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Oneonta DowntownRevitalization Initiative

December 13, 2016

Public Meeting 1

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Agenda

Welcome• Introduction to DRI• Overview of general process

Preliminary Strategies• Overview of Market Demand• Preliminary Options

Break Out Sessions• Discussion at your table about your priorities• Your thoughts about the vision

Report Out• Groups report their findings to the audience

Next Steps


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Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI)

$100 Million State Investment in 10 downtown neighborhoods nominated by Regional Economic Development Council (REDCs).

Goal is to create vibrant, active town centers.

Strategic Investment Plans will identify projects recommended for DRI funding, and ones funded by other public & private resources.

Dahlonega - Georgia Source: Wikimedia Commons


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Program Components

• Downtown Profile & Assessment• Downtown Vision, Goals & Objectives• Revitalization Strategies & Action Plan• Key Projects• Implementation Strategy• Performance Indicators/Metrics• Downtown Revitalization Plan


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General Process

• Analysis and Understanding Your Needs: Market Demand Opportunities and Constraints

Local Planning Committee establishedStakeholder Interviews

Public Meetings

• Analysis Concepts: Overall Plans Catalyst Projects

Opportunities to add (leverage) additional public and private fundsPublic review of concepts

• Draft Plan: Based on public comments Financial testing Implementation strategy Public Review

• Final Plan


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October

• Preliminary Downtown profile & assessment

November

• Downtown vision developed

• Preliminary project options

January

• Public event held

• Implementation strategy developed

February

• Public event held

• Final Downtown Revitalization Initiative Plan Submitted to REDC

General Process

December

• First Public Event

• Concept Plans

• Preliminary financial strategies


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Public Meetings• Public Meeting 1: Today• Public Meeting 2: Draft Plan, January 2017• Public Meeting 3: Final Plan Presentation

Winter 2017

Local Planning Committee Meetings• LPC Meeting Jan. 3rd• Opportunities for public commentary

Online Engagement and Updates• New York Government Website:

WWW.NY.GOV/DOWNTOWN-REVITALIZATION-INITIATIVE/MOHAWK-VALLEY-ONEONTA

• Online Discussion at My Sidewalk Link: HTTPS://MYSIDEWALK.COM/ORGANIZATIONS/293606/ONEONTA-DRI

Opportunities for Public Engagement

Your Input Matters


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Additional Team Members

Larisa Ortiz Assoc.

MarcNorman

W-ZHA

Economic Assessment,Financial Implementation

Urban RetailStrategies

Affordable Housing Finance

Nelson Nygaard

Foit Albert

MiddletonConst.

Civil Engineering

Cost Estimates

Multimodal Transportation

Department of State (DOS)

Empire State Development (ESD)

Home and Community Renewal (HCR)

Laurie VolkResidentialNeeds


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Study Area


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Vision Statement Goals

Oneonta is an authentic urban center of commerce, higher education, and culture. It is ideally situated as a regional center for the expanding local food and beverage industry and tourism. The DRI plan builds upon our walkable historic core to create economic growth, create jobs, high-quality and diverse housing options, attract innovative businesses, and a broad variety of amenities that will serve the next generation.

Economic growth:• Create jobs for a diverse population including high paying jobs

for a skilled workforce• Create a unique destination that will support local healthy food,

agribusiness, and other innovative businesses

• Grow local property tax base

Be a regional center of culture, heritage, and education:• Create more opportunities for arts, culture, entertainment• Establish strong ties between the colleges and downtown• Become more widely recognized as a tourism destination in the

region• Create a sense of identity that will appeal to both the current

and next generations

Provide a high quality physical environment: • Create more housing options in downtown• Support local retail with small business assistance and

improvements to retail spaces • Reclaim underutilized land along Market Street• Establish a cohesive downtown with a wide variety of high

quality urban spaces and places for entertainment

• Provide adequate infrastructure to support new development

• Integrate sustainable practices in the Downtown Core


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Preliminary Commercial Market Assessment

Job GrowthThe industries with the highest projected job growth are: Health care and social services (~400 jobs) Leisure and hospitality (~240 jobs) Lead by accommodation & food services Government (115 jobs)

Lead by local government Professional & Business Services (~80 jobs)

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Industrial SpaceFor a place with rail and interstate access as well as available land adjacent to this transportation infrastructure, the share of employment in transportation and warehousing is low.

The concept of developing an industrial park at the Oneonta D&H Rail Yard makes sense given the data. State-of-the-art industrial space with access to the rail and highway network would help to strengthen this existing weakness in the economy.

OfficeAt current rents, investors cannot build new general office and achieve a reasonable investment return:

At 40% capture rate, over next 10 years 3,000 square feet of general office space12,000 square feet of medical space

The City and Town do NOT capture a high share of regional jobs in the accommodations and food service industry.


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Preliminary Housing Market Assessment

HOUSING TYPE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS

PERCENT OF TOTAL

Multi-family for-rent (lofts/apartments, leaseholder) 80 31.4%

Multi-family for-sale (lofts/apartments, condo/co-op ownership)

20 7.8%

Single-family attached for-sale (townhouses/live-work, fee-simple/ condominium ownership)

30 11.8%

Low-range single-family detached (houses, fee-simple ownership)

65 25.5%

Mid-range single-family detached (houses, fee-simple ownership)

40 15.7%

High-range single-family detached (houses, fee-simple ownership)

20 7.8%

TOTAL 255 100.0%


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The Urban Trends

Millennials• Preference for vibrant downtowns• Leaving rural areas• Want to be connected• Preference for authenticity• Preference or healthy foods

Boomers• Looking for place to retire• Looking for low cost, activities, warm,

connected to activities and people

• Many moving to downtownsPhoto source: Wikimedia

DOWNTOWN CONCEPTS


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Principles

A. Strengthen


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A. Strengthen

B. Expand

Principles


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Principles

A. Strengthen

B. Expand

C. Connect


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A. Strengthen: Retail Lack of Visibility Town Square


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A. Strengthen: Retail Support Strategies

Establish a revolving loan fund

• Small Low Interest Loans for façade and interior space renovations to assist existing and prospective small businesses improve their store spaces.

Increase recreational offerings

• Reinforce Oneonta’s strategic position and promote year-round downtown use

• Indoor and outdoor sports and events, i.e. ice-skating rink, climbing wall, bike racing events, etc

Dahlonega - Georgia, Source: Wikimedia Commons


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A. Strengthen: Retail Support Strategies

Signage Program

• Improve visibility of existing storefronts through the installation of blade/projecting signs.

• Parking Signage and Wayfinding

Parking Access Signs,Retail Signs


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A. Strengthen: Underutilized Upper Floors

Provide financial support for renovations that create more housing choices on underutilized upper floors.• Providing greater housing

choices will support Main St businesses.

• Current real estate environment with little incentive to renovate.


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A. Strengthen: Westcott Parking Lot Plaza & Mixed-Use Development


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B. Expand: Food & Beverage Education Hub & HousingMarket Street Programming

Oneonta Food and Beverage Innovation ProjectMarket Street Redevelopment Concept

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Proposed In-Fill Development

Existing Buildings

Future Food and Beverage Innovation Center

Proposed Park Space

Proposed Street Tree Plantings

Market Street

Market Street Gateways

Opportunity Sites

F&B Education Hub & Housing

Restaurant Supply & Farm Hub

Tap Room, Restaurant & Food Event Center

Potential Boutique Hotel or Mixed Use

Re-imagined Foothills Community Arts and Recreation Hub

Potential In-fill Housing

Alternate Site for Boutique Hotel

Potential Mixed Use

PHASE 1

PHASE 2

PHASE 3

Gateway & Streetscape Enhancements (phased over time)

Innovation District Phased Activation

Other Ideas: •  Urban Agriculture •  Greenhouse •  Kids’ Teaching

Garden & Kitchen

• Education for food related industry

• Support for local agriculture• Workspace for start-up food

related / agriculture businesses


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B. Expand: Garage Re-cladding Concepts:

Garage Rooftop solar arrays


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B. Expand: Parking structure: partial demolition & new

New Multifamily or Mixed-useDemolish portion of 2nd level to create retail


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C. Connect: Walkable Neighborhoods / Block, Saratoga Springs, NY

Project site with right-of-way intersects on project boundary at least every 400 feet

Walkable Block

Saratoga Springs has a network of small blocks that allows easy pedestrian access.


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C. Connect: Oneonta Super Block


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Town Square: passage closed off

C. Connect: Passage to Town Square

New Fence at Clarion to allow passage


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C. Connect: Passage: Transit Center to Town

Foothills

Town Square


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C. Connections Between Urban Nodes


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C. Connect: Market Street

• Driving lanes wide, promotes high speed driving, about 2,900 cars use per day

• Requires traffic engineering to clam driving speeds

• Reduce lane widths• Add bulb outs, parking lanes• Add street trees • Consider bike lanes


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C. Connect: Market Street Concept Plan

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C. Connect: Arts & Culture Foothills Theater

• Maintain Oneonta Authentic Culture

• Support Local Creative Arts

• Improve Opportunities for Foothills Venue

Front Entry - Welcome Center


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Preliminary Community CommentsLocal: colleges, health, others• Interdependence between Downtown and

Institutions• Demand for quality housing by professionals

Many looking for rental, Lower maintenance designs, yard-less

• Students and professionals looking for amenities, access to activities

Tourism• Ties to a regional tourism economy• Baseball Camps• Entertainment/Recreation

Need for new employment opportunities:• Light industry• Office• Retail

High property tax rate in Center City discourages investment

Too much reliance on grants

Fix parking structure

City needs to keep downtown clean

Need vibrant downtown to attract younger workers


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Break-out sessions

At your table: plans, images, colored dots, markers.

Talk with your group about your priorities for downtown. Place the colored dots on your map. Write your comments down so we can record them.

Designate one person in your group to write down comments.

Designate one person in your group to report findings to the audience.

Report-out session starts at 8:15.

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