NOACA REGIONAL TOD SCORECARD AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN PHASE II/TASK 4: IMPLEMENTATION PLAN PILOT STUDIES E. 116TH STREET STATION AREA DRAFT FEBRUARY, 2017 AECOM Contents 1 Introduction and Executive Summary ................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Purpose of this Report ................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Study Area Location ..................................................................................................................... 2 1.3 Study Area Overview .................................................................................................................... 3 1.4 Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................... 4 2 Existing Conditions ............................................................................................................................... 5 3 Summary of Market Analysis ............................................................................................................... 8 3.1 Socio-Economic and Labor Market Conditions ............................................................................ 8 3.2 Real Estate Market Projections ..................................................................................................... 9 4 Conceptual Plan .................................................................................................................................. 11 4.1 Overview ..................................................................................................................................... 11 4.2 Catalyst Project: Infill on E. 116th Street .................................................................................... 11 4.3 Other Opportunities .................................................................................................................... 16 4.4 Buckeye-Woodhill and the Opportunity Corridor ...................................................................... 18 4.5 Aging in Place ............................................................................................................................. 19 4.6 Enhanced Bus Services or Facilities ........................................................................................... 21 5 Implementation Strategy ..................................................................................................................... 22 5.1 NOACA’s Role ........................................................................................................................... 25 5.2 Zoning ......................................................................................................................................... 25 5.3 Infrastructure Funding................................................................................................................. 26 5.4 TOD Financing ........................................................................................................................... 27 6 Community Engagement..................................................................................................................... 29 6.1 Stakeholder Input to this Report ................................................................................................. 29 6.2 An Engagement Strategy Going Forward ................................................................................... 29 E. 116th Street Station Area DRAFT: rev.1 (February x, 2017) i List of Tables Table 1: Annualized Percent Change, Total Population ............................................................................... 8 Table 2: Key Socio-Economic Metrics ........................................................................................................ 9 Table 3: Six Largest Industries by Employment, Five-Mile Radius ............................................................ 9 Table 4: Residential Demand/Supply Analysis, E. 116th Street (10-Minute Drive) .................................. 10 Table 5: Illustrative Infill Buildout Program .............................................................................................. 14 Table 6: Aging-in-Place Strategies Related to TOD ................................................................................... 20 Table 7: The NOACA TOD Program ......................................................................................................... 23 Table 6: Community Engagement Partners and Locations ......................................................................... 30 Table 7: Community Engagement Methods ............................................................................................... 31 List of Figures Figure 1: E. 116th Street Station Area Location ............................................................................................ 2 Figure 2: E. 116th Street Station Area Overview........................................................................................... 3 Figure 3: E. 116th Street, Existing Land Use ............................................................................................... 6 Figure 4: E. 116th Street Station Area, Vacant and Public Land .................................................................. 7 Figure 5: East 116th Street Buildout Program Through 2022 ..................................................................... 11 Figure 6: Potential Redevelopment Parcels ................................................................................................ 13 Figure 7: Illustrative TOD Buildout Scenario ............................................................................................. 13 Figure 8: Streetscape Enhancements on E. 116th Street ............................................................................. 14 Figure 9: "Before": Existing Conditions, Looking South ........................................................................... 15 Figure 10: "After": Infill TOD Program and Public Realm Improvements ................................................ 15 Figure 11: The Learning Campus and St. Luke's ........................................................................................ 16 Figure 12: CDC and Public Ownership Clusters, Buckeye Road ............................................................... 17 Figure 13: Thrive 105-93 and E. 116th Street .............................................................................................. 18 Figure 14: Potential Enhanced Bus Locations ............................................................................................ 21 Figure 15: Existing Zoning, Station and Vicinity ....................................................................................... 25 E. 116th Street Station Area DRAFT: rev.1 (February x, 2017) ii 1 Introduction and Executive Summary 1.1 Purpose of this Report This report presents a transit-oriented development (TOD) planning and implementation study of Cleveland’s E. 116th Street station area. It was undertaken by the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA), the state- and federally-designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Greater Cleveland. This E.116th Street report is part of NOACA’s Regional TOD Scorecard and Implementation Plan, a two-phase regional initiative begun in 2015. NOACA’s consulting team was led by AECOM. In Phase I, NOACA worked with its study partners—the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) and Cleveland Neighborhood Progress, Inc.—as well as the City of Cleveland and other stakeholders to develop a regional TOD framework. This framework began with a broad, flexible definition of TOD based on four foundational ingredients: Development that is compact and dense—not in uniform, absolute terms but in relative terms, compared to the surrounding area. This allows more people to live, work, shop, or go to school within walking distance of the station or stop. A rich mix of land uses, if not at each station then in each segment of a corridor. Mixed-use development helps create safe “24/7” places. When housing, jobs, and other uses are in close proximity, many daily activities can be reached by walking or biking. Mixed-use development also allows more efficient use of the transit system, by generating commuter trips both to and from the station in question. A safe, inviting, and interconnected public realm that “glues” land uses to each other and to the transit station. Transit-oriented development is also pedestrian-oriented development, and successful station areas include a grid of small, navigable blocks with ample sidewalks, active uses at street-level, attractive amenities, good lighting and way-finding, bicycle lanes and facilities, and uniform accessibility for seniors, the disabled, and people with baby carriages. A new approach to parking. TOD doesn’t mean “no cars”—even with an emphasis on transit, pedestrian, and bicycle use, successful TOD will generate car trips. But TOD does require less parking. It can afford lower parking ratios that take advantage of transit; shared parking facilities that take advantage of mixed uses; and location and design standards that blend into the district. Notwithstanding these common ingredients, TOD is not a “one-size-fits-all” concept. It can occur in different shapes, sizes, and combinations. A key product of Phase I was the TOD Place Typology. The typology