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A Master Plan for Southside Park A Master Plan for Southside Park City of Atlanta, Georgia M a y 2 0 0 7 Prepared for: The City of Atlanta Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Prepared by: Tunnell-Spangler-Walsh & Associates This report was made possible by the participation and support of the staff of the City of Atlanta Department of Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs, the residents of Poole Creek, the execu- tive members of NPU Z, and the office of Council member Joyce Sheperd. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Mayor Shirley M. Franklin Atlanta City Council Council President Lisa Borders Carla Smith, District 1 Felicia A. Moore, District 9 Kwanza Hall, District 2 C.T. Martin, District 10 Ivory Lee Young, Jr., District 3 Jim Maddox, District 11 Cleta Winslow, District 4 Joyce Sheperd, District 12 Natalyn Mosby Archibong, District 5 Ceasar C. Mitchell, Post 1 At Large Anne Fauver, District 6 Mary Norwood, Post 2 At Large Howard Shook, District 7 Lamar Willis, Post 3 At Large Clair Muller, District 8 Department of Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs Dianne Harnell-Cohen Sushma Dersch Paul Taylor Patricia Katz Prepared by: Tunnell-Spangler-Walsh & Associates 1389 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 200 Southside Park Master Plan i This page intentionally left blank ii Southside Park Master Plan TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INVENTORY & ANALYSIS A. Overview 1 B. Park Description and Context 2 C. Master Planning Process 3 D. Jonesboro Road Plan 4 E. Existing Conditions 5 1. Elements and Facilities 5 2. Natural Systems 5 3 Transportation and Circulation 10 4. Adjacent Land Uses & Zoning 14 5. Community Demographics 18 6. Nearby Parks and Recreation Centers 20 II. NEED ANALYSIS A. Opportunities and Constraints 23 B. Summary of Community Input 24 C. Regional Park Positioning 26 III. MASTER PLAN A. Concept Description 31 1. Overview 31 2. Circulation and General Notes 32 3. Character Districts 34 B. Master Plan Considerations 38 C. Adjacent Land Use 38 D. Concept Graphic 40 IV. ImpLEMENTATION A. Projects and Phasing 41 B. Preliminary Cost Estimates 48 Southside Park Master Plan iii INVENTORY & ANALYSIS Figure iv.1: Southside Park Context Map. 6 Southside Park Master Plan INVENTORY & ANALYSIS I. INVENTORY & ANALYSIS “There are no I.A OVERVIEW world class cit- ies without world The Southside Park Master Plan is intended to guide future class parks.” improvements at this large greenspace in southeast Atlanta. The Plan includes a program, concept, and recommendations Leon S. Eplan that express the desires of area stakeholders and considers the park’s role in the City’s overall park system. The plan’s recommendations will transform Southside Park from a relatively unknown, under-utilized greenspace into: • A safe place with amenities that appeal to all ages and support local neighborhood needs; • A park destination for the City’s broader constituents, particularly those on its south side; • A walkable and accessible environment with an internal trail system connecting to surrounding neighborhoods and their community anchors; and • A magnet for new residential development and catalyst for the area’s overall economic benefit. I.B PARK DESCRipTION AND CONTEXT Great public spaces bring people Southside Park is a 211 acre greenspace on Jonesboro Road and communities together in southeast Atlanta. On Jonesboro Road, it is between Forest Park Road on the east, I-285 on the south, and Hutchens Road on the north. The park is in the South River Gardens neighbor- hood, located within Neighborhood Planning Unit (NPU) Z, and City Council District 12 (represented by Councilwoman Joyce Sheperd). The park is also near the City’s borders with Clayton and DeKalb Counties, many of whose residents use it. According to historic aerial photographs, the land constituting Southside Park has always been open space, with farming being the maximum extent of its development. This has been confirmed by a Phase 1 Environmental Assessment (EA) pre- pared in November of 2002 for the Trust for Public Land (TPL) during purchase of a 44 acre expansion at the park’s southern Neighborhood Planning Unit Z end. The assessment traced ownership of the property from the Southside Park Master Plan 1 INVENTORY & ANALYSIS Poole family up to 1962, when it was transferred to the father of its most recent owner, Ms. Yetta Arp, prior to acquisition by the City. As such, the park represents one of a few large rare unspoiled greenspaces in the City of Atlanta. Like the park itself, the area around Southside Park has his- torically seen little development. Until recently, the site was bor- dered by low density single family housing, small commercial, undeveloped land, and I-285. However, in the past two years new development has started to transform adjoining lands into more intensive residential uses, particularly those to the east. The City purchased the park’s southern 44 acres in 2002, which it includes a significant floodplain, The recent development trends adjacent to Southside Park are shown as shaded above part of a larger redevelopment trend occurring across south- east Atlanta. These include both public and private-sector ini- tiatives. The Atlanta Development Authority (ADA) plans to ex- pand Southside Industrial Park, just west of the park, while a recently-approved Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ) for Jonesboro Road will abate property taxes for new development. Further- more, implementation of infrastructure upgrades from recently completed Jonesboro Road Corridor Redevelopment Plan will increase already-strong private sector reinvestment and place additional demands on Southside Park. The Urban Enterprise Zone program can be used to encouraged housing 2 Southside Park Master Plan INVENTORY & ANALYSIS I.C MASTER PLANNING PROCESS The Southside Park Master Plan process involved four phas- es: 1. Inventory and analysis of existing conditions 2. Stakeholder and community input (on-going) 3. Creation and testing of concepts 4. Development of Recommendations and Implementation Plans An Advisory Committee guided the consultant throughout the Stakeholders review initial ideas at planning process. In addition, public-at-large meetings were the Preliminary Concept Meeting held during various phases of the project, including: • An Advisory Committee Meeting & Public Workshop on April 20, 2006, • A Preliminary Concept Meeting on May 18, 2006, and • A display of the draft plan at NPU Z Redevelopment Master Plan meeting on March 17, 2007. Southside Park Master Plan 3 INVENTORY & ANALYSIS I.D JONESBORO ROAD PLAN This Master Plan is an addendum to the Jonesboro Road Cor- ridor Redevelopment Plan Update, which was completed in September 2006 for the City of Atlanta by the consulting firm of Tunnell-Spangler-Walsh & Associates. Key recommendations that will impact Southside Park include: • Adding transit shelters, seating, lighting, and trash receptacles at all bus stops near schools and centers. MARTA bus stops near Southside • Implementing direct bus service on Jonesboro Road. Park do not offer a quality waiting experience • Reviewing and improve traffic controls, signage and striping corridor-wide. • Conducting a safety assessment and intersection modification at Jonesboro Road and Macedonia Road. • Conducting a safety assessment and intersection modification at Jonesboro Road and Southside Industrial Parkway. • Installing a 12-foot planted median along Jonesboro Road between Macedonia Road and I-285. • Building a new street extending Southside Industrial Parkway into Southside Park. • Constructing sidewalks on both sides of School Drive and Macedonia Road, west of Jonesboro Road. Missing sidewalks on Jonesboro • Creating a multi-use trail along the utility corridor Road disrupt pedestrian access to paralleling Jonesboro Road between McWilliams the park Road and Conley Road, connecting to the South River Greenway and Southside Park. • Creating a multi-use trail on Southside Park property along the east side of Jonesboro Road. • Creating a pedestrian-oriented “Town Center” featuring office and big box retail uses at Conley Road and I- 285; establishing a “Village Center” at School Drive, at Southside Industrial Parkway, and creating a “Neighborhood Center” at Macedonia Road. • Creating a model “Olmstedian” conservation subdivision north of the park. • Focusing park-oriented retail uses in commercial properties abutting Southside Park. Multi-use greenway trails serving bicyclists and pedestrians can be • Expanding the park into commercial properties at 3500, used by all ages 3504, 3530, and 3532 Jonesboro Road. 4 Southside Park Master Plan INVENTORY & ANALYSIS • Providing pedestrian access to the park from the Atlanta Expo Center and the proposed Gateway Commercial District south of I-285. • Adopting easements into the Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP) to require new development to build roads that connect into Southside Park in accordance with the Master Plan. The parcels in front of Southside Park were proposed for park expan- sion by the Jonesboro Road Rede- velopment Plan Update A concept plan for an “Olmstedian” Figure I.1: Jonesboro Road Redevelopment Plan Update Study Area conservation subdivision north of Southside Park Southside Park Master Plan 5 INVENTORY & ANALYSIS I.E EXISTING CONDITIONS The following conditions were inventoried within and around Southside Park: • Elements and facilities that comprise Southside Park; • Natural systems, including hydrology, forest cover/ vegetation, and topographical characteristics; • Vehicular and non-vehicular circulation, parking, access, walking distances, road typology, street
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