4. Wayne Feiden, FAICP, Team Leader
Ken Buckland, AICP, LEED AP, Land Use
Steve Durrant, PLA, Bicycle and Pedestrian
Christine Carlson, ASLA, Green Infrastructure
Lesley Bain, FAIA, LEED AP, Urban Design
Ian Lockwood, PE, Transportation
Joel Mills, Director AIA Communities by Design
Erin Simmons, Director AIA Design Assistance
5. Sebastopol speaks
• “We are a Subaru and Prius Town”
• “We are deserving of our vision”
• “We don’t suffer from low self-esteem”
• “Our brand is ‘Unique small town’”
• “Want to stay a working class community”
• “I never let my children bicycle to school”
• “Sebastopol goes both ways” downtown
streets”
6. Center of the City
Students: Safeway
sometimes plaza
Main St: Not so muchAdults: the plaza
7. Sebastopol speaks
• Downtown inundated by through traffic
• Streets too highway-like
• Pedestrians and cyclists uncomfortable
• Bicycle trail ends before the destination
• Parking available in the wrong places
• Unattractive downtown gateways
8. Sebastopol speaks
• Design/development should reflect values
• Residential, commercial and industrial mix
• Need new civic center
• Underutilized lots are key opportunities
• Weak downtown-The Barlow connection
• Nature in the city
9. Bullish on downtown/The Barlow
• Downtown synergy
• City worker/jobs balance (4,000±:4,000±)
• Housing (residents support downtown)
28. Outreach and Marketing Plan
Market to Successful Businesses
Market to Quality Developers
Create Marketing Materials:
Context
What is required
What is desired
What is offered
How to proceed
53. Tailor Guidelines by pedestrian
priority
Pedestrian priority in red--longer term
54. 1. Site Analysis
Each site has unique attributes.
What are the specific opportunities
for each project to contribute?
What is the best approach to design?
Design Review Process
55. 2. Design Concept
Addresses unique attributes.
Identifies the specific opportunities
for each project to contribute
Design Review Process
83. 15 minute walk15 minute walk
High SchoolHigh School
LagunaLaguna
Libby ParkLibby Park
PinecrestPinecrest
SchoolSchool
NO
YES
Yes, if only…
60%
15 minute bike ride15 minute bike ride
117. What We Heard:
i)no money for bypass
ii)no good location for bypass
iii)potential network connections
118. What We Heard:
i)no money for bypass
ii)no good location for bypass
iii)potential network connections
119. What We Heard:
i)no money for bypass
ii)no good location for bypass
iii)potential network connections
Conclusions:
120. What We Heard:
i)no money for bypass
ii)no good location for bypass
iii)potential network connections
Conclusions:
i)congestion is not the choice
121. What We Heard:
i)no money for bypass
ii)no good location for bypass
iii)potential network connections
Conclusions:
i)congestion is not the choice
ii)how Sebastopol deals with
congestion is the choice
126. Choices:
i)Traffic 1st
Approach:
maximize motor vehicle
throughput & accept damage
to City’s walkability, businesses,
character…; or
ii)City 1st
Approach:
advance community “vision”
being cognizant of the crossroads’
challenge
127.
128.
129.
130.
131.
132.
133.
134.
135.
136.
137.
138.
139.
140.
141. % By Trip Type
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18.0%
2.6%
20.2%
1.5%
24.2%
8.8%
24.5%
0.2%
100.0%
Doctors & Dentist
Family & Personal
Church & School
Social Recreational
Other
Trip Type
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Work
Work Related
Shopping
Source: Federal Highway Administration & New York Times
211. Other Downtown: Parking
• On-street parking
– up to $200,000 sales/spot IF customer parking
• Main St. parked up
– Employees parking; or
– Fees needed
• Empty spaces
– regulations too strict; or
– too much parking
213. Get it done!
– Downtown merchants
– Occupy Sebastopol
– Sebastopol tomorrow
• General Plan Update
• Strategic work starts tomorrow
– The Perfect is the enemy of the Good
– City Council goal setting
• Partners
– Core Project
– Sebastopol Citizens
– Cittaslow Sebastopol
214. Quick Start: less than one year
• Wayfinding: bicycle trail and downtown
• Design: better design AND street standards
• Revise bicycle and pedestrian plans
• Zoning:
– conditional uses to by-right when possible
(e.g., office use above 1st floor The Barlow)
– CB parking to one per residential unit
– CB allow 4 stories if 4th
story setback
215. Quick Start: less than one year
• Paint: narrow lanes-repurpose asphalt
• Pre-Plan: opportunity sites for development &
greening
• Parking: rationalize system
• Identify greenways and smaller scale
connections
216. Momentum: within two years
• Identify site for housing to replace trailer park
• Marketing: opportunity sites
• Reposition asphalt: parking, sidewalks, parks
• Programmatic: empower partners to
coordinate more downtown events
• Build neighborhood greenways
• Improve more crosswalks
• Make bicycle trail connections
217. Eye on the prize: longer term
• Restore two-way livable streets downtown
• Embed findings in General Plan
• Cycle Tracks on major streets
• Buffered bikeways on collectors
• Restore the Laguna edge along Morris St.
• Strengthen connections between Laguna
and Rodota Trail. Connect West County
Trail and Ragle Park.
218. Imagine Downtown Sebastopol
• Emphasize downtown character
• Downtown development for city values
• Pre-planning program
• Private and public realm design guidelines
• Re-green (green infrastructure)
• Family-friendly connections
• Livable streets not highways
Presentation and (eventually) final report
www.aia.org/about/initiatives/AIAS075426