Staff Recommendation

adopt the Vestal Site Improvement Plan

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This Vestal Site Improvement Plan was created to implement new development and renovation in the heart of Vestal, an area surrounding the Ogle Avenue and Martin Mill Pike intersection. The projects that are identified in this document are in keeping with the provisions of the Vestal Redevelopment Plan, adopted by City Council in 2006. This plan is intended to:

* provide direction for the future form of the area, including buildings and road and sidewalk profiles;
* establish the design program for street, sidewalks, plaza and greenway space;
* establish phases for the improvements, including estimates of cost; and
* outline the overall development and implementation approaches.

This plan was created as part of the Empowerment Zone (EZ) process. The central focus revolves around a brownfield site (a former gas station at 4119 W. Martin Mill Pike; now demolished), which was identified by the community as the prime site for restoration and redevelopment. Prior to the identification of the EZ project, a separate effort was underway by a group of people including staff of the city?s Community Development Department, East Tennessee Community Design Center and Knoxville-Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission to develop a master plan for this area. In an effort to make sure that these two efforts were complementary, the city worked with Elizabeth Eason Architecture, llc. and their associates to develop this document, which expands upon the previous small area plan concepts.

In addition to meetings with the project area stakeholders, the consultants held a public workshop and a public meeting in Vestal to create the plan.

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Disposition Summary

adopt