Phase 2 Engagement Summary

Phase 2 Engagement Summary PRESENTATION TITLE

Phase 2 Engagement Activities • Joint Workshop Session#1—January 18, 2024 • Advisory Committee Meeting #2 —January 25, 2024 • Options for the Future Public Workshop—February 29, 2024

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Joint Workshop Session Meeting #1 January 18, 2024

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Joint Workshop Highlights • Presentation gave a project update, including a recap of 1 engagement results and draft planning themes • The Priority Decision Tree Group Activity

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Decision Tree Activity For this activity, members of the planning and city commission, in small groups, ranked the planning themes from highest priority to next highest priority on a priority tree.

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7.00

9 Average Rank Times in the Top 3

8 7

5.00

Average Ranking Score

Overall, Quality Growth and Development ranked highest, and Coordinated Transportation System ranked the lowest.

6.00

6 4.00

5

3.00

4 3

2.00 2 1.00

1 0

0.00 Quality Growth Strong and Neighborhoods Development

Prosperous Economy

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Vibrant Downtown

Coordinated Transportation System

Sustainable Natural Environment

First Class Infrastructure

Times in the Top 3

Results

The graph shows the average priority ranking of each of the planning principles and the number of times the priority ranked is the top three.

Advisory Committee Meeting #2 January 25, 2024

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Advisory Committee Meeting Highlights • Presentation gave a project update, including a recap of 1 engagement results and draft planning themes • The Priority Decision Tree Group Activity • The Mapping Activity

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Priority Tree Activity For this activity, members of the advisory committee, in small groups, ranked the planning themes from highest priority to next highest priority on a priority tree.

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Results % of Times Ranked #1

% of Times In the Top 5

50%

75%

The scale below shows the average priority ranking of each of the planning principles. On the left, the percentage of times a priority was ranked first by a group is shown, and the percentage of times the priority ranked is the top five.

Average Ranking

1

2

3

4

QUALITY GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

1.33

25%

75%

PROSPEROUS ECONOMY 2.33

0%

VIBRANT DOWNTOWN

25% 3.00

0%

25% 3.00

0%

25% 2.00

0%

25% 2.00

25%

50% 1.50

STRONG NEIGHBORHOODS COORDINATED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM SUSTAINABLE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FIRST CLASS INFRASTRUCTURE

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Mapping Activity Do you wish you could have allocated more or less of a particular type of growth?

• More mixed-use Which of the following influenced where you placed your dots?

• Similar land uses • Existing corridors • School capacity or performance PHASE 2 ENGAGEMENT SUMMARY

Options for the Future Community Workshop #2 February 29, 2024

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Where Do You Live? Work? Recreate?

Participants placed dots on a map to represent where they LIVE, where they WORK, and where they RECREATE.

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Where Do You Live?

Attendees lived in areas scattered throughout the study area, and some attendees live outside of the study area.

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Where Do You Work?

A large number of attendees work in and around downtown. A few work along the I-26 corridor.

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Where Do You Recreate?

Many of the attendees identified areas around downtown for recreation, some identified Buffalo Mountain, and others picked areas such as the ETSU Trail System or Winged Deer Park.

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What We Heard Attendees were able to view a series of boards to learn about key takeaways from the first round of community engagement.

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What We Heard Four boards summarizing events from the first round of engagement • Advisory Committee • Online Engagement • Public Workshop #1

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Draft Guiding Statement Reveal For this activity, attendees had a chance to weigh in on the Horizon 2045 Growth Management Plan guiding statement.

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Draft Guiding Statement Reveal I'm happy to see the focus on downtown, outdoor recreation, and responsible growth. I would like to see a focus on equity in housing, transportation, and other future development.

Preserve history + culture while growing to share with others.

Prioritize the existing citizens + businesses while making room for others to join our great city.

Protect the generational farms with drive and feed our community. Build more generational sustainability by doing this.

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FINAL Guiding Statement Based in part on feedback from the public, the Advisory Committee, and the Planning Commission, the Guiding Statement was ultimately amended to read as follows.

By 2045, Johnson City will continue to be a regional leader in Northeast Tennessee by being a vibrant, welcoming, and connected community. We celebrate the people, places, and traditions that make our community unique and memorable by supporting strong neighborhoods, maintaining an attractive and dynamic downtown, providing premier public services and amenities, and investing in the local economy. The Horizon 2045: Johnson City Growth Management Plan helps our community to grow in a way that is collaborative and desirable for all.

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Planning Theme Priorities For this activity, attendees ranked a series of eight planning principles on a worksheet.

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Results % of Times Ranked #1

% of Times In the Top 5

19%

65%

The scale below shows the average priority ranking of each of the planning principles. On the left, the percentage of times a priority was ranked first by a group is shown, and the percentage of times the priority ranked is the top five.

Average Ranking

1

2

3

4

5

6

8

QUALITY GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

4.30

13%

7

69%

PROSPEROUS ECONOMY 4.17

13%

VIBRANT DOWNTOWN

50% 4.85

17%

85%

STRONG NEIGHBORHOODS

3.23

10%

46% 5.41

17%

71% 4.11

13%

52% 4.58

13%

56% 4.70

COORDINATED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM SUSTAINABLE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND UTILITIES FIRST-CLASS EDUCATION SYSTEM

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Based on feedback from the Advisory Committee, First Class Education was added as a planning principle.

Representative street segments were selected based on how well they captured the “typical” design and functionality of the various types of roadways in Johnson City. On the following slides, visuals of each segment are provided. On slide 34, the results of this activity are summarized.

Representative Street Segments Attendees viewed existing conditions boards for eight representative street segments. On worksheets, they selected their top three concerns for each segment, out of safety, congestion, appearance, walk, bike, and transit.

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W State of Franklin

S Greenwood Drive to S Roan Street

Top Three Community Concerns

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1

BIKE

2

SAFETY

3

CONGESTION

W Market Street

Novus Drive to John Exum Parkway

Top Three Community Concerns

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1

SAFETY

2

TRANSIT

3

BIKE

Bristol Highway

Allison Road to Carroll Creek Road

Top Three Community Concerns

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1

TRANSIT

2

SAFETY

3

BIKE

Suncrest Drive

Hugh Cox Road to I-26

Top Three Community Concerns

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1

TRANSIT

2

BIKE

3

SAFETY

S Roan Street

E Market Street to Lafe Cox Drive

Top Three Community Concerns

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1

WALK

2

BIKE

3

TRANSIT

Cherokee Road

Southwest Avenue to University Parkway

Top Three Community Concerns

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1

BIKE

2

TRANSIT

3

WALK

W Walnut Street

Carter Sells Road to N State of Franklin

Top Three Community Concerns

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1

CONGESTION

2

APPEARANCE

3

BIKE

E Unaka Avenue/W Watauga

Oak Street to N Broadway Street

Top Three Community Concerns

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1

BIKE

2

APPEARANCE

3

SAFETY

Representative Street Segments W State of Franklin Rank

W Market Street

Bristol Highway

Rank

Suncrest Drive Rank

Rank

W Walnut Street

Cherokee Road

S Roan Street

Rank

Rank

E Unaka Avenue/ W Watauga Rank

1

BIKE

1

SAFETY

1

TRANSIT

1

TRANSIT

1

WALK

1

BIKE

1

CONGESTION

1

BIKE

2

SAFETY

2

TRANSIT

2

SAFETY

2

BIKE

2

BIKE

2

TRANSIT

2

APPEARANCE

2

APPEARANCE

3

CONGESTION

3

BIKE

3

BIKE

3

SAFETY

3

TRANSIT

3

WALK

3

No Data BIKE Available

3

SAFETY

4

WALK

4

APPEARANCE

4

WALK

4

APPEARANCE

4

APPEARANCE

4

CONGESTION

4

WALK

4

TRANSIT

5

TRANSIT

5

WALK

5

APPEARANCE

5

WALK

5

SAFETY

5

SAFETY

5

SAFETY

5

WALK

6

APPEARANCE

6

CONGESTION

6

CONGESTION

6

CONGESTION

6

CONGESTION

6

APPEARANCE

6

TRANSIT

6

CONGESTION

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Thinking about growth as occurring in centers of activity helps to envision where in the city growth is most suitable. Three activity centers were studied—regional, employment, and neighborhood activity centers.

Defining Activity Centers Attendees reviewed descriptions on a board of three different activity centers. After reviewing, participants indicated how much of each activity center scale they would like to see in and indicated on a map where in the study area that scale is preferred.

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Regional Activity Center Characteristics • Larger in scale and uses more land • Would be the most intensely developed places outside of Downtown Johnson City • Needs to be located near major transportation corridors with access to utilities • Focuses around non-residential anchors (e.g., retail, employment, hospitality, institutional) with higher density residential as a complimentary use • Provides transitions between more intense development and residential neighborhoods or other low intensity uses • Often includes different types of parking, such as surface lots and parking decks

Examples • The Mall at Johnson City, TN • The Pinnacle, Bristol, TN • Biltmore Park Town Square, Asheville, NC

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Regional Activity Center Results How much Regional Activity Center development would you like to see?

A little

A lot

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Employment Activity Center Characteristics • Develops on large sites, often in a campus-like setting • Uses employment-generating anchors as the primary focus • Integrates additional service, lodging, and civic uses in support of the anchors • Includes buildings of various scales to serve specific purposes (e.g., office, retail/dining, lodging) • Needs transportation accessibility across vehicular, transit, and bike/pedestrian • Requires infrastructure capacity to support non-residential uses • Parking types vary depending on the setting

Examples • Johnson City Medical Center, TN • Forks on the River Industrial Park, Knoxville, TN • Enka Commerce Park, Asheville, NC

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Employment Activity Center Results How much Employment Activity Center development would you like to see?

A little

A lot

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Neighborhood Activity Center Characteristics • Is smaller in scale compared to other activity centers and may develop organically over time • Includes anchor uses that address daily needs (grocery stores, pharmacies, etc.)

• Considers surrounding land uses when determining development intensity and scale • Mixes uses in some cases but often are singular buildings • Emphasizes connections to surrounding residential areas • Benefits from transportation options safely accommodate short trips from bicyclists, pedestrians, and motor vehicles

Examples • Food City Development on North State of Franklin, Johnson City, TN • Bobby Hicks Highway/Old Gray Station Road, Gray, TN

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Neighborhood Activity Center Results How much Neighborhood Activity Center development would you like to see?

A little

A lot

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How growth ultimately occurs can be guided through a process like the Horizon 2045 Growth Management Plan. It’s important the community has a chance to weigh in on options for how growth can occur, so Horizon 2045 can make recommendations that align with the public’s vision. For this activity, three growth options were proposed—growth centered in the core, growth along corridors, and growth focused in activity centers.

Growth Options Participants were asked to review three different growth options and provide feedback on what they liked and what they would change about each. Participants were asked to vote on which option they preferred.

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Preferred Growth Options Participants voted on which growth option they preferred by placing dots on the growth option they preferred. A total of 53 dots were placed. Of the three options, the Core growth option was preferred by most in-person participants. More details are provided in the following slides.

34% Core

49%

Corridors Activity Centers

17%

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Growth Option A | CORE Directs the majority of growth to areas of Johnson City that are already urbanized, most notably the downtown and immediate surrounding areas.

WHAT I LIKE

WHAT I’D CHANGE

Historic foundation buildings & streets

Not enough reliable transit

Walkability, small businesses, green space, lighting Availability of housing near destinations

Fast-track process for infill development Greater shopping and entertainment options

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This option was preferred by most participants!

Growth Option B | CORRIDORS Directs growth along Johnson City’s major roadway corridors that have the ability to move people and goods, today and in the future.

WHAT I LIKE

WHAT I’D CHANGE

Preservation of agricultural land

Rezone areas around corridors to allow denser development

Develops corridors for more affordable housing options Corridors connect distinct places

Fast-track process for infill development More sidewalks, bike paths/lanes & lighting

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Growth Option C | ACTIVITY CENTERS Directs growth throughout Johnson City, with new development focused in multiple activity centers that offer a variety of scales and land uses.

WHAT I LIKE

WHAT I’D CHANGE

Allows growth in areas where clusters already exist

Balance with attention to downtown

Encourages neighborhoodlevel vitalization

Keep population dense and small centers walkable

Small town feel in a big city

More pedestrian paths and greenways

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