Planning & Development Services Department Interim Director: Scott Clark

Principal Planner: Elisa Hamblin

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Planning &

Development Services

Mayor and Council Study Session April 9, 2019

Today Review previous direction from Mayor and Council

Present Draft Project List

Overview feedback from Mayor and Council

Recommendations and next steps

SERVICE AREA APPROACH

DRAFT PROJECT LIST

Process and timeline

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Planning &

Development Services

Study Session – February 20, 2019

Process updates

Single service area

Project list

Return with draft list to better enable discussion on single service area and next steps

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Mayor and Council direction

Planning &

Development Services

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Service Area Considerations

Planning &

Development Services

One Citywide Service Area

Can create system-wide benefit

Easier to implement and administer

Can tie directly to the City’s capital improvement program each year

Multiple Service Areas

Keep current configuration of 5 areas

Consolidate to fewer areas

Set aside a portion to go to Citywide projects

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Draft Project List Review

Planning &

Development Services

Direction to relevant City Department:

Eligible for impact fee funds and needed due to growth

Distributed through the whole City, with concentration in growth areas

Designed to benefit the immediate area as well as contribute to a citywide system

List also includes other funding sources

All projects assigned preliminary ranking

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Projected Revenue

Planning &

Development Services

Fire, $6,626,000,

5%

Parks, $28,476,000,

22%

Police, $9,823,000,

8%

Streets, $83,902,000,

65%

Projected Revenue 2020-2030

Based on:

Current level of service for each resident of the City

Projected growth

Additional services needed

Cost distributed to new development

Total: $128,827,000

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All Projects 2020-2025

Planning &

Development Services

Project Est. Year of

Construction

36th St (Park to Kino) 2019

MLK Jr Way 2019

Park and Tucson Marketplace 2019-2020

The Bridges Park 2019-2022

SE Police Substation 2019-2022

MLK Jr Way and 36th St 2020

Barrio Nopal Park 2020

Westside playground 2020

Kino and Tucson Marketplace 2020-2021

22nd St (I-10 to Tucson Bl) 2020 & 2026

MLK Jr Way & Tucson Marketplace 2021

Grant Rd Corridor 2021 & 2026

Houghton (Mary Ann Cleveland to

Golf Links)

2021 & 2022

Project Est. Year of

Construction

1st Av (Grant to River) 2022

NW Fire Station #24 2022

Valencia (Kolb to Houghton) 2023

JFK Park 2022-2023

Juhan Park 2022-2023

Christopher Columbus Park 2022-2023

New SE Park 2023-2025

Ironhorse Park 2023-2025

Juaquin Murrieta Park 2023-2024

El Pueblo Park 2024-2025

Rio Vista Natural Resource Park 2024-2025

Reid Park 2024-2025

Silverbell (Goret to Camino del

Cerro)

2025

Challenge:

Impact fees can only solve part of the infrastructure

problem. Revenue of impact fees is limited to projects necessitated by growth.

Solutions:

•Single-service area allows for pooling of resources to fund major projects

•Annual capital improvement program that integrates decisions on impact fee projects and other infrastructure needs

Challenge:

Service areas cannot legally be aligned with Ward boundaries (a political

boundary)

Solutions:

•Keep service areas as is to manage smaller funds in a smaller area

•Consolidate service areas into fewer areas

•Annual capital improvement program should equitably distribute projects throughout the City

Challenge:

The City is constrained by what is on the adopted

project list, per State statute.

CONCERN 1:

There is an existing infrastructure deficit throughout the City

CONCERN 2:

Money collected in one area shouldn’t be

spent elsewhere

CONCERN 3:

Money isn’t being used for the right projects

Solutions:

•Strong project list that addresses anticipated needs and builds in flexibility where needed

•Annual capital improvement program that identifies all City infrastructure projects and prioritizes them

Council Feedback

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Project Specific Feedback

Planning &

Development Services

Streets Projects

12th Av (44th to Drexel), would like higher in priorities due to planning previously done

Drexel Bridge, are there PAG funds available?

Hemisphere Loop and Valencia, should be a project

Houghton (South of I-10), this is mostly a Pima County Rd. and shouldn’t be on the list [Has been removed from Project List]

Irvington and I-19, should be a project

Starr Pass, would like higher in priorities

Police Projects

SE Substation, location discussion frustrating, should be near Rita Ranch

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Project Specific Feedback

Planning &

Development Services

Parks Projects

Airport Wash Greenway, conflicting direction, move higher on list or don’t include at all

Kennedy Park, should not be on the list

Mission Manor Park, has more needs, should be included on list

Purple Heart Park, would like to see more general description for flexibility

SE Park new, is this Robert Price Park?

Splash Pads, would like to see more in Ward 5

Udall Park, would like to see money spent on other smaller parks in the area (Ft Lowell and Palo Verde) instead

Westside playground, may be lower priority and may not need to be included on list

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Public Review Process

Planning &

Development Services

Publish draft LUA and IIPs (Mid-April)

Public surveys

Targeted meetings

Study session with Mayor and Council (May 21)

Public hearing #1 (Jun 18)

Adoption by Council (Aug 6)

Fee reports and fee schedule reviewed after LUA and IIPs are adopted

Sep ‘18 – Mar ‘19

Draft Land Use Assumptions and

Infrastructure Improvement Plans

Apr ‘19 – Jul ‘19

Public Review

Aug ‘19

Mayor and Council Adoption

Apr ‘19 – Jul 19’

Draft Development Impact Fee Reports and Ordinance

Aug ‘19 – Oct ’19

Public Review

Nov ‘19

Mayor and Council Adoption

Jan ‘20

Collection of New Fees

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Update Process

Planning &

Development Services

State-Mandated 5-year Update

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Today’s Requested Direction

Planning &

Development Services

Service Area Consideration

Single-service area

Keep current configuration of 5 areas

Consolidate to fewer areas

Set aside a portion to go to Citywide projects

Draft Project List

Change (add or remove) projects

Change priority of projects