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September 15, 2021 TARC Virtual Workshop
The Miami-Dade TPO Transportation Aesthetics Review Committee (TARC) held a virtual workshop on September 15, 2021, focusing on the landscape beautification project along State Road 997 (Krome Avenue) between SW 296th and SW 232nd Street. The project aims to enhance the roadway's aesthetics through plantings that improve safety, reflect local identity, and mitigate visual impacts from recent road widening. The next workshop is scheduled for October 20, 2021.
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September 15, 2021 TARC Virtual Workshop
- 1. Miami-Dade TPO Transportation Aesthetics ReviewCommittee (TARC) Virtual Workshop Wednesday, September 15, 2021
- 2. MIAMI-DADE TPO TARCVIRTUAL WORKSHOP SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 GUIDELINES 2 Guidelines • This workshop is being held virtually and is being recorded. • If you experience technical difficulties, please contact Lisa Juan at 617-453-4269 or at lisa.juan@kimley-horn.com so that a member of our technical support team may assist you. • All Attendees will remain muted throughout the duration of this workshop. If you wish to provide a comment, please use the “Raise Hand” button. Once you see your microphone unmuted, please proceed by first providing your full name, agency represented, and then your comment. Your microphone will remain unmuted until the comment has been fully addressed. • In compliance with all applicable rules and regulations, no actions or motions shall be permitted. • Discussions shall be limited to matters listed in the published workshop agenda. • Permissible discussions include: • Presentations • Questions and answers • Comments related to the presentation(s) • Any committee member deviating from these guidelines will be reminded as to the limitations on any such discussion. • Please hold comments until presentations are concluded.
- 3. TARC Agenda Informational Items I.State Road 997 (Krome Avenue) from SW 296th Street to SW 232nd Street Next Workshop Wednesday, October 20, 2021
- 4. 4 MIAMI-DADE TPO TARCVIRTUAL WORKSHOP SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 Informational Items INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
- 5. 5 MIAMI-DADE TPO TARCVIRTUAL WORKSHOP SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 State Road 997 (Krome Avenue) from SW 296th Street to SW 232nd Street I. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
- 6. September 15th , 2021 SR997 / KROME AVENUE LANDSCAPE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT #438034-1 FROM SW 296th STREET TO SW 232nd STREET
- 7. FM NUMBER 438034-1-52-01 TOTALPROJECT LENGTH: 3.67 MILES PROJECT LOCATION SR 997 - KROME AVENUE FROM SW 296th STREET TO SW 232nd STREET SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th STREET TO SW 232nd STREET RAILRO AD C A N A L BEGIN PROJECT END PROJECT SW 182ND SW 182ND SW 23 2 ND SR 997 / KROME AVE SW 296 th BIS CA YN E DR . SW 28 0 TH SW 27 2 ND SW 26 4 TH SW 25 6 TH SW 24 8 TH SW 172ND SW 172ND
- 8. SR 997 /KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th STREET TO SW 232nd STREET PROJECT DESCRIPTION EXISTING ROADWAY CONDITIONS • Highway Beautification stand alone landscape project to enhance the aesthetics of SR 997 / Krome Ave. • The limits of this project extend from SW 296th Street to SW 232nd Street (Silver Palm Drive). • SR 997 / Krome Ave. has recently been widened from a two lane highway to a four lane divided highway with median. • A Mixed-Use Recreational Path is also being installed along the west side of SR 997 / Krome Ave. • The surrounding area along the roadway includes farmland, fruit stands, nurseries, and other businesses. • It serves as a major North/South route in western Miami-Dade county.
- 9. PROJECT SCHEDULE PHASE DATE DesignPhase II: 60% Plans Submittal date 2/19/2021 Design Phase III: 90% Plans Submittal date 5/18/2021 Plans Complete 11/22/2021 Letting Date 1/27/2022 Construction Start - End Date April 2022 - October 2022 Project Budget $962,000 SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th STREET TO SW 232nd STREET
- 10. CORRIDOR CONTEXT Croplands andTree Farms Most of the adjacent land use along the corridor is comprised of farm land used for truck farms or tree farms. This includes wholesale nurseries that supply the landscape trade. SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th STREET TO SW 232nd STREET RAILRO AD C A N A L BEGIN PROJECT END PROJECT SW 182ND SW 182ND SW 232 ND SR 997 / KROME AVE SW 296 th BISC AYNE SW 280 TH SW 272 ND SW 264 TH SW 256 TH SW 248 TH SW 172ND SW 172ND
- 11. CORRIDOR CONTEXT Fruit standsand Specialty nurseries Along with farms, there are also significant retail specialty nurseries along with fruit and juice stands that cater to the general public. This type of activity imparts a distinctive sense of place connecting the general public to the county’s agricultural heritage. SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th STREET TO SW 232nd STREET RAILRO AD C A N A L BEGIN PROJECT END PROJECT SW 182ND SW 182ND SW 232 ND SR 997 / KROME AVE SW 296 th BISC AYNE SW 280 TH SW 272 ND SW 264 TH SW 256 TH SW 248 TH SW 172ND SW 172ND
- 12. CORRIDOR CONTEXT Commercial andRetail There is also limited traditional retail/commercial activity that serves the local residents of this area. SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th STREET TO SW 232nd STREET RAILRO AD C A N A L BEGIN PROJECT END PROJECT SW 182ND SW 182ND SW 232 ND SR 997 / KROME AVE SW 296 th BISC AYNE SW 280 TH SW 272 ND SW 264 TH SW 256 TH SW 248 TH SW 172ND SW 172ND
- 13. DESIGN GOALS Enhance thequality of SR 997 / Krome Ave by providing plantings that: • Ensure Motorist and Pedestrian Safety • Reflect the unique identity of this section of the SR 997 / Krome Ave corridor • Enhance the experience of both trail users and motorists • Respond to the surrounding context and site specific constraints. • Create a visual vocabulary that enhances the sense of place • Mitigate the increased visual impact of widened road • Increase the corridor’s economic viability SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th STREET TO SW 232nd STREET
- 14. FARMLAND AREA TREATMENT CLEARZONE ROADWAY RIGHT OF WAY CLEAR ZONE MIXED USE PATH OVERHEAD UTILITY LINES SECTION SHOWN BELOW SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th STREET TO SW 232nd STREET
- 15. SPECIALTY RETAIL AREATREATMENT CLEAR ZONE ROADWAY RIGHT OF WAY CLEAR ZONE MIXED USE PATH OVERHEAD UTILITY LINES SECTION SHOWN BELOW SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th STREET TO SW 232nd STREET
- 16. PLANT LIST SCIENTIFIC NAMECOMMON NAME NATIVE SHADE TREES Bursera simaruba Gumbo Limbo Yes Ficus citrifolia Short Leaf Fig Yes Swietenia mahagoni Mahogany Yes FLOWERING TREES Bombax ceiba Red Cotton No Cassia javonica Pink Shower No Ceiba speciosa Floss Silk No Delonix regia Royal Poinciana No Lagerstroemia speciosa Queen Crape Myrtle No Lagerstroemia indica Crape Myrtle No Peltophorum dubium Yellow Poinciana No Pseudobombax ellipticum Pink Shaving Brush Tree No Spathodea campanulata African Tulip Tree No Tecoma stans Yellow Elder No SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th STREET TO SW 232nd STREET
- 17. PLANT LIST SCIENTIFIC NAMECOMMON NAME NATIVE SMALL TREES Capparis cynophallophora Jamaica Caper Yes Conocarpus erectus Green Buttonwood Yes Conocarpus erectus ‘sericeus’ Silver Buttonwood Yes Eugenia axillaris White Stopper Yes Gymnanthes lucida Crabwood Yes Myrcianthes fragrans Simpson’s Stopper Yes SLENDER PALMS Adonidia merillii Christmas Palm No Ptychosperma elegans Solitaire Palm No LARGE PALMS Bismarckia nobilis ‘silver’ Silver Bismark No Livistonia nitida Carnarvon Gorge Fan Palm No Roystonea regia Royal Palm Yes CLUSTER PALMS Acoelorrhaphe wrightii Paurotis Palm Yes SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th STREET TO SW 232nd STREET
- 18. PLANT PALETTE SHADE TREES Ficuscitrifolia / Short Leaf Fig Swietenia mahagoni/ Mahogany Bursera simaruba / Gumbo Limbo SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th STREET TO SW 232nd STREET
- 19. PLANT PALETTE SMALL TREES Conocarpuserectus ‘sericeus’ / Silver Buttonwood Capparis cynophallophora / Jamaica Caper Eugenia axillaris /White Stopper SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th STREET TO SW 232nd STREET
- 20. PLANT PALETTE SMALL TREES Gymnantheslucida / Crabwood Myrcianthes fragrans / Simpson’s Stopper SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th STREET TO SW 232nd STREET
- 21. PLANT PALETTE FLOWERING TREES Cassiajavonica / Pink Shower Ceiba speciosa / Floss Silk Bombax ceiba / Red Cotton SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th STREET TO SW 232nd STREET
- 22. PLANT PALETTE FLOWERING TREES Lagerstroemiaindica/ Crape Myrtle Lagerstroemia speciosa / Queen Crape Myrtle SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th STREET TO SW 232nd STREET Delonix regia/ Royal Poinciana
- 23. PLANT PALETTE FLOWERING TREES Peltophorum dubium/ YellowPoinciana Pseudobombax ellipticum / Pink Shaving Brush Tree Spathodea campanulata / African Tulip Tree Tecoma stans / Yellow Elder SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th STREET TO SW 232nd STREET
- 24. PLANT PALETTE SLENDER PALMSCLUSTER PALM Ptychosperma elegans/ Solitaire Palm Acoelorrhaphe wrightii / Paurotis Palm Adonidia merillii / Christmas Palm SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th STREET TO SW 232nd STREET
- 25. PLANT PALETTE LARGE PALMS Livistonianitida/ Carnarvon Gorge Fan Palm Bismarckia nobilis ‘silver’/ Silver Bismark Roystonea regia / Royal Palm SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th STREET TO SW 232nd STREET
- 26. September 15th , 2021 SR997 / KROME AVENUE LANDSCAPE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT FROM SW 296th STREET TO SW 232nd STREET
- 27. 6 MIAMI-DADE TPO TARCVIRTUAL WORKSHOP SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 Next Workshop October 20, 2021 NEXT MEETING