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CHURCH STREET TOD CONCEPT TOD STREET CHURCH provide an important transportation alternative, allowing car-free access to City Sanford Hall, Sun Trust Center, and the many events throughout the year at both the and the proposed Performing Arts Center. The daily coming and Lake Mary going of SunRail trains, shuttling commuters and visitors alike, will add activity, Longwood vitality, and desirability to surrounding businesses and residences. Co-location Altamonte Springs with the existing historic rail station will support and preserve the historic and Maitland pedestrian-oriented character of the Church Street Historic District. Winter Park Florida Hospital A unique infill redevelopment site, the corner of South Street and Garland Central Church Street Avenue provides an opportunity to highly integrate the transit platform with Orlando/Amtrak new development. Over time, other surface parking lots in the area may

Sand Lake Road become redevelopment opportunities, as well. Streetscape and pedestrian improvements, especially along South Street, Church Street, and Garland Avenue Meadow Woods will improve pedestrian safety and facilitate connection and crossings under I-4. Osceola Parkway

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Aerial photo of existing conditions. The Church Street station will serve as a front door to Orlando’s civic, cultural and entertainment center. The station area will be one of two downtown scale TODs along the SunRail corridor. The density allowed around the station is the greatest of any SunRail station. The City of Orlando’s Downtown Development Board (DDB), as the agency responsible for the revitalization of the City’s core area, has the tools, staff and experience to leverage the coming of SunRail. In addition to the information presented earlier in the report, next steps in TOD planning for Church Street might include: CHURCH STREET TOD NEXT STEPS NEXT TOD STREET CHURCH • Shaping and enhancing access to a number of vacant and under-utilized parcels in the immediate station area. • Moving to transit-friendly parking ratios on future development parcels to help leverage access to SunRail. District parking, a technique which allows phasing and reducing parking over time, may be quite appropriate here.