Volume I: Presenting the Plan
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Town of Milton, Massachusetts Milton Master Plan Preserving Our Past, Planning Our Future VOLUME I: PRESENTING THE PLAN Consultant Team: Community Circle Martha Lyon Landscape Architecture, LLC AECOM, Inc. Community Preservation Associates A.G. Jennings, LLC Approved with Amendments and Accepted as the Town of Milton Master Plan by the Milton Planning Board, June 25, 2015 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Master Plan Committee Consultant Team Emily Keys Innes, Chair Daphne Politis, Community Circle Steven Affanato Martha Lyon, Martha Lyon Landscape Architecture, LLC Dick Burke Jeff Maxtutis, AECOM, Inc. John Cronin Brian Barber, Community Preservation Associates David DeFillippo Bill Giezentanner, Community Preservation Associates Ellen DeNooyer and Bryan Furze Angus Jennings, A.G. Jennings, LLC (contributor from Tom Hurley November 2013 – May 2014) Taber Keally John Kiernan ALSO Glenn Pavlicek Frank Schroth, MyTownMatters, Paul Traverse http://02186.mytownmatters.com John Sheldon Enrique Silva And for hosting public workshops: Wally Sisson Deborah Felton, Fuller Village Cheryl Tougias William Adamczyk, Director, Milton Public Library Milton Public Schools Planning Board ¡Celebrate Miton! Alexander Whiteside, Chair Cunningham Park Edward L. Duffy, Secretary Bryan Furze Emily Keys Innes Michael E. Kelly Town Staff ….and the concerned residents, business owners, Town officials William Clark, Director of Planning & Community Development and staff who devoted their time, energy and imagination to the Emily Martin, Senior Administrative Clerk making of this plan. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................................ Executive Summary - 1 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................ 1 Why Master Plan ......................................................................................................................................................... 1 Overview of Previous Planning Efforts ...................................................................................................................... 4 Purpose and Process of this Master Plan .................................................................................................................. 9 Updating the Planning Process .................................................................................................................................. 10 2. Plan Foundations ..................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Guiding Principles (Vision, Goals and Objectives) ..................................................................................................... 17 History and Background ............................................................................................................................................. 17 Milton Voices: Phase I ................................................................................................................................................. 20 Phase II: Community Conversation ............................................................................................................................ 21 Key Issues, Opportunities and Challenges ................................................................................................................ 27 Relevant Trends .......................................................................................................................................................... 30 3. Summary of Existing Conditions ............................................................................................................................................ 33 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................ 33 Historic and Cultural Resources ................................................................................................................................. 34 Open Space, Recreation & Natural Resources .......................................................................................................... 35 Housing & Neighborhoods ......................................................................................................................................... 37 Economic Development ............................................................................................................................................. 39 Circulation and Transportation .................................................................................................................................. 40 Facilities and Services ................................................................................................................................................. 42 (continued) TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 4. Implementation Plan .............................................................................................................................................................. 45 Introduction to implementation plan ........................................................................................................................ 45 Key Recommendations .............................................................................................................................................. 50 List of “Ripe Apples” ................................................................................................................................................... 55 Implementation Table Goal 1: Preserve Town’s Physical Character ....................................................................................................... 65 Goal 2: Promote Health and Wellness ................................................................................................................ 85 Goal 3: Improve Housing and Neighborhoods .................................................................................................. 111 Goal 4: Promote Economic Development ......................................................................................................... 137 Goal 5: Improve Transportation and Circulation ............................................................................................... 161 Goal 6: Provide High Quality Public Facilities, Services and Infrastructure ..................................................... 181 Goal 7: Strengthen Capacity to Plan ................................................................................................................... 199 Master Plan Committee Implementation Committee Article ................................................................................... 231 Additionally, two separate documents were prepared as appendices to this document. They are occasionally referred to in this, Volume I of the Master Plan, and are: VOLUME II: INVENTORY OF EXISTING CONDITIONS OF TOWN RESOURCES VOLUME III: SUMMARY OF PUBLIC INPUT They may both be found on-line on the Town’s website: http://www.townofmilton.org/Public_Documents/MiltonMA_BComm/MP/MP Milton Master Plan EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PURPOSE OF THE MASTER PLAN This Master Plan is ultimately about protecting, preserving, and enhancing all that makes Milton a special place while What will Milton be like in 5 years? 10 years? 20 years? If we do not simultaneously addressing concerns, changes in attitudes, needs, plan for the future, will the town stay the same? What would change? and conditions to make Milton an even better place to live, work, What do we love about our town? How do we retain what we love? play and learn. What could be different? How shall we go about making Milton an The Master Plan, prepared for the Town of Milton, is the result of a even better place to live, work, and play? What can we do to protect two-year process and the hard work and dedication of the Master what we most appreciate about our town and prepare for future Plan Committee, the Office of Planning and Community contingencies? Development, the Planning Board, town Department Heads and Milton is one of those Staff, the Consultant Team, AND hundreds of Milton residents who What is a Master Plan? communities where people gave their time and shared their ideas about what and how to A “basis for decision- who live there feel lucky to do preserve what is best about Milton, and what should be improved making” about future so. It is blessed with an ideal or changed moving forward. development (the state location with excellent access strongly encourages 1 to the City of Boston and all The Master Plan was undertaken in two Phases. Phase I was communities to develop its amenities—including completed in June 2013 and resulted in a preliminary vision and set plans to guide their future of goals to help guide decisions regarding the future of Milton. One MGL Ch. 41 Sec 81D) employment opportunities as of the organizing features of Phase I was to identify those areas of well as cultural offerings, A process whereby Milton where the preservation of existing conditions is desired and while simultaneously participants work together preserving historic and those where change is preferred. Phase II built on this work, to create a plan