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CITY OF RICHMOND MEDIA BRIEFING SERIES
April 23, 2015
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS • 450,000+ total spectators over the nine days • 300 million global television viewers • 400 hours of live television • 6,000 accredited representaAves • 1,000 athletes from 70 countries • 500 journalists • Media outlets from more than 35 countries
EVENT IMPACT • Significant economic impact for the enAre Richmond region • Staging the event expected to generate cumulaAve $21.3 million • Visitor spending expected to bring $129.2 million to region • $3.8 million esAmated regional tax revenue for local governments • $5.0 million esAmated state tax revenue • $158.1 million esAmated economic impact for Virginia
CITY PREPARATIONS – AN OVERVIEW • Public Safety and Emergency Management • Streets and Road PreparaAons • Wayfinding • BeauAficaAon • Sustainability • Tourism and Economic Development • Permits and Licensing • City Customer Service
PUBLIC SAFETY and EMERGENCY MGMT • Unified Planning OperaAon underway for two+ years • Local, State and Federal partners • Police overAme budget = $1,084,000 • Emergency CommunicaAons overAme budget = $50,000 • Fire and Emergency Services overAme budget = $100,000 • Richmond Ambulance Authority overAme budget = $185,000 • Incident AcAon Plan to be completed in May
PUBLIC SAFETY (con%nued) • CriAcal Infrastructure MeeAngs ongoing quarterly • Group includes:
-‐ uAliAes -‐airport -‐ banks -‐railroads -‐ courts -‐Retail Merchants AssociaAon -‐ hotels -‐Chamber of Commerce
STREETS AND ROADS PREPARATION • Monthly Public Works and Infrastructure meeAngs since 2012 • Address street surface, walkability, streetscape and public right of
way issues • 24 lane miles of paving completed along race route ($1.6 million) • 13 addiAonal race route lane miles to be completed prior to the
race ($1 million budgeted) • Benefit of course overlap with areas targeted for ongoing paving • Target compleAon of paving race route – August 30
STREETS AND ROADS (conAnued) • VDOT interstate gateway landscaping of
interchanges (I-‐95/I-‐64 at Broad Street, Nine Mile Road, 3rd/5th/7th, and Boulevard) in conjuncAon with the City
• Total cost = $2.6 million (Fed + City) City’s share = $580,000
• Richmond gateway sign to be installed by VDOT at the I-‐95 North/I-‐64 East /7th Street Bridge exit area
STREETS AND ROADS (conAnued) • 23rd Street Hill Cobblestone RestoraBon
Project has begun. • Another example of leveraging the event to
make progress on long sought improvements
• Franklin Street cobbles also to be restored and street converted from one-‐way to two-‐way
• AddiAonal future work include 14th Street (west), Main Street (north), 21st Street (east) and Dock Street (south)
• Total budgeted cost = $1.25 million
STREETS AND ROADS (conAnued) (ini%a%ve to improve bikeability, not specifically for UCI) • Six miles of bike lanes installed ($400K) • 14.5 addiAonal lane miles of bike lanes including the Floyd Avenue
bike boulevard ($1,427K) by the World Championships • VA Capital Trail and Cannon Creek Greenway (total of 2.57 miles)
constructed by September • Bike Racks installed to coincide with race route and throughout City
areas with high volume bike traffic • Workforce Development welding program uAlized for some
producAon • 268 bike racks installed (150 addiAonal racks projected by
September)
STREETS AND ROADS (conAnued) • 7.5 miles of sidewalks repaired and upgraded for ADA • More than 630 street signs on the route and Downtown
restored and replaced (target of 950 by race Ame) • 83 intersecAons on the route and Downtown area marked
with crosswalks
WAYFINDING • Contractor (Color Ad) on
board for sign installaAons • 99 Wayfinding signs to be
installed for overall wayfinding project
• 60% percent to be completed by race
BEAUTIFICATION • 147 trees planted to date along main UCI race route • 29 empty tree wells to be planted by Urban Forestry by mid-‐May • 3rd and 5th Streets gateways to receive planters
(In partnership with Venture Richmond and Maymont FoundaAon)
• East Broad Street gateway (College Street to North 16th Street) • Low Line Park (Dock Street) – In Partnership with Capital Trees • Parks and tree projects undertaken at Libby Hill by Tree Stewards
BEAUTIFICATION (con%nued) • Gateway projects begins on 3rd
Street April 28
BEAUTIFICATION (con%nued)
SUSTAINABILITY • City sustainability plan resulted in first eco label for event • Highlights include:
-‐ Water bokle filling staAons -‐ Recycling efforts -‐ ComposAng efforts -‐ EducaAonal enhancement -‐ Volunteer involvement
TOURISM – LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE • The Richmond Local Organizing Commikee (LOC) is working
to enhance the visitor experience and encourage resident parAcipaAon
• Working with Richmond Region Tourism to train ambassadors • Encourage and spearhead beauAficaAon throughout race
routes • Partner with local groups to offer new retail opportuniAes
near finish line
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PERMITS AND LICENSING • Specific work restricAons on streets ensue Sept. 19-‐27 • Established dates for compleAon of construcAon acAviAes
within race course and surrounding area • Right-‐of-‐Way ordinances and regulaAons must be adhered to • Vendor licensing handled by Richmond 2015
CITY CUSTOMER SERVICE CALLS • DPU Customer Service
-‐ DPU Customer Contact at Southside Plaza -‐ Strategic deployment of emergency gas and water leak first
responders -‐ Dispersing DPU-‐311 Call Center Resources to remote site
for ConAnuity of OperaAon Plan (COOP) resiliency
FUTURE BRIEFING TOPICS TransportaBon and OperaBons Plan • Projected compleAon date – late June • Will address:
⁻ Impact on City services ⁻ Employee Parking ⁻ ResidenAal Parking ⁻ Street Conversions ⁻ Bus Routes
FUTURE BRIEFING TOPICS Entertainment/InternaAonal Exposure OpportuniAes • Official Fan Zones are Finish Line (Broad Street), Monroe Park
and Libby Hill – R2015 will be programming • Extended target opportunity areas include:
-‐Monument Avenue -‐Main Street StaAon -‐Lee Bridge
FUTURE BRIEFING TOPICS Stakeholder Schedules and Closings • Stakeholders currently developing plans to respond to course
impacts include: -‐ Richmond Public Schools -‐ State -‐ Courts -‐ Downtown merchants -‐ Churches
QUESTIONS?