FALL RIVER • DOWNTOWN URBAN • RENEWAL • PLAN Draft February 2018 Acknowledgements
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FALL RIVER • DOWNTOWN URBAN • RENEWAL • PLAN Draft February 2018 Acknowledgements City of Fall River Prepared for the Fall River Citizens' Advisory Group Redevelopment Authority Mayor Jasiel F. Correia II Jamie Karam William Kenney, Chairman Christina Catelli City Council Anne E. Keane Christopher Antao Shawn E. Cadime Joseph Oliveira Jerry Donovan Joseph D. Camara Kara O'Connell Joseph Holdiman Stephen A. Camara Consultant Team Bradford L. Kilby FALL RIVER OFFICE OF ECONOMIC Pam Laliberte-Lebeau DEVELOPMENT HARRIMAN Stephen R. Long Kenneth Fiola, Jr., Esq., Executive Vice Steven G. Cecil AIA ASLA Leo O. Pelletier President Emily Keys Innes, AICP, LEED AP ND Cliff Ponte Steven Souza, Economic Development Kartik Shah, LEED AP Administrative Assistant Derek R. Viveiros Lily Perkins-High Maria R. Doherty, Network Administrator Planning Board Lynn M. Oliveira, Economic Development FITZGERALD AND HALLIDAY Coordinator Francisco Gomes, AICP, ASLA Keith Paquette, Chairman Michael Motta, Technical Assistance Mario Lucciola Specialist FXM ASSOCIATES Alice Fagundo Francis X. Mahady Charles Moniz Dianne Tsitsos BONZ AND COMPANY Robert Salisbury Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary ..............................................................................................................................................1 2. Characteristics ......................................................................................................................................................19 3. Plan Eligibility ........................................................................................................................................................62 4. Plan Objectives .....................................................................................................................................................105 5. Time Frame ...........................................................................................................................................................125 6. Financial Plan ........................................................................................................................................................126 7. Requisite Municipal Approvals ...............................................................................................................................128 8. Site Preparation .....................................................................................................................................................134 9. Public Improvements ............................................................................................................................................135 10. Relocation ...........................................................................................................................................................138 11. Redeveloper’s Obligation .....................................................................................................................................139 12. Disposition ..........................................................................................................................................................140 13. Citizen Participation .............................................................................................................................................141 14. Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) ...............................................................................................144 15. Process for Future Changes: 760 CMR 12.03 ......................................................................................................144 16. Severability .........................................................................................................................................................145 List of Tables and Figures Figure 1-1: Downtown and Waterfront Urban Renewal Plan Boundaries ......................................................................................................3 Figure 1-2: Developing the Spine of North and South Main Street ...............................................................................................................7 Figure 1-3: Employment Trends in Fall River and Bristol County - Retail Trade .............................................................................................9 Figure 1-4: Employment Trends in Fall River and Bristol County - Accommodation and Food Services ........................................................10 Table 1-1: Fall River Urban Renewal Area Retail Gap Analysis: Indicative Results ........................................................................................11 Figure 1-5: Average Annual Demand for Selected Monthly Rents by Age Group, Fall River Urban Renewal Market Areas .............................12 Figure 1-6: Office Space Occupancy Fall River and Submarket 2008 - 2022 ...............................................................................................13 Table 1-2: Projected Growth in Occupancy in Medical & Total Office Space in Fall River ..............................................................................14 Figure 1-7: Employment Trends in Fall River and Bristol County, 2005-2021: Educational Services .............................................................15 Figure 2-1: Fall River, Mass in 1812 ..........................................................................................................................................................18 Table 2-1: Downtown Urban Renewal Plan Urban Renewal Area Snapshot..................................................................................................19 Figure 2-2: Fall River Downtown Urban Renewal Area ................................................................................................................................20 Figure 2-3: South Coast Rail Phasing Plan ................................................................................................................................................23 Figure 2-4: Natural Resources ...................................................................................................................................................................24 Figure 2-5: Flood Zones in the Urban Renewal Area ...................................................................................................................................26 Figure 2-6: Boundaries of the Project Area .................................................................................................................................................28 Figure 2-7: Existing Uses ...........................................................................................................................................................................29 Figure 2-8: Current Zoning .........................................................................................................................................................................30 Figure 2-9: Current Zoning including Arts Overlay District ...........................................................................................................................31 Figure 2-10: Proposed Uses and Public Park Improvement.........................................................................................................................32 Figure 2-11: Proposed Zoning ...................................................................................................................................................................33 List of Tables and Figures (Continued) Figure 2-12: Parcels to be Acquired ...........................................................................................................................................................34 Figure 2-13: Lots to be Created for Disposition ..........................................................................................................................................35 Figure 2-14: Buildings to be Rehabilitated and/or Constructed ....................................................................................................................36 Table 2-2: List of Parcels for Acquisition ....................................................................................................................................................38 Table 2-3: Snapshot of Parcels for Acquisition ...........................................................................................................................................39 Figure 2-15: Parks within the Urban Renewal Area .....................................................................................................................................42 Figure 2-16: Parks within a Five-Minute Walk of the Urban Renewal Area....................................................................................................43 Table 2-4: B-N and CBD Dimensional Restrictions ......................................................................................................................................46 Table 2-5: CMD and CBD Dimensional Restrictions ....................................................................................................................................47 Figure 2-17: Fall River Downtown Urban Renewal Area and Main Street as a connective spine through the downtown ................................50 Figure 2-18: Urban Design Character Areas ...............................................................................................................................................53