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FONES ROAD VALUE PLANNINGCITY OF OLYMPIA

City of Olympia | Capital of Washington State

Presented by:

Mark Russell, Transportation Director Sophie Stimson, Senior Planner

City of Olympia Public Works Department

THE PROBLEM

• $14M project to widen and add sidewalks and bike lanes

• In CFP for 10+ years

• Public raised concerns recently, mostly about widening

RE-ENVISION FONES

• Meet community vision

• More value relative to cost

• Rethink approach to a transportation project

• Meet economic, environmental and livability goals

2-DAY PROCESS PLANNED

Charrette:

• Generate conceptual solutions

• Draw on diverse expertise

Consultant team:• Rhys Roth, Director

Center for Sustainable Infrastructure

• Andrea Ramage, CEOSomersault Consulting LLC

• Steve Moddemeyer, Principal CollinsWoerman

• Jemae Hoffman, DirectorVIA Architecture

• John Gibson, Owner, Gibson Economics

A WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE

Staff/others:

• Land Use planners

• Economic development specialists

• Parks planners

• Utility engineers

• Habitat specialists

• Transportation engineers

• Former City Council member/advocate

• Thurston Regional Planning Council staff

BRIEFING BOOK

• Zoning

• Transportation features

• Utilities

• Natural systems

• Topography

• Employment and residential data

DAY 1: FIELD TRIP TO FONES

Process to record observations:

• Land Use

• Commerce

• Transportation

• Environment

• Social

DAY 2: CHARRETTE | NEW IDEAS

Morning:

• Recorded ideas for improving Fones

• Organizing solutions into themes

• Choose up to 5 themes to focus on

• Developed success criteria

Afternoon:

• 5 geographic areas

• Create concepts with maps, drawings

• Compare concept to success criteria

• Presented concepts to group

WHAT WE LEARNED

• Who the street serves

• Hidden assets in the landscape

• Potential for stormwater

• Land use and transportation considered together

• Interdisciplinary

FINAL REPORT

Synthesis alternative:• Fewer lanes in some areas

• Another roundabout

• Improved trail crossing

• Protected bike lanes

• Street connectivity

• Green stormwater improvements

• Pathways for people walking and biking

• New street connections

• Zoning modifications

Triple Bottom Line Analysis:

• Synthesis alternative

• Business as usual alternative

• Social, environmental and financial impacts

Next steps:

• Engineering firm to vet ideas

INSIGHTS ON VALUE PLANNING

• Do early, when a project is first identified

• Best for large-scale projects

• Use to promote collaboration, interdisciplinary interaction

• Use to integrate land use, transportation and utility planning early

• Ideal for comp plan study or sub area plan

City of Olympia | Capital of Washington State