site selection: things to consider prior to land acquisition
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Site Selection: Things to Consider
Prior to Land Acquisition
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Overview
Seven essential planning activities for site selection:
Comprehensive Greenway Master Plan
Green printing
Search land records
Contact landowners
Carefully consider community
Site inventory and analysis
Program analysis
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What’s Next?
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Green Printing
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Master Planning
Adjacent to view shed? (Y=2, N=0)
Adjacent to gateway? (Y=2, N=0)
Identified as county owned lands? (Y=3, N=0)
Identified as a county owned park? (Y=4, N=0)
Identified as city owned lands? (Y=2, N=0)
Identified as state owned lands? (Y=2, N=0)
Identified as public entity owned lands? (Y=2, N=0)
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Service Gap
Any parks within a 0.25 mile radius? (Y=0, N=4)
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Residential Population
Residential population within the intended project’s
service radius?
- Urban: 0.25 mi radius (1 pt. per 100 persons)
- Neighborhood: 0.5 mi radius (1 pt. per 100 persons)
- Community: 2 mi radius (1 pt. per 1000 persons)
- Regional: 5 mi radius (1 pt. per 10,000 persons)
Parcels designated as future residential
development? (Y=2, N=0)
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Mixed Use Development
Parcels designated as future mixed use
(residential)? (Y=1, N=0)
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Partnership Opportunity
Adjacent to school and/or library? (Y=1, N=0)
Adjacent to church? (Y=1, N=0)
Adjacent to hotel/motel or cultural sites? (Y=2, N=0)
Adjacent to existing park? (Y=1, N=0)
Adjacent to recreation center? (Y=1, N=0)
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Linkages/Connectivity
Adjacent to planned and/or existing greenway?
(Y=1, N=0)
Adjacent to planned and/or existing green street or
boulevard? (Y=2, N=0)
Adjacent to planned and/or existing bike lane?
(Y=1, N=0)
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Mass Transit
Project within 150 feet of a transit station or bus
stop? (Y=2, N=0)
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Search Land Records
Public landowners
LLC’s
Absentee landowners
Delinquent taxes
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Outreach Plan
Mail out letters to potential property owners
Randomly contact property owners
Network with other departments in your agency
Seek assistance from commercial land brokers
Note: Search for single and/or multiple parcels of land
if needed.
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Carefully Consider Community
Demographic criteria
Economic criteria
Other criteria
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Demographic Criteria
Age structure
Dwelling type
Families with children
Families without children
Occupations
Income
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Economic Criteria
Land cost – proximity to high rent district
Land ownership – public vs. private
Land use – commercial, industrial, highly developed
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Other Relevant Criteria
Physical attractiveness of the area
Access – travel time to site
Safety of the area
Planned property development
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Scoring Matrix
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Site Inventory and Analysis
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Significant Savings
Which corridor do you think will be more economical to develop?
Which corridor is less disruptive to the environment?
Steeply Sloped Corridor Gently Sloped Corridor
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Sources of Information
GIS
LIDAR
USGS (US Geological Survey)
FEMA
Soil Conservations Service
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Site Visit
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Investigate Off-Site Conditions
Land/Use
Zoning
Transportation
Utilities
Visual Context
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Investigate On-Site Conditions
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Investigate On-Site Conditions
Geology
Topography
Hydrology
Soils
Vegetation
Wildlife Habitat
Archeological and
Historic Resources
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Size and Configure of the Land
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Program Analysis
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Program Analysis
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Site Inventory Matrix
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Environmental Impact Matrix
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Seven essential planning takeaways:
Start or Update Comprehensive Master Plan
Work with GIS to identify greenway corridors
Search land records
Contact landowners
Get to know the neighborhoods
Study potential corridors
Think about the program for the corridor