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Public Involvement

Navy Boulevard Management Plan– Escambia County

Client Escambia CountySummary Consensus Building Detailed Activities Public Involvement Plan – Created a comprehensive public involvement plan, including all strategic and tactical elements.

Public Involvement Plan – Created a comprehensive public involvement plan, including all strategic and tactical elements.

The Escambia County Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) was developed to prepare a Corridor Vision Plan and Design Guidelines Manual for the Navy Boulevard Corridor (US 98 / SR 295) within the Warrington Community Redevelopment Area. Navy Boulevard serves as an important regional link between many community assets, including Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola and the downtown Pensacola business district. Although the area has seen public and private sector reinvestment since the creation of the Warrington CRA District in 1995, it continues to be perceived as a blighted and unsightly area by residents.

The purpose of the Navy Boulevard Corridor Design Guidelines Manual is to provide direction for the redevelopment of both the Public Realm (streets, sidewalks, landscape, parks) and the Private Realm (parcels and buildings). These guidelines are to serve as a strategic roadmap for decision makers in both the public and private sectors and to implement a specific Action Strategy of the 2010 Warrington Redevelopment Plan.

The realization of the Corridor Vision Plan and physical environment depicted by the Design Guidelines for both the Public and Private Realms is a long-term process that will be implemented over time. This manual is to act as a “living document” that must be reviewed and updated over time to account for the changing market, transportation and land-use conditions, as well as ongoing long-range planning efforts by Escambia County, the Florida Department of Transportation and other regulatory agencies. EPR was tasked with reviewing and revising the concept using current public and stakeholder input, field data, existing plans and innovative/acceptable design options. The results of this activity will serve as a concept for future design and construction of improvements or projects within the corridor.

Staff members developed and maintained a project web page; coordinated media relations in support of the Escambia County public information office; created and distributed fact sheets and contact cards; and performed face-to-face canvasses of adjacent businesses to personally meet stakeholders to determine their particular needs and concerns. EPR also arranged and conducted a project kick-off meeting and numerous one-on-one meetings with business and property owners to identify their unique needs.

The Navy Boulevard Corridor serves as an important regional link between many community assets, including Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola and the downtown Pensacola business district. Visiting dignitaries arrive at NAS and Corry Station via the Navy Boulevard gateway. However, the stretch of roadway between the bridge over Bayou Chico and the intersection at New Warrington Road lacks the visual qualities of a gateway to major naval installations and tourist attractions. The area also does not meet current access management standards, which would ensure the efficient and safe movement of people and goods.

Although Navy Boulevard has seen public and private sector reinvestment since the creation of the Warrington Redevelopment Area in 1995, additional improvements in aesthetics and access management are needed. The Navy Boulevard Corridor Vision Plan was developed to focus redevelopment efforts on improving safety, eliminating congestion, and updating the area’s appearance.

Thank you to everyone who has participated in the past. We are now asking for your assistance to determine proposed improvements to access management and parking, as well as how drainage changes will impact your daily lives.

GOALS Through the implementation of the Management Plan, Escambia County seeks to improve the economic environment of the area and strengthen neighborhoods located adjacent to the corridor. This will be accomplished in the following ways:

APPEARANCE: Update the visual quality of the commercial corridor through infrastructure improvements, such as upgrading streets, sidewalks, street lighting, traffic signalization and drainage.

CONGESTION: Eliminate the congestion points in the arterial road system and achieve conformance with County and State level of service standards.

SECURITY: Improve neighborhood security, particularly at known crime locations.

NAVY INSTALLATIONS: Respond to land use, safety, aesthetic and other concerns of the base commanders to strengthen the area as a home for the continuation of U.S. Navy facilities, reducing the potential of base closure by the Federal government.

REINVESTMENT: Achieve reinvestment, particularly in substandard or vacant residential and commercial buildings.

WE WANT YOUR INPUTEscambia County wants to ensure that the proposed changes to the Navy Boulevard Corridor have a positive impact on you, your business and your neighborhood. Please share your ideas and concerns.

Call (850) 780-3381 to schedule a one-on-one meeting.

FACT SHEETACCESS MANAGEMENT

CONCERNSSafety Issues• Continuous opposing left

turn lanes• Unpaved / gravel shoulders• Poorly defined driveways• Too few crosswalks

available for pedestrians to cross Navy Boulevard safely

• Lack of designated pedestrian or bicycle facilities

• Lack of shelters and benches for transit users

Higher than average crash occurrences at:• Navy Blvd. & Kennington Dr.• Navy Blvd. & New

Warrington Rd. & Dewitt Dr.• Navy Blvd. & Old Corry Field

Rd. • Navy Blvd. & Chief’s Way • Navy Blvd. & Ehrmann St. • Navy Blvd. & Chaseville St. • Navy Blvd. & Pinewood Ln.

or contact Bonita Player or Kathi Fuller,

the Public Information Coordinator Assistant, at

(850) 780-3381 or

kfuller@MyNavyBlvd.com

For more information and to stay up-to-date

on this project,

visit us at:www.myNavyBlvd.comor follow us on Twitter

@MyNavyBlvd

NAVYBOULEVARD Navy Boulevard Corridor Management Plan

Kick-off MeetingTuesday, March 11, 2014

from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Lexington Terrace Community Center700 South Old Corry Field Road, Pensacola, Florida 32507

Save the Date

NAVY BOULEVARD CORRIDOR c/o EPR Engineering & Planning Resources418 W. Garden St., Suite 201Pensacola, FL 32502

Escambia County has scheduled a Navy Boulevard Corridor Management Plan

Project Kick-off Meeting to be held

Tuesday, March 11, 2014 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

at the Lexington Terrace Community Center700 S. Old Corry Field Rd. • Pensacola, FL 32507

The purpose of this meeting is to introduce the management plan team to the stakeholders, detail the scope of the plan’s update and provide up to date progress on the proposed corridor improvements.

SPONSORED BY:

SAVE THE DATE

Public participation is solicited without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability or family status. Persons who require special accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act or persons who require translation services (free of charge) should contact the design team’s Public Involvement Coordinator Assistant, Kathi Fuller at (850) 780-3381 or e-mail kfuller@MyNavyBlvd.com at least seven (7) days prior to the meeting.

For more information, go to www.MyNavyBlvd.com, follow us on Twttter @MyNavyBlvd, or contact the Public Information Coordinator - Bonita Player or

Kathi Fuller at (850) 780-3381 • kfuller@MyNavyBlvd.com

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Navy Boulevard Corridor Study

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New Warrington RoadVision Phase IIProject website:

MyNavyBlvd.com

418 W. Garden St., Suite 201Pensacola, FL 32507

PH: 850-696-3100 • www.epr-�orida.com

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