Thelownof Davidson College Town. Lake Town. Your Town. TOWN OF DAVIDSON LIVABILITY BOARD Livability Board Meeting March 21, 2023 7:00 PM  Town Hall and Community Center 251 South Street-1 Room 120  I.  CALLTO ORDER  II. WELCOME AND RECOGNIZE NEW MEMBERS AND GUESTS  III. CHANGES TOTHE. AGENDA IV. ADOPT MINUTES  IV.a Adopt February Meeting Minutes 2023_02.21_LB Minutes.pdf  V. OLD BUSINESS  V.a Staff Updates  V.b Sub-Committee Updates & Review of Goals  VI. NEW BUSINESS  VIa Mecklenburg County Parks Commission Update 2023 March CIP update for Davidson Livability.pdf  1    Town of Davidson - Livability Board (LB) Meeting Minutes: February 21$,2023  Members Present: Pat Coleman, Gabrielle Craig, Jennifer Fielder, Pam Foltz, Steve. Justus, Melissa  Machan, Heather McClow, Matt Walt, Kasia Worsham Members Absent: Bruce Batman, Mary Beth Schwartz  Town Staff Present: Gina Carmon  Meeting called to order at 7:00PM with nine members present  January minutes adopted with no changes (motion: Jennifer, second: Heather, vote: unanimous)  Subcommittee Updates Trees & Natural Assets (T&NA)  Welcomed new members, discussed 2023 goals among organizations with overlapping concerns  Experimenting with representation at DLC: subcommittee meetings, aiming to improve connectivity Covered local events (e.g., tree plantings), encouraged members to spread the word and directly T&NA is positioned as a liaison between community groups and town staff/e elected officials  participate Parks & Rec  Did not meet this evening  ARPA funds ($2MM) received to renovate the 251 S gymnasium; similar to the main building, a steering committee will lead community engagement process to publicly vet plans  Vision Zero consultant signage, etc. Staff Updates  Inching toward at final draft for BOC presentation (next few months - April/May), workingwith Process has been a collaboration on ideas spanning pedestrian safety, transportation infrastructure,  Mayors' Fitness Challenge: entering third year (Davidson won yr 1, Cornelius yr 2), signups have  started; kickoff on March 12th at Bailey Rd Park  Subcommittees: send draft 2023 goalsi in advance of next LBI meeting 251SGrand Opening: tentatively scheduled for Saturday, March 25th  2    Beaty Park Presentation - Gina Master schematic revisited inspection)  Expecting completion end of March, grand opening in April/May (pending water & sewer, final  CLT Water project and wet conditions caused delays  Playground: construction began first week of 2023, now nearly complete LB viewed pictures of progress (ground clearing, shelter construction)  Trails should be complete this week, landscaping /i irrigation installation set to begin early March  New Business  This weekend, the LKN Pickleball Association will line Plum Creek Park with six courts Meeting adjourned at 7:39PM (motion: Melissa, second:. Jennifer, vote: unanimous)  Next LB meeting will be March 21st  3    Park and Recreation Commission  Annual Report 2022  BURG  Presented to the Mecklenburg  Board of County Commissioners  Nov 1, 2022 (updated 3/21/23)    Initial CIP Comments to BOCC Prior to Budget Retreat  1. Urgency - we encourage an aggressive plan to invest in projects before costs escalate further and to  provide some buffer for natural complications that will surely arise.  2. Sources of funding - we encourage a creative approach to finding ways to fund an aggressive approach,  possibly including, but not limited to, surplus in the General Fund, Bond issues, Grants and Partnerships,  including Public-Private Partnerships like Tax Increment Funding approaches  3. Economic Benefits: The Trust for Public Land studied benefits here in Mecklenburg County in 2010 with  compelling results; recently, ITRE (Institute for Transportation Research and Education) of NC State  University completed and released Impact Studies on 4 greenways in and near Mecklenburg County. Takin the conservative numbers from the Four Mile Greenway (the one Greenway studied that is in Mecklenbur  County), the 10 year ROI is over $8to $1.  MeCKNC.9ov    CIP Submission and Review Process  MCP&R Submission (Sept '22) County Finance/leadership Review  (Jan '23)  Projects Escalated Cost Greenway Projects New Greenway Miles Greenway Cost Park Projects New Park Acres Park Cost  85 "$1.0B 30 60 "$330M  361  "$407.7M 11 182  "$150M ("$26.8 Reinvestment) 10 (5 Reinvestment)  31 (17 Reinvestment)  568  227.5  "$169.5M ("$77.2M Reinvestment) "$56.3M ("$18.2M Reinvestment)  Park Access Improvement Nature Preserves  "$17.7M  "$17.7M - no change  "$44M (2 NP+2NC's; 264 new  "$44M (2 NP + 2NC's; 264 new acres) - no change  acres)  1County Finance added in [minimum) Land Acquisition line item at $10M/yr ["$60M total when escalated)  24remaining Greenway projects are esuracng/elnvestmen:  MeCKNC.gov  36    What's in the current CIP2  Department ProjectCost ProjectName  Mallard Creek Greenway- Mallard Creek Drivet toDavid Sugar Creek Greenway- Yorkmont RoadtoN Farms 11,327,248.68 Briar Creek Greenway Central Avenuet toN Monroe Road  PRK PRK PRK PRK PRK PRK PRK PRK PRK PRK PRK PRK PRK PRK PRK PRK PRK PRK PRK PRK PRK PRK PRK PRK PRK PRK PRK PRK PRK PRK PRK PRK PRK PRK PRK  11,044,979.54 Taylor Drive 14,591,007.45 Drive 4,940,142.56 Ezell Park 3,705,103.54 EastfieldPark McDowell Creek Greenway- Gilead RdtoB Beatties Ford 19,085,859.50 Rd/PamelaSt South Prong Clarke Creek Greenway- NO Church SttoA Asbury 14,507,177.87 Chapel Rd 3,690,728.91 Wallace Pruitt Recreation Center 7,311,127.17 New Elementary School Recreation Center 2,916,006.26 Berryhill Nature Preserve 7,457,331.86 Rozzelles Ferry! Nature Preserve 9,652,755.36 BryantPark 11,238,547.13 LattaF Place 22,768,162.82 Albemarle RoadF Recreation Center 7,593,217.97 SprayG Grounds 1,656,972.41 DogParks 18,877,536.57 Pickleball Courts 6,875,718.67 Skate Parks 17,690,329.05 Park Access Improvement 1,211,014.45 Beaty Park- Davidson 12,345,687.67 EastlandP Park 7,369,510.99 Grier Heights Park 10,572,339.28 Martin Luther King Jr.P Park 2,493,152.10 Oakhurst Park 3,109,307.10 Pressley RoadP Park 893,357.10 Wilmore (Spruce Street) Park McMullen Creek Gwy- Hwy 51toN McAlpine Creek 5,048,323.15 Gwy/CarmelRd 9,732,981.47 McAlpine Creek Greenway- Johnston Roadt toCarmel Road 11,781,066.09 Ribbonwalk Nature Center 21,872,190.32 McDowell Nature Center andN Nature Preserve Irvins Creek Greenway- Lakeview Cirdlet to! McAlpine Creek 16,928,247.68 Greenway Campbell Creek Greenway- Campbell CreekF Parkto 26,276,923.74 Campbell Creek Greenway Four Mile Creek Greenway- Bevington Place toJ Johnston 13,624,960.06 Road Torrence Creek Greenway- Cedar RiverR Roadt ItoN McDowell 8,238,122.55 Creek Greenway 59,242,102.00 10MAnnual Land Purchases  Initial Park and Recreation CIP Submission was not constrained - totaled "$1B (with escalation for inflation)  County Finance/Leadership review reduced to "$407M;  Basis for County review:  Project ranking by department Internal committee scoring Citizen Budget Advisory Input Presentations by project submitters Other knowledge of community needs Funding capacity constraints  Reinvestment - include in CIP or address with annual discretionary allocations (as in recent past)? Asking to retore $75M of Reinvestment projects  North Meck Projects: Eastfield Park, McDowell Creek Greenway (Gilead to Auten NP), South Prong Clarke Creek Greenway, Beaty Park, Torrence Creek Greenway resurface (Cedar River Rd to McDowell Creek Greenway)  * Pre-escalation totals  MeCKNC.gov    Current CIP Comments to BOCC  1. The CIP and the Annual Budgets are complementary  2. The CIP is the detailed implementation of the Master Plan - What our residents have asked for, prioritized  based on equity and filling gap areas  3. Our PRC Advisory Councils have spoken - They indicated they'd like to see [relatively?] more investment in  Park and Recreation AND Maximum Impact of the total $ allocated  4. PRC Requests:  Restore $75M of Equity Reinvestment in the CIP (8 park projects and 2 Recreation Centers)  BOCC request analysis by Park and Recreation staff to reallocate total CIP $ to accomplish as many  projects as possible in this CIP  GOAL: Impact as many residents, priority communities, gap areas, and types of amenities as possible.  MeCKNC.9ov    FY24 Budget Priorities  1. Land Acquisition- The PRC would encourage the BOCC to use your discretional sources of capital to fund land  acquisition at levels consistent with the current year to meet our Environmental Leadership goals.  2. Equity Reinvestment continues to be a high priority, but going forward this will be addressed in the Capital Improvement  Plan.  3. Repair and Maintenance- leverage the shift from Deferred Maintenance to Capital Reinvestment, we urge full funding to fund repair and maintenance for all assets under management and coming on line, to include minor equity upgrades. 4. Youth and Senior Programming - increased funding and partnerships focused on youth programs and athletic camps  and also to senior programming - 2 key factors in defining Priority Communities for investment.  5. Scholarships and subsidies -increased funding for scholarships for those with less capacity to pay standard prices, and augmented subsidies for non-profits and neighborhood organizations who wish to utilize Park and Recreation assets. 6. The Master Plan calls for several hires in Marketing, Communications and Community Engagement roles to help tell the  great story of our Park and Recreation amenities, and to help the public leverage them to the fullest.  MeCKNC.9ov    Potential Sources of Funding  Public - Private Partnerships:  Tax Increment Funding (TIF) approaches (as has been done in Rock Hill (LINK), Atlanta (LINK), City of Raleigh [policy), City of Charlotte [policy); research paper from Dr. Crompton, Texas A&M available  upon request.  OB Ballentyne Reimagined is a TIF project  OE Eastland Mall o River District  Forming non-profit led Coalition Partnerships to advocate and drive fundraising for specific amenities, as has been done successfully in Dallas (LINK), Southeast PA/Delaware region (LINK), and Greensboro (LINK); Brooklyn is expanding their coalition to all of New York City (LINK)  Consider Review of County Debt Policy L(Ask how much we could issue in Bonds and still  maintain our AAAI rating?)  Grants and Partnerships (East Coast Greenway = Greenways for All Initiative - Feb 21 Pane  MeCKNC.9ov  710    Cool Stuff from the ATL Beltline (TIF)  2021ATLANTA BELTLINE PERFORMANCE DASHBOARD  2030BENCHMARK TOTALINVESTMENT Transit Projects Trail Projects: Mainl Line Trail Projects: Connector Park Greenspace Projects Non-Park Greenspace Projects  20210VERVIEW  TODATE  TARGET PLANNING STUDIES INDESIGN SHOVELREADY CONSTRUCTION UNDER DELIVERED %DELIVERED OFGOAL  $350 MILLION (EST.) FOR TRAIL COMPLETION  22 miles 8.0 221 miles 3.7 11 miles 5.1  0 7.3 1.9 24.4 100.7 125 1  0 0.6 0.1 8 275 35.5 0.7  o 1.8 o o 5.6 5.6 o  o 8.7 10.3 159.4 2478 4072 13.8  N/A 40% 94%  Northeas  $50MILLION FEDERAL S100MILLION PHILANTHROPIC OMILLION ALLOCATION DISTRICT(TAD) S100MILLION SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT BONDS(SSD)  229 29.1  Eastsid  Cumulative Greenspace Projects 1,300acres 258.1  31% 30% 48%  Streetscape Projects Permanent Jobs Construction. Jobs Economic Development Affordable Units inl TAD Affordable Unitsi in Planning Area  46 miles o 50,000 48,000 $10B  24,200 58,100 121% $8.3B 2,727 1,706  SouthsideT Trail  83% 49% N/A  5,600  MeCKNC.9ov  811    Measuring Progress  TPL ParkScore: Imperfect, but one way to track progress  What is the true citizen experience?  Work with staff and peers to improve TPLmethodology ( Other metrics (NRPA Metrics, People for Bikes, Awards, etc)  Year  Mecklenburg County ParkScore Rank  Ongoing Land and Access Investment will help Meckienburg County  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022  97 96 95 91 83  ParkScore significantly  Access currently scores 4 out of 100 (10 minute walk = 37%)  Service Area Mapping also helps optimize investment  Thanks to the GIS team! Other locations for comparison: Atlanta => 27 Austin=> 39 Raleigh => 50 Dallas => 53  Orlando => 66 Greensboro => 76 Winston-salem => 80 Nashville => 88  2023 projection  75 (possibly as high as 65)  MeCKNC.9ov  12