This document discusses a holistic, comprehensive, and proactive approach for managing community change. It addresses topics like placemaking, density and mixed land uses, mobility and complete streets, infrastructure, ecosystems, and human health and wellbeing. Specific tools are proposed for each topic to guide development along 35th Avenue NE in a sustainable way, including design guidelines, zoning changes, outreach, and partnerships. The goal is to thoughtfully manage growth to enhance neighborhoods and equitably distribute benefits.

1. Approach for Changing Communities

2. Image Credits:
Seattle Times,
Wedgwood in Seattle History Blog,
Walking Seattle Neighborhoods Blog

3. Coffee Talks
 1. creating conditions to support neighborhood businesses
 2. making a neighborhood walkable and proximate
 3. design at a human scale
 4. place making and successful streetscape features
 5. density and its benefits
 6. finanical realities of development
 7. tradeoffs of land use planning

4. Approach for Changing Communities

• Holistic
• Comprehensive
• Proactive
 35th Avenue NE zoning and land use
 Tradeoffs, lessons, and tools for community change
• Placemaking
• Density & Mix of Uses
• Mobility & Complete Streets
• District Infrastructure
• Ecosystems & Habitat
• Human Health & Wellbeing
 Summary and Resources
 Questions

5. Community Change
Holistic
Comprehensive
Proactive

6. Holistic

7. Placemaking
Density & Mix of Uses
Mobility & Complete Streets
District Infrastructure
Ecosystems & Habitat
Human Health & Wellbeing
Comprehensive

8. Proactive

9. Set goals and identify potential strategies

10. Comprehensive Community Based Outreach and Needs Assessment

11. Teen survey with Boys and Girls Club
Pedestrian and Bike Conditions

12. Traffic Calming at Mariposa Street
Integrated Street Design: Pedestrian and Bike Safety

13. Proactive

14. Image Credits:
Seattle Times,
Wedgwood in Seattle History Blog,
Walking Seattle Neighborhoods Blog

15. Fundamentals of Zoning and Land Use
Floor Area Ratio
Form Based
Design Guidelines

16. Current Zoning along 35th Avenue NE

17. Zoning: Lowrise Multifamily (L2 & L3)

18. Zoning: Commercial

19. Land Use along 35th Avenue NE

20. Floor Area vs Form Based

26. Tradeoffs, Lessons, and Tools

27. Placemaking
Density & Mix of Uses
Mobility & Complete Streets
District Infrastructure
Ecosystems & Habitat
Equity, Health & Wellbeing
Key Principles for Sustainable Urbanism:
Comprehensive Approach

28. Placemaking:

29. Placemaking: Will growth reflect and enhance our region?

31. Placemaking:
Pearl District
Portland, Oregon

32. Pearl District Portland, Oregon
Placemaking: Will growth reflect and enhance our community?

37. Tools:
 Design guidelines Neighborhood plan
 Branding and marketing campaign
 Consider construction impacts, not just the final
results
 Community Benefits Agreements
What are your thoughts for 35th Avenue NE?

38. Density & Mix of Uses
South Lake Union
Urban Form Charrette

39. Density & Mix of Uses: How will we grow?

43. Tools:
 Floor area ration (FAR)
 Form-based codes.
What are your thoughts for 35th Avenue NE?

44. Equity, Health & Wellbeing
South Lincoln
Redevelopment Master Plan

45. Equity, Health & Wellbeing: How can growth fairly
distribute benefits and burdens? Can density improve well-being?
South Lincoln
Redevelopment Master Plan

50. Tools:
 Healthy Development Measurement Tool (HDMT)
 Active Design Guidelines (NYC).
What are your thoughts for 35th Avenue NE?

51. Mobility & Complete Streets

52. Mobility & Complete Streets: Will growth mean more traffic? How can we address it?

53. PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY INDEX

54. PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY INDEX

59. Tools:
 Pedestrian Environmental Quality Index (PEQI)
 Complete Streets Policy Resources
What are your thoughts for 35th Avenue NE?

60. District Infrastructure

61. District Infrastructure: What will increased
demands on infrastructure mean?

65. Tool:
 EcoDistricts
What partnerships and
collaborations could work towards
larger scale goals?

66. Ecosystems & Habitat

67. Ecosystems & Habitat: How can we retain the open space and function?

70. Tools:
Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES)
LEED-ND
Salmon Safe Program
Seattle Green Stormwater Program (SPU)

71. Approach Holistic, Comprehensive, Proactive

72. EcoDistricts Toolkit
Portland SustainabilityInstitute
[www.pdxinstitute.org/index.php/ecodistricts]
Community Benefit Agreement
[www.communitybenefits.org/section.php?id=155]
[www.laane.org/downloads/CBAStudy.pdf]
Design guidelines
Seattle Design Review Program
[http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/Planning]
Branding and marketing campaign
Seattle Department of Neighborhoods
[www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods]
Existing business mitigation during
construction phase
Floor Area Ration (FAR) or
Form-based codes
Seattle Department of Planning and Development
[www.seattle.gov/dpd]
Resources
Healthy Development MeasurementTool
[www.thehdmt.org/]
Active Design Guidelines (NYC)
[www.nyc.gov/html/ddc/html/design/active_design.sht
ml]
Pedestrian Environmental Quality Index
[www.sfphes.org/elements/24-elements/tools/106-
pedestrian-environmental-quality-index]
Complete Streets Policy Resources
[www.completestreets.org]
Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES)
[www.sustainablesites.org]
LEED-ND
[www.usgbc.org]
Seattle Green Stormwater Program
[www.seattle.gov/util/About_SPU/Drainage_&_Sewer_S
ystem/GreenStormwaterInfrastructure]