Martin and St. Lucie Counties Regional Land Use Study Final Report

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1 Martin and St. Lucie Counties Regional Land Use Study Final Report Study Coordinated by the Funding Partners: Martin County City of Stuart Transportation Community Affairs Other Participating Agencies Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council City of Port St. Lucie City of Fort Pierce Community Coach Prepared by Renaissance Planning Group

2 Martin and St. Lucie Counties Regional Land Use Study Final Report Study Coordinated by the Funding Partners Martin County City of Stuart Transportation Community Affairs Other Participating Agencies Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council City of Port St. Lucie City of Fort Pierce Community Coach Prepared by Renaissance Planning Group In Collaboration with Dyer, Riddle, Mills & Precourt, Inc. Environmental Management Systems, Inc. Linda Dozier, AICP

3 GOOTABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...1 STUDY PROCESS OVERVIEW... 2 STUDY CONTEXT AND PURPOSE... 2 MAJOR FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS... 3 SUMMARY CONCLUSIONS... 4 COMMUNITY CENTERS VISION STATEMENT... 6 CHAPTER 1: STUDY OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION...1 STUDY CONTEXT AND PURPOSE... 3 REGIONAL LAND USE STUDY GOALS... 5 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROCESS... 5 Plan Information Network (PIN)... 6 Project Brochure... 6 Newsletter... 7 Media Briefings and News Releases... 7 Web Site... 7 Workshops... 7 Mall Workshop (Visual Preference Survey)... 8 Traveling Project Display... 8 Formal Presentations... 9 Real Estate Roundtable... 9 Public Involvement Summary CHAPTER 2: VACANT AND REDEVELOPABLE LAND INVENTORY...1 DATA DEVELOPMENT AND REVIEW... 1 VACANT LAND INVENTORY... 2 Land Use Data... 2 Vacant Land...3 Environmental Constraints... 3 Future Land Use... 4 ASSESS LAND AVAILABILITY... 4 Developable Vacant Land... 6 Development Potential... 6 Redevelopment Potential... 9 Redevelopment Criteria... 9 Redevelopable Land DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL SUMMARY US 1 Market Analysis Page i

4 CHAPTER 3: ALTERNATIVES IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION...1 ALTERNATIVES DESCRIPTION... 1 COMMUNITY ELEMENTS MODEL... 3 LAND USE COMPONENT... 7 LAND USE COMPONENT... 8 Accounting for Walking/Bicycling Trips... 8 TRANSPORTATION COMPONENT Strategy Screening Process Identification of Candidate Transportation Projects EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVES Evaluation Results Cost Comparison Flyovers on US CONCLUSION CHAPTER 4: IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND MONITORING PROGRAM...1 COMMUNITY CENTERS VISION STATEMENT... 1 IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK... 2 Implementation Steps... 4 Land Use Policies... 6 US 1 Multi-modal Corridor... 7 Transportation Projects Recommendations... 9 Activity Centers Monitoring Program SUMMARY AND NEXT STEPS APPENDIX A: PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT APPENDIX B: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ASSESSMENT APPENDIX C: US 1 MARKET ANALYSIS APPENDIX D: TRANSPORTATION STRATEGY SCREEN Page ii

5 LIST OF TABLES Chapter Two Table 2.1 Vacant Acreage Summary for Martin and St. Lucie Counties Table 2.2 Suburban Estimate of Vacant Land Carrying Capacity Table 2.3 Enhanced Estimate of Vacant Land Carrying Capacity Table 2.4 Redevelopment Potential Framework Chapter Three Table 3.1 Existing & Enhanced Community Elements Table 3.2 Community Elements Model Calibration Results Table 3.3 US I Alternative Summary Statistics Table 3.4 Community Centers Alternatives Summary Statistics Table 3.5 Trip Generation Adjustment for Walking/Bicycle Trips Table 3.6 Total Trip Productions and Attractions Table 3.7 Alternatives Evaluation Matrix Table 3.8 Community Centers Alternative Transportation Projects Table 3.9 Community Centers Vision Transportation Costs Table Long Range Transportation Plans Costs Table 3.11 Transportation Costs Comparison Chapter Four Table 4.1 Comparison of Potential Implementation Measures Page iii

6 LIST OF FIGURES Chapter One Figure 1.1 Study Area Map Chapter Two Figure 2.1 Vacant Land by Future Land Use Classification Figure 2.2 Developmental Potential Figure 2.3 US 1 Market Analysis Study Area Chapter Three Figure 3.1 US 1 Alternative Map Figure 3.2 Community Centers Development Alternative Map Figure 3.3 Existing and Enhanced Community Elements Figure 3.4 Alternatives Comparison Figure 3.5 Community Centers Transportation Map Figure 3.6 US 1 Interchange Traffic Analysis Figure 3.7 US 1 Critical Movement Analysis Chapter Four Figure 4.1 Brevard MPO Transportation Monitoring Process Page iv