SAXER AVENUE & BROOKSIDE AVENUE STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, DELAWARE COUNTY

Steering Committee Meeting
November 27, 2007

Agenda

  1. Project Background
  2. Conceptual Design Process
  3. Opportunities and Constraints
  4. Stakeholder Interviews
  5. Meeting Schedule / Project Timeline
  1. Project Background
    1. TCDI Grant for Planning
    2. Project Goal: streetscape improvements to promote walkability and increase both vehicular and pedestrian safety, so as to facilitate transit-orientated retail activity and mass transit ridership
    3. Develop Conceptual Design for improvements, with input from project stakeholders

  2. Conceptual Design Process
    1. Base-mapping
    2. Background research (Comprehensive plan, DVRPC Destinations, stakeholder interviews)
    3. Identification of opportunities and constraints
    4. Develop design alternatives & review with steering committee / stakeholders
    5. Finalize design and draft report to accompany final submission to DVRPC

  3. Opportunities and Constraints
    1. Potential Opportunities
      1. Curb & Sidewalk improvements
      2. Parking improvements
      3. Traffic improvements
      4. Transit station improvements
      5. Drainage improvements
      6. Street Lighting
      7. Landscaping (street trees, facade plantings)
      8. Pedestrian amenities (benches, trash receptacles, directional signs, etc)
      9. Relocate above ground utilities
      10. Facade improvements
    2. Potential Constraints
      1. Parking
      2. Narrow Sidewalks
      3. Additional right-of-way may be required for transportation improvements
      4. Utility conflicts
      5. Basement access doors

  4. Stakeholder Interviews
    1. Identify stakeholders
      1. Business owners
      2. SEPTA
      3. Springfield School District
      4. Delaware County Planning Commission
      5. Delaware County Transit Management Association

  5. Develop Meeting Schedule
    1. Steering Committee (4 meetings)
      1. Kickoff meeting
      2. Review of design alternatives
      3. Draft recommendations
      4. Final recommendations
    2. Public Meetings
      1. Draft recommendations
      2. Final recommendations