1 RECONNECTING
PASADENA
A nnual Check In – City Council
Nov ember 25, 2024
2 SR-710
I NFORMATI ON UP DATE
Schedule
7- Work streams
- Data Collection/Physical Model
- Engagement
- Mobility/Circulation Plan
- Land Use & Urban Form
- Economic Assessment
- Restorative Justice Framework
- Sustainability
P ROJ ECT CALENDAR
3 4
5 6
7 8
9 10
11 12
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8
9 10
11 12
1 2
Phase 1 March - November Phase 2 November - June 2025
Case Studies/Research
Phase 3 July - Feb 2026
HISTORIC FINDINGS
DATA COLLECTION/PHYSCIAL MODEL
MOBILITY/CIRCULATION PLAN
SUSTAINABILITY
LAND USES & URBAN FORM
ECONOMIC ASSESMENT
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE FRWK
Promising Practices
Opportunity Identification Coordination w/ Options Explore Market Findings Financial Assessment
ENGAGEMENT
Form Studies and Options Development Land Use Programming, Evaluation Creative Analysis Options & Engage Document & Refine
Planning
Draft and Final Framework Plan
Document Goals and Commitments
Land Use Vision/ Implementation
Plan Development Circulation High Level Assessment Document Vision Open Houses 1 Open Houses 2 Open Houses 3 Open Houses 4 2024 2025 2026
Consolidated reporting for all
workstreams(Allegra, ARG, UCLA)
7- WORK ELEMENTS
- Pup ups & Community Based Org. Partnering -Youth engagements 4 HI STORI C FI NDI NGS ( RELATED SCOP E BY OTHERS)
Consultant Activities
• Review all materials issued by others (ARG, Allegra,
UCLA)
• Coordination with City/extended Consultant team to
share findings at January Open House.
• Tie documentation of project history to the
Restorative Justice Framework.
• Explore draft land use themes, urban form and
master plan related elements in context
5 DATA COLLECTI ON / P HYS I CAL MODEL
Consultant Activities
• Coordinate data from Caltrans and City
• Develop tools to create and validate study options; e.g. location of structures, stormwater pump, condition of bridge elements.
• Physical study models of existing and future conditions • Online tool that can be accessible to public in phase 2 and phase 3 Elevation change to
same level as Walnut
Sizing and testing potential
configurations for 710 terminus/
structure
6 Fun Facts!
494’ Wide
3,978’ Long
3X Worlds longest container ship: Ever Given (1,312’)
2X Airbus A380
(262’ wingspan)
2.6X Empire State Building (1,454’)
14X Metro Bus
(35’ length)
~30’ Deep
Total volume: 1,840,320 yd³
371,696,839 gal of water
2,760,478 tons of dirt
575’ Tall
1,150’ Diameter
Fill Dirt
Equal to:
558 Olympic swimming pools
184,032 Truckloads of dirt
If Usain Bolt ran his record 100m time, he
would take ~2 minutes to run the length
and under 15 seconds for the width.
The average person could walk the length
in 15 minutes and the width in under 2.
Total area: 1,656,287 ft²
Parking space for 5,176 cars
S CALE
7 710 “Ditch” Study Area
District Wharf, DC
Battery Park City, NY
Paseo Colorado & Colorado Blvd
Walnut St. S. Pasadena
California Blvd. Lake Ave.
S CALE
8 Intimate Alleys & Courts, Old & New, F&B, Retail, Movie Theater, Parking
S CALE- ONE COLORADO
9 SCALE: ONE COLORADO
N N
UNION ST
COLORADO BLVD.
ST. JOH AVE.
PASADENA AVE.
DE LACEY AVE.
FAIR OAKS AVE.
COLORADO BLVD.
UNION ST.
10 ENGAGEMENT
Consultant Activities
• Phase 1 Summary Report delivered to Advisory group on 11/20
• Tracking metrics to understand the reach and impact of the project
• Initiated partnerships with six Community Based
Organizations (finalizing the MOU) and on-boarding
underway.
• Web presence on City website
• Next major event January 25th 2025
11 MOBIL ITY / C IRC UL A TION
Consultant activities:
Create feasible circulation plan options to test
• Best means to decelerate for improved
safety
• Removal of some regional connectors
entirely - serve study area via other existing
local interchanges
• Modification/reconfiguring existing
connectors
• Maintaining partial capacity on 710 stub
Project goal to physically reconnect.
Re-envisioning the freeway interchange from a 4-way
to 3-way…rebalance regional to local traffic.
Solutions to be developed in coordination with
regional/state agencies (LA Metro, SCAG, Caltrans).
12 Consultant Activities
• Include/coordinate with circulation options
a “mobility hub” as potential future
intervention to help capture regional and
local trips.
• Project team working to scope and site
mobility hub alongside Caltrans and
regional partners (forthcoming)
Potential elements of study
− BRT (Me tr o )
− L ocal B us ( Ci t y of P asadena)
− Carpool s and P ark and R i de ( access
to fre e wa ys)
− EV cha rging services
− Micro-tra nsit
− P assenger ameni t y areas and
a ctivities to fa cilita te use, sa fety a nd
vib ra n cy
I-710 North Mobility Hub
Study identifies types of
hubs to support
transportation choices.
L A DO T , SCAG, Ca l Sta te
L A were sponsors.
MOBIL ITY/ C IRC UL A TION
13 1. Calm the freeway end – test means to
decelerate for safety.
2. Revise the balance between local &
regional N/S through put… Remove
and revise some existing regional
connectors.
3. Redefine the attributes of streets;
modify existing; e.g. extend Holly or
change the character of Delmar.
4. Create opportunities to reconnect
neighborhoods/walk, bike, transit; e.g
repurpose Maple Street?
5. Clarify and coordinate at the south end
4 3
Union
Colorado
Walnut
2 5
7 Holly
Green
Del Mar Blvd
California
1 Mobility Hub?
Summary of Ideas
MOBIL ITY / C IRC UL A TION
14 O ption A O p tio n B1 O p tio n B2 O ption C O ption D Existing Infrastructure
New Regional Infrastructure
New Local Infrastructure
Improved Local Infrastructure
Adapted from the 710-
relinquishment feasibility study
Increase the amount of “local
intervention” to the right
Extent of Mobility Hub
MOBIL ITY / C IRC UL A TION | FIVE WORK ING OPTIONS
15 ORGANIZING CONCEPTS
Physical Reconnection. 1
Community Cohesion.3
Place Creation.2
Economic Vitality. 4
Community Repair, Health & Wellbeing.6
5 Ecosystem, Resilience and Sustainability.
Address each concept through design ideas,
test the physical or programmatic means to
achieve the outcome.
Options phase will help us
• realize “the vision.”
• expose opportunities/costs to the site,
• socialize design ideas,
• Understand level of support for various
types of programs.
Organizing Concepts inform the Evaluation
Framework
LAND USE AND URBAN FORM
16 LAND USE AND URBAN FORM
Colorado
Green
Del Mar
Union
Holly
B
C
D
E
F
(A)
G
2.86ac
3.88ac
3.56ac
5.17ac
6.18ac
Cal t rans
11.72ac
St John
T otal D evelopment
A rea: 33.37ac
Consultant Activities:
• Consider topography; adjacencies, scale, what public/private programs can be supported
• Block dimensions (large or smaller)
• Mixing programs and uses
• Precedent projects
• Prototypical building forms
17 B2 Pa rks & Bo u le va rd
A Ea stside Bouleva rd
B 3 W estside B oulev ard
B3 Urban Gardens
LAND USE AND URBAN FORM – OP TI ONS DEVELOP MENT – FORM STUDI ES 18 LAND USE AND URBAN FORM – OP TI ONS DEVELOP MENT – FORM STUDI ES
19 ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT
The ta ble summa rizes the ta kea wa ys of the Ma rket O pportunity Ana lysis, including a high-lev el assessment of market and policy-driven priority levels for ea ch of the redev elopment program uses env isioned f or the Study A rea. • “High” priority uses demonstrate high market demand and alignment with the City’s planning and policy goals and could support a
significant footprint within the development scenarios. • “Moderate” priority uses demonstrate moderate market demand and alignment with goals, could play a supporting role to the “high” priority uses, and would help to foster a vibrant, mixed- use environment.
• “Low” priority uses demonstrate lower or uncertain market demand, are not in alignment with planning and policy goals, and should only be included if specific tenants or strategic partnerships can be identified.
Consultant Activities
• Conduct market assessment of area
• Met with seven stakeholders in roles such as
real estate development, affordable
housing, life sciences, and economic
development to understand the strengths,
weaknesses, opportunities, and threats
facing the Plan Area.
Use Type Evidence of
Market Demand
Alignment with
Planning + Policy
Goals
Composite Priority
Level
Multifamily
Residential High High High
Life Sciences High High High
Medical Office /
Healthcare High High High
Parks & Recreation High High High
Dining &
Entertainment Moderate High Moderate/High
Hotel Moderate Moderate Moderate
Student Housing Moderate Moderate Moderate
General Office Moderate Moderate Moderate
Higher Education Moderate Moderate Moderate
Industrial / Flex Moderate Low Low/Moderate
Traditional Retail Low Low Low
20 Consultant Activities
• Met with oversight bodies to workshop the definition and approach to develop a Restorative Justice Framework for the project. • Facilitated Advisory Group Meeting in October to review “elements” of Restorative Justice and case studies of tools used by other cities • Materials to be included in January Open House.
RESTORATI VE J USTI CE
update
21 SUST AINABIL ITY
Consultant Activities
• Drafted a preliminary opportunity assessment, holistic assessment of project key priorities, coordination with CAP
• Commitment to Sustainability Working Group with Caltrans for stormwater pump replacement and relocation outside of study area, and as a model, sustainable project.
• Exploring dimensions of energy, water re-use, extreme heat, and mobility within options. Preliminary accreditation target setting.
22 NEXT STEP S
• Initiate “O ptions and E ngage” Phase 2
• Conduct January 25 th O pen House and E vents
• Gather input and begin analysis
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