Office of the City Manager
Second Annual Update – 710 Stub Master Plan
November 25, 2024
Office of the City Manager
Overview
1. PROJECT OVERSIGHT
2. HIRING OF MASTER PLAN & HISTORIC PROJECT CONSULTANTS
3. RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES 710 ADVISORY GROUP
4. RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES PILOT PLANNING GRANT
5. UPCOMING WORK – NEXT STEPS
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710 Annual Update
PROJECT OVERSIGHT
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Project Oversight
5 • City Council Ad Hoc
> Mayor Gordo
> Vice Mayor Madison
> Councilmember Hampton
> Councilmember Lyon
• 710 Executive Committee
> City Department Directors
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710 Annual Update
MASTER PLAN & HISTORIC PROJECT
CONSULTANTS
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Master Plan Consultant
• Perkins Eastman – 40 years
experience
• Large-scale, mixed-use plans & projects
• Award-winning portfolio
• Highly qualified team &
subconsultants
• Vaughan Davies, Principal in Charge
- Over 30 years of experience
• Dynamic environments
• Pedestrian-first environments
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Restorative
justice
framework
Master Plan Scope of Work
Data
collection
Data Collection, Site
analysis, ESRI/GIS, 3D
Model + Survey
Work Product: Key
Themes, Base Model,
Survey Data, Constraints
Restorative Justice
Framework
Work Product: Active
Listening, Case Studies, of
Promising Practices,
Information gathering
Mobility and
circulation
Economic
assessment/fin
ance
Economic Study
Work Product:
Development Types,
Demographic analysis,
Demand Analysis /
Market Opportunity
Assessment
Land uses and
urban design
Sustainability
Climate + Resilient
Infrastructure
Work Product:
Opportunity identification
Community
engagement
strategy
Community Engagement
Strategy
Work Product: Public
Engagement Plan
Communication Guide
Initial Meetings
A B C
ED
Land Use Options
Work Product: Draft
Evaluation Framework; 8
Initial Land Use Options;
Urban Design Principals
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Mobility and Circulation
Work Product: Data
Collection, Constraints
and Opportunity
Identification, Demand
Profiles for local +
regional Circulation
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Community Engagement
• Community Engagement Strategy
> Subconsultant - The Roberts Group
• Outreach in 1st Phase:
1 Community Engagement Workshop
2 Youth Engagement Workshops
Pop-up Events
» Assemblymember Holden’s Block Party
» Latino Heritage Festival
» Fall Festival
• Reconnecting Pasadena 710 Storymap
> outlines master plan process and components
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• The Restorative Justice Framework
> Subconsultant – Estolano Advisors
• Working Restorative Justice Definition:
> Restorative justice addresses past harms caused by the construction of the 710 freeway in Pasadena. It seeks to Identify, acknowledge, and respond to these harms through open and responsive engagement with impacted communities, with the goal to develop meaningful community-identified solutions for City Council’s consideration. • Guiding Elements & case studies identified harms where restorative justice addressed other transportation harms • Oversight Groups will refine framework for City Council approval & application for Land Use work.
Restorative Justice Framework
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Data Collection & Existing Conditions
• Master plan scope includes creation of GIS area base
map of 710 Stub
> Inventory of existing conditions
> Identification of infrastructure gaps
• Perkins Eastman & Subconsultant Psomas conducted
existing conditions study of 710 Stub area
> Utility infrastructure
> Department of Water & Power’s utility & water lines
> Adjacent transportation mobility network
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Mobility & Circulation
• 710 Relinquishment agreement requires development plans include a mobility & circulation component
> Caltrans & FHWA must approve transportation solution
• Multiple mobility options identified in collaborative effort by partners:
> City’s Department of Transportation
> PointC
> Perkins Eastman, Gibson, Iteris
• Mobility options to be tested in 2nd phase of master plan process
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Mobility & Circulation
• Coordination with Caltrans District 7
> Quarterly D7 Executive meetings
> Monthly Caltrans & City Transportation Working Group meetings • Possible transportation solutions north of 710 Stub include:
> Transit mobility Hub
Bus Rapid Transit
Park & Ride
Bike share programs
Shuttles to the Rose Bowl
• Mobility hub a complement to City’s existing Complete Streets approach & Climate Resilient infrastructure workstream
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Economic Study & Market Demand Analysis
• AECOM
> Subconsultant leading development of preliminary economic study • AECOM & 710 Executive Committee identified & interviewed stakeholders in various business sectors
> Want understand perspectives on economic market within their field • City’s recently approved Economic Development Strategic Plan included in analysis
• Examined economic drivers that influence City’s financial health & 710 Stub adjacencies to identify gaps in existing environment
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Climate Resilient Infrastructure Development
• Climate resiliency infrastructure scope aims to
align with City’s existing sustainability goals
• Site visit of 710 Stub identified possibility to
relocate existing Caltrans pump station out of
Stub
> Pump station routes untreated water runoff & debris from I- 210 to south end of Stub
• Relocation of pump station presents opportunity
for sustainable project & addressing water quality
and debris issues
> Eliminates need for Caltrans to maintain & service pump station
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Climate Resilient Infrastructure Development
• Continued coordination with Caltrans District 7
> Quarterly D7 Executive meetings
> Bi-Monthly Caltrans & City Stormwater/Sustainability Working Group meetings
• Additional work for Climate Resilient master plan scope includes Exploration Analysis memo and Sustainability
Opportunity Assessment Matrix
> Used as guide to identify development options, their impact & sustainability/CAP goals they accomplish
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Land Use Options
• Perkins Eastman – Significant progress
familiarizing City staff & Oversight Groups
with :
> Existing conditions of 710 Stub
> Adjacent neighborhoods
> Land Use & design concepts
• Land Use work has created baseline ideas
& theme that Perkins Eastman builds upon
• Models of the 710 Stub
> Existing Conditions Model allows for preview of
possibility of Land Use ideas & themes
> 1967 Model provides a before and after perspective
to the master plan work
Transit
Plaza
Square
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Historic Project Work
Data Setting
Document demographics of the people
displaced & number, types of buildings,
institutions
Oral History
Identify persons/sources with direct
knowledge or experience
Impacts of Freeways on Pasadena
Documentation of demographic data
by census tract from 1950 to
Present; including pre- and post-710
and 210 construction.
Del Mar
The Historic Project consultant work will help inform the work needed for the Restorative Justice Framework.
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Overview – Second Annual Update
RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES 710
ADVISORY GROUP
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Community Focus
• The Reconnecting Communities
710 Advisory Group – appointed
2023
> Continue to meet monthly
• Formation of subcommittees
> Focus on specific master plan topics
Community Engagement
Restorative Justice
Economic & Market Analysis
Climate Resiliency
Land Use/Data
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Overview – Annual Update
CTC UPDATE
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23 CTC Annual Update
• CTC annual update
requirement of relinquishment
• June 2024 – Update on Master
Plan and Historic Project
progress
• Community engagement
approach central to
master plan process
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Overview – Annual Update
RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES PILOT
PLANNING GRANT
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Reconnecting Communities Planning Grant
• August 2024 – Reconnecting
Communities Pilot grant
agreement signed.
• October 2024 - First quarterly
report was submitted to the
Federal Highway Administration
• Awarded - $2,000,000 – 45.4%
• Matching - $2,405,000 – 54.6%
• Total Project: $4,405,000
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Next Steps
• Master Plan project moves into 2nd phase
• Options and Engage
• Deployment of Community Based Organization Strategy
• Restorative Justice Framework continues to take shape • Featured at 2nd Community Workshop on January 25, 2024 • Economic Study & Market Demand Analysis
• Presented to 710 Executive Committee, highlighting adjacencies and opportunities • Historic Project: Impact of Freeways on Segregation in Pasadena • Update to the Reconnecting Communities 710 Advisory Group 26 Office of the City Manager
Next Steps
• Continued Reconnecting Communities 710 Advisory Group & appointment of Standing Committees Group
• Restorative Justice
• Economic Study & Market Analysis
• Mobility & Circulation
• Climate Resilience
• Land Use/Data Collection
• Ad hoc Council Committee/ Quarterly updates to City Council • Historical Report & Reconnecting Pasadena Concept Plan 27 Office of the City Manager
• 2nd Community Engagement Workshop
> Focus on Land Use themes and Historic Project work.
> Saturday, January 25, 2024
> Art Center – South Campus
> 950 S Raymond Ave,
> Pasadena, CA 91105
• Workshop time & schedule - TBD
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