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Active Transportation System, El Paso, TX

Nov 13 – 18, 2016

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16 About the Urban Land Institute

• The mission of the Urban Land Institute is to

provide leadership in the responsible use of land

and in creating and sustaining thriving

communities worldwide.

• ULI is a membership organization with nearly

40,000 members, worldwide representing the

spectrum of real estate development, land use

planning and financial disciplines, working in

private enterprise and public service.

• What the Urban Land Institute does:

– Conducts Research

– Provides a forum for sharing of best

practices

– Writes, edits and publishes books and

magazines

– Organizes and conducts meetings

– Directs outreach programs

– Conducts Advisory Services Panels

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• Since 1947

• 15 - 20 panels a year on a variety of

land use subjects

• Volunteers provide independent,

objective candid advice on important

land use and real estate issues

• Process

• Review background materials

• Receive a sponsor presentation &

tour

• Conduct stakeholder interviews

• Consider data, frame issues and

write recommendations

• Make presentation

• Produce a final report

The Advisory Services Program

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ULI’s Urban Resilience Program

• Helping communities prepare for and reduce vulnerabilities to increased climate risk, and to thrive going forward.

– Advising Communities in Need

– Research and Reports

– Convenings

– District Council Activities

• ULI received a generous grant from the Kresge Foundation, which is helping support this and other Urban Resilience Advisory Services Panels.

• Portland, ME

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• Seattle, WA

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• St. Tammany Parish, LA

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Thanks to the panel sponsors:

And the many members of the community who contributed their time,

knowledge, and experience!

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The Panel

Kamuron Gurol, Chair

Former City Manager

Burien, WA

Ladd Keith, Vice Chair

Director of Academic Initiatives

University of Arizona

Tuscon, Arizona

Anita Morrison

Founding Principal

Partners for Economic Solutions

Washington, DC

Shane Farthing

Senior Advisor

Planning Board of Montgomery

County, Maryland

Alejeandro Villegas

Principal

Rodgers Consulting

Largo, Maryland

Carlos Perez

Founding Principal

Perez Planning + Design

Atlanta, Georgia

Richard Henderson

Executive VP for Real Estate

MassDevelopment

Boston, Massachusetts

Jodi Slick

Founder + CEO

Ecolibrium3

Duluth, Minnesota

ULI Staff:

Katharine Burgess

Director, Urban Resilience

Rose Kim

Senior Director, Special

Events

Paul Angelone

Director, Advisory Services

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Building Social, Environmental, Economic Resilience

Resilience is…. … a three-legged stool

Economic

Jobs / Income

Savings, Investment

Credit-worthiness

Reliable Infrastructure

Environmental

Sustainable Energy

Extreme Weather Protection

Natural Resource Availability

Social

Health

Community Cohesion

Organizing Capacity

• “the ability to prepare

and plan for, absorb,

recover from, and

more successfully

adapt to adverse

events”

• “ the ability to

respond positively

to change”

• Dealing with shocks

and stressors

….. bouncing forwardLand

use

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Building on the work already underway

• 100 Resilient Cities Resilience

Strategy

• Award-winning Comp Plan

• 2016 Bike Plan

• ATS Strategy

• Many others…

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The Assignment: ATS “International Beltway”

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Key questions

• What Active Transportation System route between

downtown and Chamizal will offer the best connectivity,

access and experience for users?

• What would a resilient ATS look like?

• How can the Salazar Park site and others currently up

for redevelopment in the study area reflect resilient

design principles?

• What private and public sector funding sources can be

used for resilience investments and how can inter-

agency and public/private vehicles be involved in

project delivery?

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Key themes & topics addressed

• Examining the options, benefits and challenges for

alternative transportation corridors and community

open spaces

• Making market-informed choices for future land use,

employment and housing

• Employing strategies to prepare for, and adapt to, the

challenges of climate change

• Creating and implementing meaningful community

engagement that can be tailored to local communities

• Enhancing partnerships and cooperation

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El Paso’s vulnerabilities

• Transportation Networks

• Human Health + Preventable

Disease

• Flash Flooding

• Extreme Heat

• Drought

• Building the Workforce

• Poverty

• Food Access

• Border Metroplex Challenges

• Energy Affordability

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Stresses on Neighborhoods

• Air pollution associated with border delays is

impacting residents’ health

• Cut-through truck traffic

• Traffic safety hazards, few safe routes to schools

• Land use conflicts and impacts

• Temporary dislocations with HACEP renovations and

redevelopment

• Disruptions from highway improvements

• Extremely low incomes, low education

• School closures

• Limited community and green space

• Limited access to healthy food

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Housing Needs

• Much of the neighborhoods’ housing is aged and

suffering from deferred maintenance

• Housing Authority of the City of El Paso is replacing

the Tays South development and renovating the Tays

North development

• Uncertain future for Salazar development

• HACEP has 13,500 households on waiting list for

affordable housing

• Constrained/declining funding for affordable housing

development

• Future neighborhood housing potentials in Chamizal

and Segundo Barrio are primarily focused on

affordable housing opportunities as funding allows

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Climate & Environment

• El Paso is already exposed to

naturally variable weather

• Climate change makes this

variability more extreme

– Heat

– Drought & Flooding

– Other Concerns

Challenges

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Climate & Environment

• El Paso area affected by two

factors

– Climate change related

heat increase

– Urban heat island

• Extremely hot days (max temp

95°F)

– 70 days in 2015

– Projected 105-150 by 2100

• In 2015, there were 106

consecutive days above 90°F in

El Paso County

Heat

Source: Flickr / Charliellewellin

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Climate & Environment

Days with Max Temperatures Above 95°F

Source: NOAA, UTEP, University of Arizona, City of El Paso

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Climate & Environment

• Drought

– Increased risk of longer and more

extreme droughts

– From 2001-2010, streamflows in

southwest were 5-37% lower than 20th

Century

– Impact on water supplies

– Increases rate that soil dries out

• Flooding

– Increased risk of more extreme flood

events

– Similar to July 2006 flood, caused more

than $200 million in damage to home

and businesses and $100 million in city

infrastructure

Drought & Flooding

Source: USGS

Source: Flickr / mpsfender182

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Climate & Environment

U.S. Trend in Heavy Precipitation

Source: National Climate Assessment

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Climate & Environment

• Dust storms

• “Freak” weather events

• Mosquitos and vector-borne illnesses

• Existing Environmental Challenges

– Local sources of emissions

– Environmental contamination

– Complex border interactions

• Impact on Most Vulnerable Populations

– Those who work outdoors

– Children and elderly

– Obese and ill

– Those with communication barriers

– Those with lack of access to air conditioning, transportation

Other Impacts

Source: UTEP

Source: Flickr / Turkletom

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A Resilient Active Transportation System

• Resilience Approach

– Stacked benefits

– Avoid climate maladaptations

• Climate Resilience Benefits

– Decrease greenhouse gas

emissions

– Reduce urban heat island

– Smart landscaping removes

pollutants and keeps dust down

– Decrease flood risk

– Promote water conservation

A showcase of best resilience

practices in El Paso

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Building the Active Transportation System

International Beltway Segment

Project Segment

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Building the Active Transportation System

International Beltway Segment: Downtown-Chamizal-MCA

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Building the Active Transportation System

International Beltway Segment

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Building the Active Transportation System

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Building the Active Transportation System

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Building the Active Transportation System

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Building the Active Transportation System

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Building the Active Transportation System

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Building Resilient Communities

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Social Cohesion

• Engage more people, more efficiently for less money

• Unearth what matters most to the community to build synergistic solutions

• Identify issues in the design phase to reduce costly changes later

• Expand potential in-kind and financial contributions to a project

• Builds trust over community decisions and greater project ownership

• Develop long-term stewardship commitments - reducing operations and maintenance costs

• Manage the conversation before it manages you

Creating allies for project success and stronger communities.

Photo credit: Visit El Paso

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Community Context – Chamizal

• Major highway

projects

Multiple efforts affecting community life.

• Housing reconstruction and potential removal

• School closure and toxic concerns

• Quality of Life

project

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Importance of Community Engagement

Authentic engagement builds stronger communities.

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Replicable Process that Builds Resilience

Adapting Management Principles to Community Engagement

• Understand the community’s perception of the partners, the project, and the anticipated engagement process

• Define the engagement goals, the populations to be engaged, and the shared-leadership opportunities

• Seek out formal and informal leadership to help design the project

• Recognize and plan to overcome the barriers community members may have around participation

• Jointly determine metrics of success

• Sustain results through long-term commitment

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Building the Active Transportation System

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Chamizal Community ATS Corridor Alternatives

Existing Roads Conditions

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16 Chamizal Community ATS Corridor Alternatives

Multi-Use Trails on Existing Roadways

Myrtle Avenue and Magoffin Avenue

• Currently a 70’ Right of Way, 50’ Pavement

• One way street for higher speed traffic

• Bicycle Master Plan proposes a standard on-road bike lane

• Protected Multi-Use Path for higher volumes of people playing, walking and biking

• Reduce Pavement width to 36’ with two way traffic

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16 Chamizal Community ATS Corridor Alternatives

Multi-Use Trails on Existing Roadways

• Seamless east-west connection from Trailhead to Downtown

• Currently a 66’ Right of Way, 46’ Pavement

• Bicycle Master Plan Route standard on-road bike lane

• Proposed two way traffic in a reduced pavement section with protected Multi-Use

Path for higher volumes of people playing, walking and biking

• Bowie High School-Chamizal Park Connector

Downtown Connection from Franklin Canal

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Chamizal Community ATS Corridor Alternatives

Dedicated Multi-Use Trail / Linear Park

• The Franklin Canal runs through the Chamizal neighborhood, providing a linear corridor that

presents a variety of public-serving opportunities.

• While it is designed to function solely as a irrigation facility, it could also be an ideal

transportation and recreation corridor, providing a high-quality trail and linear park for

Chamizal and the region.

• Today, the Franklin Canal is a 28.4-mile long with a flow capacity of 300 - 325 cubic feet per

second.

• The project area contains approximately 2-miles of the canal, which is largely inaccessible

to the community due to fencing, as there is presently no usage that supports public access.

Franklin Canal

Franklin Canal at Tays South

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Chamizal Community ATS Corridor Alternatives

Dedicated Multi-Use Trail / Linear ParkFranklin Canal Park Trail

• Improving the canal structure to support active transportation, its varying 60’ to 100’ right of

way can improve resiliency in a variety of ways and directly serve the public, while also

enhancing its performance and economic value as a water management facility.

• Modified the canal to a 4’ – 6’ trapezoidal concrete channel to convey the 300 cfs. It was

assumed to have 2% slope and ~ 1’ freeboard. The results show about a 25’ to 35’ wide

channel.

• Strategically utilize box culverts in some areas to maximize community space. Balancing the

cost of concrete lining/channel vs box culverts

Indianapolis Cultural Trail

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Franklin Canal Trailhead

• Create a mid-trail gateway marking the

transition from downtown into the Chamizal

community, and from the canal-trail design

to an on-road shared use path along the

existing roadway network.

• This trailhead provides an opportunity for

community gathering, recreation, activity,

and provides an ideal opportunity for

expansion of the bikeshare system.

• Consider multiple uses for this location

including Stormwater Management, Flood

control, sustainable design practices

Salazar-Chamizal Community / E. San Antonio Avenue

E. San Antonio Avenue at Franklin Canal

Paseo de Los Heros, Segundo Barrio

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Franklin Canal - Existing Conditions

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Franklin Canal - Potential Resilient Conditions

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Franklin Canal - Potential Resilient Conditions

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Franklin Canal - Potential Resilient Conditions

Source: De Urbanisten + Studio Marco Vermeulen Source: De Urbanisten + Studio Marco Vermeulen

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San Antonio Avenue - Existing Conditions

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San Antonio Avenue - Potential Resilient Conditions

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San Antonio Avenue - Potential Resilient Conditions

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TaysNorth

Salazar

TaysSouth

Future Community Center

Douglass Elementary

School

San Antonio Avenue + Franklin Canal Nexus

Bowie

High

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San Antonio Avenue + Franklin Canal Nexus

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TaysNorth

Salazar

TaysSouth

Future Community Center

Douglass Elementary

SchoolBowie

High

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San Antonio Avenue + Franklin Canal Nexus

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TaysNorth

Salazar

TaysSouth

Future Community Center

Douglass Elementary

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San Antonio Avenue + Franklin Canal Nexus

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TaysNorth

Salazar

TaysSouth

Future Community Center

Douglass Elementary

SchoolBowie

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Implementation Strategy

• MPO has funding identified for ATS

• Our vision will require additional

resources

• Water District savings from reduced

maintenance and reduced water loss

could be bonded or service a loan to

help pay for Franklin Canal portion

• Local resources can leverage

numerous open space and

conservation grant and loan programs

as well as attract foundation resources.

Paying for the vision

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Examples of Alternative Funding Sources

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Development Strategies

• Active transportation corridors and

open space improve development

value for housing (ULI Report)

• New or rehabilitated housing in

Chamizal will continue to require

subsidy

• Funding is constrained and

declining

• New allocation rules make Chamizal

area less competitive for this funding

Housing Along the ATS

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Development Strategies

• ATS borders major HACEP

properties in transition

• Tays redevelopment landscaping

should be designed to be

complementary to ATS

• Incorporate local hiring

preferences into public housing

rehabilitation

• Proximity to metals recycling

industry must be addressed

Housing in Chamizal

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Development Strategies

• HACEP should engage now with local nonprofits to examine potential for rehabilitation of some or all homes

• Reuse agreements need to be in place before closure

• HACEP should sell land at nominal value but require standards for reuse

– Rehabilitation to code or demolition within 2 years

– Land reuse consistent with public purposes (e.g. open space)

Salazar

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Development Strategies

• Resilient futures will depend on improving the economic strength of neighborhood residents

• ATS provides low cost, safe access to the employment centers of Downtown and Medical Center of Americas

• New community center and local schools should incorporate job training and mentoring programs, in partnership with MCA and major downtown employers

• Consider local hiring preferences for publicly-supported private projects

• New local business opportunity to take on trail maintenance

Jobs for the Community

Source: EPISD

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Development Strategies

• Rail-served location close to

highways and bridges offers

advantages

• Employs local residents

• Start working with recycling industry

on relocation strategy

• Promote as a center for business

services companies close to

Downtown and Medical Center

• Work with businesses on upgrading

energy efficiency and renewable

energy with PACE program

Local Industry and Business

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Development Strategies

Reducing Trucking Impacts

• TexDOT closure of Paisano ramp should reduce cut-through traffic

and idling problems, orient trucking towards I-10 corridor

• Establish clear truck routes focused on keeping trucks off

neighborhood streets

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Market Opportunities

• $400 million public investment in Downtown

– San Jacinto Plaza, trolley, stadium, museums

• Market is responding

– $110 million in private investment to date

• Downtown’s role is shifting – no longer the focus of

regional office and retail development

• Emerging as a mixed-use district for tourism, arts,

entertainment and housing

Downtown Investment

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Market Opportunities

• In the transition – high vacancies in retail spaces and

historic buildings

• Major private investments in new and renovated hotels

and housing

• Growing demand for downtown and near-downtown

housing – 141 units to date with more under

construction

• At this stage, private development still needs public

assistance to close the financial gap

• Retail demand will follow hotels and housing

Current Market Conditions

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Market Opportunities

• Historic buildings focused around San

Jacinto Plaza, the stadium and

museums

• Mixed industrial/commercial areas

between Paisano Dr and Overland

Ave, Oregon St to Virginia St

• Build on the connectivity provided by

the ATS and the trolley to downtown,

UTEP and MCA

• Replace or reuse obsolescent

buildings no longer well suited to

industrial use

• Help prevent gentrification pressures

from transforming Segundo Barrio

Downtown Housing Potentials

Potential New

Housing Development

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Market Opportunities

• Opportunity to preserve and enhance the traditions

and customs of Segundo Barrio

• Heritage tourists are seeking authentic experiences,

region’s history and culture

• Preserve and reinvest in Segundo Barrio as a cultural

district where families can continue to live where they

have for generations

• Paseo de Las Luces improvements should create a

welcoming, well lit environment without sanitizing the

distinctive character of El Paso St retail

Segundo Barrio

Photo Source: Downtown Tucson Partnership

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High performance organization

• High degree of experience,

commitment and subject matter

knowledge among the public staff

leaders and managers.

• Opportunities for improved

coordination across departments and

agencies.

• Highest performing agencies ensure that

departments have the resources and

tools they need.

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Policy continuity and political alignment

• Establish a vision for the future and ensure it is fulfilled. Policy continuity and

political alignment ensure that taxpayer resources and time are spent effectively.

• Support aligning implementation efforts. By working together with public

agency, private sector and community partners, the city will achieve more, faster

and better.

• Focus on policymaking, long-term goals and on building relationships with other

agencies and stakeholders. Think long-term, city-wide and ‘big-picture.’

• Improve working relationships among yourselves and with other public

agencies.

Elected leader roles

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Policy work

• Opportunity to undertake a future land

use strategy for Chamizal and nearby

industrial areas to reconcile the

significant land use conflicts.

• Develop a relocation strategy for those

uses not included in the future vision.

• Keep going on new capital investments

by making the business case and

defining the nexus between sources and

uses.

Future land use planning

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Challenges to opportunities

• ATS plan is only a start, and there is a

great opportunity to add resilience value

– Community engagement

– Land use strategy

– Leadership and partnerships

– Economic development

– Green infrastructure

– Open space, community facilities

• Key city staff to shepherd this effort over

time

• This is valuable work, ULI applauds El

Paso for pursuing and implementing the

Resilience Strategy

ATS and Resilience Strategy

Photo credit: Visit El Paso

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Thank you and questions