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Presentation to Geneva City Council by:Pam Broviak, City Engineer Dick Untch, Community Development Director
A Historty of the pace 529 route along randall rd
Extended to the Randall Road Corridor in Fall of 2005
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79 minAurora St.
Charles
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Existing PACE Route 529 Service Along Randall Road
Sullivan
Ice Cream Dr
Oak
Mid-Block/Dogwood
Mooseheart/Orchard
Wilson
McKee
Mill
Fabyan
Gleneagle
Christina
Kaneville/Keslinger
Delnor Hospital
S. of Williamsburg
Geneva Commons
IL 38
Judicial Center
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Weekly Boardings
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Existing PACE Route 529 Service Along Randall Road
http://www.route529study.com/
•evaluate passenger accessibility to bus services
•develop general guidelines for land use and design
•recommend strategies to improve ridership
Purpose of the Study
Purpose of the Study — Evaluate Passenger Accessibility
Inadequate Infrastructure
Purpose of the Study — Land Use & Design Guidelines
Encourage Mixed-Use
Development
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Purpose of the Study — Land Use & Design Guidelines
Connect Residents to the
Corridor
Purpose of the Study — Land Use & Design Guidelines
Relate Buildings to
Randall Road
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Purpose of the Study — Land Use & Design Guidelines
Create Public and
Open Spaces
Purpose of the Study — Land Use & Design Guidelines
Recreate the Parking
Environment
Purpose of the Study — Land Use & Design Guidelines
Designing for the Pedestrian
Experience
Purpose of the Study — Recommend Strategies
@Bricher: Northbound—Add New Stop/Add sidewalks Southbound—Add New Stop/Add sidewalks
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Purpose of the Study — Recommend Strategies
@Commons: Northbound—Add New Stop Southbound—Relocate Stop
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Purpose of the Study — Recommend Strategies
@Delnor: Northbound—Relocate Stop Southbound—New Stop
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Purpose of the Study — Recommend Strategies
@Fargo: Northbound—New Stop/Add sidewalks Southbound—New Stop/Add sidewalks
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Purpose of the Study — Recommend Strategies
@Christina: Northbound—Add sidewalks Southbound—Add sidewalks
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Purpose of the Study — Recommend Strategies
@Gleneagle: Northbound—Add sidewalks Southbound—New Stop/Add sidewalks
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Purpose of the Study — Recommend Strategies
@Fabyan: Northbound—New Stop/Add sidewalks Southbound—New Stop/Add sidewalks
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SHELTER CONSTRUCTION
@Delnore: NB & SB
@Fargo: NB & SB
@Christina: NB & SB@Gleneagle: NB & SB
@Fabyan: NB & SB
@Bricher: NB & SB
Stakeholder Input
Geneva’s Input
Land Use Development Strategies/Design Guidelines for Future Development along
the Randall Road CorridorEncourage Mixed-Use Development
Purpose and Intent:• Broadens housing options• Reduces auto dependence• Provides transit supportive land use• Creates a local sense of place/vibrant destinations
Geneva’s Input
Encourage Mixed-Use Development• Populates and activates neighborhoods during both
day and evening hours• Convert single store retail development to mixed-use
and new establish activity centers• Cluster redevelopment at key growth nodes and
coordinate with transit station location
Standards and Guidelines:• Encourage infill development along the corridor and
develop Form-Based Codes for growth nodes• Encourage adaptive reuse strategies and use of
White Elephant Ordinances
Geneva’s Input
Encourage Mixed-Use Development
Review comments:• Mixed-use development as a replacement for
recently built single-use commercial development will take a very long time to achieve due to retailer uncertainty and other factors
• Is there or will there be a market for higher density housing along Randall Road?
Geneva’s Input
Encourage Mixed-Use Development
Review comments:• Mixed-use development alone along the Route 529
corridor will not ensure transit viability (lack of an area-wide transit network, existing low density housing, dispersed commercial and employment areas, and diversity of trip destinations also discourage transit use)
• Does Geneva support mixed-use along the corridor as a desirable land use type? Form-Based Codes and White Elephant ordinances? Need for policy analysis and discussion!
Geneva’s Input
Encourage Mixed-Use Development
Connect Residences to the Corridor
Purpose and Intent:• Current residential uses physically turn their back on
the corridor
• Offer few public connection points to and from commercial uses
• Higher density housing and a range of housing options can provide greater opportunities for employees to live and work in the corridor
Geneva’s Input
Connect Residences to the Corridor
Standards and Guidelines:• Establish connections (streets, walkways, and
bikeways) that link residential and commercial uses
• Local governments – create a 2,000 foot overlay zoning district for mixed-uses and 7 d.u./acre housing to support transit services
• All new residential development – provide better pedestrian access to surrounding uses
Geneva’s Input
Connect Residences to the CorridorReview comments:• Orienting residential redevelopment at the edge of the
commercial corridor toward commercial areas can be mutually compatible, but many detailed design issues must be dealt with (design expertise, and cooperative retailers and developers required).
• A new Corridor Overlay Zoning District allowing mixed-use, 7 d.u./acre multi-family housing would be a major land use policy shift for Geneva. Requires further analysis. Compatibility with the rest of Geneva, traffic impacts, and fiscal impacts need to be understood.
• Diminished value of existing development is assumed?
Geneva’s Input
Relate Buildings to Randall RoadPurpose and Intent:• Building frontage should be oriented toward and located
close to Randall Road• Developments should enhance access for existing
residences along the corridor
Standards and Guidelines:• Locate buildings at setback line• Retail use entrances should face street• Avoid blank windowless walls• Develop street corners as public spaces
Geneva’s Input
Relate Buildings to Randall Road• Shared driveways, parking areas, plazas and
walkways
• Loading/service areas away from public view
• Service areas, garbage receptacles, meters, utility equipment screened from public view
• Use rear or side access roads for service and loading areas
Geneva’s Input
Relate Buildings to Randall RoadReview comments:• Overall Standards and Guidelines are sound• Bringing buildings close to the street and locating parking
lots in back creates a more active streetscape and sense of vitality
• However, retailers don’t like retail use entrances facing the street and located away from parking lots in rear (often results in confusing dual frontage buildings)
• Will residents want to live in mixed-use buildings next to Randall Road?
• Will “right-sizing” by retailers reduce opportunities for mixed-use development?
Geneva’s Input
Create Public and Open SpacesPurpose and Intent:• Develop a comprehensive open space network using
plazas and other open space to connect users
Standards and Guidelines:• Minimum 10-20% of (re)development for public and
open spaces• Develop plazas and courtyards with walkways and
bikeways• Outdoors areas – make them visible from streets and
trails and accessible from surrounding land uses and streets
Geneva’s Input
Create Public and Open Spaces • Provide seating areas with landscaping, lighting and
views of focal points
Review comments:• Overall, standards and guidelines are sound• However, large parking lots and associated access drive
systems inherently conflict with walkability goals• Pedestrian access between commercial areas and
abutting neighborhoods pose conflicts with commercial service/loading areas
• Long-term pedestrian use of plazas and seating areas is dependent upon nearby retailer mix
Geneva’s Input
Recreate the Parking EnvironmentPurpose and Intent:• Large parking areas between stores and transit stops
discourage pedestrians, raises safety concerns and provide no clear way navigate areas
• Reexamine parking requirements for the Randall Road Corridor
Standards and Guidelines:• Don’t put parking at property corners and don’t
separate buildings with parking areas• Put parking at side and rear of buildings
Geneva’s Input
Recreate the Parking Environment• Maximum instead of Minimum parking requirements• Encourage shared parking• Convert parking lots to infill development sites• Consider underground, structured and roof parking • Landscape/screen parking lot edges, apply
stormwater BMP’s, and use native plantings and shade trees
• Landscape interior of parking lots• Install sheltered bicycle racks and make bicycle rack
areas clearly visible
Geneva’s Input
Recreate the Parking Environment Review comments:• Overall, Standards and Guidelines are sound
• However, the pursuit of underground/structured/roof parking is tied to development intensity and market competition. Also, major land use policy issue
• Parking at the side and rear of buildings is not always possible and marketable
Geneva’s Input
Designing for the Pedestrian Experience
Purpose and Intent:• Must provide and safe/pleasant walking environment• A well-connected system of sidewalks and crosswalks
should be required
Standards and Guidelines:• Connect transit stops and public sidewalks to the
front door of each building• Provide signage to guide pedestrian to/from transit
stops
Geneva’s Input
• Provide attractive, well marked, safe pedestrian links
• Clearly mark pedestrian drive crossings, and use different pavement materials
• Introduce pedestrian amenities, and landscape elements to define pedestrian paths
• Walls, landscaped and paved areas - well maintained
• Signalized intersections should have well-defined pedestrian crossings, and use refuge islands/medians to minimize pedestrian exposure to traffic
Geneva’s Input
Designing for the Pedestrian Experience
Review comments:• Overall, Standards and Guidelines are sound
• Placing buildings close to Randall Road may not always be practical or marketable
• Refuge islands/center medians along Randall Road are only marginally effective in minimizing pedestrian exposure to traffic (Randall Road intersections are often 10 lanes wide, and some will be 12 lanes wide in the future)
Geneva’s Input
Designing for the Pedestrian Experience
Final Comments
• Application of the Recommended Standards and Guidelines can improve (re)development along Randall Road
• However, the Randall Road environment is complex and many other factors are at work that impact land uses, and development planning/design like:
-Residential and commercial markets -Desired building floor area of developers -Land, building, improvement costs
Geneva’s Input
Final Comments- Retailer preferences on bldg design/orientation- Size of retail stores- Developer sophistication and financing capability- Randall Road traffic volume, speed, noise- KDOT access constraints and pursuit of optimum
roadway levels of service on Randall Road - Municipal tax base needs and competition
Geneva’s Input