, Bike Wilmington and Bike Share, departmental support on the South Wilmington Wetlands Project, and staff support to the City Planning Commission, Design Review and Preservation Commission.

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Thank You!