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Home My WebLink About7.0 - Mariner's Mile Charrette Update P�R�' CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }O B� COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT F f n 100 Civic Center Drive Newport Beach,California 92660 949 644-3200 C,I1FofL newportbeachca.gov/communitydevelopment Memorandum To: Planning Commissioners From: Brenda Wisneski, Deputy Community Development Director Date: March 5, 2015 Re: Mariners' Mile — Item #7 From October 17 to 21, 2014, on behalf of the City, the Congress for the New Urbanism California Chapter conducted their Annual Charrette focusing on Mariners' Mile. The five-day planning and design charrette tested new ideas to improve the corridor. With public participation and local knowledge, the design teams identified design techniques focusing on improving vehicular flow, the pedestrian experience, and bicycle access. The recommendations developed by the Congress for the New Urbanism are detailed in the final report which can be downloaded below. http://www.newportbeachca.gov/Modules/ShowDocument.asl)x?documentid=19903 An overview of the report will be provided at the March 5, 2015, Planning Commission meeting. The concepts presented in the report are intended to ignite creative discussions as to what the community wants to Mariners' Mile to be. Also underway is an Orange County Transportation Authority study reviewing multi-modal access through the corridor. Several planning policies were proposed with the recent Land Use Element, which became null and void with the failure of Measure Y. Now may be the appropriate time to evaluate Mariners' Mile in a comprehensive manner. The attached draft memo seeks direction from the City Council to the Planning Commission pursuing this further. With the Planning Commission's concurrence, it will be forwarded to the City Council. Recommendation: Review draft memo, modify as needed, and direct staff to forward memo to the City Council for their consideration. Attachment: 1. Draft City Council Memo: Mariners' Mile Land Use Element Policies Community Development Department P�R�' CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH yO B� COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT 100 Civic Center Drive Newport Beach,California 92660 949 644-3200 11pofL �P newportbeachca.gov/communitydevelopment Memorandum To: Mayor and City Council Members From: Planning Commission Date: March 5, 2015 Re: Mariners' Mile Land Use Element Policies In 2011, the City Council recognized Mariners' Mile as a "revitalization area", along with five other areas of the City, which should have an investment of time, thought and resources to bring the areas up to "Newport Beach" standards. Efforts in the other areas (Corona del Mar, Lido Village, Balboa Village, West Newport and Santa Ana Heights — Bristol Street) have either been completed or are well underway. To date, the focus on Mariners' Mile includes an off-shoot of an Orange County Transportation Agency study to evaluate traffic circulation through the corridor, which is still being drafted. In addition, the Center for New Urbanism conducted a design charrette in October 2014 to engage the public, stakeholders and community leaders to develop recommendations for improving vehicular flow, the pedestrian experience and bicycle access. The conclusions of the design charrette were presented to the Planning Commission. An important step in moving forward with a framework to encourage revitalization of Mariners' Mile would be the consideration of updating relevant General Plan policies. The proposed General Plan Land Use Element (LUE) amendment (Measure Y) included revised policies relevant to Mariners' Mile to increase planning and development flexibility. When Measure Y failed, those policies became null and void. So in order to best position Mariners' Mile to be revitalized, the Planning Commission believes those proposed policies that pertained to Mariners' Mile should be reviewed, modified as appropriate after further outreach to stakeholders and ultimately adopted. If the City Council finds that the completion of the design charrette and the conclusion of the OCTA study would be an appropriate time to consider policies and regulations to encourage revitalization of the Mariners' Mile area, the Planning Commission will provide recommendations to staff so that concepts can be presented to the City Council in a Study Session hopefully later this year. At that point, the Planning Commission will await direction from the City Council. 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Park extension • East • Waterfront Boardwalk (construction) • Piers (4 — construction) • Riverside Ave. • Tustin Ave. • Pedestrian Crossing • Avon St. Extension • View Corridors • Riverside Ave. (Billy's redevelopment, plaza construction) • Tustin Ave. (Pizza Nova relocation, plaza construction) • Pedestrian Crossing (Jack Shrimp relocation, plaza construction) • Avon St. Extension (plaza construction) Potential Never bUilildin s • Hotels — 3 hotels/484 new keys (excludes Holiday Inn's existing 83)($783,000/yr. TOT) • 5-star on waterfront — integrating A'maree's • 4-star inland — on McCune or Ardell site • 3-star — Holiday Inn Express redevelopment • Retail — 120,000 s.f. ($1. 15 million in sales tax; 345 jobs) • Avon Street as OC's Rodeo Drive? • Residential — 200 units • Studios and 1-/2-bedrooms • Townhouses Sequence ' City Adoption Master Plan Design Regulations Infrastructure Construction Coast Highway — restripe and construct median Avon Street — extend (includes new intersection) Newport Theatre Arts Center Parking Structure + Park Waterfront Boardwalk Piers (4) + View Corridors Riverside Ave. (Billy's redevelopment, plaza const.) Tustin Ave. (Pizza Nova relocation, plaza const.) Pedestrian Crossing (Jack Shrimp relocation, plaza const.) Avon St. Extension (plaza construction) Project Management/Coordination Traffic Studies • OCTA Study San Clemente to Seal Beach. General Improvements identified in each jurisdiction to address bicycle and pedestrian safety, improve traffic flow, improve transit service, landscaping and aesthetics, etc. • Separate City Study Specific to Mariners Mile. More detail related to design concepts, future traffic volume projections, Level of Service, lane widths, etc. Four Options currently being studied, including one option consistent with Charrette Report.