prepared for Miami River Commission, City of Miami, and Miami-Dade County 50300056.02 MIAMI RIVER CORRIDOR URBAN INFILL PLAN TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Executive Summary ....................................................................................................... 1. II Background..................................................................................................................... 3-13 Planning Study Area and Scope of Work……………………………………………3 History of the River…………………………………………………………………… 8 Summary of Existing Conditions……………………………….............................. 10 V. III. Plan Elements................................................................................................................. 14-87 VISION FOR THE RIVER INVESTMENT ALONG THE RIVER Private investment - Maritime Commerce………………..……………………………….…………... 43 - Redevelopment Tools …………………………..………………...................... 44 Public investment - Parks and Greenways…………..……………………………………………..... 47 - Civic Buildings, Public Spaces and Right-of-Ways…………….…………..... 49 - Dredging ......................................................................................................51 TRANSPORTATION ALONG THE RIVER The River as a Multi-Modal Corridor…………………………………………………53 Streets…………………………………...………………………………...……………57 Bridges…………………………………...………………………………..……………60 Greenway Network.........……………...………………………………………………61 Public Transportation.............................…..……...…………………………………63 Watercraft Transportation...................……..……...…………………………………64 NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG THE RIVER Housing ..….....…………………………….……………………………… ............... .65 Crime Prevention………..……………...………………………………………………67 Education……….………..……………...………………………………………………70 Prepared by Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.-June, 2002 Prepared for the Miami River Commission i MIAMI RIVER CORRIDOR URBAN INFILL PLAN TABLE OF CONTENTS THE RIVER ENVIRONMENT Dredging …………………………………………………………… ......................... 71 Stormwater and Sanitary Sewer System Retrofi tting…………………………….. 71 Miami Cleanup Vessel …………………………………………………………… .... 71 Additional Greenspace …………………………………………………………….... 72 Removal of Derelict Vessels………………………………………………………… 72 Environmental Education ……………………………………………………………72 Biscayne Bay and Everglades Restoration……………………………………….. 72 Manatee Protection………………………………………...................................... 73 IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES Governance Structure…….. ............................................................................... 74 Partnerships…….. .............................................................................................. 78 Comprehensive Plan Map Amendment……....................................................... 79 Funding the Infi ll Plan…………….. ..................................................................... 80 Urban Infi ll Implementation Steps……………..................................................... 85 IV. Exhibits ........................................................................................................................... 88-138 Economic Incentives, Grants, and Programs…….. ............................................ 88 Bridges within the Urban Infi ll Boundary …………. ............................................ 117 Parks within the Urban Infi ll Boundary …………. ............................................... 118 Memorandum of Understanding ………….......................................................... 120 Water Quality Improvement Plan Summary …………. ....................................... 122 Zoning Map …………. ........................................................................................ 125 Landuse …………............................................................................................... 126 Miami-Dade Empowerment Zone Boundary………………………………………. 127 Community Redevelopment Agency Boundary………………………………… ... 128 Downtown Development Authority Boundary……………………………………... 129 Enterprise Zone Boundary………………………………………………… ............. 130 Front Porch Initiative Boundary………………………………………………… ...... 131 Historically Underutilized Business Zone Boundary…………………………….... 132 Year Built ……. ................................................................................................... 133 Historic Sites ……............................................................................................... 134 Prepared by Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.-June, 2002 Prepared for the Miami River Commission ii MIAMI RIVER CORRIDOR URBAN INFILL PLAN TABLE OF CONTENTS Parks …………. .................................................................................................. 135 Brownfi elds ………….......................................................................................... 136 Miami River Corridor Park Projects with Bond Funding…………. ...................... 137 Existing Mass Transit …………. ......................................................................... 138 References ………….......................................................................................... 139 Acknowledgements …………. ............................................................................ 140 Prepared by Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.-June, 2002 Prepared for the Miami River Commission iii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY MIAMI RIVER CORRIDOR URBAN INFILL PLAN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Investment Along the River: The success of the Miami River Corridor will require substantial investment along the river The Miami River from the mouth at Biscayne Bay to the by both the private and public sectors. A redevelopment Miami International Airport will get its own identity as a hub stimulus package is proposed to provide fi nancial incentives of new activity, if the Miami River Commission, the City of to spur private developments and investment in the public Miami, and Miami-Dade County succeed in implementing facilities including roads and greenways in the Miami River this Urban Infi ll Plan. These three entities along with the Corridor. The City of Miami and Miami-Dade County efforts of a group of stakeholders including home owners, are already investigating the creation of one or more Tax commercial interests and marine industries along the river Increment Finance Districts within the Miami River Corridor. have set in motion an unprecedented planning effort built Additionally, local governments will support catalytic upon earlier plans for the Miami River including the Miami redevelopment projects within the Miami River Corridor River Greenway Action Plan, Miami River Master Plan, will further generate development activity along the River. Miami River Study Commission Report and Miami River The Miami River Commission will assist the private sector Commission’s Water Quality Improvement Plan—The Miami with permit facilitation and proper development practices by River Corridor Urban Infi ll Plan providing staff assistance and the creation of an ‘urban design center’ The main objective of this Urban Infi ll Plan is to establish a unifi ed vision for the future development of the Miami Public investment associated with the design of public River Corridor. It is the Strategic Plan that will guide the buildings and spaces will dramatically enhance the value of Miami River Commission’s efforts to promote the Miami property within the Miami River Corridor and will ‘set the bar’ River Corridor as a multi-modal transportation corridor, a higher for private sector development through a heightened $4 billion a year economic engine and the home to many of quality of design on all public projects. Public investment Miami’s oldest businesses and neighborhoods. The Miami includes parks, greenways, civic buildings and facilities, River has been the subject of many plans and a wide variety bridges, streets and utilities. The $80 million investment in of competing interests over the last 40 years. This Urban Infi ll the dredging of the Miami River’s Federal Navigation Channel Plan will provide One Voice for the future of the river—The and the proposed protective zoning for water dependant and Miami River Corridor. water related businesses sends a clear message to the river’s water dependant businesses that they here to stay with the Major Themes for the Urban Infi ll Plan are: support of the local, state and federal governments. • Vision for the River Transportation Along the River: The Urban Infi ll Plan • Investment Along the River provides a vision for the multi-modal transportation future • Transportation Along the River of the Miami River Corridor. In total, more than 27 miles of • Neighborhoods Along the River multi-modal transportation infrastructure exists or is planned • The River Environment for the Miami River, including 5.5 miles of waterway, 11 • Implementation Strategies miles of roadway, and 11 miles of greenway. Combined with the existing metrorail, metromover, buslines and the future Vision for the River: Arguably, for the fi rst time there is Miami-Intermodal Center, the Miami River Corridor needs to a clear vision for the future of the Miami River. The Plan be recognized and designated by the City of Miami, Miami- provides a ‘virtual tour’ up the river, neighborhood by Dade County and FDOT as the only multi-modal east-west neighborhood, richly describing the wealth of businesses, connector from the airport to downtown. Once designated historic neighborhoods and industries that make the Miami as multi-modal transportation corridor, improvement projects River truly unique. In just 5.5 miles, a tour along the Miami can be identifi