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Tavares Visioning
January 22, 2007
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1. History of Visioning since July 2006
2. Your Intensity “Neighborhoods” within the CRA
3. Your Visual Preferences for architecture
and use in the “neighborhoods”
4. Refine the meaning of “intensity”.
5. What about Tavares Station?
7:00 pm: Goodnight- go home and watch WMFE TV 24 “How Shall We Grow”
Please- think about:
How tall are these buildings?
What do you like about this scene?
What do you not like?
What could be changed?
What should stay the same?
Agenda January 22, 2007
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Viewed the movie, "Save our Lands, Save our Town."
Learned the difference between old and new neighborhoods.
Identified historic development patterns that:
1. supported regular interaction of neighbors;
2, fostered a pedestrian friendly environment;
3. provided for open space
4. creation of a city's identity by visible boundaries.
Learned that history will play an important role in our future.
Tavares Visioning Timeline
July 25, 2006; Session #1:
Please consider- what elements of the “Old
Neighborhood” do you like here?
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August 14, 2006;
Session #2:
28 total votes cast
Identified city's strengths, weaknesses and opportunities.
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Strengths
We have unique opportunities, a great grid street system and downtown parks. (28 votes-100%)
I live 11/2 blocks away from downtown and can walk to everything except the grocery. My children walked to school. (27 votes-96%).
CRA is a strength (21 votes- 75%).
County campus and all its employees (21 votes-75%)
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Weaknesses
City is reactive, not proactive (26 votes- 93%).
Losing our history (22 votes- 78%).
Black community feels left out- not a part of Tavares anymore. (17 votes- 61%).
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Opportunities
Old Tavares can be a town center like it once was. (28 votes-100%).
Economics is pushing people back to live/work neighborhoods. (28 votes-100%).
Condos for downtown lakefront living- great spot. (28 votes-100%).
Has the basic elements of an old neighborhood- needs the return of the butcher, baker, grocery to the downtown. (27 votes- 96 %)
Need to identify which laws need to be changed to enhance redevelopment of downtown. (25 votes 89%).
Has assets and infrastructure other places do not- can be redeveloped more easily as a transportation hub (23 votes-82%).
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Opportunities (cont.)
7. Investment comes to small towns with better plans (28 votes- 100%).
Have to have a vision (28 votes-100%).
Great city park on the lake (26 votes-93%).
Have many of the elements of Wyomissing PA (ideal TND) –need to communicate ideas; codes are in place to redevelop. (24 votes-86%)
Successful communities had rail, jobs and schools downtown. Basic core is still there. (20 votes- 71%).
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Threats
Heard talk like visioning before. Saved a 10 year old agenda- nothing got done.
Next Step:
Discussed how to capitalize on strengths and overcomes weaknesses by turning them into opportunities.
Attendees given disposable cameras, asked to photograph beautiful or ugly attributes of a city (architectural styles, densities, signage, colors, etc.)
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Please- think About:
How tall are these buildings?
How tall should they be?
What are they used for?
Can you see the water?
What could be changed?
What should stay the same?
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Please, ask yourself- what is it about the old courthouse you like?
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October 9, 2006; Session #3
Saw PowerPoint titled “The Scale Of Great Places.”
How Savannah GA. and South Beach FL reinvented themselves around the theme of their historic core
Defined "human scale“ as architectural elements built to human proportions (steps, doorways, railings, columns, eaves, niches, medallions, moldings).
Learned how human scale is deliberately ignored, by modernist architects to achieve a "larger than life" monumental effect.
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Savannah, GA. Even as taller buildings rose above the more typical 3-4 stories, their architecture, landscaping and detail remained human in scale. Does this look appropriate? It
is six stories surrounded by three stories.
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Equal heights- which one fits and which does not?
The Savannah College of Art
and Design building- six stories
Plain office building to the rear,
seven stories
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When is a large building out of scale? Does this building have good scale? Why? Does it fit Savannah?
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Scale- what do you think of this building?
Savannah Marriott blocks the view of the old city to the water.
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What do you want your community to look like?
Height- How tall is too tall?
Miami Beach, on the ocean
Miami Beach, Collins Ave., one block west
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Do these buildings look right next to one another? Why?
Miami Beach, 3 blocks from the ocean.
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How about this architecture- would this set a Portugeese tone in old Tavares?
South Beach- two blocks from the beach.
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November 20, 2006; Session #4:
Participants' homework photographs were randomly clustered and placed onto large display boards.
Each participant received red, blue, green & yellow stickers.
Red stickers were placed next to photographs depicting the most intense redevelopment in the CRA area.
Blue stickers were placed next to the type/style of buildings preferred as next most intense type of development.
Green dots were placed next to the type/style buildings for the next most intense type of redevelopment.
Yellow dots were placed next to building pictures that typified the least intense development.
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November 20, 2006
Attendees also placed
Colored dots onto the
CRA map; red dots were
placed where the highest
intensity development was
preferred, followed by blue,
green and yellow for the
least intense.
Conclusion: there are
neighborhoods within the
CRA District.
Question: Intensity means…..?
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Red district preferences
#1- 12 Red votes -43%, (#9 photo)
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#2- 11 red votes (#249)
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#3 - 10 red votes,(#22)
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#3 (Tie) -10 Red votes (#340)
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#4- 7 red votes (#357)
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#4 (tie) 7 red votes (#287)
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#5- 6 red votes (#336)
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#5 (tie) 6 red votes (# 119)
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#5 (tie) 6 red votes (#120)
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#5 (tie) 6 red votes (#127)
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Is this a good use of space in the red zone one block from the water?
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Blue District preferences
# 1
#1- 12 blue votes (#344)
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#2- 9 blue votes (#54)
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#3- 8 blue votes (# 143)
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#3 – 8 votes (#3)
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#4- 6 blue votes (# 9)
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#4 (tie) 6 blue votes (#336)
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#4 (tie) 6 blue votes (#235)
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#5 (tie)-5 blue votes (# 123)
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#5- (tie) 5 blue votes (#210)
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#5 (tie) 5 blue votes (#252)
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#5 (tie) 5 blue votes( #228)
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Green district
preferences
#1- 7 green votes (#399)
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#2- 5 green votes (#103)
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#2 (tie) 5 green votes (#205)
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#2 (tie) 5 green votes (#61)
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#3 (tie) 4 green votes (#406)
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#3 (tie)- 4 green votes (#407)
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#3 (tie) 4 green votes (#328)
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#3 (tie) 4 green votes (#334)
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#3 (tie) 4 green votes (#339)
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Yellow district preferences
#1- 10 yellow votes (#193)
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#2- 9 yellow votes (#170)
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#3- (tie) 6 yellow votes (#163)
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#3- 6 yellow votes (#157)
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#3- 6 yellow votes (#305)
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#3- 6 yellow votes (#172)
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#3- 6 yellow votes (#85)
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#3- 6 yellow votes (#217)
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#4- 5 yellow votes (#71)
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#4- 5 yellow votes (#318)
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#4- 5 yellow votes (#203)
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Tavares Station History
(by Susan Jackson, Development Director)
In 2003, at Council’s direction the City contracted with the University of Florida, Urban and Regional Planning Department, Center for Building Better Communities to complete
a Downtown Development Assessment.
This was completed in May 2003. This study analyzed existing conditions of downtown properties and future redevelopment potential.
One of the properties targeted through the study was the Lake Region Packing Association property, now know as the Tavares Station property.
Through community meetings and interviews residents overwhelmingly stated that a major key to revitalizing downtown was the redevelopment of the LRPA site.
As attempts are made to revitalize and beautify Downtown through projects like the Wooton Park Master Plan and the Main Street Streetscape (phase 1), the LRPA site served as an obstacle
around which the community had to plan.
Added to this was the ‘threat’ that the LRPA business had recently ceased operations and was looking to sell or lease the property for another industrial use. The property contained
several deteriorated industrial structures and the business proposals presented to staff at the time intended to continue the use these buildings as is, with no particular redevelopment
of the site or buildings.
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City Council initiated a “Zoning in Progress” to prevent development or rezoning of the site until the City could evaluate how best to address the needs of this property and the
opportunity for the community.
City Council directed staff to contract with a consultant to analyze the
land use issues surrounding the LRPA site and craft recommendations on how to best address the future of the site with regard to downtown redevelopment.
The Planned Development district that was crafted included commercial, office
and residential uses. Certain development standards were included to ensure
the development provided a downtown store-front atmosphere, encourage
architectural elements and active water oriented recreational uses, and provide
for pedestrian connectivity with the adjacent Wooton Park. The intent was to
maximize the development opportunity of this property as it was determined to
be a key redevelopment parcel for the City.
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As this ordinance was negotiated with the owner’s, and with the approval of the
City Council, it was specifically stated that there would be no building height
limitations. The owner’s concern was that they would be unable to market the
property if the future developer’s were unable to develop it to it’s full potential of
25 units per acre, and including commercial and office uses.
This process began in approximately April of 2004. The City Council finally
approved, and the owners agreed to, the negotiated rezoning ordinance after
several meetings on August 4, 2004.
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This became the site plan submitted after the zoning was approved. PCL
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Unfortunately, this artist’s conception did not show the impact of the phase 3
15 story building, which would block the view to the county complex and
would overshadow phase 1. (Comments by P.Laurien)
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This building looks much like the two Savannah hotels that were not preferred in the CRA visual preference survey, nonetheless, it has approvals and can be built. (Comment, P. Laurien)
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Savannah Marriott- no votes for any CRA district
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Savannah Westin- only 2 votes in the red district
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Next Steps-January 22, 2007
Refine the meaning of intensity in the four districts (red, blue, green, and yellow).
Refine the extent of the four districts.
Extend the visual preference survey to the community using Neighborhood America
Establish a vision for the four CRA neighborhoods.
Write form-based codes that incorporate the vision and the CRA Goals.
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City Council’s CRA Goals
June 1, 2005 meeting:
Promote the CRA as a focal point of the community by providing and encouraging designed spaces for a wide range of offices/studios, businesses, retail shops/eateries, public gathering
areas, and cultural activities.
Create short term and long term plans
Create an economic development strategic plan (downtown job creation)
Provide for the implementation of design standards and guidelines to promote development and redevelopment that is sensitive to architectural resources and quality design, preserves
visual quality, enhances visual unity and accommodates pedestrians.
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CRA Goals (2005, cont.)
Promote the integration of pedestrian traffic with vehicular traffic.
Promote the efficient use of land and sensitivity to the environment and water bodies.
Provide for a mixed-use of housing with commercial that is compatible with the development in areas of similar intensity.
Encourage quality facades along streets, sidewalks, and pedestrian ways which will contribute to the city’s overall character and charm.
Promote projects which will encourage private, public, and civic partnerships in order to bring patrons to the downtown area. (Festivals, block parties, entertainment, events, etc.,)
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