Central North Side Community Master Plan

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Central North SideCommunity Master Plan

• What, When,Why,Who, How

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What is a Master Plan?

• Community Vision
• Encompasses what is in CNNCs borders.
• Physical and Human development

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What is a Master Plan?

• PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
• Residential Commercial Development
• Public Areas (parks)
• Market Analysis - Business Housing
• Street Scapes - Preservation
• Green Building Sustainable strategies
• HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
• Youth and Family
• Economic Development
• Art, history, culture
• Public Safety
• Education
• Transportation

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Why do we need this?

• Leads to dialog among the neighborhood residents.
• Builds consensus for a shared vision and goals
  for the central north side.
• Lets developers,govt., funders know what the
  community will support.
• Easier to get funded by state and city agencies
  when we have a plan.
• Easier to attract developers.

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Who will be doing the planning?

• Central North Side Residents
• CNNC Membership
• Central North side stake holders (Govt.
  officials, local businesses, local social service
  providers, local institutions -AGH, museums,
  etc.)
• Community Planning Initiatives (CPI) Committee
  -Steering Working Group
• Urban Planner/Design Firm

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Steering Working Group

• A sub-set of the CPI Committee
• 10-12 Members
• Will consist of members of each of the other
  committees.
• Other stake holders - someone who will represent
  merchants, church/social service org., renters.
• Will bring information to the Urban Planner.
• Will disseminate information from the Urban
  Planner.

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Urban Planner Selection Process

• Community Design Center of Pittsburgh (CDCP)
  suggested 5 Urban Plan Firms.
• Request for Proposal (RFP) sent to all 5.
• 4 Interested parties responded.
• CPI went through 4 proposals and eliminated 1.
• CPI members, Exec. Committee,CEO, CDCP rep
  interviewed 3 and eliminated 1.
• Board interviewed 2 top choices and selected 1.

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Interview Process

• Each Firm gave a 15 min. presentation.
• Each was then asked the same 6 questions.
• General questions and discussion.
• Scored on 6 criteria -Pfaffmann Associates
  (PA) scored the highest.
• This info given to board prior to board
  interviews.
• After board interviews the board voted 9 to 1 in
  favor of hiring PA.

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Why Pfaffmann Associates?

• They get us B. Buetin
• Understood this a diverse neighborhood.
• Understood that a high priority is given to
  getting high neighborhood involvement.
• Preservation is important to consider.
• Willing to try to employ local residents and
  businesses in this process.
• Marketing analysis unique to the neighborhood.
• Interested in exploring how to make the
  neighborhood green, sustainable, walkable
  community.

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Urban Plan/ Design Team

• Pfaffmann Associates (PA) - Urban
  Planning/Design Firm (Principle in Charge)
• Jackson Clark - Market Analysis
• Washington Consulting- Community Facilitator ( A
  North side Business)
• Studio for Spatial Practice - Urban
  Planning/Design

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What has PA done before?

• Lawrenceville Community Plan
• Washingtons Landing
• Planning Studies for the History Center, URA, and
  Neighbors in the Strip
• Market Analysis for Larimer and Morning side
  Neighborhoods
• Bakery Row Vision Plan

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Funding Sources

• 16K Community Design Center
• 50K URA
• 50K State/County

• Total 116K

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How Much?

• 75K PA -Urban design, facilitation market
  analysis.
• 10K Federal North Master Plan (partial cost)
• 10K Printing, food, space rental and planning
  reimbursable costs.
• 21K CNNC staff -management, coordination,
  organizing.
• Total 116K

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How Much?PA Cost Breakdown

• 13.5K Meetings, Workshops, Facilitation support
• 11.5K Project Start-up Prep.
• 28K Plan Synthesis/Development Plan Elements
• 7K Implementation
• 15K Market Research
• Total 75K

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When will this happen?

• Today the membership will vote to hire the Urban
  Planner.
• Sept 11th the 1st meeting with the Urban Planner
  (PA) and the steering group.

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What Next?(Next 60 days)

• Collection of existing information, data, plans
  and studies.
• Resident-lead tour of the neighborhood.
• Meeting with key neighborhood leaders, including
  those not typically CNNC meeting participants.
• Neighborhood wide listening meeting to gather
  input (planned for October).

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Whats Next?10-12 months

• Form volunteer working groups around key plan
  elements.
• Articulate vision and specific strategies.
• Market Analysis
• Non-traditional opportunities for input.
• Neighborhood meetings for feedback and integrate
  ideas into plan.
• Community Master Plan for approval by CNNC
  membership.

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