oakland-2025-recommendations-part-one

Oakland 2025 Plan draft May 10, 2012

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Oakland 2025: Who Particpated?

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200+ People at four forums 120 People in 11 dialogue groups 55 Sessions throughout Oakland’s neighborhood 4 ‘Walkshops’ 4 Neighborhood meetings 1 Weeklong workshop & pop-up storefront 6 Stakeholder committee meetings 15 Development, government & institutional consultations 2

Oakland 2025: What did we hear?

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Better Transit Access and Neighborhood Connectivity Increased Multigenerational Housing Options Safer, Greener “Complete” Streets Reduced emphasis on autos & parking Access to parks & trails Revitalized neighborhood business districts

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Oakland 2025: Built on a strong foundation....

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Oakland 2025: Overarching Vision

Vibrant, diverse residential neighborhoods and high quality multimodal transportation systems are key to Oakland’s role as the innovation hub of the region.

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Oakland 2025: Goals

• More employees living in the neighborhood • Unique, diverse neighborhoods & Businesses • A sustainable mix of residential living options • State of the art transportation systems • Model ‘complete streets’ (Safe, Clean, Green) • Access to parks, open space & trails

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Key Fact: Approximately 30,000 of those employed in Oakland in 2010 lived outside of Pittsburgh!

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Just under 42,000 persons were employed in Oakland in 2010 Just over 1,100 of these persons (2.6 percent) lived in Oakland in 2010

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More than 97 percent of persons working in Oakland in 2010, lived outside of Oakland Many persons working in Oakland commute as far as 30 miles away.

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WHO WILL OAKLAND BE IN 2025?

For Oakland to thrive as a healthy neighborhood and innovation hub, it must accommodate a growing diversity of households 2025 Vision Plan

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WHO WILL OAKLAND BE IN 2025?

Nearly six in ten Oakland Residents are 18 to 24 years of age

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OAKLAND 2025 GOAL: Raise the Median Age of Oakland Residents to 30 Median Resident Age Median Student Age

The rise in the median age will serve as a good indicator as to whether Oakland has succeeded in increasing the number of workers who also live in Oakland.

A key goal is to increase the number of young family and empty nester households living within Oakland by 2025.

Increase of ďŹ ve years over today’s median age will be needed to revitalize the neighborhoods

Oakland 2025 Goal: Increase Worker-Residents • Increasing persons who work and live in Oakland to 10 percent by 2025 results in:

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• 3,100 more persons living and working in Oakland.

• 1,500 more housing units • Many of these new households could represent young families, professionals and workers who commute from the suburbs at great cost

Oakland 2025: Organizational Themes

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Housing Transportation Business & Development Open Space & Art Community Building

Oakland 2025: Housing Goal:

Oakland provides innovative, sustainable housing choices for diverse new generations of residents who choose to live where they work.

Do this through rehab, conservation & innovative new housing choices and ďŹ nancing incentives.

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Housing Strategies

•Diversify and stabilize Oakland’s housing •Address student rentals •Create new green infill •Affordable workforce housing •Professional live/work •Rehabilitate and preserve best existing •Employer assistance programs •Rehabilitation design and funding assistance •Retirement living options (CCRC)

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EXISTING HOUSING STOCK

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Oakland 2025 Goal: Develop New Housing Markets

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Encourage Green Preservation & Restoration

Employer assisted housing program - Joint program of multiple Oakland employers Home purchase assistance, could include rental assistance Oakland boundary and eligibility requirements to be determined with employers and community members Many successful models throughout the country Potential demonstration areas: Parkview, Dithridge

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Oakland 2025 Goal: Multigenerational Opportunities

• A growing number of baby boomers and

retirees are going back to college—not just to learn, but to live.

• Universities are teaming with real-estate developers to create campus-affiliated residential communities

• Provides opportunities for baby boomers,

retirees and other active seniors access to college & institutional amenities

• Create opportunities to “Retire in Place” (Faculty, Staff, Researchers)

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Oakland 2025: Transportation

Oakland’s transportation network will be highly multimodal (ped, bike, auto and transit) with strong neighborhood connections that are well designed, safe, accessible. Autos & parking demand will be lowered if more people live where they work.

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Transportation

• Intercept traffic at neighborhood edges • Create a unified shuttle system (tie to BRT) • Provide “mobility hubs” • Develop alternative bicycle routes • Develop a circulator loop using Neville/Centre as a TOD hub • Implement BRT with strong neighborhood feeder connectivity • Connect trails to neighborhoods • Expand zip and car share programs • Permit parking expansion (Lawn, Juliette, West Oakland)

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Improve Transportation to Support Oakland as a Place to Live & Work

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Key : Bus Rapid Transit Possible Neville Junction Hollow Loop Mobility Hubs & Intermodal Parking Possible Shuttle Capture Areas

Create intermodal mobility hubs & parking

What Does BRT Look Like?

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Oakland 2025: Business & Development Goal

Oakland is known for local, unique, diverse businesses that grow from Oakland’s innovation economy and support the neighborhood health.

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Business & Development

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Improve mixed use retail nodes that support residential renewal

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Develop small business incubators (Melwood, Uptown)

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Encourage institutions to support local businesses

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Identify Supply chain opportunities (laundry/medical labs)

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Oakland 2025 Goal: More Mixed Use Development Parcel: Single-Use

Land-uses become a “this or that” choice Investment returns per square foot of land area are relatively low Tax revenue per square foot of land area are relatively low

Multiple land-use needs (housing and retail) can be satisfied

Development Parcel: Mixed-Use

Property owners can maximize their dollar return on the land area Property tax yields per square foot of land are greatly increased

Higher density Mixed Use: What’s the Difference?

Oakland 2025: Open Space & Art

Oakland of 2025 will weave green infrastructure (trails, parks and hillsides) and public art into all economic development initiatives, large and small.

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Open Space & Art

• Trails (Rock Alley, Bates, West Oakland, The Hollow) • Streetscapes (Blvd, Robinson & Terrace, Bates) • Restore hillsides • Improve, add parklets • Community gardens • Reinforce cultural destinations • Gateway beautification • Public art to reinforce neighborhood identity

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Community Building

Reinforce neighborhood identity and increase social capital through community consensus, social networks, stewardship, gathering places, and increased connectivity