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White Flint Sector Plan: Documents

The document summarizes the report and recommendations from the White Flint Sector Plan Advisory Board Sub-Committee regarding the draft White Flint Sector Plan. The sub-committee fully endorses the plan presented by Barnaby Zall and discusses 10 key concerns with the staff draft, including priorities to redesign Rockville Pike as a boulevard, improve transit with a bus rapid transit system, address traffic issues, locate a new elementary school, and increase parks and neighborhood compatibility.

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White Flint Sector Plan: Documents

The document summarizes the report and recommendations from the White Flint Sector Plan Advisory Board Sub-Committee regarding the draft White Flint Sector Plan. The sub-committee fully endorses the plan presented by Barnaby Zall and discusses 10 key concerns with the staff draft, including priorities to redesign Rockville Pike as a boulevard, improve transit with a bus rapid transit system, address traffic issues, locate a new elementary school, and increase parks and neighborhood compatibility.

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White Flint Sector Plan


Advisory Board – Sub-committee Report Out: 10/02/08
Suzanne Hudson
Evan Goldman
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Joint Citizen Land Owner Advisory Board Sub-Committee

Sub-Committee of White Flint Advisory Board Sector Plan Members:


• Paula Bienenfeld: Luxmanor Civic Association: President
• Chris Weber: FRIT
• Evan Goldman: FRIT (Formerly with Holladay Corp)
• Natalie Goldberg: Garrett Park Estates – White Flint Park Cit. Assoc.
• Perry Berman: Representing Fitzgerald Auto
• Suzanne Hudson: Garrett Park Estates – White Flint Park Cit. Assoc.
• Greg Trimmer: JBG
• Ken Hurdle: Luxmanor Citizens Association

• Fully Endorse the White Flint Sector Plan Report Filed by Barnaby Zall
• After 2 Years of Work ONLY 2 Weeks to Form Collective Response
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Advisory Board GOAL for White Flint Sector Plan (WFSP)

• Advisory Board Goal Has Been Consistent Through the Years


• Desire to create a “SENSE OF PLACE”
• We want to see a “THERE” in White Flint
• Exact Definition Evolves Over Time
• Something which defines the community and generates a common
understanding of what is to be found “THERE”
• “Urban Life” with an emphasis on LIFE
• “Urban Village”
• Finally: “Destination”
• From September 23, 2008 Meeting:
• “An Innovative, Spectacular, Inviting, Green, Transit-Oriented Urban
Destination.”
• Debate continues about the term urban and how urban!
* Excerpted from report presented by Barnaby Zall
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The VISION!
• Green, Walk-able, Fun and Friendly Place to Live, Work and Play
• A pedestrian-oriented community of mixed use development
• Taller buildings and higher densities near Metro tapering to lower densities at
the borders with surrounding neighborhoods
• More housing in sector
• Encourage different income and lifestyle levels of housing in the sector
• More local streets that invite and protect pedestrians with sidewalks, trees,
street level retail, and facilities for bicycles
• Efficient, frequent and diverse modes of transit
• The Pike becoming a tree-lined boulevard to calm, yet move, traffic
• New buildings constructed to green standards
• New open spaces and parks connecting people
• Extensive opportunities for arts, culture, dining, entertainment, & recreation
• A variety of non-residential uses, including varied retail & auto showroom

* Excerpted from report presented by Barnaby Zall


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10 Key Concerns With Staff Draft of Sector Plan

1. Rockville Pike
2. Transit
3. Traffic
4. Schools
5. Parks
6. Neighborhood Compatibility
7. Density
8. District & Phasing
9. Design Guidelines
10.Sustainability and the Environment
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#1: Rockville Pike: Existing Conditions in White Flint
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#1: Rockville Pike
• #1 Priority: CHANGE ROCKVILLE PIKE INTO A BOULEVARD!
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#1: Rockville Pike
• Vital CENTER of the New White Flint Sector Plan Area

• Add Network

• Untangle the
Confluences

• Build to the Street

• Contextual Design
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#1: Rockville Pike
• Great streets are celebrated places that accommodate pedestrians, transit, and
cars. The pedestrian environment includes wide sidewalks with opportunities for
street furniture such as bike racks, benches and tree plantings. These elements
encourage shops and cafes to pen on to the street, creating a place that is
walkable, vibrant and full of activity.
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#1: Rockville Pike
• Need to See Proposed Designs: Sections and Plans

• Can Not Support Something We Have Not Seen

• Rockville Pike Construction Phasing


• Some members prefer completion in first phase
• Some members prefer completion by second phase
• Unanimous agreement that IT NOT BE COMPLETED LAST!

• Sub-committee with Citizens, Staff, SHA, DOT, Land Owners


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#2: Transit
• Do Not Want to Share a Off-Peak Parking Lane with a Bus Lane
• Need Separate and Exclusive Bus Lane and On-Street Parking
• Support Bus Circulator for North-South and East-West Demand
• Bus Circulator to Provide Access to Core for Residents of Contiguous
Neighborhoods
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#2: Transit
• Rockville Pike Must be Designed to Incorporate BRT or Light Rail in Near
Future
• Explore East-West BRT
• Grosvenor Metro Turnaround Terminated Immediately!
• Support Staff Conclusion for a Second Metro Entry, Bicycle & Pedestrian
Emphasis, and a MARC Station in Sector Area.
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#3: Traffic
• Advisory Group has not been given the traffic model so there is no
reasonable way for us to support the conclusions that staff has drawn.

• Details of this model must be shared.

• Advisory Group will support certain levels of density necessary for


development but only in conjunction with the infrastructure necessary to
protect against congestion.

• Note: Increasing congestion and modifying traffic analysis standards is


an area where there is disagreement within the Advisory Board.
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#4: Schools
• There is NO support for either site recommended by staff for an
elementary school location.

• Various advisory board members recommend looking at the following:


• Within the sector plan area at the WMATA bus garage
• Within the Walter Johnson Cluster at all other public school
properties
• Rockinghorse Elementary School.
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#5: Parks
• Support Staff’s Recommendations for Numerous Parks Spread
Throughout the Sector Plan Area
• Support Staff’s Recommendation for a Greenway Connecting the Various
Parks
• Support Concept of a Central Public Green
• The Community Should Play an Integral Role in the Design and
Programming of Wall Park
• Sub Committee should be formed specifically for this purpose
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#6: Neighborhood Compatibility
• Create a Neighborhood Compatibility Section in the Sector Plan
• Section Should Address Following Issues:
• Traffic buffers and deflection of cut through traffic
• Convenient and safe pedestrian, bicycle access to metro and
throughout district
• Convenient circulator bus access from the edge of residential
neighborhoods to the Metro and throughout the Sector Plan area.
• Height of buildings within a certain distance of residential
neighborhoods.
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#6: Neighborhood Compatibility

OLD GTOWN VILLAGE


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#7: Density
• Generally support staffs recommendation to place the highest density
around the Metro Station.

• Need to see a trade-off model


• Link between the cost of public benefits and the density needed to
fund these various infrastructure improvements and extractions.
• Once we understand of the level of density that is necessary to
achieve the end result that the community wants, we will comment.

• Density calculations should include an estimate for the various bonuses


offered including MPDU, WFH, Potential Green Building, etc…
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#8: District & Phasing
• Need Economic Analysis Using Realistic Phasing of Development
• Need to Demonstrate How the Proposed Development Funds the
Various Necessary District Wide Improvements
• Need to Review Model to Determine Advisory Board Support.
• Support a development district concept.
• Note: In order to create a district we need 80% of land owners to
submit to taxing themselves as part of a taxing district. (Per current
Montgomery County legislation)

• If the district can not be formed, the development community cannot


finance the improvements
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#9: Design Guidelines
• Need to see Design Guidelines and Respond to Them Before We Can
Support the Sector Plan
• General Concern About Some Ideas we Have Seen to Date
• 8,000 SF tower floor plates
• Building materials
• Required active building fronts

• 20% permeability
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#10: Sustainability & The Environment
• Want a Section of Sector Plan to Specifically Deal with Sustainability and
the Environment

• Consider Providing Density Bonus to Developers Who Go Beyond the


Basic LEED Approval Process and Pursue Silver, Gold or Platinum Level
of Certification

• Count Green Roofs Towards Permeability but Not Open Space Unless it
is at Ground Level (i.e. covering a below grade garage)
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SUMMARY
• This is a Joint Effort of Citizens and Land Owners

• We want Plan to go to Public Hearing ASAP, BUT Plan Should Reflect


Advisory Board Concerns
• GOAL: We would like to support the Plan in public testimony rather
than oppose it!

• We Have Confidence that the Planning Board Understands the Serious


Nature of the Issues we Have Raised and Will Make Every Effort to
Address Them

• We Recommend that an Advisory Board Steering Committee be Created


to Continue Working with the Planning Board and Staff

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