Planning Advisory Committee Meeting # 2 Tuesday, April 28, 2015

– Project Team

– PAC Members

– Community Engagement Underway

– PAC Mtg 1 Summary

– PAC Homework Results

– Stakeholder Summary Results

Where We Are In The Process – Community Engagement Underway

– PAC Meeting #1 Summary

Visioning

Community Engagement

Kickoff Capacity, Demand & Market

“What if” Scenarios Assessment

Visioning & Community Needs

“Preferred” Scenario Assessment

Draft Plan Assessment

Community Workshop

1

Community Workshop

2

Community Workshop

3

Forecast the Future

Survey Interviews Groups

Foundation of Facts Formulate a Fit Start Up

Foundation of Facts

Community Engagement • Stakeholder Interviews • Perspective Groups • Community Survey

Media

Fact Sheet

City Website Posters & Print Ads Postcards

Start-up Foundation

Of Facts

Visioning &

Community

Needs

Forecast the

Future Formulate a Fit

PHASE

1

PHASE

2

PHASE

3

PHASE

4

PHASE

5

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– What values will Warrenton residents consider most important?

– What areas of disagreement are likely?

– If you could ask “stakeholders” one question, what would it be?

– What factors will make this process a success?

Existing Conditions

•City Studies

•Wastewater Capital Improvement Plan

•Water Master Plan

•Warrenton AJR Transportation Study

• Traffic Studies •Others

Final Comprehensive Plan

•Development Influences Framework

• Policy Direction Framework

•Growth & Cooperative Planning Framework

• Form & Character of Development Framework

• Land Use Framework

•Neighborhood Framework

• Transportation Framework

• Parks, Open Space & Greenway Framework

• Infrastructure Framework

• Implementation Framework

City Implementation Tools

•City Budget

•City Strategic Plan

•Capital Improvement Plan

•Zoning Code

•Others

Coordination

•Warren County

•Warren R-III School District

•Warrenton Fire Protection District

•Health Agencies

•Booneslick Regional

•Others

Foundation of Facts - Snapshot – Demographics

– Infrastructure Systems

– Community Facilities

– Parks & Recreation

– Development Influences

– First element of the Plan.

– Accessible and relevant data.

– Establishes a Foundation of Facts for discussion forward.

– 11 broad topics over two meetings.

PAC Meeting #2 PAC Meeting #3

Demographics Transportation

Infrastructure Systems Economic Development

Community Facilities Land Use

Parks & Recreation Land Capacity/Demand

Development Influences Susceptibility to Change

Opportunities & Constraints

• Population Growth of has slowed from an annual average of 4.7%

from 2000 to 2010 to an average of .08% from 2010-2015.

• Families constitute 65% of all households but the percentage of

single-person households is growing, now 29% of households.

• Official projections indicate a potential population of 11,000 by

2030; about half the 2000-2010 pace.

• County officials are more pessimistic

and see slower gro

• Median household income in

Warrenton is slightly above the

statewide median

• There are also more low-income

and fewer high-income

households

0.16

0.15

0.092

0.155

0.175

0.137

0.096

0.028 0.008

Household Income Distribution

Less than $15,000

$15,000 to $24,999

$25,000 to $34,999

$35,000 to $49,999

$50,000 to $74,999

$75,000 to $99,999

$100,000 to $149,999

• The percentage of the population over the age of 75

has dropped over the past 15 years but

• The actual number of persons 75 and over almost

doubled during that period.

17 16.5

11

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NO HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA

BACELOR DEGREE

Educational Attainment

Warrenton Missouri

• 17% of Warrenton

residents

do not have a high

school

diploma

• Only 16.5% have college

degrees

• More than 75% of housing units

are in single-family detached

houses

• 11.3% of housing units are in

mobile homes

• 12.2% of units are in multiunit

structures

• Older housing concentrated near

downtown

• 38% of housing units constructed

since 2000

68.70%

79.40%

31.30%

20.60%

WARRENTON WARREN COUNTY

Tenure

Owner Occupied renter Occupied

22.7 22.4 19.1

9.2

11.8

19.1 24.5

10.6

RETA I L T RA D E M A N UF A C TUR IN G ED UC A T IO N A N D H EA L TH C A RE SERV IC ES

A C C O M M O D A T ION A N D F O O D SERV IC E

EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY

% of Jobs % of residents in industry

• There are 4,300 jobs in Warrenton/Truesdale but only 3,800 persons

in the local workforce

• In addition, a high percent of residents work outside of the

community

• The Interstate highway facilitates employees getting to jobs in

Warrenton and Warrenton residents reaching jobs in other locations.

• Retail trade and Accommodation and Food Services industries exist

largely because of the access provide by the highway.

– People

– Housing

– Employment

– 5 Deep Wells

– 2 Booster Stations and 2 Pressure Reducing Stations to create 2 pressure zones

– 5 Storage Tanks (2.45 MG)

– 2,713 Service Connections (2009)

– Well #4 (Ashland Ave)

• 210 GPM

– Well #5 (1st St – Fire House)

• 210 GPM

– Well #6 (Powell St)

• 640 GPM

– Well #7 (Fairground Rd)

• 590 GPM

– Well #8 (Ashland Meadows)

• 902 GPM

– Elevated Storage (5 Tanks)

• 1.45 Million Gallons

– Ground Storage (Fairground Rd)

• 1.0 Million Gallons

– Total Available Storage

• 2.45 Million Gallons

– Cost of extending water mains

• Developer typically pays costs plus

extension fees where there are system

gaps

– Rates and Fees

• Reasonable for the area

– 63 Lineal miles of VCP and PVC sewers

that range in size from 4” to 18”

– 6 Lift Stations

• Water Street (740 gpm)

• Field of Dreams (370 gpm)

• Dry Fork (23 gpm)

• Fairlane (1,950 gpm)

• Troy (N/A)

• Industrial Park (940 gpm)

– City owned Treatment Facility with 3-ring Orbal Oxidation Ditch

• Current permitted capacity is 2.0 MGD avg daily flow

• Re-rating to 3.4 MGD avg daily flow currently underway

– Provide public sanitary sewer service to

developing tracts

– Install key infrastructure components

(i.e. lift stations and trunk sewers) per

the 5-Year CIP Plan

– Capacity of existing sewer system and

capacity of existing treatment facility

– Sporadic development throughout the

watershed

– Development of areas beyond city limits

will likely require lift stations and force

mains to convey wastewater to the existing

system due to the surrounding terrain

– Rates and Fees are reasonable for the area.

– City should maintain development goals while providing needed maintenance and CIP work to keep the existing system functioning properly

– City should implement recommendations of the I&I Study

– Proper management of stormwater facilities is critical to removal and prevention of I&I to the sanitary sewer system

• Cuivre Watershed

• Lower Missouri Watershed

Existing Watershed Boundaries

– Develop data on existing stormwater facilities

– Provide and organize technical information for quick distribution to city staff and outside professionals

– Provide information to the public about the NPDES Phase II stormwater requirements

– Develop Stormwater Management Utility

Implementation Plan that encompasses

the planning area.

– Continue development of GIS Mapping

– Develop Stormwater Master plan with

proposed improvements.

– Parks and Trails

– Recreation and Athletic Fields

– Larger Detention Volumes

– Water Quality Volumes

– City Operations and Housekeeping/Recordkeeping

– Stormwater BMPs

– Public Participation

– Water

– Sanitary Sewer

– Stormwater

– Documentation of systems

• Influence city identity

• Linked to future opportunities for growth

– Categories

• Libraries

• Police and Fire

• Emergency Medical

• Municipal Facilities

• Schools (public/private)

• Health and Human Services

• Churches

• Cemeteries

• Parks Facilities

– Police

– Municipal Court

– Animal Control

– Building, Grounds

Maintenance

– City Clerk

– Administration

– Finance

– Economic

Development

– Planning & Zoning

– Public Works

– Recreation

– Assessor &

Collector

– Library

– Emergency

Management

– Sanitarian

– Planning & Zoning

– Prosecuting

Attorney

– Public Health

– Sheriff

– Warrenton Fire

Protection District

– Warren County R-3

School District

– Many are not under purview of

the City.

– Process will identify assets and

issues related to these

organizations.

– Plan will stress policies for

collaboration/coordination to

achieve mutual goals.

– System of Facilities

– Role of the Comprehensive Plan

– 6 Parks and Sports Complex

– Parks Range = 3 – 35 acres

– Athletic Complex = 55 acres

– Total = 116 acres

– National Recreation and Parks Association (NRPA)

classification system

• Guideline for parkland relative to population

• One way to measure parkland needs and supply

– Current LOS is

approximately

67 people/acre

of parkland

– LOS and other

factors will be

used to

recommend

future needs

– For example:

COUNTY FAIR GROUNDS

COUNTRY LAKE GOLF CLUB

– Supplement neighborhood and community parks.

– Serving broader based recreation needs.

– Have 1,475 acres

– Exceeds 40 – 80

acres rec’d

– Serve groups of neighborhoods.

– Development typically includes picnic shelters, playgrounds, ball fields, trails, and restrooms.

– Have 97 acres

– Exceeds 40 – 64

acres rec’d

– Serve residential

areas.

– Access is mostly

by walking or

bicyclist.

– Have 19 acres

– Exceeds 8 – 16

acres rec’d

COUNTY FAIR GROUNDS

COUNTRY LAKE GOLF CLUB

– Central core is well served.

– Northern area has limited access.

– Limited trails.

– Interconnected network of trails, bike/pedestrian connections linking park system together.

– Regional Parks

– Community Parks

– Neighborhood Parks

– Existing Level of Service

– Not all lands are suitable for

development

– Framework identifies factors

affect development potential of

land

– To identify places that –

Are most important to retain

To maintain a balance between

preservation and growth

Define opportunity corridors

Define high quality open space

set-asides for recreation

– Serves as the initial

development envelope.

– Factors that affect

development potential of

land. • Hydrology:

o Streams, stream buffers,

wetlands, alluvium (where water

is underneath the surface), &

floodplains

• Existing Vegetation:

o Forest, scrub, and agriculture

• Slopes:

o Slopes >15%

• Land Use:

o Parks and public open spaces

• Soils:

o Classified by how well they drain

– Almost 50%, or 2,664 acres

is potentially sensitive.

– Areas

Hickory Lick Valley

Big Creek Valley

North Fork Charette

Creek Valley

– Potential opportunities:

– For recreation plans

– Conservation development

best practices

Area A

Area B

Area C

Big Creek Valley

Hickory Lick Valley

North Fork Charette Creek Valley

A

B C

– 50%, or 2,704 acres, is

developable.

– Development has occurred

in the upland areas

between:

Hickory Lick Valley

Big Creek Valley

North Fork Charette

Creek Valley

– More development possible

without encroaching on

sensitive areas

– Areas to the north

– Pockets of 5 – 20 acres

Big Creek Valley

Hickory Lick Valley

North Fork Charette Creek Valley

– 22,834 acres of land.

– 63%, or 14,410 acres is potentially sensitive.

Swath of forest to the south

Patch of forest & stream corridor to the northwest

– 37% or 8,424 acres are potentially suitable

– To the east and north are pockets in the upland area on the fringe of wooded stream corridors.

– Potential opportunities:

– For recreation plans

– Conservation development best practices

– Natural Resources

– Road Effect Zone

– Land Capacity

– Land Demand

– Potential opportunities:

– For recreation plans

– Conservation development

best practices

– Factors

– Warrenton Findings

– Unincorporated Area Findings

Community Engagement Results – Stakeholder Interview Results Summary

– PAC Homework Results

– To meet one time.

– To gain a better understanding of the community.

– To assist with data collection and analysis.

– To identify key issues early in the process to inform the perspective group discussions.

– Staff identified individuals based upon the criteria above.

– 9 sessions

Mike Wright Warren County Judge

Roger Mauzy Warren County Commissioner

Wendy Nordwald Assessor

Wes Dalton Warren County Judge

Daniel Hampson Warren County Commissioner

Hubert Kluesner Warren County Commissioner

Mark Stevens Business Owner - T&N

Gary Carter Business Owner - Warrenton Steel

Jim Ledbetter Insurance Agency

Butch Hunter Prop Owner/Regionally involved/owns Hunter Modular

Charlie Nordwald Prior State Rep/Prop Owner

Fred Vahle Prior Commissioner/Prior Bus Owner

Linda Stude Prior Collector/Prop Owner

Brad Busekrus Prior Alderman/Park Board/Bldg

Daryl Hicks Property/Business Owner

George Heath Property/Business Owner

Jeff Keeven Property Owner/golf course owner

Presley Knarr Property Owner

Josh Beck Community Edge

Rick Gastorf Business Owner

Planning Advisory Committee – Homework Results – Character Exercise

– Go Out & Take Community Images

Places desirable to visit Needs some help to improve Offers potential beyond current condition

Places/things special to you Maintenance is needed An undesirable condition

Conditions you’d like to replicate

No need for wholesale change Would like to see less of this condition or issue

Represents the city well Intervention likely needed

– Photo’s Categorized & Sorted by Theme

• Strong Areas

– Churches, Schools, Parks, Residential,

Government Services, Development

– Photo’s

Categorized &

Sorted by Theme

• Attention Areas

– Housing,

Traffic, Parks,

Downtown,

Public Realm,

Development

– Photo’s Categorized &

Sorted by Theme

• Opportunity Areas

– Job Opportunities, Key

Locations

– Your thoughts while undertaking the task

– Strong Areas

– Attention Areas

– Opportunity Areas

– Identify 3 that best represent that

category

• Strong Areas

• Attention Areas

• Opportunity Areas

– Tell us why with sticky notes

– Identify top 3 for each category

• Strong Areas

• Attention Areas

• Opportunity Areas

– Tell us why with sticky notes

Next Steps – Community Outreach

– PAC Meeting #3

– Community Online Survey

– Snapshot Summary Part 2

• Transportation

• Economic Development

• Land Use & Zoning

• Land Capacity & Land Demand

• Susceptibility to Change

• Opportunities & Constraints

– Perspective Group Summary

Thank You!