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| The [[Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission]] is conducting the plan for the city at a cost of $134,000. <ref>{{cite web|title=Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission packet for October 5, 2017 meeting|url=http://tjpdc.org/media/Entire-packet-oct-2017.pdf|author=|work=Meeting packet|publisher=Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission|location=|publishdate=|accessdate=October 8, 2017}}</ref> | | The [[Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission]] is conducting the plan for the city at a cost of $134,000. <ref>{{cite web|title=Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission packet for October 5, 2017 meeting|url=http://tjpdc.org/media/Entire-packet-oct-2017.pdf|author=|work=Meeting packet|publisher=Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission|location=|publishdate=|accessdate=October 8, 2017}}</ref> |
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| ===Recommendations from plan===
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| ! Parks & Recreation !! Spring Community Event & activation of Tonsler Park ampitheater
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| | || Possible precursor to annual Cherry Blossom Festival and more formal music series
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| | || Expand community building at Tonsler
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| | || Make additional room for parties, classes, and other events
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| | || Covered outdoor seating at Tonsler Park
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| | || Create shaded areas to better utilize park during hotter summer weather
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| | || Seating/bleachers at basketball courts at Tonsler
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| | || Build on success of basketball tournaments in the area
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| | || Cherry Avenue corridor landscaping improvements
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| | || Improve green spaces and landscaping of Fifeville community
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| | || Upgrade existing baseball field at Tonsler Park
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| | || Address concerns of disrepair
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| | || Add removable soccer goals to open field at Forest Hills Park
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| | || Forest Hills Park is a possible location for temporary soccer goals
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| | || Add snack bar or other alternative to vending machines at both parks
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| | || Improves quality of community spaces for events and to encourage community gatherings
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| | || Add additional basketball courts to Forest Hills Park
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| | || Invest in necessary maintenance and expand capacity
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| | || Activate city park space at Cherry Ave. and Rockcreek Rd. intersection & explore possible site for community garden
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| | || Opportunity to develop parcel into pocket park with seating, play space for children, or programming. Explore this and other potential locations for community garden
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| | || Improve trash collection in parks and public areas
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| | || Add more trash cans, increase the frequency of trash collection, organize community clean-up day
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| | Transportation || Create bike & pedestrian connection between Tonsler and Forest Hills Park
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| | || Connects two key amenities in Fifeville community
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| | || Add multi-use path between Tonsler Park & Greenstone on 5th
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| | || Implementation of City Bike & Pedestrian Plan recommendation; provides ability to walk from homes to park safely
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| | || Add trail connection from Tonsler Park to 7 1/2 Street (per Tonsler Master Park Plan)
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| | || Increases neighborhood connectivity to park/increases access and safety
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| | || Add sidewalks on 6 1/2 Street, 6th Street, and 9th Street (per City's Bike & Pedestrian Plan)
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| | || Will bridge gaps in existing sidewalk network
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| | || Develop lighting plan for Fifeville neighborhood
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| | || Identify appropriate capital projects
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| | || Develop infrastructure asset inventory
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| | || Identify conditions of bike and pedestrian facilities
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| | || Widen turn lane on Cherry Avenue at Ridge Street intersection & look at feasibility of adding bicycle climbing lane
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| | || Add dedicated bike climbing lanes on Cherry Avenue from Ridge Street to 6 1/2 Street
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| | || Request formal speed/traffic study from City on Cherry Avenue, Prospect Avenue, Forest Hills Avenue, & intersection of Cherry Avenue & 7 1/2 Street
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| | || Speeding has been identified as a major concern along with tight turning movements & obstructed sight lines
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| | || Identify locations where driveway entrances could be eliminated/redesigned to improve pedestrian safety
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| | || Coordinate with property owners, residents and City staff
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| | || Clearly mark 6 1/2 Street as one-way
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| | || Work with property owners and City staff
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| | || Explore options to improve visibility along Dice Street
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| | || Concerns over lack of visibility due to grade change, esp. at intersection of Dice St. and 6th St.
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| | || Relocate CAT bus stop farther from crosswalk on Cherry Avenue
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| | || Improve pedestrian sight lines
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| | Transportation || Add covered bus shelters at CAT stops
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| | || Encourage greater use of transit system/reduce traffic congestion
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| | || Expand transit service by providing more frequent service intervals
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| | || Coordinate with CAT to determine barriers to increased service and work with residents to remedy barriers
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| | || Promote alternative commuting options & explore opportunities for additional Park & Ride lots
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| | || Work with regional Ride Share program to market program to area employers to help reduce commuter traffic volumes
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| | Economic Development || Provide skills-building opportunities for Fifeville residents such as job development, budgeting & financial management, rental & homeownership
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| | || Meet with Piedmont Community College and Charlottesville City to develop programs to teach/develop these skills
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| | || Fifeville food justice/community market feasibility report
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| | || Meet with applicable community groups/develop new partnerships/identify need for and logistics of market
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| | || Evaluate & leverage Opportunity Zone designation for opportunities to attract capital investments consistent with community vision
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| | || Spur mindful growth and economic expansion to increase capital investments in Fifeville
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| | || Increase access to supports for small businesses
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| | || Work with City Economic Development Department & Fifeville community to develop streamlined access for small business start-up resources
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| | || Start a business association for Cherry Avenue businesses
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| | || Work with the City to develop model for a new business association
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| | Community Building || Install community murals/public art displays
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| | || Partner with property owners and art groups that display Fifeville themes
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| | || Install signage and historic markers
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| | || Communicate the stories/history of Fifeville
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| | || Explore opportunities for creative traffic calming investments that articulate the neighborhood's history & culture
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| | || Increase pedestrian safety by installing creative interventions (artistic crosswalks, intersection mandalas, etc.) at identified cross streets
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| | || Build & strengthen relationships between community non-profits, businesses, & other institutions
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| | || Increase capacity of neighborhood to implement, manage, & initiate their community improvement projects
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| | || Build & strengthen relationships between community institutions and potential developers
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| | || Relationship building between Fifeville neighborhood and the development community to increase transparency & create a feedback channel
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| | || Consider more formalization of Fifeville Neighborhood Association, similar to a community development corporation
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| | || Formalization or partnership opportunities with an existing non-profit would enable the Fifeville community to compete for additional capital investment resources
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| | || Expand afterschool programming and improve access
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| | || Discuss opportunities to expand services/programming with the City school system, UVA, Boys & Girls Club, and area residents
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| | Land Use || Re-examine massing regulations of Cherry Avenue Corridor to support neighborhood-scaled development
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| | || Consider amendments to Cherry Avenue Corridor District if form-based code is deemed inappropriate
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| | || Support/incentivize locally-owned businesses along Cherry Avenue & support/encourage existing businesses to stay in Fifeville
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| | || Provide pathways to financial capital for local entrepreneurs, especially for minority-owned businesses; establish small business association/mentorship opportunities
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| | || Re-examine allowable uses in zoning code
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| | || Ensure that allowed use regulations are consistent with community's preferred uses
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| | || Explore traditional & creative opportunities to provide access to necessary services in the neighborhood
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| | || Study options for purchasing property and entering into P3 strategies for incubating desired uses (i.e. groceries, laundry mat, eating establishments)
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| | || Support/encourage existing businesses to stay in Fifeville using economic/community development funding and policy tools
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| | || Closely coordinate with existing businesses and property owners to develop business retention strategies
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| | || Include Cherry Avenue zoning review as specific deliverable in City-wide zoning update
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| | || Include in RFP for Comprehensive Plan update, Zoning Ordinance, and Affordable Housing policy
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| | || Explore opportunities for the City to acquire property(ies) along Cherry Avenue to serve as a catalyst for community-driven development
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| | || Identify prime properties along Cherry Avenue corridor that would support neighborhood vision
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| | Housing || Promote/encourage use of accessory dwelling units as affordable housing options
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| | || Explore, develop and implement a program
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| | || Identify properties for housing development under Charlottesville Affordable Housing Trust Fund/Thomas Jefferson Community Land Trust
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| | || Utilize land trusts to maintain housing affordability as property values rise
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| | || Inform residents of existing housing programs & services
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| | || Develop outreach and education strategies
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| | || Develop list of area residents willing to volunteer skills/equipment to aid with home maintenance
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| | || Create opportunities for neighbors in Fifeville to connect with one another
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| | || Protect/preserve historic single-family housing while balancing the need for expansion of affordable housing options
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| | || Explore the feasibility of a potential historic overly district, ensuring that identified strategies do not drive up the cost of housing if applied indiscriminately
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| ==Developments== | | ==Developments== |
| *[[Atlas Projects]] is obtained a rezoning of land in the 900 block of King Street from single-family residential to the Cherry Avenue zoning. <ref>{{cite web|title=King Street zoning change approved by City Planning Commission|url=http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/news/article/27584-king-street-zoning-change-recommended/|author=Talia Wiener|work=|publisher=Charlottesville Tomorrow|location=|publishdate=June 16, 2017|accessdate=June 26, 2017}}</ref> City Council held its first reading of the rezoning on July 5, 2017. <ref>{{cite web|title=Fifeville zoning change receives positive feedback from City Council|url=http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/news/article/27770-fifeville-zoning-change-receives-positive-feedback/|author=Talia Wiener|work=News Article|publisher=Charlottesville Tomorrow|location=|publishdate=July 5, 2017|accessdate=July 11, 2017}}</ref> | | *[[Atlas Projects]] is obtained a rezoning of land in the 900 block of King Street from single-family residential to the Cherry Avenue zoning. <ref>{{cite web|title=King Street zoning change approved by City Planning Commission|url=http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/news/article/27584-king-street-zoning-change-recommended/|author=Talia Wiener|work=|publisher=Charlottesville Tomorrow|location=|publishdate=June 16, 2017|accessdate=June 26, 2017}}</ref> City Council held its first reading of the rezoning on July 5, 2017. <ref>{{cite web|title=Fifeville zoning change receives positive feedback from City Council|url=http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/news/article/27770-fifeville-zoning-change-receives-positive-feedback/|author=Talia Wiener|work=News Article|publisher=Charlottesville Tomorrow|location=|publishdate=July 5, 2017|accessdate=July 11, 2017}}</ref> |
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