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2009 Upper Westside LCI Five Year Update

City of Atlanta‐ DPCD – Bureau of Planning Page i

Mayor

The Honorable Shirley Franklin

City Council

Lisa Borders, Council President

Carla Smith, Council District 1Kwanza Hall, Council District 2

Ivory Lee Young, Jr., Council District 3 Cleta Winslow, Council District 4

Natalyn Mosby Archibong, Council District 5 Anne Fauver, Council District 6 Howard Shook, Council District 7

Clair Muller, Council District 8 Felicia A. Moore, Council District 9 C.T. Martin, Council District 10 Jim Maddox, Council District 11 Joyce Sheperd, Council District 12 Ceasar C. Mitchell, Post 1 At Large Mary Norwood, Post 2 At Large H. Lamar Willis, Post 3 At Large

Project Staff

Department of Planning and Community Development

James E. Shelby, Commissioner Charletta Wilson Jacks, Director, Bureau of Planning

Garnett Brown, Assistant Director Jessica Lavandier

City of Atlanta Bureau of Planning 55 Trinity Avenue SW, Suite 3350

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2009 Upper Westside LCI 5 Year Plan Update Table of Contents

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I. Introduction 1 a. Study Area Overview 1 b. Upper Westside LCI Plan Summary 2

II. Evaluation and Appraisal Report 3 a. Completed Actions 3 i. Land Use 3 ii. Zoning 4 iii. Tax Allocation Districts 6 iv. BeltLine Plan 8 v. Comprehensive Transportation Plan 10 vi. Atlanta’s Project Greenspace 10 b. New Developments 10 i. Residential Development 10 ii. Non‐Residential Development 11

c. Infrastructure Upgrades 12 i. Transportation 12 ii. Water/Sewer 12 iii. Parks & Open Space 13 d. Status of projects in 5 year action plan 13

III. Implementation Plan with updated 5 Year Action Plan 14 a. Five year Transportation Implementation Plan 14 b. Affordable Housing Strategies 14

Appendix 18 Tables Photos


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I. Introduction

In 2004, The City of Atlanta’s Bureau of Planning in the Department of Planning and Community received funding from the Atlanta Regional Commission Livable Centers Initiative (LCI) Program to conduct the Upper Westside Plan. A consulting team lead by EDAW led the planning process. The LCI program encourages local government to prepare plans that link transportation improvements with land use development strategies to create sustainable, livable communities consistent with regional development policies. As part of the Atlanta Regional Commission’s Livable Centers Initiative program, sponsoring agencies are required to revisit LCI plans after five years have elapsed to assess, evaluate, and update the plans and initiatives that emerged from the plan. The document, along with its maps and attachments, constitutes the 2009 year five‐year update of the 2005 Upper Westside LCI. The first part of the update is the Evaluation and Appraisal Report. This has plans completed in the past five years, rezoning and land use changes, new developments, infrastructure upgrades and the status of each item in the 5 year action plan. The second part is the Implementation Plan with an updated 5 year action plan as well as strategies for affordable housing.

a. Study Area Overview The Upper Westside LCI was adopted by City Council and the Mayor in July, 2005 (per 05‐R‐0900). The plan is a guide for public and private investment in a two square mile study area within the Northwest quadrant of the City of Atlanta (See map in the following page). The study area encompasses approximately 1,400 acres centered on the Marietta Street, Howell Mill Road, and Northside Drive corridors. The study area is in Council District 2, 3, 8, and 9 and in Neighborhood Planning Units D, E, K, L and M. The plan provides a vision and strategies in housing, economic development, transportation, land use, zoning, urban design and real estate development to implement the plan’s vision. To implement the vision, goals for community character/urban design, transportation, land use and economic development were developed. The vision of the Upper Westside Community is to continue to build a section of the city that: • Reflects the area’s past and future through the use of industrial materials, scale, and building

patterns. • Provides residents, visitors, and workers with transportation alternatives for reaching the area

and traveling within the area. • Supports a diversity of housing, jobs, shopping, and recreation that can include people of all

incomes and ages. • Protects the diversity of smaller scale, residential, commercial, and industrial uses from

institutional expansion.



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b. Upper Westside LCI Plan Summary Plan recommendations were made for each of the 8 character areas of the Upper Westside. These are Marietta‐Howell Mill main street, Howell Station/Knight Park, Huff Design, Employment, English Avenue North, Antioch, Arts/Education/Research and Downtown. Future development, mixed uses, community



space, transportation options are directed to the primary node in each of the character areas. These are Northside Drive and 14th street, Howell Mill Road and Huff Road, JE Lowery Blvd and West Marietta Street, Marietta Street and Howell Mill Road, Marietta Street and Northside Drive and Marietta Street and Means Street The overall implementation strategies that were identified by the plan to guide the Upper Westside development and to coordinate the many activities planned include:

• Maintain land use flexibility for redevelopment – promote land use and zoning the support the

Quality of Life zoning districts. Promote flexible zoning to promote housing, work space, recreation and retail in existing industrial and in new developments.

• Maintain diversity – Encourage housing diversity and retain and attract small scale non‐profits and business uses.

• Enhance the public realm – Develop community spaces such as streetscapes, opens spaces and parks, particularly along key corridors.

• Leverage investments with existing programs – Use existing tools such as the Renewal Community, Urban Enterprise Zone, and the Tax Allocation Districts to promote economic development.

• Establish partnerships – Link community based groups and institutional and private sector interests to implement and fund initiatives.

• Promote environmental sustainability – encourage LEED certification in new developments, promote sustainable development that incorporate such things as green roofs, rainwater reuse, porous paving etc.

II. Evaluation and Appraisal Report

a. Completed Actions

i. Land Use

The Land Use goals of the plan are to: • Encourage mixed use activity throughout much of the Upper Westside • Add residential opportunities in proximity to job generators • Retain a base of critical industrial operations • Protect or reestablish healthy residential pockets • Promote street oriented retail along corridors and discourage big box and strip retail development • Permit appropriate scale and encourage a transition of intensity to protect smaller scale uses from

larger users Prior to the Upper Westside LCI, a large portion of the study area had an Industrial land use designation. Areas along Huff Road, Marietta Boulevard and Marietta Street had a Mixed Use land use designation. Sections of Marietta Street and the area between Howell Mill and Northside Drive had a Commercial land use designation and Howell Station had a Single Family Land Use designation. The plan



recommended changing most of the area to the Mixed Use land use designation. Many of the parcels with industrial uses were given a non‐industrial land use designation. Some parcels retained their Industrial land use but they were isolated from other Industrial land uses. Parcels that had an Industrial Enterprise Zone designation were also given a non‐industrial land use designation leading to conflicts with the Enterprise Zone program requirements. Contrary to the plan’s goal of retaining a critical base of industrial operators, these land use changes have led to the loss of industrial businesses. A Georgia Tech MCP studio course is evaluating parcels with industrial zoning and use that do not have an industrial land use and making recommendations to change the land use of these parcels to the Industrial land use designation. Land Use changes in the LCI study area were incorporated in the Comprehensive Development Plan Land Use Map in July 2005 per 05‐O‐0901.

ii. Zoning Since the adoption of the Upper West Side LCI plan, thirteen rezoning applications have been approved. Prior to the rezoning, all of the parcels zoned had an industrial zoning designation. The parcels were rezoned to a residential or a residential and commercial zoning category. Most of the zoning categories are considered to be “Quality of Life” zoning districts. With the approval of these rezoning, 4,346 residential units and 462,417sq ft of non‐residential space have been approved. Of these, 1,554 residential units have been completed or are under construction and construction of 267,417 sq ft of non residential uses has been completed. Details of the approved zonings are in Table 1 below.

Table 1: Approved Zoning in Upper West Side LCI since 2005

Zoning Number Change Address Request StatusZ‐05‐70 I‐2 to MRC1 1203 Ellsworth Industrial, 1182 and

1191 Huff Road – Huff Heights Townhomes

To build 28 residential units and 10,500 sq ft of retail space

Completed

Z‐05‐90 I‐2 to MRC1 1410‐1460 Ellsworth Industrial (1355 Marietta Blvd) – M West II

105 townhomes and 10 acres of open space

Completed

Z‐05‐117 I‐1 to MR4 925 JE Lowery (part of 841 JE Lowery) ‐ Gables

To build 240 residential units Completed

Z‐06‐012 I2 to MRC3C 1275 Ellsworth Industrial Boulevard, NW – Apex Perennial West Midtown

340 residential units, 14,000 square feet of commercial space.

Under Construction

Z‐06‐16 I1 and C2 to MRC3

1090, 1168(1170) Howell Mill Road – White Provisions

Warehouse renovation and new construction totaling 100 residential units and 204,677 sq ft of retail space

Completed

Z‐06‐87 I2 and C1 to MRC3

708 Jefferson, 694 Jefferson, 694 Jefferson (rear), 694 Julian, 747 Julian, 752 Echo, 736 Echo, 740 Bedford, 733 Echo, 727 (rear), 733 Echo, 723 Echo, 713 Echo, 695

300 residential units and 35,000 square feet of commercial space

Not Built



Table 1: Approved Zoning in Upper West Side LCI since 2005

Zoning Number Change Address Request StatusWheeler, 626 Wheeler, 0 Echo and 673 Wheeler

Z‐06‐135 I1 and I2 to PDMU

1393 Ellsworth Drive, N.W., 1293, 1295, 1455 and 1429 Fairmont Avenue, N.W., 1296, 1338, 1365, 1385, 1310, 1314, 1339, 1335, 1331, 1329, 1372, 1319, 1315, 1333, 1305, 1310, 1295, 1289, 1285 English Street, N.W., 1039, 1031, 1025, 991 Huff Road, N.W., 1314, 1313, 1309, 1291 Booth Avenue, 1370 Culpepper Street, N.W., and 1284, 1288, 1324, 1336, 1340, 1368, 1296, 1373, and 1363 Boyd Avenue N.W.

1,450 residential units and 150,000 square feet of non‐residential uses

Not Built

Z‐06‐129 I1 and MR5AC to PDMU

643 10th Street, 646 11th Street and 1000 Northside Drive, NW – Tivoli Tenside

300 residential units and 30,000 square feet of a combination of street‐oriented live‐work, commercial, and institutional uses at ground level

Completed

Z‐06‐139

I2 to MR4A 1020, 1040 and 1060 Huff Road, N.W. – Alexan Metrowest

399 residential units Under Construction

Z‐07‐016

I2 to MRC3 790 Huff Rd NW and Foster Street –Gables Westside

340 Residential Units Not Built

Z‐07‐102

I2 to MR4AC 1329‐1339 Ellsworth Industrial Boulevard, NW – The Heights of Ellsworth

276 residential units Not Built

Z‐07‐114

I1 to PDMU 1022 Northside Drive, NW –Tivoli Ten Side

42 residential units and 8,240 sq ft of retail

Completed

Z‐08‐063

I2 to PDMU 1260 Foster Street MW Murray Mill 426 residential units (614,000 sq ft) and 145,000 sq ft of non‐residential (new construction and renovation)

Not Built



iii. Tax Allocation Districts Two Tax Allocation Districts partially overlap the Upper Westside LCI study boundaries: the BeltLine TAD and the Westside TAD (see map below). The Atlanta Development Authority is designated as the Redevelopment Agency and is responsible for administering the TADs. ADA can issue bonds or other obligations to fund the provisions of the Redevelopment Plans associated with the TADs.

BeltLine TAD: The BeltLine Tax Allocation District, Tax Allocation District Number 6, was adopted (05‐O‐1733) in November 2005 and it is to be in existence for 25 years. The purpose of the TAD is to implement the Redevelopment Plan for the BeltLine Redevelopment Area. The TAD legislation specifies that 15% of the net proceeds of each TAD bond issuance shall be placed in the BeltLine Affordable Trust Fund and shall be used for creating affordable housing. Moreover, a portion of the TAD bond proceeds will be placed in an Economic Incentives Fund to provide incentives to private development in areas that qualify as Community Development Investment Areas (CDIA). The Atlanta BeltLine Inc.’s (ABI) 5 year work plan identifies several projects in the Upper Westside LCI. In the Westside ‐ Subarea 9, the development of Atlanta’s Westside Park will take place on the site of the former Bellwood Quarry. The Upper Marietta‐Westside Park plan will create a framework for redevelopment around and to the east of the park, while preserving the character of area neighborhoods, including Grove Park, Rockdale, Knight Park and Howell Station. The Master Plan for the park and for Subarea 9 was adopted by the Atlanta City Council on March 16, 2009. Westside TAD: The Techwood Park Urban Redevelopment Area, Tax Allocation District Number 1 Atlanta/Techwood Park, was created in December 1992 (92‐R‐1575). The Techwood Park Urban Redevelopment Area and Tax Allocation District Number 1 was expanded into the Westside Redevelopment Area and Tax Allocation District Number 1 in June 1998 (98‐R‐0777) to support the efforts to remove blighted conditions and expand redevelopment efforts to adjacent residential areas of Vine City and English Avenue. The area included into the Westside TAD encompassed several existing urbanized communities characterized by social and economic deterioration and disinvestment. The TAD continued the work begun under the first Techwood Park Urban Redevelopment Plan, approved in 1992. The Westside TAD seeks to capitalize on the opportunity to revitalize the land surrounding the new Centennial Olympic Park and foster the development of connections between the Central Business District, Clark Atlanta University Center, the Georgia Tech Campus, and adjoining neighborhoods by promoting improved transportation corridors, safer streets, streetscaping for pedestrians, and greenway trails. The TAD facilitates the development of infill projects to eliminate the development gaps which exists because of inadequate and aging sewers, property acquisition and assemblage costs, and perceived environmental contamination. Through the development of linkages, infrastructure, and infill development the Westside Tax Allocation District encourages and supports new and existing businesses, new and renovated housing, and the support services that will help build a sustainable community.



In 2008, the Atlanta Development Authority issued $65 million in Westside TAD bonds. Westside TAD funding has been invested in infrastructure associated with three key projects in the Upper West Side LCI. Project information is in Table 2.



Table 2: Westside TAD funded projects in the Upper West Side LCI Project Location Developer Housing

Units Retail Office Structured

Parking Year

Completed TAD Funds

Northyards North Ave & Northside Dr

Northyards Partners LLC

0 0 250,000 sq ft

2001 $1,225,000

Gateway Apartments

370 Northside Drive

Northside Village Development

261 8,000 360 2005 $2,072,000

Technology Enterprise Park

369‐388 Technology Circle

The University Finance Foundation

0 0 172,880 0 2009 $2,792,299

Source: Atlanta Development Authority

iv. BeltLine Plan –

Subarea 8 & 9: The Upper West Side study area overlaps with the BeltLine Subarea 8 and 9 (see map on the following page). The planning process for Subarea 8 (Upper Westside/Northside) will start shortly. The plan for Subarea 9 (Upper Marietta/Reservoir Park) was completed and the plan adopted in March 2009. The area south of West Marietta, north of DL Hollowell and east of Champa Street are in both plans. BeltLine Subarea 9 study area is 1,386 acres. The Westside Reservoir Park located on the site of the former Bellwood Quarry is included in the Subarea 9 study area. The existing Westside Reservoir Park site comprises 150 acres including 50 acres of reservoir and 100 acres of area for park development. Although the park is just west of the Upper Westside, it will have significant influence on the Upper Westside Area. One of the principal recommendations of the Subarea 9 plan is to promote compact quality development and to preserve and protect existing single family neighborhoods as well as the need to balance redevelopment with appropriate transportation mobility enhancements and land use intensities. Land use changes in key areas in the Subarea were approved in March 2009: These changes are needed to provide transit supportive density within the Subarea, to encourage redevelopment of underutilized properties in the Subarea and to support the Westside Reservoir Park. Subarea 9 plan recommended many transportation projects. The list of transportation projects that are in the Upper Westside are listed in Table 3 in the Appendix. The BeltLine Corridor would consist of a 22 mile corridor encircling the downtown and midtown areas of Atlanta. The Project would also include the development of a linear park and multi‐use trail that generally forms a loop that parallels the BeltLine transit alignment. Atlanta BeltLine Alternatives Analysis (2007) included ten build alternatives for MARTA transit. The MARTA Board of Directors selected one preferred alternative which would connect area neighborhoods and four existing MARTA rail stations (i.e. Lindbergh, Inman Park/Reynoldstown, West End and Ashby). The rail transit alignment and stations would be constructed to accommodate both light rail and street type vehicles. The rail transit component of the project would mostly be built on existing railroad rights‐of‐way with some segments



operating along existing streets in mixed traffic operations. The streets identified to accommodate possible mixed traffic operation include the following segments within the Study Area:

• Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard between BeltLine railroad ROW and Jefferson Street • Marietta Boulevard between Elaine Avenue and Donald L. Hollowell Parkway • Elaine Avenue between Marietta Boulevard and BeltLine railroad ROW • Howell Mill Road and Marietta Street will serve as potential transfer points.



BeltLine Overlay: The BeltLine Overlay District, adopted in 2007, is intended to ensure that the orientation and character of new development encourage pedestrian and transit‐oriented uses and are designed to support an urban character. Some of the policies of the overlay are to encourage a grid of smaller blocks and connected streets, to provide a pedestrian‐oriented environment that includes active street‐level uses, sufficient sidewalk widths, and primary pedestrian access from sidewalks to adjacent building entrances; to create mixed‐use and commercial nodes at BeltLine station areas that are pedestrian and transit‐oriented; and to preserve the Beltline corridor. All non‐single family residential developments must apply for a Special Administrative Permit to ensure compliance with the BeltLine Overlay standards.

v. Comprehensive Transportation Plan – The Connect Atlanta Plan

The City of Atlanta recently completed a year‐long process to develop a Comprehensive Transportation Plan to guide the next 25 years of transportation policy and investment in ways that advance Atlanta’s larger vision of creating a more modern, vibrant and sustainable city. This plan, known as Connect Atlanta Plan, was adopted in December 2008. The Plan includes recommended projects within the Upper Westside LCI area. These are listed in the Table 4 in the Appendix,

vi. Atlanta’s Project Greenspace

Project Greenspace is a framework and action to plan for a citywide system of high quality open spaces consisting on parks, natural areas, civic spaces and connecting greenways, streetscapes and trails. The plan proposes 12 major initiatives to grow, manage and build capacity for greenspace. The plan has three greenspace focus areas: the urban core, the lower density area and the beltline. Each has a different greenspace strategy. In the urban area, the strategy is to integrate greenspace in to existing and new developments, to link existing greenspace and to connect to the BeltLine. In the lower density area, the focus is to acquire and preserve land along greenways, to establish new parks in underserved area (as identified in the needs analysis) and to connect to the BeltLine. In the BeltLine area, the plan recommends developing a multi‐use trail system that connects existing and new greenspaces. Project Greenspace will be adopted in late 2009/early 2010. Future plans should use the plan as a reference for the policies and strategies aimed at increasing greenspace throughout the City.

b. New Developments The Upper Westside LCI, also known as Midtown West and West Side has had a surge of residential and non‐residential development over the past 5 years. Details of both are in this section and in Table 5 in the Appendix.

i. Residential Development

Over the past five years, there has been a significant amount of residential development in the Upper West Side LCI. Over 1,930 residential units have been permitted for construction. Construction of the 15 permitted single family and duplex residential units has been concentrated in the Knight Park/Howell Station neighborhood, the only single family neighborhood in the UWS. Most of the demolition of single



family units (18 units) occurred in the Blandtown neighborhood. Brock Built purchased many of the parcels there and rezoned it for the proposed 43 acre West Town development (Z‐06‐135), a mixed use developments with a range of housing types. Currently, the development has stalled. Five townhomes development, totaling 256 residential units, have been permitted throughout the study area. Two were not built (Division Street and Oliver Street) and one has been recently completed (Huff Heights). M West II, completed at least a year ago, appears to have a high vacancy rate. Knight Park Commons was completed several years ago and appears to have high occupancy. The bulk of the residential units are in apartment and condo buildings. Since 2005, 1,659 units have been permitted. Three are currently under construction: Apex, Alexan Metrowest and Broadstone. White Provisions was recently completed and appears to be mostly vacant. Throughout the City of Atlanta there are numerous recently completed apartment and condo developments that have a high vacancy rate. The apartment buildings that are nearing completion will most likely also have a high vacancy rate as well. Some of the new development is concentrated along Huff Road and the Huff Road/Ellsworth Industrial intersection. At the time of the planning process, many design stores were located along Huff. However, some of these have been displaced by new development. Of more concern to the City of Atlanta, is the displacement of industrial uses. Several large warehouses have been demolished to make way for the Apex apartments and the Alexan Metrowest apartments. Moreover, some long time businesses have recently shut down or relocated, most notably Georgia Steel and Inland Seafood. As the area develops with more residential uses and the cost of land increase, the pressure for non‐residential uses to relocate will continue.

ii. Non‐Residential Development Northwest Atlanta is one of the major industrial and freight areas in the City. CSXT operates Tilford Yard and Howells Yard. Tilford Yard handles more than 40 trains per day. Howells Yard, a bulk terminal in the Chattahoochee Industrial district, transfers bulk goods to trucks for local distribution. It also receives coal trains for Georgia Power. Norfolk Southern operates Inman Yard, an intermodal facility in the Chattahoochee Industrial district. Inman Yard is the largest of the company’s 33 intermodal yards. Between 80‐110 trains a day move through Norfolk Southern’s Atlanta yards. Many warehouses and industrial uses are located around the rail yards and in the Upper Westside planning area. A little over 285,000 sq ft of industrial uses have been built over the last 5 years. This includes the Georgia Power Supplement building.

The area around the Northyards and Georgia Tech’s Enterprise Park continues to attract biotechnology companies. The 134,000 sq ft Technology Enterprise Park (TEP), located near the corner of North Avenue and Northside Drive, was completed in 2006. TEP is a partnership between Georgia Tech, the Atlanta Development Authority (ADA), the University Financing Foundation and Gateway Development to create a cluster of buildings to house research and development for medical device and biopharmaceutical businesses. ADA provided TAD funds, bond financing and other incentives for this development. This 11



acre development contains two buildings that are 100% leased by 4 research operations related to life sciences: Althea, Kemira, St. Joes and Cardiomims The TEP plans call for the construction of 3 additional buildings and structured parking on the existing land owned by the partnership.

After the success of the Bio conference in May 2009, the Atlanta Development was been working to attract biotech companies to the area around Northside Drive and North Avenue. ADA has received requests from businesses looking for large acreage of land from life science businesses for manufacturing, research and development, office and warehousing. ADA has been coordinating meetings with the surrounding property owners and stakeholders including Georgia Tech, Gateway Development, AHA, the Georgia World Congress Center and the Antioch Baptist Church about the possibility of locating biotech firms into property adjacent to TEP.

With the influx of new residents and the success of King Plow and Puritan Mills renovations, there has been an increase in commercial development in the UWS. Over the past 5 years, 430,000 sq ft of office and commercial space has been renovated or built. The White Provisions warehouse, the Brickworks and the Ellsworth Glassworks, three existing commercial/industrial buildings, have been renovated to office and commercial/retail uses. Several of the multi‐family buildings have some retail on the ground floor. Tivoli Tenside appears to have leased many of its retail space. The large Room and Board home furnishings store located its first Atlanta store in the White Provisions building.

C. Infrastructure Upgrades

i. Transportation

Projects Completed: With the passage of the Quality of Life bonds, the Department of Public Works has been able to implement a large number of transportation projects throughout the City. In the Upper Westside study area, sidewalk improvements, traffic calming, street resurfacing, traffic signal and communication projects have been completed. The list of completed projects is Table 6 in the Appendix. Projects Underway or in Design: The Department of Public Works has many transportation projects underway. These are listed in Table 7 in the Appendix. Some of these are included in the 5 and 15 year Implementation Action Plan. Pre‐qualified List of Transportation Projects: Two transportation projects in the Upper Westside LCI are in the pre‐qualified list of Transportation Projects. These are pedestrian facilities on D.L. Hollowell –Phase C ‐ from Marietta Boulevard to J.E. Lowery Blvd and pedestrian facilities D.L. Hollowell – Phase D – from J. E. Lowery Blvd to Northside Drive. Pre ‐concept plans for these two projects have been developed by the Department of Public Works.

ii. Water/Sewer

Clean Water Atlanta is a comprehensive, multi‐program initiative to improve water quality in Atlanta through capital construction programs and enhanced operation of the City's drinking and wastewater systems. Clean Water Atlanta includes all project required to comply with two federal consent decrees



and a state consent order, to improve water quality throughout metro Atlanta, to secure drinking water facilities in accordance with national homeland security guidelines and provide holistic management of the City's resource operation.

The Department of Watershed Management has completed all of the work required in the two federal consent decrees. Required repairs for all sewer lines in Sewer Groups 1 (SG1) have been completed. The staging area for the work in the Combined Sewer Overflow areas is on Champa Street in the UWS. Adjacent to the UWS, will be the new drinking water reservoir in the Westside Park.

iii. Parks & Open Space The Upper West Side LCI recommended a network of smaller dispersed pocket parks and urban plazas or linear greenway features. Some of these parks would serve as gateways to the neighborhoods in the study area or serve as small neighborhood parks. The Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs works with the Atlanta Development Authority to purchase land for parks and greenspace. However, they will not acquire any parcel(s) less than two acres. This would preclude the involvement of DPRCA in the acquisition and maintenance of most of the sites recommended by the plan. In addition, the DPRCA does not have a dedicated funding stream for park acquisition and development. The recommended parks could be included as part of a private development. Renovations to the Knight Park Building in order to convert the facility into a community meeting space are included in the Department’s 15 year work program. The plan recommends public access to the Hemphill Waterworks Plan and installation of public facilities such as paths, picnic benches and shelters. The Department of Watershed Management is very concerned over the safety of the water supply. DWM strongly opposes any access to the site as well as any multi‐story development at the periphery of the facility. The main focus for open space in the area is the Westside Reservoir Park, just west of the LCI study boundary. In 2006, the City of Atlanta purchased the 136 acre Bellwood Quarry plus an adjacent 10 acre parcel. The quarry will be used as a 2 billion gallon raw storage reservoir. The recently approved park plan calls for baseball diamonds, skate park and rink, hiking and mountain biking trails and an informal amphitheatre. Numerous other facilities and amenities are proposed. The park will be developed in five phases with an estimated cost of $37.8 million. When completed the park will be almost 300 acres. The first phase will include the skate park and rink, basketball courts, picnic pavilion and a parking lot. The plan calls for this phase, with $3.8 m estimated cost, to open in late 2010. D. Status of projects in 5 year Implementation Action Plan The status of the projects listed in the 5 year Implementation Action Plan is in Table 8 in the Appendix. Many of the transportation projects have not started. Even with the Quality of Life bond, the City of Atlanta has limited resources to complete needed transportation projects that have been identified. Many of the open space recommendations will probably not be implemented by the Department of



Parks Recreation and Cultural Affairs due to their small size. Therefore, they are marked as not relevant. These recommended parks and plazas can be incorporated into new developments.

III. Implementation Plan with updated 5 Year Action Plan a. 5 Year Action Plan

A new 5 year Implementation Plan is included in Table 9 in the Appendix. The locations of these proposed transportation projects are shown in the map in the Appendix. Implementation of the original 5 year Action Plan has been challenging due to lack of funds, particularly for transportation projects. The list of projects in the new 5 Year Action Plan has been revised to include the priority projects identified in the plan: Marietta Street/Howell Mill Streetscape (P‐1). D.L. Hollowell Pkwy Streetscape (P‐3), Howell Mill Road/ Marietta Street Crossing (X‐2), Bishop Street & Howell Mill Road intersection improvement (I‐1), Huff Road corridor improvement (IR‐4) and DL Hollowell Pkwy corridor (IR‐1) as well as projects identified to be implemented during Phase I. The new 5 Year Plan also includes projects planned or underway by the Department of Public Works as well as projects identified in both the UWS LCI and the BeltLine Subarea Plan 9. Implementation of transportation projects will continue to be a challenge for the City of Atlanta due to the limited availability of funds. Some possible sources of funding include bond funds and TAD funding. The Atlanta City Council recently approved placing a maintenance bond on the ballot in 2010. Pedestrian crossings and sidewalks could be included in the list of projects to be funded with future bond funds. Transportation projects were identified in the BeltLine Subarea 9 Plan. Once all of the Subarea Plans are completed, an implementation list of select projects from all of the subarea plans will be created. BeltLine TAD funds have been identified to implement transportation projects. Westside TAD funding can also be used to implement priority transportation projects. Finally, federal funds/LCI funds could be used to implement the two pre‐qualified pedestrian projects along D.L. Hollowell Parkway. The City of Atlanta Bureau of Planning and the Atlanta Development Authority have been working to develop policies and strategies to retain and attract industrial users in the City. As part of this effort, a Georgia Tech City Planning studio class is studying the industrial sector in the City. One of their tasks is to examine land use designation of parcels with industrial zoning and use and to recommend land use change to industrial to support the use. In addition, a parcel with an Industrial Enterprise Zone (IEZ) designation needs to have an industrial land use and zoning designation. At least one IEZ on Jefferson Street does not comply with this requirement and therefore the land use and zoning of the parcels need to be changed.

b. Affordable Housing Strategies

The City of Atlanta in partnership with the Atlanta Development Authority has a wide range of programs to promote affordable housing citywide and in specific locations within the city limits. A brief description of each program is below.



Opportunity Downpayment Assistance Program (ODAP): The “Opportunity Downpayment Assistance Program (ODAP)” provides homebuyers with downpayment assistance of 10% of the sales price (up to $25,289) at 0% interest rate as a soft second mortgage. Eligible properties include existing or new construction single‐family homes, townhouses, condominiums and manufactured housing with a maximum purchase price of $252,890. Properties must be located within the city limits of Atlanta. The following income limits are set depending on a household size: $71, 200 for 1‐2 person households, $81,880 for 3 or more person households.

Atlanta Affordable Home Ownership Program (AAHOP): The “Atlanta Affordable Homeownership Program (AAHOP)” provides $10,000 mortgage assistance in form of a 0% interest rate soft second mortgage and covers up to 50% of the settlement costs. Eligible properties must be located within the city limits of Atlanta and are limited to the existing or new construction single‐family homes, townhouses, condominiums and manufactured housing. Maximum purchase price limit is $253,890. The income limits include $40,150 for 1 person household, $45,900 for 2 person household and $51,600 for 3 person household.

Home Owner‐Occupied Rehabilitation Program: The City of Atlanta’s Owner Occupied Rehabilitation Program is designed to assist low‐ moderate income individuals, who need repairs to their home. The Program aims to prevent moderately declining neighborhoods in the City of Atlanta from further deterioration by providing rehabilitation funding and technical assistance, stimulate broad interest in neighborhood preservation and partner with other programs for maximum impact. The Program assists individuals who are disabled and/or have attained sixty‐two (62) years of age or older. The individuals must reside in and own the property within the appropriate target areas to qualify for assistance. Housing Rehabilitation Program’s basic goal is to create homes that are in substantial compliance with the Local Housing Code governing the condition and maintenance of dwelling. Eligible items include health and safety, lead hazard reduction and handicap accessibility.

Urban Residential Finance Authority (URFA) Tax Exempt Bonds: URFA Tax Exempt Bonds is a first mortgage financing program which provides 30 year fixed rate loan, below market interest rate and grant for downpayment assistance. Eligible properties must have the maximum purchase price of $299,475 (non‐target) and $366,025 (in target area). The program also provides tax exempt bond financing to acquire, construct or rehab multifamily affordable housing: 20% of units must be set aside or below 50% of AMI; or 40% of units must be set aside at or below 60% of AMI., 25% of the units for market rate tenants. It requires a minimum 15 year affordability period. Urban Residential Finance Authority (URFA) Housing Opportunity Bond (HOB): The program provides single‐family downpayment assistance in the form of the second mortgage deferred loans with 0% interest, 10 year deferred loan with equity sharing provision, 10% of the sales price. The program also provides second mortgage loans to non‐profit and for‐profit developers for construction/rehabilitation of affordable rental housing units. At least 20% of units must be set aside for population at or below 60% of AMI. Loan amount cannot exceed $25,000 per affordable unit and requires a minimum 15 year affordability period. Funds are also available to CHDOs for acquisition, rehabilitation or new construction of single family and multi‐family units. Units have to be affordable for 10 years for owner occupied units and 15 years for rental units. This program also provides assistance with land acquisition.



Community Housing Development Organizations: Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDO’s) are established to address the housing needs of a particular geographical area. The CHDO is required to have legitimate community representation; therefore these organizations must develop a process in which low‐income residents of the designated area can participate. CHDOs must also establish a mechanism by which they can be govern, consequently they must have a Board of Directors consisting of a minimum of one‐third representation from the community to be served and a maximum of one‐third from the public sector, consisting of public officials and employees. The Bureau of Housing ensures that CHDO’s provide affordable housing for low‐ income persons of that community as a developer or a sponsor. Through the CHDO’s assistance communities are being enhanced and the promotion of creating safe and sanitary neighborhoods while stimulating economical growth for these communities can be achieved. Mortgage Assistance Program: The Mortgage Assistance Program (MAP) is a City of Atlanta program to assist low to middle income homebuyers to purchase a home located in the City of Atlanta former Atlanta Empowerment Zone (AEZ) census tracts. Up to $50,000 may be used for down payment assistance, closing costs, gap financing, principal reduction or interest rate reduction. Purchase price cannot exceed FHA limit of $252,890. Applicant’s annual household income cannot exceed 100% of the HUD Area Median Income (AMI) MAP funds. A small portion of the UWS LCI is located in the Empowerment Zone area. BeltLine Affordable Housing Trust Fund (BAHTF): Affordable housing is a vital component of the BeltLine. Fifteen percent of BeltLine Tax Allocation District (TAD) net bond proceeds must be set aside in an affordable housing trust fund to be used for affordable workforce housing within the TAD boundaries. Over the 25‐year life of the project, this amount is estimated to be $120 million and is expected to generate approximately 2,800 workforce housing units. The BeltLine Affordable Housing Trust Fund was capitalized with $8.8 million through the 2008 Series BeltLine TAD Bonds, with more funding anticipated with each subsequent bond issuance. Grants are available to multifamily, single family and CHDO developers from the Beltline Affordable Housing Trust Fund to finance multifamily and single family developments along the Beltline. Grant funds may be used to finance acquisition, construction or renovation of multifamily and single family housing for families at or below 60% of Area Median Income (Multifamily Rental) and 100‐115% (Single Family Homeownership). These grants to developers are enforced by a Land Use Restriction Agreement (LURA). The total amount of the grant dollars may not exceed 20% (25% for CHDOs) of the total development costs. In addition, thru the Downpayment Assistance Program, the Trust Fund provides up to 20% of home purchase price or up to $50,578 subsidy. Eligible properties include existing or new construction single‐family homes, townhouses, condominiums and manufactured housing. Maximum purchase price is $252,890. Eligible properties must be located within the BeltLine Tax Allocation District boundaries. Households consisting of 1 or 2 persons with the income of $57,350 and below get 20%, households of 3 or more persons with the income of $57,351 and above get 10%.



The Beltline Affordable Housing Advisory Board responsibilities are primarily to make recommendations with respect to the goals and policies related to the use of the Beltline Affordable Housing Trust Fund (15% of TAD revenues over the 25‐year life of the TAD; monitoring the location and availability of affordable housing throughout the BeltLine; and coordinating with other affordable housing activities throughout the City of Atlanta.



APPENDIX



Table 3: BeltLine Subarea 9 ‐Proposed Transportation Projects

Location Description Project Type Number UWS #

DL Hollowell Pkwy 1

From Marietta Boulevard to Northside Drive. Road widening, landscaped median, turn lanes, traffic signals upgrades, bike lanes, sidewalks, street furniture, pedestrian lighting, street trees

Roadway and bike/ped R‐1 P‐3

W. Marietta Street 2

From Marietta Boulevard to the Norfolk Southern freight rail lines. Widen lanes, landscaped median, turn lanes, signal upgrades, multi‐use trail, crosswalks, ramps, pedestrian lighting, and street trees.

Roadway and bike/ped R‐4 P‐7

Marietta Boulevard

From D.L. Hollowell Parkway to W. Marietta Street. Reduce lanes from 5 to 4 with landscaped median, turn lanes, sidewalks, crosswalks, street furniture, pedestrian ramps and street trees. Possible BeltLine alignment

Roadway and bike/ped R‐9

West Marietta Street and Marietta Blvd

Addition of turn lanes, traffic signal upgrades, curbs, ramps and pedestrian lighting.

Intersection Improvement I‐2 I‐5

DL Hollowell Pkwy and JE Lowery

Addition of turn lanes, traffic signal upgrades, sidewalks curbs and ramps and pedestrian lighting


JE Lowery and West Marietta St

Project includes intersection realignment, addition of turn lanes, traffic signal upgrade, crosswalks, curbs, ramps and pedestrian lighting


Joseph E. Lowery and Jefferson Street

Project includes aligning eastbound and westbound legs of the intersection, turn lanes, bike lanes, sidewalks, crosswalks, curbs, ramps and lighting

Intersection Improvement I‐7

Dl Hollowell and Brawley Addition of northbound and southbound left turn lanes and traffic signal upgrade


Jefferson Street and Brawley Dr

Addition of turn lanes, bike lanes, sidewalks, crosswalks, curbs and ramps, and pedestrian lighting


JE Lowery and Bedford Street

Addition of southbound and westbound left turn lanes, bike lanes sidewalks, crosswalks, curbs and ramps, and pedestrian lighting.


JE Lowery and Wheeler Street

Addition of southbound and westbound left turn lanes, bike lanes, sidewalks, crosswalks, curbs and ramps, and pedestrian lighting


New Roads New roadways and extension of existing roadways based on the Street Framework Plan New Roads NR‐1

Marietta Boulevard Bridge

Replacement of the existing Marietta Boulevard bridge across NS rail lines Bridge B‐3

Herndon Street Bridge A new 3‐lane bridge connecting Herndon Street across the Norfolk Southern freight rail lines Bridge B‐4

Brawley Drive from D.L. Hollowell Parkway to Jefferson Street Bike Lanes P‐2

JL Lowery Blvd From D.L. Hollowell Parkway to W. Marietta Street. Bike Lanes P‐3 P‐20

Jefferson Street from Marietta Boulevard to NF freight lines Bike Lanes P‐4 P‐20



Table 3: BeltLine Subarea 9 ‐Proposed Transportation Projects Location Description Project Type Number UWS #

Howell Station sidewalks II

New 5‐foot sidewalks, pedestrian lighting, and pedestrian ramps Rice Street from Marietta Boulevard to W. Marietta Street Pedestrian P‐6 P‐5

Howell Station sidewalks II

New 5‐foot sidewalks, pedestrian lighting, and pedestrian lighting in Howell Station neighborhood Pedestrian P‐7 P‐5



Table 4: Connect Atlanta Plan Recommended Projects in Upper Westside LCI

Project Name Project Type Project Description Project ID UWS #

Deering street extension ‐ Part 1 New Street

Extension of Deering street ‐ 2 lane street with left turns at intersections NS‐02

Elaine Ave New Street From intersection of Marietta Blvd and Elaine Av to Culpepper St NS‐090

Herdon Street and JE Lowery Blvd New east west streets New Street From Herndon Street to JP Brawley

PS‐NS‐110

Ethel Street Extension New Street Street Extension Extend to Hampton Street PS‐NS‐021

New Street between Jefferson Street and Lint Rd New Street

PS‐NS‐111 NR‐5

Northside/Hemphill/14th intersections Intersection Realignment Consolidate Intersection

PS‐IR‐010

Northside/North Avenue/Lambert Intersection Realignment Consolidate Intersection

PS‐IR‐011

Northside Dr./Marietta St. Intersection Realignment Reconfigure intersection

PS‐IR‐012

Marietta Street and Marietta Blvd. Intersection Capacity

Redesign intersection to accommodate Left Turn Lanes IC‐006 I‐5

Northside Drive Widening Road Widening

Widening (to 6 lanes with turn lances where needed) Simpson St. to I‐75

PS‐RW‐005

Huff Road Roadway Widening Widen Huff Road to accommodate a left turn lanes as needed, approximately 1 mile. RW‐002 IR‐4

Howell Mill Restriping Road Diet

Restripe Howell Mill Road from 14th Street south to Marietta Street to one travel lane in each direction with continuous center turn lane, approximately 2,600 feet RD‐005 IR‐5

Northside Dr./14th Street

Vehicle Sightlines/Pedestrian Safety

PS‐PA‐025

Howell Mill Road Core Bicycle Connection

Marietta Street Core Bicycle Connection

JE Lowery Core Bicycle Connection

West Marietta Street Core and Secondary Bicycle Connection

JP Brawley Secondary Bicycle Connection

Jefferson Street Secondary Bicycle Connection



Table 4: Connect Atlanta Plan Recommended Projects in Upper Westside LCI

Project Name Project Type Project Description Project ID UWS #

BeltLine Transit Transit

22‐miles of new alignment Light Rail Transit/Streetcar around the core of the City TR‐001

Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway/North Avenue Transit Bus Service

Total of 8.3 miles of high frequency/limited stop bus service (some in separate guideway) from City limit to Bankhead station, with continuing local service to North Avenue station. Appropriate physical pedestrian streetscape improvements and permanent transit amenities along Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway, Tech Parkway, and North Avenue. TR‐015



Table 5: Upper Westside LCI 5 Year Update Permitted Development 2005‐2009

Map # Permit Date

DRI Review Project Name Project Location

Zoning Number

Census Tract

# of Residential Units

Hotel Units

Building sq ft

Commercial sq ft

Office sq ft Other Status

1 10/7/2005 N/A

Single family residence

949 Longley Av NW 7 1 0 1,976

2 3/28/2006 N/A


698 English Av NW 8 1 0 1,845

3 5/10/2006 N/A

Single family residence 983 Carr St NW 7 1 0 2,003

4 8/30/2006 N/A


929 Longley Av NW 7 1 0 1,900

5 8/30/2006 N/A


941 Longley Av NW 7 1 0 1,924

6 9/13/2006 N/A


933 Longley Av NW 7 1 0 1,976

7 9/13/2006 N/A


937 Longley Av NW Z‐01‐05 7 1 0 1,976

8 11/28/2006 N/A


984 Herndon St NW 7 1 0 1,682

9 10/29/2007 N/A


972 Herndon St NW 7 1 0 2,640

10 12/27/2007 N/A


927 Tilden St NW 7 1 0 1,782

11 12/27/2007 N/A


923 Tilden St NW 7 1 0 1,836

12 5/29/2008 N/A

Single familyResidence 970 Rice St NW 7 1 0 2,194

13 6/30/2008 N/A


1034 Tilden St NW 7 1 0 1,631 Completed

14 2005‐2006 NA

Knight Park Commons ‐ townhomes

1070 Marietta Boulevard 7 27 Completed




Map # Permit Date


Zoning Number

Census Tract


Hotel Units

Building sq ft

Commercial sq ft


15 9/1/2006 NA

Gables at King Plow Apartments

820 West Marietta/975 Ashby Street Z‐05‐117 8 248 Completed

16 11/29/2006 N/A

M West II Townhomes

1410 Ellsworth Industrial Dr NW Z‐05‐090 89.02 104 0 221,904 Completed

17 1/5/2007 N/A Huff Heights ‐

Townhomes 1199 Huff Rd NW Z‐05‐70 89 28 0 36,858 Completed

18 3/20/2007 N/A Oliver Street

Townhouses 690 Paines Av NW Z‐03‐035 8 30 0 84,000

Planned / work

stopped

19 6/28/2007 N/A

White Provision / Mixed Use

1170 Howell Mill Rd NW Z‐06‐016 6 100 0 365,105 204,677 Completed

20 9/7/2007 2006‐2007

Tivoli Tenside / Mixed Use 643 Tenth St NW Z‐06‐129 6 291 0

1,253,032 24,000 Completed

21 10/24/2007 N/A

Division Street Townhomes

1040 Culpepper St NW Z‐06‐135 89.02 67 0 32,729

Planned / work

stopped

22 12/17/2007 2007

APEX ‐ Perennial West Midtown / Apartments ‐ Mixed Use

1133 Huff Road and 1275 Ellsworth Industrial Dr NW Z‐06‐012 89.02 340 0 646,785 14,000

Under Constructio

n

23 1/28/2008

N/A

Alexan Metrowest / Multifamily residence

1040 Huff Rd NW Z‐06‐139 89 397 0 739,510

Under Constructio

n

24 3/26/2008 N/A Broadstone

West / Mixed 935 Marietta St NW 10 283 0 430,790 13,600

Under Constructio




Map # Permit Date


Zoning Number

Census Tract


Hotel Units

Building sq ft

Commercial sq ft


Use n

1,928 3,836,078 256,277

Demolished Units 18 11,500

Non‐Residential Development

25 8/19/2005 N/A The Howard

School 1192 Foster St NW 89 0 0 56,944

56,944 Completed

26 11/21/2005 N/A CNN Parking

Deck 384 Northyards BV NW 21 0 0 92,424

92,424

27 2/27/2006

N/A

Technology Enterprise Park ‐ Phase 1/GA Tech

380 North Av NW 21 0 0 134,000 134,423 Completed

28 3/21/2006 N/A

Boyd Warehouse

1329 Boyd Av NW 89 0 0 4,085 4,085

29 8/4/2006 N/A

Ellsworth Glassworks Inc

1320 Ellsworth Industrial Dr NW 89 0 0 89,500 89,500 Completed

30 6/30/2007 NA

Brickworks 1000 Marietta Street 10 85,336 85,336 Completed

31 9/17/2007 N/A

Reisman Warehouse Building

803 Bedford St NW 8 0 0 2,400 2,400

Under Constructio

n

32 9/23/2008 N/A Georgia

Power 755 Jefferson St NW 8 0 0 152,126

152,126 Completed




Map # Permit Date


Zoning Number

Census Tract


Hotel Units

Building sq ft

Commercial sq ft


Supplement

33 12/30/2008 N/A

Bankhead Storage Facility

647 Bankhead Av NW 8 0 0 127,224

127,224

Under Constructio

n

744,039 85,336 223,923 435,203

23,865



Table 6: Completed Transportation Projects in the Upper Westside LCI

Project Name Description Project Type CD GO Number UWS Project Number

Howell Mill Road

From Forrest Street to Huff Road Sidewalk Improvements

3 00GO‐1796

Howell Mill Road

From Brady Street to 11th street Sidewalk Improvements

3 00GO‐1799

Huff Road From Marietta Street to Howell Mill Road Sidewalk Improvements

9 00GO‐0491 P‐12

Rice Street From Marietta Boulevard to Marietta Street.

Speed Hump Installation

9 00GO‐1848

10th Street From Howell Mill Road to Northside Drive Street Resurfacing and Reconstruction

3 00GO‐0002

Ethel Street From Northside Drive westward to dead end

Street Resurfacing and Reconstruction

3 00GO‐0338

Tilden Street From West Marietta Street to dead end. Street Resurfacing and Reconstruction

3 00GO‐1954

Paines Avenue From Bedford Street to Jefferson Street Street Resurfacing and Reconstruction

3 00GO‐0729

Brady Avenue From West Marietta Street to Howell Mill Road

Street Resurfacing and Reconstruction

3 00GO‐2235

11th Street From Brady Avenue to Northside Drive Street Resurfacing and Reconstruction

3 00GO‐2236

Ellsworth Drive From Huff Road to Saint John’s Avenue Street Resurfacing and Reconstruction

9 00GO‐0330

Fairmont Avenue

From Culpepper Street to dead end Street Resurfacing and Reconstruction

9 00GO‐0352

West Marietta Street and Herndon Street

Intersection of West Marietta Street and Herndon Street, New LED Signal/Ped Head; New Controller/Cabinet; Complete Rewiring, New Guy‐Wire

Traffic Signals and Communications

03 00GO‐3201

West Marietta Street and Lowery Boulevard

Intersection of West Marietta Street and Lowery Boulevard, New LED Signal/Ped Head; New Controller/Cabinet; Complete Rewiring, New Guy‐Wire


3 00GO‐3202

Marietta Boulevard and Huff Road

Intersection of Marietta Boulevard and Huff Road, LED Signal/Ped Signal; New Controller/Cabinet; Rewiring


9 00GO‐3200

Northside Drive and Means Street

Crosswalk installation Crosswalk Installation

2 00GO‐0259



Table 7: Transportation Projects Underway

Name Description Type of

Improvement Project Number OCL #

Marietta Boulevard Streetscape

Sidewalks and pedestrian improvements from West Marietta to City Limits Pedestrian

GO‐0595/DPW‐05‐0310 P‐16

Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway Streetscape

From Marietta Blvd to Lowery Blvd ‐ Phase C Pedestrian GO‐0065 P‐3


From Lowery to Northside Dr ‐ Phase D Pedestrian GO‐0065 P‐3

10th street and Northside Drive

Crosswalk installation in Council District 2

Crosswalk Installation GO‐0260 X‐3

10th street and Howell Mill Road



Marietta Boulevard and West Marietta


Crosswalk Installation GO‐0260

DL Hollowell and JE Lowery



Marietta Boulevard Bike Lanes

Core Bicycle connection from West Marietta Blvd to City limits. Install signage and pavement marking for on‐street bicycle routes. Bicycle GO‐0855

James P Brawley Bike lanes

Secondary bicycle connection from Greensferry Ave to Jefferson Street. Install signage and pavement marking for on‐street bicycle routes. Bicycle GO‐0855

Tenth Street Bike lanes

Core Bicycle connection from Monroe Drive to Howell Mill Rd West Marietta Blvd to City limits. Install signage and pavement marking for on‐street bicycle routes. Bicycle GO‐0855

Howell Mill Road Bike Lanes

Core Bicycle connection from Moores Mill Road to Eighth Street. Install signage and pavement marking for on‐street bicycle routes. Install signage and pavement marking for on‐street bicycle routes. Bicycle GO‐0855

West Marietta Street

Core Bicycle connection from Howell Mill Road to Perry Blvd. Install signage and pavement marking for on‐street bicycle routes. Bicycle GO‐0855



Table 7: Transportation Projects Underway

Name Description Type of

Improvement Project Number OCL #

Northside Drive

Upgrade Northside Drive from 14th street to Trabert Ave by improvement pavement

DPW‐05‐0379



Table 8: Upper Westside LCI 5 Year Implementation Plan Status

Project ID

Phase

Project Name Project Type Project Description PE Year

Construction Year Complete Underway

Not Started

Not Relevant

Notes

Pedestrian and Bike

P‐1 I

Marietta Street/Howell Mill Road Streetscape

Streetscape ‐ Primary Sidewalks, street furniture, street lighting, curbs, ramps, and street trees. From Simpson Avenue to Huff Road.

X

P‐2 I

Northside Drive Streetscape

Streetscape ‐ Primary Sidewalks, street furniture, street lighting, curbs, ramps, and street trees. From Simpson to Bishop.

X

P‐3 I


Streetscape ‐ Primary Sidewalks, street furniture, street lighting, curbs, ramps, and street trees from Northside Drive to Marietta Boulevard

X

Concept for Marietta Blvd to

Lowery and Lowery to Northside Drive on Pre‐

qualified List.

Concept Completed

P‐4 II

Means Street Streetscape

Streetscape ‐ Secondary

New sidewalks and street lighting along the length of Means Street, from Ponders Avenue to Marietta Street.

X

P‐5 II

Knight Park/Howell Station Sidewalks


New sidewalks along both sides of Rice Street from Marietta Boulevard to W. Marietta Street. New sidewalks on one side of Herndon Street (from W. Marietta to dead end), Tilden Street (from W. Marietta to dead end), Church Street (from Rice to Herndon), Niles Avenue (from Herndon to Marietta

X




Project ID

Phase



Not Started

Not Relevant

Notes

Boulevard), Warfield Street (from Tilden to Marietta Boulevard).

P‐6 II

Brady Street Streetscape


New sidewalks and street lighting along both sides of Brady Street. From W. Marietta Street to Howell Mill.

X

P‐7 II

West Marietta Street Streetscape ‐ Secondary

New sidewalks and street lighting along both sides of West Marietta Street from Howell Mill to intersection with Marietta Boulevard

X

P‐12 II

Huff Road Streetscape


Acquiring right of way and grading for sidewalks for full length of Huff Road (from Howell Mill to Marietta Boulevard). Curbs, ramps, and street furniture.

X Portion of project

completed

P‐13 II

English Avenue North ‐ GWCC Greenway

Greenway Remove existing rail bridges, clear overgrowth, and grading to level greenway. Build a concrete multi‐use path with entrances, boundary fences, lighting, and signs. From Lowery Boulevard southeast to Northside Drive.

X

P‐14 III

Lowery Streetscape Streetscape ‐ Primary Sidewalks, street furniture, street lighting, curbs, ramps, and street trees. From DLH to W. Marietta Street.

X

P‐21 I

14th Street Streetscape

Streetscape ‐ Primary 14th Street Streetscape between Hemphill Avenue and Howell Mill Road. Part of a larger streetscape project for 14th Street initiated by the Home Park Community Improvement Association.

X




Project ID

Phase



Not Started

Not Relevant

Notes

Pedestrian Crossing

X‐1 I

Northside Drive/ Marietta Street Crossing

Pedestrian Crossing Create a pedestrian crossing including striping, special materials, ramps, and signalization.

X

X‐2 I Howell Mill Road/Marietta Street Crossing

Pedestrian Crossing Create a pedestrian crossing including striping, ramps, and signalization.

X

X‐3 I Northside Drive at 10th St. Crossing


X


Pedestrian Crossing Create a pedestrian crossing including striping, ramps, and possible signalization.

X



X

X‐7 I Marietta Street & Simpson Street Crossing


X

X‐8 I Howell Mill Road & 14th St. Street Crossing


X

X‐9 I Howell Mill Road & 10th St. Crossing


X

X‐11 II

Lowery Boulevard/West Marietta Street Crossing


X

Intersection

Improvements




Project ID

Phase



Not Started

Not Relevant

Notes

I‐1 I Bishop Street & Howell Mill Road

Intersection Intersection project to include geometric improvements, study for signal requirement.

X

I‐2 II

West Marietta Street & Lowery Boulevard

Intersection Intersection project to include road realignment, signal upgrade, pedestrian facilities upgrade, roadway rehabilitation.

X

I‐3 I DLH & Lowery Boulevard

Intersection Intersection project to include geometric improvement, utility pole relocations.

X

I‐4 I

Brady Avenue & Howell Mill Road

Intersection Intersection project to include realignment of Brady to intersect Howell Mill at 90 degrees.

X

I‐5 II West Marietta Street & Marietta Boulevard

Intersection Intersection project to include roadway rehabilitation. X

Improved Roadway

IR‐1 I

Donald Lee Hollowell Pkwy Corridor (near Northside Drive intersection)

Improved Roadway Along Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway from the railroad track going east to Northside Drive. Roadway improvement project include capacity improvement, geometric improvement at the intersection of Donald Lee Hollowell & Northside Drive.

X

IR‐2

II

Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway Corridor (western section)

Improved Roadway Along Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway between Marietta Boulevard and Joseph Lowery Boulevard. Roadway improvement project to include drainage system improvement, roadway capacity improvement.

X




Project ID

Phase



Not Started

Not Relevant

Notes

IR‐3 I

Lowery Boulevard Corridor

Improved Roadway Along Lowery Boulevard from Donald Lee Hollowell Pkwy to Jefferson Street. Roadway improvement project to include drainage system improvement.

X

IR‐4 I

Huff Road Corridor Improved Roadway Huff Road east of Marietta Blvd to Howell Mill. Roadway improvement project include capacity improvement.

X

Open Space

OS‐1 I

Hemphill Waterworks Park

Open Space Move the fence around the Hemphill Waterworks closer to the water to allow public use of open space. Install public facilities such as paths, picnic benches, and picnic shelters.

X

OS‐2 II

English Avenue North Park

Open Space Acquire land for a park in English Avenue north, or reach an agreement on opening existing privately held open space.

X

OS‐3 II

Knight Park Improvements

Open Space Meet with neighborhood to determine needed landscaping and maintenance improvements to Knight Park.

X

OS‐4 III 10th St. Park Open Space Acquire and design small

park/plaza between Northside Drive & Howell Mill.

X

OS‐5 III Huff Road Plaza Open Space Acquire land at the intersection

of Huff and Earnest and develop as a small plaza.

X

OS‐6 III

Huff Road & Marietta Boulevard Park

Open Space Acquire and develop neighborhood park on the strip of land immediately south of Elaine at its intersection with Marietta Blvd.

X




Project ID

Phase



Not Started

Not Relevant

Notes

OS‐7 III

West Home Park Plaza

Open Space Acquire and develop a neighborhood park along new Ethel Street between Northside Drive and Howell Mill.

X

OS‐8 III

Lowery Boulevard Park

Open Space Acquire and develop a neighborhood park along Lowery Boulevard or reach an agreement on opening existing privately held open space.

X

OS‐9 III

West Marietta Park Open Space Acquire and develop a small landscaped passive open space and neighborhood gateway along West Marietta Street just west of Herndon.

X

Other

O‐1 I

Revise Mixed‐Use Zoning categories

Land Use Adapt existing quality of life zoning codes to be more flexible in terms of land use arrangements and streetscape requirements. X

This will be completed

in conjunction with

major re‐write of the Zoning

Resolution

O‐2 I

Rezoning Upper Westside

Land Use Change zoning to meet planned future land use throughout the Upper Westside

X ‐ on going

Rezoning of parcels

done at the time

applications are made

O‐3 I

Upper Westside Community Development Corporation

Community Create a community development corporation that focuses on affordable housing development for artists.

O‐4 I Seek National Historic Register listing for key

Historic Preservation Key properties not currently listed include: Murray's Mill, Hemphill Waterworks property,

X‐on going




Project ID

Phase



Not Started

Not Relevant

Notes

properties. and the White Provision Building.

O‐5 I

Promote awareness of existing tax break programs for seniors.

Housing Create a publication to make seniors aware of existing property tax break and housing rehabilitation programs with contact information about how to take advantage of these programs.

X

ADA developed a brochure

for all affordable housing programs

O‐6 I

Encourage local institutions to implement employer assisted housing programs.

Housing Large employers can create incentive programs for lower‐income employees to encourage them to purchase in nearby neighborhoods. This encourages neighborhood revitalization, home ownership, and shorter commutes.

O‐7 I

Acquire land in English Avenue for future workforce single family housing.

Housing The Atlanta Housing Authority and local community development corporations should take advantage of current low land prices in English Avenue to bank land for future, affordable, single family housing development. Cooperation with the English Avenue Community Development Corporation should be emphasized.

X

O‐9 II

Upper Westside Marketing Organization

Community Create a joint marketing organization for marketing arts events and recruiting new arts organizations to the area.

X‐on‐going

Area businesses

and property owners

have been promoting the West




Project ID

Phase



Not Started

Not Relevant

Notes

Side or Midtown West

O‐10 II

Main Street Trolley Transit Plan and build trolley infrastructure including dedicated lane, rail line, and transit stops. Trolley should extend from Five Points, through the Upper Westside, to Atlantic Station and connect to Peachtree Street in Midtown. This will form connections with possible future Peachtree St. Streetcar. Early service can be a shuttle, building up ridership for the future trolley.

X

O‐11 II

Encourage LEED certified development

Environmental BOP should create a publication available to developers explaining the benefits of LEED certification and facilitating the LEED certification process.

X

Sustainable Building Ordinance under

consideration by City Council

committee

O‐12 I

Provide wayfinding system

Pedestrian Provide Wayfinding Signage System ‐ Key elements will include: uniform, attractive and geographically‐oriented maps, signs and kiosks which capitalize on the industrial historic character of the area; signage at each node ‐ Howell & Huff, Marietta Blvd & Elaine, Marietta

X

Some wayfinding signs were installed by CAP and Midtown Alliance




Project ID

Phase



Not Started

Not Relevant

Notes

Blvd and Hollowell, Lowery & Hollowell, Hollowell & Northside, Simpson & Marietta, Marietta & North, Northside & Marietta, Howell & Marietta, Northside & 10th, Northside & 14th, Marietta & Lowery.



Table 9: New Upper West Side LCI 5 Year Implementation Plan

Project ID

Phase Project Name Project Description Type of

Improvement

Eng. Year

Eng. Costs

ROW Year ROW Costs Const Year

Construction Costs

Total Project Costs

Responsible Party

Funding Source

Pedestrian and Bike

P‐1 I

Marietta Street/Howell Mill Road Streetscape

Sidewalks, street furniture, street lighting, curbs, ramps, and street trees. From Simpson Avenue to Huff Road. Priority project in UWS plan

Streetscape ‐ Primary

$4,022,700

$11,157,300 $15,180,000 DPW/BOP Bond, TAD, Federal

P‐3A I

Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway Streetscape‐ Phase C

Sidewalks, street furniture, street lighting, curbs, ramps, and street trees from Marietta Boulevard to JE Lowery Blvd. Pre qualified project. Priority project in UWS plan


$71,843 $115,435 $842,999 $1,030,277 DPW/BOP Bonds,

LCI/Federal

P‐3B I

Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway Streetscape ‐ Phase D

Sidewalks, street furniture, street lighting, curbs, ramps, and street trees from JE Lowery Blvd to Northside Drive. Pre‐qualified Project. Priority project in UWS plan


$94,945 $112,075 $1,114,075 $1,321,095 DPW/BOP LCI/Federal

P‐5 II

Knight Park/Howell Station Sidewalks

New sidewalks along both sides of Rice Street from Marietta Boulevard to W. Marietta Street. New sidewalks on one side of Herndon Street (from W. Marietta to dead end), Tilden Street (from W. Marietta to dead end), Church Street (from Rice to Herndon), Niles Avenue (from Herndon to Marietta Boulevard), Warfield Street (from Tilden to Marietta Boulevard). Included as Howell Station Sidewalks P‐6 and P‐7 in BeltLine Subarea 9

Sidewalks

2011 $179,869 n/a n/a 2013 $498,881 $678,750 DPW Bond, TAD

P‐7 II

West Marietta Street New sidewalks and street lighting along both sides of West Marietta Street from Howell Mill to intersection with Marietta Boulevard. Included as West Marietta Street bike and ped projects R‐4 in BeltLine Subarea 9


$239,825 $665,175 $905,000 ABI TAD

Stripping and Signing of Core and Secondary Bicycle Routes

Stripe and install signage along core and secondary bicycle routes. DPW Planned project Bicycle

DPW

Pedestrian Crossing

X‐1 I Northside Drive/ Marietta Street Crossing

Create a pedestrian crossing including striping, special materials, ramps, and signalization.

Pedestrian Crossing $16,250 $146,250 $162,500 DPW Bond




Project ID


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X‐2 I Howell Mill Road/Marietta Street Crossing

Create a pedestrian crossing including striping, ramps, and signalization. Priority project in UWS plan



Create a pedestrian crossing including striping, ramps, and signalization. DPW planned project



Create a pedestrian crossing including striping, ramps, and possible signalization.



Create a pedestrian crossing including striping, ramps, and signalization.


X‐8 I Howell Mill Road & 14th St. Street Crossing

Create a pedestrian crossing including striping, ramps, and signalization.


X‐9 I Howell Mill Road & 10th St. Crossing



X‐13 II Lowery & DLH Street Crossing


Pedestrian Crossing $16,250 $146,250 $162,500

Intersection

Improvements

I‐1 I Bishop Street & Howell Mill Road

Intersection project to include geometric improvements, study for signal requirement. Priority project in USW plan.

Intersection $81,250 $437,500 $518,750 DPW Bond

I‐2 II

West Marietta Street & Lowery Boulevard

Intersection project to include road realignment, signal upgrade, pedestrian facilities upgrade, roadway rehabilitation. Included as I‐4 in BeltLine Subarea 9.

Intersection

$93,750 $562,500 $656,250 ABI/DPW TAD

I‐3 I DLH & Lowery Boulevard Intersection project to include geometric

improvement, utility pole relocations. Included as I‐3 in BeltLine Subarea 9

Intersection $93,750 $625,000 $718,750 ABI/DPW TAD

I‐5 II West Marietta Street & Marietta Boulevard

Intersection project to include roadway rehabilitation. Included as I‐2 in BeltLine Subarea 9

Intersection $93,750 $718,750 $812,500 ABI/DPW TAD

Improved Roadway




Project ID


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Construction Costs

Total Project Costs

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Funding Source

IR‐1 I

Donald Lee Hollowell Pkwy Corridor (near Northside Drive intersection)

Along Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway from the railroad track going east to Northside Drive. Roadway improvement project include capacity improvement, geometric improvement at the intersection of Donald Lee Hollowell & Northside Drive. Priority project in UWS plan.

Improved Roadway

$175,000 $375,000 $550,000 GDOT/DPW/BOP

LCI, TIP, STIP, CMAQ

IR‐4 I

Huff Road Corridor Huff Road east of Marietta Blvd to Howell Mill. Roadway improvement project include capacity improvement. Priority project in UWS plan.

Improved Roadway $237,500 $386,250 $623,750 DPW/BOP

LCI, COA CIP, Quality of Life Bond

Other

Cost Year

Responsible

Party Funding Source

O‐1 I

Revise / Update Zoning Resolution

The Zoning Resolution needs to be reviewed and updated. The Quality of Life Zoning districts, including the mixed use zoning categories will be updated at the same time.

Land Use

$1.5M 2,011 BOP General Fund

O‐2 I Rezoning Upper Westside Zoning changes will be done on an on‐going basis

as applications are submitted. Land Use

On‐going BOP

O‐4 I

Seek National Historic Register listing for key properties.

National Register Nominations will be done on an on‐going basis by the property owners. Key properties not currently listed include: Murray's Mill, Hemphill Waterworks property, and the White Provision Building.

Historic Preservation

On‐going

Private

Property Owners

O‐5 I

Promote awareness of affordable housing programs

The Atlanta Development Authority and the Bureau of Housing have a publication to make home buyers and developers aware of existing affordable housing programs.

Housing

On‐going ADA &

BOH

O‐13 I

Industrial Policy Implement recommendations to retain and attract industrial users. Change land use and zoning of parcels with Industrial Enterprise Zone designation to Industrial. Implement recommendations of Georgia Tech MCP Industrial Studio.

Land Use

On‐going BOP &

ADA

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