Beauregard Corridor Plan
Issues
2010-04-27 Rezoning & small area plans[pdf]
2010-04-10 Keypad Polling about Presentation[pdf]
2010-04-10 Presentation[pdf]2010-03-24 Subcommittee Meeting re process[doc]
2010-03-06 JBG plans[doc]
2010-01-26 Comments to Council on boundaries encroaching on SHA[doc]
2010-01-26 Article in Alexandria news re SHA resolution[doc]
2010-01-23 Comments to Council - poor planning produces problems[doc]
2010-01-14 SHA resolution to City Council[pdf]
2009-11-21 Comments to Council on King Beauregard improvements[doc]
2009-10 Maps showing boundaries of Plan Areas[ppt]
Nan's Notes
2010-05-13 SHA Board Members spoke about having a moratorium on development in the West End until transportation problems caused by the BRAC at Mark Center are addressed. They will continue to press the City to remove Seminary Hill/Strawberry Hill Small Area Plan parcels from the Beauregard Corridor Plan. Board Members will meet to organize a campaign to protest more density in the West End at the Beauregard meetings on June 28 and in the fall when the plan goes to the Planning Commission and the City Council.
2010-05-08/09/10 JBG contractors worked with staff and citizens on a plan for their properties. They are planning "Urban Density" in the Beauregard Corridor with two town centers—phased in—upper town with 10 stories and lower town with 7 stories or higher if "affordable housing" components are added. Also, high rise buildings by I-395 at Sanger. Residential units would increase from 3,000 to 7,500 or higher if "affordable housing" is added. Parking would be 1.2 spaces per unit. Commercial components would include national merchants. They recommend a grid of roads and round abouts, including slowing traffic on Beauregard by using one of its current traffic lanes for on-street parking. JBG may be selling the Mill Brook II townhouses.
2010-04-27 Vice Mayor Donley and Councilman Krupika asked the Planning Commission to put on its June docket the City's current practice that rezoning takes place as part of the small area plan process.
2010-04-08 The City’s formed a subcommittee of the BRAC-133 at Mark Center Advisory Group to discuss problems with the way the City’s Planning & Zoning staff runs the Beauregard Corridor Plan. The City’s contractor delivered two publications based on comments from past public meetings: "SWOT Findings and Themes" and "Vision and Goals Statements" that were discussed with plans to adopt goals at the next meeting on May 24.
2010-04-08 SHA Treasurer Jack Sullivan will ask City Council on April 17 to remove parcels in the Seminary Hill/Strawberry Hill Small Area Plan from the Beauregard Corridor Plan.
2010-03-24 The subcommittee met and called for better notification of residents—including renters—about meetings on the Plan and for a better more inclusive boundary for the plan area. Minutes will be posted on the SHA website.
2010-03-17 Head of Planning & Zoning Faroll Hamer established a subcommittee at the BRAC Advisory Group meeting to consider complaints about the Beauregard Corridor Plan process.
2010-03-06 The JBG Companies—which owns 2/3 of the property along the plan area on North Beauregard Street—conducted a walking tour of their properties followed by refreshments and 3 hours of presentations by consultants. JBG’s consultant for land use and planning—Viktor Dover—spoke about redeveloping to make a “place” and the town center concept. Residents quickly informed him that they did not want their neighborhood to look like Old Town. Density was discussed and numbers thrown about; basically I heard they are thinking about doubling the number of residential units and building 10-story office buildings. Some attending liked JBG’s transpiration consultant—Ian Lockwood—of AECOM, who has projects to scale back highways and restore commercial/public areas in Portland, San Francisco, Chattanooga, and Trenton. He advised against widening roads to end congestion, because it just attracts more vehicles. He also advised against traffic circles with traffic lights but liked smaller roundabouts.
2010-03-04 SHA requested that City Manager Jim Hartmann direct Planning & Zoning (P&Z) head Faroll Hamer to remove Seminary Hill/Strawberry Hill Small Plan Area parcels from the Beauregard Corridor Plan. She keeps insisting they should remain. Some residents west of I-395 are also upset because they are not included in the plan area and will be adversely impacted by all the density changes P&Z is pushing.
2010-02-25 At the 3rd Beauregard Corridor Plan meeting, citizens voiced opinions about the good and problematic things in the Beauregard area and complained about the process and the lack of proper representation of residential areas. Around 100 people attended but only 3 lived in the plan area. All the statistics used by the contractors were skewed because they only included the plan area, which is market-rate “affordable” housing. The section 8 housing at Willow Run is NOT in the plan area nor are the single-family residences.
2010-01-14: SHA Board of Directors passed resolution to detach Seminary Hill parcels from the Beauregard Corridor Planning Process.
2010-01-20: Public meeting at Ramsay Elementary School 6-9 pm to discuss possible improvements to transportation and desired land-use changes in the Beauregard Corridor.
Links
1992 Seminary Hill Small Area Plan[pdf]
