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City of La Quinta
Design & Development Department
75-495 Calle Tampico
La Quinta, CA 92253
Danny Castro, Design and
Development Director
dcastro@laquintaca.gov
SUBMITTED BY:
Neal I. Payton, FAIA
Torti Gallas + Partners, Inc.
601 West 5th Street
Suite 600
Los Angeles, CA 90071
npayton@tortigallas.com
(213) 607-0070
DEVELOPMENT OF
AN AREA PLAN FOR
THE HIGHWAY 111
CORRIDOR
Response to City of La Quinta’s RFP for the
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Response to City of La Quinta’s RFP for the
TABLE OF CONTENTS
COVER LETTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
PROJECT UNDERSTANDING AND APPROACH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
SCOPE OF WORK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
SCHEDULE/TIMELINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
COST PROPOSAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
APPENDICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
COVER LETTER
3DEVELOPMENT OF AN AREA PLAN FOR THE HIGHWAY 111 CORRIDOR
Response to City of La Quinta’s RFP for the
November 16, 2018
Danny Castro, Design and Development Director
City of La Quinta
78-495 Calle Tampico
La Quinta, CA 92247-1504
Re: Proposal for the Development of an Area Plan for the Highway 111 Corridor
Dear Mr. Castro and members of the Selection Committee
We are pleased to submit our response to RFP for the development of an Area Plan for the
Highway 111 Corridor. We are excited by the commitment your city has made to creating a
dynamic public realm in issuing this RFP.
Our firm, Torti Gallas + Partners, will lead the Team (if we are selected for this assignment),
and will be joined by outstanding collaborators including: Sargent Town Planning (more
about them below); Fong Hart Schneider and Partners for Landscape Architecture; Hoffman
Strategy Group for real estate market assessment; Fehr and Peers for complete streets, and
Paul Crabtree, for civil engineering. Together this team is excited to assist you and the City
of La Quinta with its goals for this challenging effort.
As Principal-in-Charge, I will be point of contact. In addition, I can ensure appropriate staff
to effectively complete the tasks assigned in the allotted time frame, if we are selected. I can
provide such assurance because Torti Gallas + Partners has been in business since 1953 and
we ascribe our longevity, in part, to the quality and practicality of our work, the strength of
our project management, and our ability to honor the commitments we make
Our 65-year history, coupled with our award-winning track record, gives us four essential
qualities to maximize your project scope:
• The understanding we have gained from leading hundreds of master plan projects,
most of them complex, multi-disciplinary efforts requiring robust outreach to a va-
riety of stakeholders;
• Deep commitment to projects in which a high sustainability approach to urban re-
generation is embedded, with an actionable, implementable plan for going forward.
• The energy, passion and curiosity to be innovative and think on our toes when it
comes to taking holistic and inventive yet implementable project approaches;
• Unmatched national experience in designing and implementing master plans in pub-
lic, mixed-use neighborhoods. We are poised to bring fresh insights into the tasks
at hand, one that will not only be vibrant and successful, but also much treasured
by La Quinta residents, staff and its visitors. We have planned and provided urban
design services for over 1,500 communities throughout the United States, work that
has resulted in among other things, over 20 charter awards from the Congress for
the New Urbanism. This includes work for:
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o The City of Oceanside on the redevelopment of its three-mile stretch of Coast
Highway (Historic Route 101), which received a California APA award.
o The City of Santa Monica on it new Downtown Community Plan; and
o The County of Arlington, VA on the Crystal City Master Plan. This illustrated
policy document is transforming the 60’s era suburban office park into a vi-
brant, walkable, mixed-use community offering opportunity for all. This trans-
formative plan was a key component to attracting Amazon to “National
Landing” as part of its recently announced location for HQ2 .
A critical partner in this effort will be Sargent Town Planning, (STP) with whom we are wrap-
ping up a similar effort for the City of Rancho Cucamonga. Sargent Town Planning has been
involved in similar efforts as TG+P for the past 25 years, with a strong emphasis on complete
street networks, human scale public realm design, and urban form based development codes
and design guidelines. Their recent and current work includes city center plans and codes
for the Highway 111 Corridor for Palm Desert and Indio, as well as corridor transformation
and city center plans for in Fontana and Rancho Cucamonga. Their code for the University
Neighborhood Specific Plan for Palm Desert won the 2017 Driehaus national award from the
Form-Based Code Institute.
We have experience working with each of our other partners on this assignment, and we
know that the entire team embraces collaboration -- with clients, citizens, residents, commu-
nity leaders and design teams. We also embrace context and have demonstrated time and
again our commitment to full implementation.
Please do not hesitate to call me at 213-607-0053 or email me at npayton@tortigallas.com
if you have any questions. In the meantime, many thanks for your interest in Torti Gallas +
Partners and for you your review of our proposal.
Best,
Neal I. Payton, FAIA, CNU-A, LEED-AP
Principal
STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS
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Response to City of La Quinta’s RFP for the
STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS
ORGANIZATION CHART
CITY OF LA QUINTA
PROJECT LEADERSHIP
Torti Gallas + Partners
Neal I. Payton
FAIA, LEED AP BD+C, CNU-A
Principal-in-Charge and Project Manager
Tim Nash
Assoc. Project Manager/Urban Designer
URBAN DESIGN AND
PLACEMAKING
Torti Gallas + Partners
Mike Rollison
Placemaking
Tim Zork
Town Information Modeling/
Urban Designer
MOBILITY
Fehr and Peers
Jack Pack
Principal
Delia Votsch
Transportation Engineer
MARKET ANALYSIS AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGY
Hoffman Strategy Group
Jerry Hoffman
Principal Real Estate Advisor
Dan Sheridan
Principal Real Estate Advisor
Jeff Green
Market Research/
Retail Merchandising
INFRASTRUCTURE
Crabtree Group
Paul Crabtree
Principal
CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS
Sargent Town Planning
David Sargent
Principal
Peter VanderWal
Sr. Urban Designer/Project Manager
Yuan Liu
Urban Designer
Susan Jackson Harden
Public Outreach
LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECT
Fong Hart Schneider
David Schneider
Vice-President
TORTI GALLAS + PARTNERS | INTRODUCTION
Established in 1953, Torti Gallas and Partners maintains a global practice of planning,
architecture and urban design. With a talented staff trained in multiple disciplines,
Torti Gallas has helped hundreds of clients create sustainable growth and development,
understanding that smart design of the built environment directly influences economic
strength, neighborhood health, and community livability. Our goal is to apply our strengths
at all scales of human development, to bring high-value designs and implementation
strategies that enhance the character of a community, provide a sustainable infrastructure
for its future, and yield increased asset values for our clients.
Our architects and planners deliver practical, feasible and transformative plans that get
implemented. Since our founding, Torti Gallas has designed over 400,000 residential
units, millions of square feet of office space, and planned over 1,000 residential and
mixed-use communities. As a result, we have been responsible for the planning and
architectural design of more than $25 billion of construction, and have advanced the
success of our valued clients and their constituencies.
Age and Structure of Firm: Founded in 1953, we are a 64-year-old Corporation.
Office Location: 601 W. 5th St., Suite 600, Los Angeles, CA 90071
Contact: Neal Payton, FAIA, Principal | npayton@tortigallas.com | (213) 607-0070
Dun and Bradstreet Number: 623361198
Bank of Record: Wells Fargo
All work will be managed out of the Los Angeles office of Torti Gallas and Partners.
People • Built Environment • Natural Systems
We believe that 21st century challenges requiring us to provide basic needs for larger
populations with access to fewer resources obliges a knowledge-based approach that
integrates natural and human elements with sophisticated building technology. The
method we have developed, the “Spectrum”, defines our “line of attack”, providing
an all-sided framework for envisioning sustainable communities immersed in innovative
design solutions. It encompasses a universe of life factors - from climate to shelter to
local traditions - and empowers design concepts tackling both current and emerging
problems at the specific site and general location of a project. This interdisciplinary,
principle-based process enables us to:
• Provide alluring visions that incorporate community goals for the future.
• Discover achievable, results-oriented solutions that go beyond a master plan.
• Provide knowledge of a variety of implementation strategies.
• Support dissemination and use of best practices.
• Identify implementable strategies that promote community health and well-being.
• Plan for long-term resilience.
• Use cutting-edge technologies to record existing conditions, disseminate information
for new designs, and manage implementation.
• Implement a final design that addresses itself to the universe of natural and cultural
elements present in your specific site.
• Instill a collaborative spirit in the design and a commitment to sensitive
implementation until it is built.
Design Awards
Torti Gallas has received numerous awards for our innovative design work, having won
over 400 international, national and local design honors for planning and design. Of
these, 18 alone are from the Congress for the New Urbanism, the most of any firm.
This recognition by such prestigious groups as the American Institute of Architects,
the Congress for the New Urbanism, the International Council of Shopping Centers,
the American Society of Landscape Architects, and the National Association of Home
Builders confirms our well-established track record of high quality designs over our long
history.
Transit-Oriented Development
Master Planning / Urban Design
Urban Placemaking
Mixed Use / Multi-Family Housing
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TORTI GALLAS + PARTNERS | INTRODUCTION
Master Planning and Urban Design Experience
Torti Gallas’ practice is grounded on the inextricable links between architecture, plan-
ning, urban design and community. We believe great cities are created through beau-
tiful buildings, intelligent planning policies and pragmatic implementation strategies.
Our work strives to develop land responsibly – be that greenfield communities connect-
ed to the edges of metropolitan areas, suburban communities interested in creating a
defined city center and in refining their neighborhoods, or brownfield redevelopment
projects to revitalize inner cities. The overarching concern of our practice is to create
a “sense of place” that will be the mainstay for a vibrant experience of living, working,
shopping and playing. As such, we are guided by the following principles:
• Holistic planning: Looking at land use, design codes, planning policies and
community engagement as an integrated system rather than a sum of parts.
• Diversity of uses: Designing and planning for a diversity of uses to support and
sustain jobs, housing, commerce and civic space for a fully functioning community.
• Vibrant public realm: Planning public spaces and civic structures to be accessible
and flexible to support civic, cultural and recreational activities for a wide range of
ages and groups.
• Variety of housing types: Building a wide range of housing types and densities
that reflect the many ways of living and diverse levels of income that can be inter-
mixed in a neighborhood, block or street.
• Diversity of transportation options: Developing a multi-modal transportation
infrastructure (walking, bicycling, driving, riding on mass transit, etc.) to connect
neighborhoods, schools, jobs, etc, and supporting transportation funding reform to
include quality of life indicators when evaluating performance.
Over our long hisotry of practice, Torti Gallas has been planner and urban designer for
over 1,000 communities. We have extensive experience in the complexities of planning
and urban design and have been highly successful in the following core competencies:
• Visioning and Strategic Plans
• Creation of vibrant downtowns and city centers
• Design of mixed-income, mixed-use neighborhoods
• Transit-oriented development
• Multi-modal linkage strategies, including pedestrian and bicycle usage
• Integration of residential planning and architectural design
• Community-sensitive revitalization
• Holistic design of sustainable communities
• Smart growth, Form-Based Codes, and Design Guidelines
• Community involvement
• Planning and zoning analysis
• Public / Private partnerships
• 3-D Modeling
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TORTI GALLAS + PARTNERS | DESIGN GUIDELINES
energy and vitality of the Promenade and
seeks to expand and extend this energy to
the east and west.
Recognizing that no matter how one
arrives to the Downtown area, sooner
or later, everyone becomes a pedestrian,
the plan lavishes attention on the public
realm through streetscape improvements
and roadway reconfigurations to prioritize
pedestrian comfort, utility, and safety as well
as multimodal accessibility. By planning for
both a range of public spaces of varying
scales and by treating the street network as
the Downtown’s greatest public space the
plan provides for an immersive pedestrian
experience. ‘Signature sidewalks’ are
strategically incorporated throughout the
plan area, created by enhanced building
setbacks, or road diets depending on the
opportunities present. Meanwhile, design
and development standards focus on
the design of the sidewalk and building
facades that front them in order to create
humanscale, attractive and inviting
frontages. The use of Town Information
Modeling® (TIM®) allowed Torti Gallas
to test various land use and development
Downtown Santa Monica Specific Plan SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA
TORTI GALLAS + PARTNERS | DESIGN GUIDELINES
Downtown Santa Monica Specific Plan SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA
With the arrival of the Exposition
Line providing a rail connection from
Downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific
Ocean for the first time since 1953,
the Downtown Plan will guide the
next phase of the pedestrian-oriented
evolution of this beachfront city. The
plan encompasses roughly forty city
blocks, six of which, front the iconic
Third Street Promenade. The plan seeks
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to capitalize on the energy and vitality of
the Promenade and seeks to expand and
extend this energy to the east and west.
Recognizing that no matter how one
arrives to the Downtown area, sooner
or later, everyone becomes a pedestrian,
the plan lavishes attention on the public
realm through streetscape improvements
and roadway reconfigurations to
prioritize pedestrian comfort, utility, and
safety as well as multimodal accessibility.
By planning for both a range of public
spaces of varying scales and by treating
the street network as the Downtown’s
greatest public space the plan provides
for an immersive pedestrian experience.
‘Signature sidewalks’ are strategically
incorporated throughout the plan
area, created by enhanced building
setbacks, or road diets depending on the
opportunities present. Meanwhile, design
and development standards focus on
the design of the sidewalk and building
facades that front them in order to create
humanscale, attractive and inviting
frontages. The use of Town Information
Modeling® (TIM®) allowed Torti Gallas
to test various land use and development
alternatives to arrive at design standards
that are predictable and flexible to
promote creative and elegant buildings
and public spaces.
Even with its focus on the pedestrian,
the plan provides strategic parking
enhancements, aimed primarily at using
existing parking assets more efficiently,
while also providing for short and long
term actions to increase the overall
capacity of the circulation network
including an enhanced bicycle network,
and new street connections over the
freeway. Incentives for desperately
needed affordable housing, and a greater
range of cultural and arts amenities are
also feature prominently in the plan
PROJECT DATA
• 40 city blocks
• community design workshops
• stakeholder meetings
• public hearings
• specific plan
• 3D modeling
• design and development standards
• implementation and phasing
With the arrival of the Exposition Line
providing a rail connection from Downtown
Los Angeles to the Pacific Ocean for the
first time since 1953, the Downtown Plan
will guide the next phase of the pedestrian-
oriented evolution of this beachfront city.
The plan encompasses roughly forty city
blocks, six of which, front the iconic Third
Street Promenade. The plan capitalized on
alternatives to arrive at design standards
that are predictable and flexible to
promote creative and elegant buildings
and public spaces.
Even with its focus on the pedestrian,
the plan provides strategic parking
enhancements, aimed primarily at using
existing parking assets more efficiently,
while also providing for short and long
term actions to increase the overall
capacity of the circulation network
including an enhanced bicycle network,
and new street connections over the
freeway. Incentives for desperately needed
affordable housing, and a greater range of
cultural and arts amenities are also feature
prominently in the plan
PROJECT DATA
• 40 city blocks
• community design workshops
• stakeholder meetings
• public hearings
• specific plan
• 3D modeling
• design and development standards
• implementation and phasing
• completed 2017
The plan can be viewed at: https://www.smgov.net/uploadedFiles/Departments/PCD/Plans/Downtown-Specific-Plan/FINAL%20DCP_web.pdf
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City of Culver City
9770 Culver Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232
Ashley Hefner, Advance
Planning Manager
ashley.hefner@culvercity.org
SUBMITTED BY:
Neal I. Payton, FAIA
Torti Gallas + Partners, Inc.
601 West 5th Street
Suite 600
Los Angeles, CA 90071
npayton@tortigallas.com
(213) 607-0070
GENERAL PLAN
UPDATE
Response to Culver City’s RFP#: 1802
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TORTI GALLAS + PARTNERS | INTRODUCTION
Municipal and Transit Oriented Development
Experience
Torti Gallas and Partners has been
involved with more than 80 transit-
oriented developments that deliver
mixed-use neighborhoods designed
to maximize access to public
transportation. Our TOD designs
are not stand alone projects, but
seamlessly integrate walkable street
grids, neighborhood-scale buildings
and the active uses - commercial,
retail, civic, residential - of an
area. Importantly, every Torti
Gallas TOD is designed around
a focal anchor which gives the
area its heart, serves as a mainstay
for productivity, pleasure, and
convenience, and fosters support
for safety and security.
Our 64-year history is built upon a design expertise that plans and constructs
communities for all income levels. We have produced enough housing in fully mixed
use, transit-oriented communities for a population of 172,000 people to live and work
there. This ensures that the greater community thrives and benefits from sensitive density
surrounding the TOD.
Torti Gallas TODs offer opportunities to enliven undervalued neighborhood centers,
create new markets and services for existing residents and businesses, and provide an
increased tax base for the municipality and the transit line. Retail solutions, especially
those featuring complicated programs such as grocery stores and metro stations, have
been a hallmark of our TOD designs. In addition, we bring substantial experience in
specific commuter rail planning and design. This all-encompassing proficiency gives
Torti Gallas a singular expertise in designing and building the nation’s finest transit
oriented developments.
We provide our current and past clients with expertise in:
• Working with local governments and transit agencies in the US and abroad;
• Large-scale visioning and land use analysis;
• Site-specific design recommendations for visibility, safety, connectivity and sustainability;
• Multi-modal linakage strategies, including pedestrian and bicycle usage
• Sound analysis and innovative understanding of what the market can absorb and what
types of land uses are not only compatible but synergistic;
• Phasing strategies over time for maximum development success.
Torti Gallas TOD Experience
80+TOD Projects Completed
36+Cities in which TGP has
designed a TOD
5 Integration of transit systems
(subway, light rail, bus, etc)
55+TODs at subway sites
15+TODs at heavy rail sites
12+TODs with a multiplicity of transit
systems
172K Population living/working in TGP
designed TODs.
14 Projects with Cities in California
TORTI GALLAS + PARTNERS | MIXED-USE
This proposed development, part of
a new Metro Station in Los Angeles,
provides both market-rate and affordable
residences in a mixed-use building
along a major boulevard. The site and
the building are long and thin. In order
to add richness of façade elements, the
building’s strong urban edge is composed
of rhythmic projecting bays and material
and color variations. At the building’s
most prominent corner, projecting
elements with deep recesses create
an implied canopy to break down the
fivestory mass, and to create a pedestrian
street level zone.
Metro Joint Development LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
PROJECT DATA
• 5,000 sf commercial space
• 5,000 sf building amenity space
including
• community room
• 150 residential units (80% Affordable
Units, 20% Market Rate Units)
• 103 parking spaces
• 75 bike parking spaces
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A. VIEW FROM METRO STATION ENTRANCE ON LONG STREET
Moving away from the boulevard, the
building steps down from the five-story
mass into an appropriate three story scale
to provide a transition to the adjacent
residential neighborhood. Carved into
the stepped mass are residential courtyard
amenity spaces. These courtyards provide
landscaped areas facing the adjacent
residential neighborhood, while roof
decks soften the exterior of the building
as it transitions into the neighborhood.
The garage, which faces the alley, is
arranged in a split-level fashion. Entered
from a side street, cars will either go
down, or up a half-level to accommodate
the building’s parking program (without
needing expensive subterranean parking).
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TORTI GALLAS + PARTNERS | INTRODUCTION
Placemaking
Torti Gallas + Partners’ approach to creating
great places in our communities is based on the
strategic employment of Placemaking design
principles. We firmly believe great places are
those where people want to live, work, shop and
play - places that enliven, inspire and entertain
their residents and guests. To that end, our
goal is to create pedestrian-oriented, walkable,
amenity-rich neighborhoods that provide the
framework for enriching experienes, social
engagement and patron ownership.
Torti Gallas + Partners brings together teams
of experts in Placemaking visioning and
Placemaking design to access, identify and
design all aspects of the destination. Our integrated and highly collaborative teams focus
on retail strategies, brand design, urban design, architectural design and landscape design
to create a holistic “place” aimed at offering unique and appropriate solutions for the
given market, demographics and location. All team experts play important roles in the
collaborative process and inform decision making based upon the client’s underlying
development goals and brand positioning - from the developing the project name and
logo to identifying the appropriate retail tenant mix, to streetscape and amenity planning,
to landscape and lighting design, to building design.
Placemaking Benefits
RETAIL PLACEMAKING
“When considering design firms for our highest
profile retail project in Chicago, Regency Center chose
Torti Gallas + Partners. Their incredible vision for
our project went much further than building design
– it included a multitude of placemaking ideas and
considerations to create a truly unique and authentic
shopping environment for our customer base. Michael
Rollison and his design team are experts in crafting
retail destinations that will be benchmarks for the
next wave of experiential retail development.”
Matt Hendy
Regency Centers
PLACEMAKING BENEFITS
$$$
$$$ social engagement, more reasons to
visit, expanded trade area, promote brand
$$$ longer stays (lingering), increased
spending, memorable moments
$$$ recognizable address, expanded trade
area, community “ownership”, increased
spending
$$$ connectivity + access, better
experiences, active streets and pathways
$$$ increased trips, higher rents (retail +
residential), sustainability, places people
“want to be”, preferred shopping destination
PROGRAMMING
+ EVENTS
DESIGNING FOR
EXPERIENCES
CREATE A
DESTINATION
PROMOTE
WALKABILITY
MIXED USE
PLACEMAKING
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RETAIL CENTERS WALKABLE PLACES
$$$ social social engagement, more reasons to
visit, expanded trade area, promote brand
$$$ longer stays (lingering), increased
spending, memorable moments
$$$ recognizable address, expanded trade area,
community “ownership”, increased spending
$$$ connectivity + access, better
experiences, active streets and pathways
$$$ increased trips, higher rents (retail +
residential), sustainability, places people “want
to be”, preferred shopping destination
Programming
+ Events
Designing for
Experiences
Create a
Destination
Promote
Walkability
Mixed-Use
Placemaking
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Torti Gallas + Partners
Project: Coast Highway Vision Plan and Design Guidelines
Vision Plan: 2008-2009; FBC: 2015-2017
City of Oceanside, CA
Development Services Department
300 N. Coast Hwy
Oceanside, CA 92054
AmyFousekis-Wolfe, Principal Planner
CityofOceanside,afousekis@ci.oceanside.ca.us | 760.435.3564
Project: Westminster New Downtown Specific Plan, 2013-2015
City of Westminster, CO
Economic Development
4800 W. 92nd Avenue
Westminster, CO 80031
Sarah Nurmela, Real Estate and Development Manager
snurmela@CityofWestminster.us | 303.658.2136
Foothill Boulevard/Route 66 Corridor Plan and Code (with Sargent Town Planning),
2018 - Ongoing
City of Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Matt Burris, Deputy City Manager
Email: Matt.Burris@cityofrc.us | 909.477.2700
REFERENCES
RESUMES
Neal I . Payton, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C •
Principal-in-Charge and Project Manager
Mr. Payton is a Principal at Torti Gallas, where he directs the West Coast office. His
work involves Urban Design and Town Planning activities at a variety of scales, including
inner city revitalization, inner suburban infill and refill, transit-oriented development
in emerging development areas as well as regional plans for counties and metropolitan
areas. Often called upon to work on politically sensitive sites, Mr. Payton has led over
50 design charrettes and participated in close to 100. Mr. Payton’s urban design efforts
have been honored nationally with numerous design awards from the American Institute
of Architects and the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU), among others. He was
recently awarded the “Paul Crawford Memorial Award’ by the California Chapter of the
CNU.
In addition to these planning efforts, Mr. Payton works on crafting many of the individual
architectural commissions of the firm to the urban context within which they will sit.
The architectural work of Torti Gallas focuses on residential and mixed-use development
that is inextricably linked to urbanism and placemaking rather than to the making of
individual object buildings. As a result of this experience, Mr. Payton is able to craft
urban and architectural guidelines that are market sensitive, yet support the urban design.
Prior to joining Torti Gallas, Mr. Payton headed his own Town Planning and Urban
Design Practice. During this time he developed his expertise as a Community Facilitator,
working with citizens and developers in community development and revitalization
projects.
Selected Project Experience
Foothill Boulevard/Route 66 Corridor Plan and Code, Rancho Cucamonga CA - In
collaboration with Sargent Town Planning, Torti Gallas is preparing a vision plan and code
update for the 6.5 mile Foothill Boulevard (Historic Route 66) Corridor in the center
of Rancho Cucamonga, and working with City staff to update mixed-use development
standards for this area. Based on the TG+P-generated building typologies and the STP-
generated block structure, street and open space types, City staff will be updating their
existing mixed-use development standards. It is anticipated that circulation network
defined in this plan will inform the up-coming general plan update, which will also
include updated goals and policies to support plan implementation.
Downtown Specific Plan, Santa Monica, CA - Torti Gallas led the urban design effort
and managed a robust public outreach process and diverse subconsultant team. This Plan
laid the ground work for a pedestrian-oriented evolution of the district with the arrival
of the Exposition Line and other major civic projects. The plan capitalized on the energy
and vitality of the Third Street Promenade and seeks to expand and extend this energy to
the east and west. The plan lavishes attention on the public realm through streetscaping
improvements and roadway reconfigurations to prioritize pedestrian safety and multi-
modal transit accessibility. Design and development standards focus on the design of the
sidewalk and building facades that front it to create human-scale, attractive and inviting
frontages. The planning process includes dozens of meetings with stakeholders and the
public, as well as the development of a 3D Town Information Modeling® (TIM®) used
to test various land use and development alternatives to arrive at design standards that
are predictable and flexible to promote creative and elegant buildings and public space.
Westminster New Downtown, Westminster, CO - Torti Gallas worked with the City of
Westminster to create a dramatic vision for a new mixed-use downtown to replace a
demolished indoor shopping mall situated midway between the burgeoning Denver –
Boulder tech corridor. The 105-acre site, which is adjacent to a planned new station
of Denver’s RTD Train line, will be transformed into a town center with a permeable
street grid, a retail-lined main street, a network of public open spaces, and a mix of retail,
residential, commercial, and public uses. Form-based development standards and open
space guidelines will guide future development as the downtown matures.
Saticoy & Wells Community Plan, Ventura, CA - A Community Design Plan and Form-
Based Development Code creates a vision for the Saticoy & Wells Area, a place currently
dominated by random sprawl tracts scattered within an agrarian landscape. Torti Gallas
+ Partners’ plan envisions 6 neighborhoods, each with their own neighborhood centers,
a potential future new town center, and a new interconnected street network.
Education
• Master of Architecture, 1981,
Syracuse University
• Bachelor of Architecture, 1978,
Carnegie-Mellon University
Registration
• 1983, Architect, AZ, CA, HI, NV, NY, TX, UT,
NCARB
• LEED Accredited Professional, 2004
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Santa Monica
Westminster
Foothill Blvd/Route 66 Corridor
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Neal I . Payton, FAIA • continued
Coast Highway Vision Plan and Design Guidelines, Oceanside, CA – The Plan created
a transit-oriented urban design plan linking economic development and environmental
sustainability to revitalize historic Coast Highway 10.1 Torti Gallas led workshops and
intensive visioning exercises during two week-long charrettes with community members
and stakeholders to create an inspiring downtown ‘Main Street’ with two transit-oriented
mixed-use neighborhoods, a new harbor hospitality/entertainment node, a vibrant Arts
& Technology District, and design guidelines to preserve the unique beach character of
neighborhoods.
Mauka Area Form-Based Code, Kaka’ako, Honolulu, HI - Torti Gallas was commissioned
by the Hawaii Community Development Authority to analyze and test the existing Mauka
Code in order to produce a new Form-Based Code for the area. The team created a Town
Informational Model® to cross-check the code with existing and proposed buildout, and
serves as an ongoing planning tool to test future development scenarios. The model
3-dimensionally depicts the study area and surroundings, including the nearby harbor,
crater and mountains. It includes over 40 million SF of existing and proposed built-out
land use conditions with a schedule of related data that is linked by land use to each
block The code preserves the idiosyncrasies of the neighborhood, while accommodating
new development through form-based planning.
Downtown Upland Master Plan, Upland, CA - This master plan for Downtown Upland
envisions the revitalization of the city’s historic core and immediate surroundings into
a mixed-use pedestrian friendly town-center. Generated through an intensive series of
stakeholder meetings and a community visioning workshop, it creates an interconnected
open space network enhancing the existing street grid through traffic calming and new
streetscapes, along with a new transit plaza along the existing Metrolink Station.
Campus Town Specific Plan, Seaside, CA - Formerly part of Fort Ord, Torti Gallas is
working with the City of Seaside to create a plan for the future development of an 85
acre site consistent with the For Ord Reuse Base Reuse Plan (BRP). Torti Gallas led a
week-long charrette with community members and stakeholders to create a walkable,
Mixed-Use Urban Village with arts and entertainment, retail,
Kaka’ako Open Space Master Plan, Honolulu, HI - Torti Gallas was commissioned to
create a master plan for the open spaces and streets of Kaka’ako, an industrial district
in Downtown Honolulu. The Team worked closely with the Honolulu DOT to develop
a unique and cutting edge open space and streetscape plan, using the public realm,
rather than architecture to define the district as a place. The Master Plan outlines
design guidelines for each street and public space in the area, proposing a pallete of
streetscaping materials, public art, and wayfinding signage to help “brand” the area. This
plan proposes reconfiguring streets, adding a raised intersection with special paving to
define a plaza that extended from one corner across the intersection to all corners of the
street, thereby claiming the intersection as part of the pedestrian realm. The plan also
introduced cafe “parklets” in parking spaces, a radical concept for the City’s DOT. Torti
Gallas’ evocative photo montages and strategic precedent studies have propelled this
concept from paper to the pilot project stage. In addition Torti Gallas was hired to design
the first raised intersection for the city.
Downtown Specific Plan, Sacramento, CA – Anticipating the construction of the new
Downtown streetcar, the plan crafts a new policy recommendations to support TOD
around the station areas, and create a more livable downtown area. As part of the effort,
TG+P is crafting a Public Arts Plan, updating existing Design Guidelines and recom-
mending Zoning Ordinance changes.
Downtown Round Rock Master Plan, Round Rock, TX - Planning effort for the revital-
ization of the City’s historic downtown. Based on the input received during a week-long
community charrette, public meetings and presentations, the team crafted a vision and
design standards that included an extended “Main Street,” a new public square sur-
rounded by human-scaled and pedestrian-oriented retail uses, a new cultural center and
performing arts space, and a context-sensitive code to preserve historic buildings and
extend the unique character of downtown outward.
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Selected Articles written by Neal Payton:
• Transit-Oriented Development” Architects
of Community – Torti Gallas + Partners,
Vendome Publisher, 2017
• “The Metropolis versus the City” a chapter
in Landscape Urbanism and its Discontents:
Dissumulating the Sustainable City, New
Society Publishers, 2013
• “Designing new transit systems using a
transect-based model”, Co-written with
Amber Hawkes
• http://www.tortigallas.com/images/thumbs/
news/357278.pdf, Proceedings of the ICE -
Urban Design and Planning September, 2012
• “TOD without the T” at ReConnecting
America: Blog of the Center for TOD,
http://reconnectingamerica.org/ posts/
tod-without-the-t, January 8, 2010
• “Transit Oriented Development: A Vehicle
for Great Streets and Great Sidewalks”,
Urban Land Institute, LA, August 2009
Newsletter. http://www.uli-la.org/node/326
• “Seeking Urban Parking Solutions,” with
Brian O’Looney in Places: Forum of Design
of the Public Realm, (Summer, 2006) http://
repositories.cdlib.org/ ced/places/vol18/iss1/
OLooney_Payton/
• “Creating that Hometown Feeling” with
Beth Hesler, in Defense Communities
(Sept./Oct., 2005) http:// www.phma.com/
PHMA_DOWNLOADS/2005.SeptOct.DC.pdf
• “Greyfields: Pursuing the Smaller
Increment”, in Land Development (Summer,
2003) http://www. lisc.org/duluth/about_us/
publications_8468/revitalizing_8733.pdf
• “Rebuilding in Older Neighborhoods,” in
Land Development (Summer, 2002)
• “Ispartakule: A Neighborly Mix,” with John
F. Torti, Urban Land, (March,1998)
• “Patrick Geddes’ Plan for Tel Aviv,” The New
City 3: “The Rational City,” (1996)
Select Speaking Engagements:
• “Utilizing Affordable Housing to Catalyze
Redevopment at TODs” at Congress for
the New Urbanism (CNU), Seattle, WA 2016
• “Transit as a Catalyst for Redevelopment in
Busan” Keynote speaker at TOD conference
in Busan, South Korea, 2015
• “Transit as a Catalyst for Redevelopment
in Panama” Keynote speaker at Panama
Green-Build Conference, Panama City,
Panama, 2017
• “The Redevelopment of Westminster Mall”
at American Planning Association (APA)
Conference, Phoenix, AZ, 2015
• “Colin Rowe’s Influence on the practice of
New Urbanism”, Retrospective on Colin
Rowe Conference, Rome, Italy, 2015
• ULI-Center for Balanced Development of
the West, Transit-Oriented Development
TAP, Seattle, 2009
• “Station Typologies: designing station
areas to be context sensitive” Railvolution
Conference, 2009
• Speaker on Transit Oriented Development
at: • ICSC Conference, Honolulu, June 2010
• Inaugural Israeli Mayors’ Institute on City
Renewal, June, 2010
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resume Timothy Nash • Associate Project Manager
Education
• Bachelor of Architecture, University of
Miami, 2016
Foothill Blvd/Route 66 Corridor
Santa Monica
Exposition Park
Mr. Nash thrives in his role as urban designer at Torti Gallas where he contributes to the
firms legacy of placemaking. His works ranges from small infill projects to large scale
planned communities. He is adept in the technical aspects of form-based codes and
design guidelines as well as the artistry of master planning.
Selected Project Experience
Foothill Boulevard/Route 66 Corridor Plan and Code, Rancho Cucamonga CA -
In collaboration with Sargent Town Planning, Torti Gallas is preparing a vision plan
and code update for the 6.5 mile Foothill Boulevard (Historic Route 66) Corridor in
the center of Rancho Cucamonga, and working with City staff to update mixed-use
development standards for this area. Based on the TG+P-generated building typologies
and the STP-generated block structure, street and open space types, City staff will be
updating their existing mixed-use development standards.
Westminster New Downtown, Westminster, CO - Torti Gallas worked with the City of
Westminster to create a dramatic vision for a new mixed-use downtown to replace a
demolished indoor shopping mall situated midway between the burgeoning Denver –
Boulder tech corridor. The 105-acre site, which is adjacent to a planned new station of
Denver’s RTD Train line, will be transformed into a town center with a permeable street
grid, a retail-lined main street, a network of public open spaces, and a mix of retail,
residential, commercial, and public uses. Form-based development standards and open
space guidelines will guide future development as the downtown matures.
Downtown Specific Plan, Santa Monica, CA - Torti Gallas led the urban design effort
and managed a robust public outreach process and diverse subconsultant team for the
City of Santa Monica. This Plan laid the ground work for a pedestrian-oriented evolu-
tion of the district with the arrival of the Exposition Line and other major civic projects.
The plan capitalized on the energy and vitality of the Third Street Promenade and seeks
to expand and extend this energy to the east and west. The plan lavishes attention on
the public realm through streetscaping improvements and roadway reconfigurations to
prioritize pedestrian safety and multi-modal transit accessibility. The planning process
includes dozens of meetings with stakeholders and the public, as well as the develop-
ment of a 3D Town Information Modeling® (TIM®) used to test various land use and
development alternatives to arrive at design standards that are predictable and flexible
to promote creative and elegant buildings and public space.
Campus Town Specific Plan, Seaside, CA - Formerly part of Fort Ord, Torti Gallas is
working with the City of Seaside to create a plan for the future development of an 85
acre site consistent with the For Ord Reuse Base Reuse Plan (BRP). Torti Gallas led a
week-long charrette with community members and stakeholders to create a walkable,
Mixed-Use Urban Village with arts and entertainment, retail, housing, visitor lodging
and employment space for the University student population.
Downtown Specific Plan, Sacramento, CA – Anticipating the construction of the new
Downtown streetcar, the plan crafts a new policy recommendations to support TOD
around the station areas, and create a more livable downtown area. As part of the effort,
TG+P is crafting a Public Arts Plan, updating existing Design Guidelines and recom-
mending Zoning Ordinance changes.
East Pleasanton Master Plan, East Pleasanton, CA - Utilizing the principles of New
Urbanism that focus on walkability, connectivity, providing for civic spaces, and a mix of
housing types, this project is designed as the first phase for a master plan covering a much
larger site area. While this plan is designed to create a sense of place in and of itself, it is
also designed to seamlessly connect to later phases. In order to encourage walkability
and community interaction, the plan utilizes the concept of ‘complete streets,’ in which
motor vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians are equal constituents.
Exposition Park Master Plan, Los Angeles, CA – Torti Gallas is leading a multi-
disciplinary team of design and planning professionals in creation of a new Master Plan.
Working with the State of California and the nine separate institutions, the goal of the
Plan is to provide a unifying thread to tie together the spaces and the institutions, while
adding green-space, reducing the dominance of the automobile, and providing a more
joyful experience for visitors to the park and its various institutions.
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Education
• Associates Degree, Architectural
Technology, Montgomery College, 1992
Walter Reed
Chauncey Hills
ANATOLIUM MARMARA
Mr. Rollison has over 23 years experience in the planning and design of mixed-use, retail,
entertainment, hospitality, residential, waterfront, and transit-oriented developments in
the United States and abroad. His collaborative approach to projects and his astute
knowledge of place creation specific to mixed-use environments result in unique and
marketable design solutions focused on community.
Mr. Rollison is renowned for creating successful places, while providing high quality
client service. He is expert at making informed development decisions, maximizing site
potential and project viability while providing imaginative and innovative designs. With
a strong background in strategic and master planning, and conceptual and architectural
design, Mr. Rollison is able to produce successful projects that create value for clients
and communities alike.
Selected Project Experience
Town Center at the Parks at Walter Reed, Washington, DC - Torti Gallas is part of the
winning team selected by the District of Columbia to redevelop the former Walter Reed
Army Medical Center site. The 67-acre Parks at Walter Reed will include nearly 2,000
new residences and 725,000 SF of office, hotel, retail and arts/creative uses. Additionally,
the development plan will position The Parks at Walter Reed as a major economic growth
engine for the District, generating over 4,500 jobs during development and over 1,600
permanent jobs at full build-out, an estimated $37 million in annual revenue, and over
$1 billion in direct investment.
Viva White Oak (fomerly LifeSci Village), Montgomery County, MD - Master planning
and design of a 184 acre Life Sciences Mixed-Use Village to include 3,000,000 SF of
residential, 1,000,000 SF of office, 250,000 SF of retail, a 200-room hotel, research and
development space, academic institutions, and entertainment venues.
Chauncey Hill, West Lafayette, IN - A new mixed-use development near Purdue
University that will include retail, restaurant, residential, hotel and office space. It is
located along the high-profile State Street Corridor.
Ford Redevelopment Site, St. Paul, MN - a vibrant and integrated neighborhood that
embraces active and healthy living with its walking and biking trail network, pays homage
to the history and heritage of the site and its place in the community. The proposed
Master Plan incorporates programming and events in a variety of spaces. Social and
experiential gathering places are critical to the success of “place”. A multipurpose town
center park will transform from a farmer’s market locale to an outdoor movie venue to an
ice rink and holiday village at year’s end. Planning for these events is important to foster
a sense of community and ownership for the residents. Likewise, when events are not
occurring, these spaces must stand on their own and be rich with amenities.
Twinbrook Metroplace, Rockville, MD - Site Plan Approval of a new mixed-use
development consisting of 5 high-rise mixed-use buildings which include 811 residential
units, 39,000 SF of retail, 162,000 SF of office, restaurants, a health club and a 109-
room hotel all within a 10-minute walk to Metro’s Twinbrook Station.
Midland Westridge Commons, Midland, TX - Creation of a regional destination for the
Midland/Odessa combined market. The program includes retail, residential, office and
hotel uses and is envisioned as a place for residents to live, work, play and gather with
family and friends.
Mellody Farm, Vernon Hills, Illinois - A 320,000 SF mixed use center. Working as a
design consultant with Regency Centers, Torti Gallas was retained to ensure the project’s
design intent, character and vision are realized for the retail development.
The District at Clifton Heights Cincinnati, OH - Redevelopment of a 5.8-acre parcel
adjacent to the University of Cincinnati. It will be an active, mixed use development that
would capitalize on Straight Street’s active pedestrian area with lively outdoor seating.
Experience Prior to Joining Torti Gallas
Cascades Overlook, Sterling, VA - Mixed-use development to include 220 new residential
units, shopping and dining destinations all with breathtaking views of the Potomac River.
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Mr. Zork is a Senior Planner and Urban Designer with extensive experience in integrated
town planning, transit oriented development, large scale sustainable master planning,
inner city revitalization, neighborhood design, design guidelines and contextual
architecture. Mr. Zork’s work experience allows him to immerse himself into a project’s
context, keenly understanding the clients vision, and articulate plans that deliver places
of the highest caliber to reinforce the client’s brand and celebrate local cultures.
Selected Project Experience
Crystal City Master Plan, Arlington County, VA - Creation of a preferred Concept Plan
with strong urban and architectural design guidelines and a policy framework to be used
in future development. Arlington County initiated the Master Planning process, which
included a public charrette, following Federal Government BRAC decisions which will
leave over 4,000,000 sf of existing office space available in Crystal City over the next 10
years. Torti Gallas created a TOD, mixed-use, pedestrian friendly vision for the future of
the City and facilitated a public process to see this Master Plan through to realization.
The City will be the new site of Amazon’s new HQ2. This LEED-ND Certified Master
Plan was entitled and adopted by the Arlington County Planning Commission and the
Arlington County Board.
Town Center at the Parks at Walter Reed, Washington, DC - Torti Gallas is part of the
winning team selected by the District of Columbia to redevelop the former Walter Reed
Army Medical Center site. The 67-acre Parks at Walter Reed will include nearly 2,000
new residences and 725,000 SF of office, hotel, retail and arts/creative uses. Additionally,
the development plan will position The Parks at Walter Reed as a major economic growth
engine for the District, generating over 4,500 jobs during development and over 1,600
permanent jobs at full build-out, an estimated $37 million in annual revenue, and over
$1 billion in direct investment.
Downtown Specific Plan, Santa Monica, CA - The Plan seeks to lay the ground work
for a pedestrian-oriented evolution of the district with the coming of light rail and other
major civic projects. The plan capitalizes on the energy and vitality of Santa Monica’s
Third Street Promenade and seeks to expand and extend this energy to the east and west.
Design and development standards focus on the design of the sidewalk and building
facades that front it to create human-scale, attractive and inviting frontages.
Downtown Wyandanch, Babylon, NY - Torti Gallas led a multi-discipline team to create a
highly sustainable and implementable TOD plan, undertake a corridor study, and create
a new form-based zoning ordinance. The Town is pursuing LEED-ND certification of
this 135 acre brownfield revitalization that will include 1,300 new homes, 150,000 SF of
retail, 70,000 SF of civic space and parking for 2,000 cars.
Westminster New Downtown, Westminster, CO - Torti Gallas worked with the City of
Westminster to create a dramatic vision for a new mixed-use downtown to replace a
demolished indoor shopping mall situated midway between the burgeoning Denver –
Boulder tech corridor. The 105-acre site, which is adjacent to a planned new station
of Denver’s RTD Train line, will be transformed into a town center with a permeable
street grid, a retail-lined main street, a network of public open spaces, and a mix of retail,
residential, commercial, and public uses. Form-based development standards and open
space guidelines will guide future development as the downtown matures.
Viva White Oak (fomerly LifeSci Village), Montgomery County, MD - Master planning
and design of a 184 acre Life Sciences Mixed-Use Village to include 3,000,000 SF of
residential, 1,000,000 SF of office, 250,000 SF of retail, a 200-room hotel, research and
development space, academic institutions, and entertainment venues.
Ford Redevelopment Site, St. Paul, MN - a vibrant and integrated neighborhood that
embraces active and healthy living with its walking and biking trail network, pays homage
to the history and heritage of the site and its place in the community. The proposed
Master Plan incorporates programming and events in a variety of spaces. Social and
experiential gathering places are critical to the success of “place”. A multipurpose town
center park will transform from a farmer’s market locale to an outdoor movie venue to an
ice rink and holiday village at year’s end. Planning for these events is important to foster
a sense of community and ownership for the residents. Likewise, when events are not
occurring, these spaces must stand on their own and be rich with amenities.
Education
• Bachelor of Science in Architecture,
Andrews University, 2005
• Master of Architecture, Andrews
University, 2006
Registration
• Certified Planner, AICP, 2015
• LEED Accredited Professional, 2009
Santa Monica
Walter Reed
Crystal City
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SARGENT
TOWN PLANNING
Sargent Town Planning is an urban planning consulting firm, specializing in the planning and design of sustainable
pedestrian- and transit-oriented neighborhoods, districts, towns and cities. Founded by David Sargent in Ventura,
California in 1995 and based in Los Angeles since 2009, the firm provides a full range of urban planning and design
services to public and private clients throughout the United States.
Our urban planning and design work integrates human-scale, pedestrian-oriented public space networks and multi-modal
transportation systems with civic facilities and private development of all types to form complete, coherent and walkable
communities. Much of our work is based on our analysis and understanding of the most successful California towns and
cities, and the adaptation of timeless, regionally derived design principles to modern commercial, residential, mixed-use
and industrial development.
Our process is typically centered around public workshops and design charrettes in which all stakeholders - the client, the
consultant team, municipal officials, neighbors, special interest groups, the general public - can effectively collaborate in
the planning and design of the project. Beginning with a comprehensive analysis of the planning area and its physical,
economic, regulatory and political realities and context, we organize a sustained community conversation through which
alternatives are discussed and tested, converging on a preferred vision plan.
After clarifying and developing consensus around that community vision, we “reverse engineer” the future vision into
a systematic sequence of strategies, actions, policies, regulations, guidelines and procedures capable of implementing
that vision through coordinated public and private improvements over time. Implementation tools typically include
regulating (zoning and circulation) plans, public realm design and performance standards for street networks and other
public spaces, vision-based development codes to guide the placement, scale, massing and use of buildings, along
with implementation and financing strategies. Throughout the process we prepare conceptual development plans,
perspectives, and three-dimensional massing models to illustrate the urban intentions of the plan, and the feasibility of
the draft regulations and design guidelines. For many projects we also provide a range of post-adoption development
implementation services to help ensure that the community’s vision is realized.
For each project we assemble a team of professionals tailored to meet the client’s
requirements, including in-house experts and consulting professionals. Teams
typically include architects, planners, landscape architects, civil and transportation
engineers, urban economists, environmental consultants and others. For design
charrettes all team members are assembled on the site for a period of four to ten
days.
The firm’s current and recent projects range in size from single neighborhoods to
entire cities, and in scale and character from greenfield neighborhoods and village
scale downtowns to transit-oriented metropolitan districts. Current projects include
downtown revitalization plans, greenfield neighborhoods for town expansion, transit
station area plans and transit-oriented corridor transformation plans and codes, and
design guidelines for historic neighborhoods. Deliverables include vision plans,
specific plans, area plans, general plans, and form-based and hybrid development
codes and design guidelines.
FIRM PROFILE
17DEVELOPMENT OF AN AREA PLAN FOR THE HIGHWAY 111 CORRIDOR
Response to City of La Quinta’s RFP for the
Sargent Town Planning
General Plan Update/111 Corridor Plan 2017-2018 (with Fehr & Peers)
Downtown Specific Plan, Indio, CA 2018
Les Johnson, former Community Development
Director, Indio, CA
ljohnson@cityoflosalamitos.org | 562.431.3538 x300
General Plan Update/111 Corridor Plan and Code, Palm Desert, CA 2015-2016
(with Fehr & Peers)
Ryan Stendell, Community Development Director
rstendell@cityofpalmdesert.org | 760.776.6386
Foothill Boulevard/Route 66 Corridor Plan and Code
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 2018 (with Torti Gallas)
Matt Burris, Deputy City Manager
Matt.Burris@cityofrc.us | 909.477.2700
Fontana General Plan Update/Downtown Area Plan 2016-2017
Debbie Brazill, Deputy City Manager
dbrazill@fontana.org |909.350.6727
REFERENCES
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SARGENT TOWN PLANNING
EXPERIENCE
Sargent Town Planning
Los Angeles, CA
Principal, 2009-present
Moule & Polyzoides
Pasadena, CA
Senior Associate, 2007-2009
HDR Town Planning
Ventura & San Francisco, CA
Principal, 2005-2007
Sargent Town Planning
Ventura & Berkeley, CA
Principal, 1995-2005
Rasmussen & Associates
Ventura, CA
Principal/Designer, 1981-1995
CERTIFICATION/AFFILIATION
Licensed Architect, California, No.15,071
Congress for the New Urbanism,
Charter Member
EDUCATION
Brown University,
Providence, Rhode Island
B.A., Geology and Theater Design, 1975
Rice University, Houston, TX
Master of Architecture, 1981
AWARDS
Driehaus Form-Based Code Award, 2017
University Neighborhood Code, Palm
Desert
Driehaus Form-Based Code Award, 2008
Midtown Corridors Code, Ventura, CA
HDR, Principal-in-Charge
“Against All Odds” Award (SCAG),
2018; Downtown Corridor Specific Plan,
San Fernando, CA
Pinnacle Award for Public Space,
International Downtown Association,
2014, Lancaster Boulevard
Transformation
Moule & Polyzoides, Project Director
SELECTED LECTURES & OUTREACH
Infill That Fits In, 2015 Congress of
Neighborhoods, City of Los Angeles, CA
Density in Historic Districts, National
Trust for Historic Preservation
Conference, Spokane, WA , October 2012
Green Urbanism, Congress for the New
Urbanism, Denver, CO, June 2009.
David Sargent has practiced architecture and urban
planning for over years, for the past 25 focusing on
the planning and design of pedestrian-oriented and
transit-oriented neighborhoods, districts, corridors,
towns and cities. He has assembled and directed
multidisciplinary teams for urban projects throughout
the country, ranging in size from infill projects to
multi-neighborhood master plans and entire town,
and ranging in scale and character from rural hamlets
and small towns to major metropolitan districts and
corridors.
David’s recent and current project experience includes vision plans, general plans,
regulatory codes and implementation strategies for neighborhoods, mixed-use
employment districts, downtowns and urban corridor transformation projects
throughout California and in Texas, Florida and New York. His downtown and mixed-
use district experience includes urban design plans and vision-based development
standards in Indio, Palm Desert, Fontana, San Fernando, Burbank, Beverly Hills,
Claremont, Soledad, Paso Robles, Ventura, Fremont, Fresno, San Juan Capistrano,
Ventura, Oxnard, Hercules, Petaluma and other communities. The Lancaster Boulevard
Transformation for downtown Lancaster that he led while a senior associate with
another firm has been constructed and won multiple national and international awards,
and has led to a series of varied planning assignments for the City of Lancaster over the
past 8 years.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE
• Midtown Corridor Plan and Downtown Specific Plan, Indio, CA
• City Center Plan and General Plan Update, Palm Desert, CA
• City Center Plan and General Plan Update, Fontana, CA
• Village South TOD Specific Plan, Claremont, CA
• Mixed-Use Development Standards and Guidelines, Burbank, CA
• Foothill / Route 66 Corridor Vision Plan and Code Update, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
• Downtown Form-Based Code and Design Guidelines, Oxnard, CA
• Downtown Corridor Specific Plan, San Fernando, CA
• Form-Based Street Design Guidelines, Pasadena, CA
• Wilshire Corridor Theater District Plan, Beverly Hills, CA
• Fulton Corridor and Downtown Neighborhoods Plan, Fresno, CA*
• City Center Precise Plan, Fremont, CA
• Downtown Neighborhood T.O.D. Zoning, Lancaster, CA
• Downtown Specific Plan, Ventura, CA
• Uptown & Town Centre Specific Plan, Paso Robles, CA*
• Historic Town Center Master Plan and Code, Hercules, CA
• Lancaster Boulevard Streetscape Transformation, Lancaster, CA*
• Historic Town Center Plan and Code, San Juan Capistrano, CA
• North Bayshore Employment District Precise Plan, Mountain View, CA
* Experience while a senior associate at another firm.
DAVID SARGENT
Principal in Charge
19DEVELOPMENT OF AN AREA PLAN FOR THE HIGHWAY 111 CORRIDOR
Response to City of La Quinta’s RFP for theSARGENT TOWN PLANNING
Peter VanderWal is a practiced urban designer with
over a dozen years of planning experience in California.
He regularly manages complex urban projects and
multi-disciplinary teams, and leads design on most of
the firm’s work. Having worked on and led numerous
pedestrian- and transit-oriented urban projects
ranging widely in size, scale and character, and having
participated in over 30 design charrettes, Peter brings
a wealth of design experience and creative problem
solving to each project he is a part of.
Peter’s current and recent urban project experience includes vision plans,
development codes, specific plans and design guidelines for downtowns, districts,
neighborhoods, and urban corridors across the country. His downtown plan
experience ranges from a 30-acre village scale town center in Ventura County, to a
400 acre expansion for downtown San Antonio, TX, and includes downtown public
realm and conceptual building design for Ventura, Saticoy, Lancaster, San Juan
Capistrano, Soledad, King City, among others. His project contributions typically
include coordination of the master plan and public realm framework, streetscape
transformation design and modeling, urban design detailing, presentation graphics
of all types, and the design and production of master plan and code documents.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE
• Village South TOD Specific Plan, Claremont, CA
• Mixed-Use Development Standards and Guidelines, Burbank, CA
• Downtown Oxnard Form-Based Code and Design Guidelines, Oxnard, CA
• Downtown Corridor Specific Plan, San Fernando, CA
• Downtown Area Plan, Fontana, CA
• Form-Based Street Design Guidelines, Pasadena, CA
• City Center Precise Plan, Fremont, CA
• North Bayshore Employment District Precise Plan, Mountain View, CAHighway 111
• Lancaster Boulevard Streetscape Transformation, Lancaster, CA*
• Corridor Plan and General Plan Update, Palm Desert, CA
• Downtown Neighborhood T.O.D. Zoning, Lancaster, CA
• Gateways, Corridors, and Centers Plan, Lancaster, CA
• Zoning Code Update and Complete Streets Guidelines, Techachapi, CA
• Downtown Specific Plan, Soledad, CA
• International Boulevard TOD Corridor Plan, Oakland, CA
• Southeast Transit Village Plan, Lancaster, CA
• 3rd Street Corridor Specific Plan, East Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA*
• McCullough Corridor and Town Center Plan, Olmos Park, TX
• Uptown and Town Centre Specific Plan, Paso Robles, CA*
• Bellevue Corridor TOD Community Plan, Merced, CA
• Town Center Master Plan and Code, San Juan Capistrano, CA
* Experience while with another firm.
EXPERIENCE
Sargent Town Planning
Los Angeles, CA
Sr Urban Designer / Project Manager;
2009-Present
Raimi + Associates
Los Angeles & Berkeley, CA
Design Associate, 2009-2011
Moule & Polyzoides
Pasadena, CA
Project Manager, 2005-2009
Metroland Media Group
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
G.I.S & Market Research Analyst, 2003
EDUCATION
University of Waterloo,
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Honors Urban Planning, 2003
Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
Bachelor of Arts, Interdisciplinary, 2005
AWARDS
Driehaus Award, Congress for the New
Urbanism, 2017; University
Neighborhoods Specific Plan and Form-
Based Code, Palm Desert, CA
“Against All Odds” Award (SCAG),
2018; Downtown Corridor Specific Plan,
San Fernando, CA
Outstanding Focus Issue Award (APA),
2011; Santa Ana Renaissance Specific
Plan, Santa Ana, CA
Moule & Polyzoides, Team Member
Award of Merit, Planning Excellence in
Implementation, (APA), 2011
Lancaster Boulevard Streetscape
Master Plan, Lancaster, CA
Moule & Polyzoides, Team Member
Charter Award, Congress for the New
Urbanism, 2009; River North Master
Plan, San Antonio, TX
Moule & Polyzoides, Team Member
PETER VANDERWAL
Sr Urban Designer / Project Manager
SARGENT TOWN PLANNING
Peter VanderWal is a practiced urban designer with
over a dozen years of planning experience in California.
He regularly manages complex urban projects and
multi-disciplinary teams, and leads design on most of
the firm’s work. Having worked on and led numerous
pedestrian- and transit-oriented urban projects
ranging widely in size, scale and character, and having
participated in over 30 design charrettes, Peter brings
a wealth of design experience and creative problem
solving to each project he is a part of.
Peter’s current and recent urban project experience includes vision plans,
development codes, specific plans and design guidelines for downtowns, districts,
neighborhoods, and urban corridors across the country. His downtown plan
experience ranges from a 30-acre village scale town center in Ventura County, to a
400 acre expansion for downtown San Antonio, TX, and includes downtown public
realm and conceptual building design for Ventura, Saticoy, Lancaster, San Juan
Capistrano, Soledad, King City, among others. His project contributions typically
include coordination of the master plan and public realm framework, streetscape
transformation design and modeling, urban design detailing, presentation graphics
of all types, and the design and production of master plan and code documents.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE
• Village South TOD Specific Plan, Claremont, CA
• Mixed-Use Development Standards and Guidelines, Burbank, CA
• Downtown Oxnard Form-Based Code and Design Guidelines, Oxnard, CA
• Downtown Corridor Specific Plan, San Fernando, CA
• Downtown Area Plan, Fontana, CA
• Form-Based Street Design Guidelines, Pasadena, CA
• City Center Precise Plan, Fremont, CA
• North Bayshore Employment District Precise Plan, Mountain View, CAHighway 111
• Lancaster Boulevard Streetscape Transformation, Lancaster, CA*
• Corridor Plan and General Plan Update, Palm Desert, CA
• Downtown Neighborhood T.O.D. Zoning, Lancaster, CA
• Gateways, Corridors, and Centers Plan, Lancaster, CA
• Zoning Code Update and Complete Streets Guidelines, Techachapi, CA
• Downtown Specific Plan, Soledad, CA
• International Boulevard TOD Corridor Plan, Oakland, CA
• Southeast Transit Village Plan, Lancaster, CA
• 3rd Street Corridor Specific Plan, East Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA*
• McCullough Corridor and Town Center Plan, Olmos Park, TX
• Uptown and Town Centre Specific Plan, Paso Robles, CA*
• Bellevue Corridor TOD Community Plan, Merced, CA
• Town Center Master Plan and Code, San Juan Capistrano, CA
* Experience while with another firm.
EXPERIENCE
Sargent Town Planning
Los Angeles, CA
Sr Urban Designer / Project Manager;
2009-Present
Raimi + Associates
Los Angeles & Berkeley, CA
Design Associate, 2009-2011
Moule & Polyzoides
Pasadena, CA
Project Manager, 2005-2009
Metroland Media Group
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
G.I.S & Market Research Analyst, 2003
EDUCATION
University of Waterloo,
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Honors Urban Planning, 2003
Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
Bachelor of Arts, Interdisciplinary, 2005
AWARDS
Driehaus Award, Congress for the New
Urbanism, 2017; University
Neighborhoods Specific Plan and Form-
Based Code, Palm Desert, CA
“Against All Odds” Award (SCAG),
2018; Downtown Corridor Specific Plan,
San Fernando, CA
Outstanding Focus Issue Award (APA),
2011; Santa Ana Renaissance Specific
Plan, Santa Ana, CA
Moule & Polyzoides, Team Member
Award of Merit, Planning Excellence in
Implementation, (APA), 2011
Lancaster Boulevard Streetscape
Master Plan, Lancaster, CA
Moule & Polyzoides, Team Member
Charter Award, Congress for the New
Urbanism, 2009; River North Master
Plan, San Antonio, TX
Moule & Polyzoides, Team Member
PETER VANDERWAL
Sr Urban Designer / Project Manager
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SARGENT TOWN PLANNING
Yuan Liu is a key member of the STP design team,
applying her significant skills in 2-D and 3-D graphics
and illustration to all of our projects. Her contributions
extend from documenting, mapping, analyzing and
diagramming existing urban conditions, to designing,
diagramming and illustrating plan alternatives, to
preparing highly illustrative 3-D models.
Her 3-D modeling and illustration work is central
to our conceptual design development and design
presentations, clearly illustrating the place-making
power of coordinated public realm and private development design for both
technical and lay audiences. As the work progresses through the conceptual
design and public engagement stages to plan and code preparation - and in some
cases final design for construction - her clear designs and precise models provide
illustrations for the plan and form-based codes and for detailed design.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE
• Village South TOD Specific Plan, Claremont, CA
• Highway 111/ City Center Plan, Palm Desert, CA
• Downtown Area Plan, Fontana, CA
• Mixed-Use Development Standards and Guidelines, Burbank, CA
• San Pablo Corridor Streetscape Transformation, Palm Desert, CA
• Downtown Oxnard Form-Based Code and Design Guidelines, Oxnard, CA
• Downtown Corridor Specific Plan, San Fernando, CA
• Southeast Community Plan, Beverly Hills, CA
• Form-Based Street Design Guidelines, Pasadena, CA
• City Center Precise Plan, Fremont, CA
• North Bayshore Employment District Precise Plan, Mountain View, CA
• Downtown Vision Plan, Oxnard, CA
• Neighborhood Planning, Ojai, CA
• North Bayshore Precise Plan, Mountain View, CA
• Health District Master Plan, Lancaster, CA
• North Eastern Sphere Annexation Neighborhoods, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
• Lancaster Auto Mall Streetscape Improvements, Lancaster, CA
• Oak Tree Neighborhood Specific Plan, Tehachapi, CA
• Nason Street Corridor Plan, Moreno Valley, CA
YUAN LIU
Urban Designer
EXPERIENCE
Sargent Town Planning
Los Angeles, CA
Designer, 2015-present
EDSA, Inc.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Designer, 2015
EDUCATION
Washington University in St. Louis
Master of Urban design | 2013.8-2014.8
Summer Program in Tokyo, Japan |
2014.5-2014.8
Tongji University
Shanghai, China
Bachelor of Urban Planning & Urban
Design | 2008.9 - 2013.6
SARGENT TOWN PLANNING
Yuan Liu is a key member of the STP design team,
applying her significant skills in 2-D and 3-D graphics
and illustration to all of our projects. Her contributions
extend from documenting, mapping, analyzing and
diagramming existing urban conditions, to designing,
diagramming and illustrating plan alternatives, to
preparing highly illustrative 3-D models.
Her 3-D modeling and illustration work is central
to our conceptual design development and design
presentations, clearly illustrating the place-making
power of coordinated public realm and private development design for both
technical and lay audiences. As the work progresses through the conceptual
design and public engagement stages to plan and code preparation - and in some
cases final design for construction - her clear designs and precise models provide
illustrations for the plan and form-based codes and for detailed design.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE
• Village South TOD Specific Plan, Claremont, CA
• Highway 111/ City Center Plan, Palm Desert, CA
• Downtown Area Plan, Fontana, CA
• Mixed-Use Development Standards and Guidelines, Burbank, CA
• San Pablo Corridor Streetscape Transformation, Palm Desert, CA
• Downtown Oxnard Form-Based Code and Design Guidelines, Oxnard, CA
• Downtown Corridor Specific Plan, San Fernando, CA
• Southeast Community Plan, Beverly Hills, CA
• Form-Based Street Design Guidelines, Pasadena, CA
• City Center Precise Plan, Fremont, CA
• North Bayshore Employment District Precise Plan, Mountain View, CA
• Downtown Vision Plan, Oxnard, CA
• Neighborhood Planning, Ojai, CA
• North Bayshore Precise Plan, Mountain View, CA
• Health District Master Plan, Lancaster, CA
• North Eastern Sphere Annexation Neighborhoods, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
• Lancaster Auto Mall Streetscape Improvements, Lancaster, CA
• Oak Tree Neighborhood Specific Plan, Tehachapi, CA
• Nason Street Corridor Plan, Moreno Valley, CA
YUAN LIU
Urban Designer
EXPERIENCE
Sargent Town Planning
Los Angeles, CA
Designer, 2015-present
EDSA, Inc.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Designer, 2015
EDUCATION
Washington University in St. Louis
Master of Urban design | 2013.8-2014.8
Summer Program in Tokyo, Japan |
2014.5-2014.8
Tongji University
Shanghai, China
Bachelor of Urban Planning & Urban
Design | 2008.9 - 2013.6
21DEVELOPMENT OF AN AREA PLAN FOR THE HIGHWAY 111 CORRIDOR
Response to City of La Quinta’s RFP for the
SUSAN JACKSON HARDEN, INC.
URBAN PLANNING, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, & FACILITATION
Susan J. Harden, FAICP, LEED AP, CNU-A
Laguna Niguel, ca 92677 | susanjharden@yahoo.com | 949.422.0466
Susan J. Harden has a broad background in community development,
engagement, and planning. For over twenty years, she has built her career
around community-based planning and visioning, striving to create a network of
healthier, more livable communities. She has provided planning, revitalization,
and community engagement services to public clients across the country. As an
educator, author, and presenter, Susan is committed to empowering
communities to create positive and meaningful change.
Susan was appointed to the California Planning Roundtable in 2012, an
organization of experienced planning professionals whose mission is to provide a
forum for prominent planners to exercise creativity and leadership in promoting
understanding of California's critical public policy issues. She has taught urban
planning courses at CalPoly Pomona University, CalState Fullerton and University
California Irvine where she continues to teach a Healthy Neighborhoods
practicum course in the graduate planning program. Susan is also a member of
the Advisory Board for the Department of Planning and Public Policy at UCI.
Susan recently served on the Social Equity Technical Advisory Committee for the
development of ICLEI’s STAR Community Index, a community-wide
sustainability rating system and is a member of the Board of Directors for
Jamboree Housing, a non-profit affordable housing developer in California.
Prior to her career as an urban planning consultant, Susan volunteered with the
Peace Corps in Senegal, West Africa and with the AmeriCorps National Service
Program in Kansas City. Additionally, she worked for a Kansas City-based non-
profit environmental organization involved in local sustainable transportation,
and environmental justice. Susan has also worked with the State of Arizona as a
community planning specialist, providing technical planning support and
assistance to rural and tribal communities.
SELECT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
Etiwanda Heights Neighborhood & Conservation Plan (Rancho Cucamonga)
Laguna Beach Village Entrance Project (Laguna Beach, CA)
Enhanced Mobility and Complete Streets Transition Plan (Laguna Beach, CA)*
MobilityWorks Complete Streets Plans (Jacksonville, FL)*
Valley Boulevard Healthy Corridor Plan (San Bernardino County, CA)*
Corridor Revitalization Vision (St. Pete Beach, FL)*
Downtown Mobility & Revitalization Plan (Sonora, CA) *
A Vision for Downtown Wildomar (Wildomar, CA/SCAG) *
Degrees
M.E.P., 1998, Environmental
Planning, Arizona State University
B.A., 1993, Architectural Studies,
University of Kansas
B.A., 1993, Environmental
Studies, University of Kansas
Licenses/Certifications
American Institute of Certified
Planners, 1999
Certified Main Street Manager,
National Main Street Center, 2002
Professional Certificate in
Neighborhood Revitalization,
NeighborWorks America, 2005
Certificate in Dialogue,
Deliberation and Public
Engagement, Fielding University,
2007
LEED Accredited Professional,
2008
Congress for the New Urbanism,
CNU-A, 2009
SARGENT TOWN PLANNING
Yuan Liu is a key member of the STP design team,
applying her significant skills in 2-D and 3-D graphics
and illustration to all of our projects. Her contributions
extend from documenting, mapping, analyzing and
diagramming existing urban conditions, to designing,
diagramming and illustrating plan alternatives, to
preparing highly illustrative 3-D models.
Her 3-D modeling and illustration work is central
to our conceptual design development and design
presentations, clearly illustrating the place-making
power of coordinated public realm and private development design for both
technical and lay audiences. As the work progresses through the conceptual
design and public engagement stages to plan and code preparation - and in some
cases final design for construction - her clear designs and precise models provide
illustrations for the plan and form-based codes and for detailed design.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE
• Village South TOD Specific Plan, Claremont, CA
• Highway 111/ City Center Plan, Palm Desert, CA
• Downtown Area Plan, Fontana, CA
• Mixed-Use Development Standards and Guidelines, Burbank, CA
• San Pablo Corridor Streetscape Transformation, Palm Desert, CA
• Downtown Oxnard Form-Based Code and Design Guidelines, Oxnard, CA
• Downtown Corridor Specific Plan, San Fernando, CA
• Southeast Community Plan, Beverly Hills, CA
• Form-Based Street Design Guidelines, Pasadena, CA
• City Center Precise Plan, Fremont, CA
• North Bayshore Employment District Precise Plan, Mountain View, CA
• Downtown Vision Plan, Oxnard, CA
• Neighborhood Planning, Ojai, CA
• North Bayshore Precise Plan, Mountain View, CA
• Health District Master Plan, Lancaster, CA
• North Eastern Sphere Annexation Neighborhoods, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
• Lancaster Auto Mall Streetscape Improvements, Lancaster, CA
• Oak Tree Neighborhood Specific Plan, Tehachapi, CA
• Nason Street Corridor Plan, Moreno Valley, CA
YUAN LIU
Urban Designer
EXPERIENCE
Sargent Town Planning
Los Angeles, CA
Designer, 2015-present
EDSA, Inc.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Designer, 2015
EDUCATION
Washington University in St. Louis
Master of Urban design | 2013.8-2014.8
Summer Program in Tokyo, Japan |
2014.5-2014.8
Tongji University
Shanghai, China
Bachelor of Urban Planning & Urban
Design | 2008.9 - 2013.6
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Hoffman Strategy Group is a boutique, national real estate advisory firm. Clients hire us because we
have the distinct ability to dive deeply into the nuances of retail and non-retail real estate in any given
market in the United States. We provide a purview of in-depth analysis, from conception to the end
product. Representative services generally include:
• Master planning and site-specific development and redevelopment
• Retail, residential, hotel and mixed-use feasibility
• Highest-and-best use analysis
• Location analytics for property acquisition, disposition, development, redevelopment and repositioning
• Revenue forecasting for leasing and asset management to maximize long-term value, opportunities and
ROI
• Execution and partnering with property owner/developer for merchandising and leasing
Hoffman Strategy Group brings clarity to the complexities of a project relative to its competitive position
in the marketplace. Sound market insights are used as a predictive measure of retail, residential, food
and beverage, entertainment and hotel market potential. In simple terms, we provide the Economics of
Location. Our sound market insights are critical in risk mitigation and return on property value for:
• Property owners of shopping malls and centers
• Developers of retail, multifamily, hospitality and mixed-uses
• Real estate investment trusts
• Investment advisory firms
• Private equity, lenders and strategic buyers
• Key local government stakeholders
Hoffman Strategy Group quantifies complexities in terms of viable market opportunities: square
footage; number of units or keys; merchandising mix, product types and brands; sales and revenue
forecasts; market timing and life cycle; net operating income and return on investments for:
• Grocery-Anchored Centers
• Regional Malls, Power Centers, Lifestyle Centers
• Downtown and Urban Infill Retail and Mixed-Uses
• High Street and Trade Corridors
• Distressed Malls and Centers
• Adaptive Reuse
• Master Planned Town Centers
Sample list of Hoffman Strategy Group client relationships who found value in receiving focused,
coherent and comprehensive advice that supported their bottom line decisions; unique knowledge that
translated into consistent, credible recommendations and compelling strategic guidance:
• Equity One (NYSE: EQY)
• McCaffery Interests
• The NHP Foundation
• Normandy Real Estate Partners/Princeton University
• RED Development
• Rouse Properties (NYSE: RSE)
• Seritage Growth Properties (NYSE: SRG)
• StreetLights Residential
• The University of Chicago
• Municipalities in Kansas City, MO MSA
• Municipalities in Cleveland, MO MSA
23DEVELOPMENT OF AN AREA PLAN FOR THE HIGHWAY 111 CORRIDOR
Response to City of La Quinta’s RFP for the
Hoffman Strategy Group
Pete Carmichael
City of Irvine
Community Development
949.724.6470
cd@cityofirvine.org
Bill Brown
EVP Development & Redevelopment
Brixmor Property Group (formerly Equity One)
450 Lexington Avenue, 13th Floor
New York, NY 10017
800.468.7526
bill.brown@brixmor.com
Kris Bauman
SVP Development
Normandy Real Estate Partners
575 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
kbauman@normandyrealty.com
Gerald Divaris
Chairman & CEO
Divaris Real Estate
4525 Main Street, Suite 900
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
757.497.2113
gdivaris@divaris.com
REFERENCES
24 7Request for Qualifications
REDEVELOPMENT OF EASTERN HILLS MALL
Jerry Hoffman
Principal Real Estate Advisor
Hoffman Strategy Group
Jerry Hoffman is the Founder of Hoffman Strategy Group. Mr. Hoffman is an Economist with
extensive national experience in implementing supply-and-demand analytics to produce market
and feasibility studies for the development or redevelopment of retail, residential and hospitality and
their integration in mixed-use environments.
Mr. Hoffman is a highly sought-after expert resource and trusted advisor because of his unique
economic perspective offering a comprehensive range of insight reaching across all areas of real
estate markets. Jerry provides sales projections, site location analytics for acquisition, development,
leasing and asset management and incorporates quantitative and behavioral economics of location
for the optimal mix of uses and tenants. Clients include publicly-traded REIT’s and privately-held
real estate companies.
Dan Sheridan
Principal Real Estate Advisor
Hoffman Strategy Group
Dan Sheridan, J.D., is a Partner of Hoffman Strategy Group. Mr. Sheridan is nationally recognized
for his extensive background in the shopping center industry, mixed-use master planning and
programing, and his experience in general redevelopment and repositioning of retail assets.
Mr. Sheridan worked to develop value creation strategies that included asset redevelopment and
repositioning as Chief Operating Officer of Centennial Real Estate. As President of the Retail
Properties Division at the Irvine Company, Dan was responsible for their Retail Properties portfolio,
including Fashion Island in Newport Beach, the Irvine Spectrum Center in Irvine and the Market
Place in Irvine and Tustin, California. At General Growth Properties (GGP), Mr. Sheridan was their
Executive Vice President of Asset Management responsible for overall financial and operational performance, including
new development, redevelopment, leasing, marketing and operations of a 50M SF portfolio spread across multiple states.
Jeff Green
Market Research/Retail Merchandising
Hoffman Strategy Group
Jeff Green is a Partner of Hoffman Strategy Group. Mr. Green is also the President and CEO of Jeff
Green Partners. He has 30 years of extensive national consulting experience in the retail industry
providing a full spectrum of analytical and data interpretive services. Jeff provides the kind of in-
depth analysis that generates critical context, penetrating insight, sales projections, demographic
profiles, feasibility studies and valuable strategic direction across the country and Internationally to
leading retailers, property owners, and developers for development and repurposing ventures. When
national media needs industry analysis, they turn to Mr. Green for his expertise, experience and
insights on retail and redevelopment trends.
Mr. Green was President of the Market Insite Group which specialized in developing web-based
tools to assist retailers and property owners in site and tenant selection. He was also President and Owner of The Green
Group which merged with the Market Insite Group in 2001. In total Mr. Green has had 35- years of experience of
providing consulting services to retail, restaurant and entertainment tenants.
25DEVELOPMENT OF AN AREA PLAN FOR THE HIGHWAY 111 CORRIDOR
Response to City of La Quinta’s RFP for the
F i r m P r o f i l e :
Fong Hart Schneider+Partners has practiced Landscape Architecture
for fifty years. Since our inception in 1968, the firm has engaged in
a variety of projects including institutional, corporate, commercial,
urban design, redevelopment, mixed-use master plans, office and
industrial complexes, urban housing, park design and restoration,
streetscape design, housing developments and destination hotel
developments. We are respected by our peers and clients as an in-
novative consulting firm in the field of landscape architecture as evi-
denced by the more than fifty regional and national awards received
from the American Society of Landscape Architects and other profes-
sional organizations.
FHS+P provides planning, programming, project research, and land-
scape architectural design. This includes the full range of services,
from historical research and programming through construction ad-
ministration. Planning includes site and master planning, site inven-
tory, and site evaluation.
We have an experienced professional staff of licensed profession-
als who have been with the firm for over twenty years. The principal
members of the firm are hands-on Landscape Architects personally
involved with each project.
Approach
FHS+P is a collaborative practice. The firm’s emphasis on sharing of
ideas is of great importance in the identification and resolution of de-
sign issues. Although an individual partner is ultimately responsible
for each project as Principal-in-Charge, every principal is involved in
every project. As a result, each project reflects the shared wisdom
and ideas of many people and utilizes the talents of the entire office.
Consistent with this approach, the firm is not departmentalized;
rather it is structured on a project basis, allowing the client to have
continued and consistent communication with the design team. The
same individuals remain on the project from beginning to end there-
by giving the design Team a “project memory” and ensuring that cer-
tain ideas and concepts continuously and smoothly grow and devel-
op as the project evolves.
F O N G H A R T S C H N E I D E R + P A R T N E R S
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FONG HART SCHNEIDER + PARTNERS
DAVID SCHNEIDER
Vice President
EDUCATION
B.S. School of Landscape Architecture
California Polytechnic University
Pomona, California
Graduated 1980
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Registered Landscape Architect
State of California - 1986
License 3367
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
David Schneider, Principal-in-Charge, has managed the design and planning of a wide variety of landscape
projects, ranging from educational and institutional campuses to mixed use housing, retail entertainment
complexes, parks and aquariums. Mr. Schneider’s responsibilities include project planning, project design,
project management, construction documentation and administration. His work at FHS+P has included:
Project manager for Getty Museum construction documents for the Olin Partnership design; the Strybling
Award winning Ritz Carlton Hotel landscape renovation in San Francisco, California. David managed the
design of the SADI award winning Downtown Disney, a retail, dining, and entertainment complex at Dis-
neyland in Anaheim, California; the design of the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific and Aquarium of the
Pacific wave fountain in Long Beach, California. Current projects include the Port Lawrence a mixed use
housing project in Palm Springs and the Nothern River Walk Masterplan with Moule Polyzoides Architects
in San Antonio, Texas. Mr. Schneider joined FHS+P in 1980, is a registered landscape architect in Califor-
nia, and a graduate of California State Polytechnic University at Pomona. Mr. Schneider has also lectured
on the subject of drought tolerant plantings, sustainable landscape, and residential design for continuing
education students.
Some notable examples of Mr. Schneider’s wide range of project experience include:
Jordan Downs Phase 1 Housing Plan and Streets, Los Angeles, California
Jordan Downs Master plan and Parks for HACLA, Los Angeles, California
South Gate Affordable Housing, South Gate, California (w/Torti Gallas + Partners)
Mac Arthur Park Affordable Housing, Los Angeles, California (w/Torti Gallas + Partners)
Riverparc Apartments, Santee, California
Lancaster Blvd Streetscape, Lancaster, California
Beverly Hills Golden Triangle Streetscape Development, Beverly Hills, California
Lancaster Visual Corridor Study, Lancaster, California
Lancaster Auto Mall Streetscape and Master plan, Lancaster California
Playa Vista Retail Streetscape and Street Plans
“Downtown Disney” - Anaheim, California
Port Lawrence Mixed Use Housing, Palm Springs, California
Disney’s Entry Esplanade @ California Adventure, Anaheim, California
Paso Robles UpTown and Downtown Specific Plans, Paso Robles, California
JW Marriot Hotel, Anaheim Garden Walk, Anaheim, California
Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, California
Queensway Bay Rainbow Harbor Aquarium Plaza and Fountain, Long Beach, California
Santa Ana Specific Plan, Santa Ana, California
Whittier Uptown Specific Plan, Whittier, California
Placentia Town Center Specific Plan, Placentia California
FONG HART SCHNEIDER + PARTNERS
DAVID SCHNEIDERVice President
EDUCATION
B.S. School of Landscape Architecture
California Polytechnic University
Pomona, California
Graduated 1980
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Registered Landscape Architect
State of California - 1986
License 3367
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
David Schneider, Principal-in-Charge, has managed the design and planning of a wide variety of landscape
projects, ranging from educational and institutional campuses to mixed use housing, retail entertainment
complexes, parks and aquariums. Mr. Schneider’s responsibilities include project planning, project design,
project management, construction documentation and administration. His work at FHS+P has included:
Project manager for Getty Museum construction documents for the Olin Partnership design; the Strybling
Award winning Ritz Carlton Hotel landscape renovation in San Francisco, California. David managed the
design of the SADI award winning Downtown Disney, a retail, dining, and entertainment complex at Dis-
neyland in Anaheim, California; the design of the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific and Aquarium of the
Pacific wave fountain in Long Beach, California. Current projects include the Port Lawrence a mixed use
housing project in Palm Springs and the Nothern River Walk Masterplan with Moule Polyzoides Architects
in San Antonio, Texas. Mr. Schneider joined FHS+P in 1980, is a registered landscape architect in Califor-
nia, and a graduate of California State Polytechnic University at Pomona. Mr. Schneider has also lectured
on the subject of drought tolerant plantings, sustainable landscape, and residential design for continuing
education students.
Some notable examples of Mr. Schneider’s wide range of project experience include:
Jordan Downs Phase 1 Housing Plan and Streets, Los Angeles, California
Jordan Downs Master plan and Parks for HACLA, Los Angeles, California
South Gate Affordable Housing, South Gate, California (w/Torti Gallas + Partners)
Mac Arthur Park Affordable Housing, Los Angeles, California (w/Torti Gallas + Partners)
Riverparc Apartments, Santee, California
Lancaster Blvd Streetscape, Lancaster, California
Beverly Hills Golden Triangle Streetscape Development, Beverly Hills, California
Lancaster Visual Corridor Study, Lancaster, California
Lancaster Auto Mall Streetscape and Master plan, Lancaster California
Playa Vista Retail Streetscape and Street Plans
“Downtown Disney” - Anaheim, California
Port Lawrence Mixed Use Housing, Palm Springs, California
Disney’s Entry Esplanade @ California Adventure, Anaheim, California
Paso Robles UpTown and Downtown Specific Plans, Paso Robles, California
JW Marriot Hotel, Anaheim Garden Walk, Anaheim, California
Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, California
Queensway Bay Rainbow Harbor Aquarium Plaza and Fountain, Long Beach, California
Santa Ana Specific Plan, Santa Ana, California
Whittier Uptown Specific Plan, Whittier, California
Placentia Town Center Specific Plan, Placentia California
FONG HART SCHNEIDER + PARTNERS
DAVID SCHNEIDER
Vice President
EDUCATION
B.S. School of Landscape Architecture
California Polytechnic University
Pomona, California
Graduated 1980
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Registered Landscape Architect
State of California - 1986
License 3367
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
David Schneider, Principal-in-Charge, has managed the design and planning of a wide variety of landscape
projects, ranging from educational and institutional campuses to mixed use housing, retail entertainment
complexes, parks and aquariums. Mr. Schneider’s responsibilities include project planning, project design,
project management, construction documentation and administration. His work at FHS+P has included:
Project manager for Getty Museum construction documents for the Olin Partnership design; the Strybling
Award winning Ritz Carlton Hotel landscape renovation in San Francisco, California. David managed the
design of the SADI award winning Downtown Disney, a retail, dining, and entertainment complex at Dis-
neyland in Anaheim, California; the design of the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific and Aquarium of the
Pacific wave fountain in Long Beach, California. Current projects include the Port Lawrence a mixed use
housing project in Palm Springs and the Nothern River Walk Masterplan with Moule Polyzoides Architects
in San Antonio, Texas. Mr. Schneider joined FHS+P in 1980, is a registered landscape architect in Califor-
nia, and a graduate of California State Polytechnic University at Pomona. Mr. Schneider has also lectured
on the subject of drought tolerant plantings, sustainable landscape, and residential design for continuing
education students.
Some notable examples of Mr. Schneider’s wide range of project experience include:
Jordan Downs Phase 1 Housing Plan and Streets, Los Angeles, California
Jordan Downs Master plan and Parks for HACLA, Los Angeles, California
South Gate Affordable Housing, South Gate, California (w/Torti Gallas + Partners)
Mac Arthur Park Affordable Housing, Los Angeles, California (w/Torti Gallas + Partners)
Riverparc Apartments, Santee, California
Lancaster Blvd Streetscape, Lancaster, California
Beverly Hills Golden Triangle Streetscape Development, Beverly Hills, California
Lancaster Visual Corridor Study, Lancaster, California
Lancaster Auto Mall Streetscape and Master plan, Lancaster California
Playa Vista Retail Streetscape and Street Plans
“Downtown Disney” - Anaheim, California
Port Lawrence Mixed Use Housing, Palm Springs, California
Disney’s Entry Esplanade @ California Adventure, Anaheim, California
Paso Robles UpTown and Downtown Specific Plans, Paso Robles, California
JW Marriot Hotel, Anaheim Garden Walk, Anaheim, California
Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, California
Queensway Bay Rainbow Harbor Aquarium Plaza and Fountain, Long Beach, California
Santa Ana Specific Plan, Santa Ana, California
Whittier Uptown Specific Plan, Whittier, California
Placentia Town Center Specific Plan, Placentia California
FONG HART SCHNEIDER + PARTNERS
DAVID SCHNEIDER
Vice President
EDUCATION
B.S. School of Landscape Architecture
California Polytechnic University
Pomona, California
Graduated 1980
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Registered Landscape Architect
State of California - 1986
License 3367
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
David Schneider, Principal-in-Charge, has managed the design and planning of a wide variety of landscape
projects, ranging from educational and institutional campuses to mixed use housing, retail entertainment
complexes, parks and aquariums. Mr. Schneider’s responsibilities include project planning, project design,
project management, construction documentation and administration. His work at FHS+P has included:
Project manager for Getty Museum construction documents for the Olin Partnership design; the Strybling
Award winning Ritz Carlton Hotel landscape renovation in San Francisco, California. David managed the
design of the SADI award winning Downtown Disney, a retail, dining, and entertainment complex at Dis-
neyland in Anaheim, California; the design of the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific and Aquarium of the
Pacific wave fountain in Long Beach, California. Current projects include the Port Lawrence a mixed use
housing project in Palm Springs and the Nothern River Walk Masterplan with Moule Polyzoides Architects
in San Antonio, Texas. Mr. Schneider joined FHS+P in 1980, is a registered landscape architect in Califor-
nia, and a graduate of California State Polytechnic University at Pomona. Mr. Schneider has also lectured
on the subject of drought tolerant plantings, sustainable landscape, and residential design for continuing
education students.
Some notable examples of Mr. Schneider’s wide range of project experience include:
Jordan Downs Phase 1 Housing Plan and Streets, Los Angeles, California
Jordan Downs Master plan and Parks for HACLA, Los Angeles, California
South Gate Affordable Housing, South Gate, California (w/Torti Gallas + Partners)
Mac Arthur Park Affordable Housing, Los Angeles, California (w/Torti Gallas + Partners)
Riverparc Apartments, Santee, California
Lancaster Blvd Streetscape, Lancaster, California
Beverly Hills Golden Triangle Streetscape Development, Beverly Hills, California
Lancaster Visual Corridor Study, Lancaster, California
Lancaster Auto Mall Streetscape and Master plan, Lancaster California
Playa Vista Retail Streetscape and Street Plans
“Downtown Disney” - Anaheim, California
Port Lawrence Mixed Use Housing, Palm Springs, California
Disney’s Entry Esplanade @ California Adventure, Anaheim, California
Paso Robles UpTown and Downtown Specific Plans, Paso Robles, California
JW Marriot Hotel, Anaheim Garden Walk, Anaheim, California
Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, California
Queensway Bay Rainbow Harbor Aquarium Plaza and Fountain, Long Beach, California
Santa Ana Specific Plan, Santa Ana, California
Whittier Uptown Specific Plan, Whittier, California
Placentia Town Center Specific Plan, Placentia California
27DEVELOPMENT OF AN AREA PLAN FOR THE HIGHWAY 111 CORRIDOR
Response to City of La Quinta’s RFP for the
FIRM DESCRIPTION
Fehr & Peers has specialized in providing transportation planning and engineering services to
public and private sector clients since 1985. We develop creative, cost-effective, and results-
oriented solutions to planning and design problems associated with all modes of transportation.
We offer our clients the right combination of leading-edge technical skills and extensive
knowledge of the communities in which we work to deliver comprehensive solutions and
superior client service. We are nationally-recognized experts who routinely publish original
research, serve on national committees, and teach courses to others in the industry. We do this
while maintaining our commitment to translating those techniques into practical solutions. At
Fehr & Peers, we take a creative, data-driven approach to each of our practice areas:
•Travel behavior & forecasting
•Multimodal operations & simulation
•Transit planning
•Bicycle & pedestrian planning
•Sustainable transportation
•Freight systems & airports
•Integrated land use & transportation plans
•Conceptual street & trail design
•Transportation engineering & ITS design
Clients hire Fehr & Peers because of our commitment to being the best at what we do. We live
out this commitment in three distinct ways. First, we invest heavily in our culture to ensure that
we are attracting and retaining the best and brightest staff in the industry. Second, we have a
robust, internally-funded research and development program that enables us to develop new
analytical methods and advance the state of the practice. And third, we survey every client at the
completion of every project to assess their satisfaction and to identify areas for improvement.
We are very proud of the impact this commitment has had on the communities we have been
fortunate to serve.
Our mission is to empower every
employee to develop effective and
innovative transportation solutions that
improve communities
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Jason Pack, PE
Principal
101 Pacifica
Suite 300
Irvine, CA 92618
(949) 308-6300
Orange County | Walnut Creek | Denver | Honolulu | Inland Empire | Los Angeles | Oakland | Roseville |
Sacramento | Salt Lake City | San Diego | San Francisco | San José | Seattle | Portland | Washington, DC
About
Mr. Pack began working for Fehr & Peers after receiving
his degree in Civil Engineering from the University of
California, Davis in 1999. He worked in the Bay Area
market for over four years and worked in the Sacramento
market for another five years before moving to Southern
California in 2008. He has worked on a wide variety of
transportation projects, from general plans and specific
plans to detailed corridor, interchange, and signal
coordination studies. Additionally, he has applied or
developed travel demand forecast models on over 50
projects in the State of California. Jason services our
clients throughout Southern California and Arizona, with
projects from Bakersfield to San Diego, and Phoenix to
Long Beach. Jason has had papers/presentations accepted
to the TRB National Roundabout Conference, the ITE
National Conference, and the California APA Conferences.
Jason also teaches two classes for the ASCE national
webinar series on Roundabout Feasibility Assessment and
Process of Signal Coordination.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, University of
California, Davis, 1999
Registrations
Licensed Traffic Engineer, State of California (TR2402)
Project Experience
General Plans
Jason has worked on a wide variety of General Plans
throughout the state of California. Most of these projects
included Complete Street elements, extensive travel
demand forecasting, and some level of multi-modal
transportation assessment.
Specific Plans/Master Plans/Corridor Plans
Jason has completed assessment for more than 20 specific
plans, master plans, and corridor plans.
CEQA/NEPA Assessment
Jason has completed transportation assessments for over
100 projects dictated by either CEQA or NEPA. These
projects included impact assessment to support negative
declarations, transportation sections for EIRs, and
transportation sections for EISs or joint EIR/EISs.
Travel Demand Model Development
Jason has completed applied or completed travel demand
models on over 50 projects in the State. His use of models
has given him an extensive understanding of forecasting
and its integration with operations assessment. Some of
his notable projects are summarized below:
29DEVELOPMENT OF AN AREA PLAN FOR THE HIGHWAY 111 CORRIDOR
Response to City of La Quinta’s RFP for the
Delia Votsch, EIT
Transportation Engineer
101 Pacifica
Suite 300
Irvine, CA 92618
949.308.6300
Walnut Creek | Denver | Honolulu | Inland Empire | Oakland | Orange County | Reno
Roseville | Salt Lake City | San Diego | San Francisco | San José | Seattle | Santa Monica
About
Delia has three years of experience. She joined Fehr &
Peers after completing her college education in
Philadelphia. She was drawn into transportation
engineering because of the potential to improve the built
environment and to solve exciting and complex problems.
She has worked on a variety of projects since joining Fehr
& Peers, gaining experience and interest in travel demand
forecasting, design, and project management.
education
Bachelors of Science, Civil Engineering, Drexel University,
2015
registrations
Engineer-in Training, State of California (#154923)
project experience
BART Iron Horse Trail Gap Closure (Dublin, CA)
Delia is managing the ongoing effort to redesign the Iron
Horse Trail through the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station.
Delia has prepared cross sections, concept plans and cost
estimates for a new station layout, including new
pavement, cycle track, sidewalk, lighting and wayfinding
signage.
County Connection Inductive Charging Station (Walnut
Creek, CA)
Delia is involved with the ongoing coordination and
design support for the installation of an inductive electric
charging station at the Walnut Creek Bart Station for a
County Connection bus route. As a project engineer, Delia
has prepared plans, specifications and estimates for
multiple project submittals, attended meetings and
coordinated communication between BART, PG&E, the
City of Walnut Creek, County Connection and other
engineering consultants.
Foothill Road Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon (Pleasanton,
CA)
Delia is managing the ongoing coordination and design
support for the installation of a new pedestrian hybrid
beacon in Pleasanton. Delia has prepared design plans for
the installation of the pedestrian signal, and overseen
coordination between the City of Pleasanton and PG&E.
SR 84 Relinquishment (Fremont, CA)
Delia contributed to the preparation of cross sections,
concept plans, and cost estimates for four segments of
State Route 84 in Fremont that will be relinquished to the
City. Delia developed recommendations for pedestrian
crossing treatments.
Oakland Bonded Wear Course Striping Plans (Oakland,
CA)
Delia designed signing and striping plans to include
complete streets elements for 7 streets in Oakland.
Complete streets projects include analysis of pedestrian
crossings and recommendations for additional
enhancements. Delia also designed a road diet and bike
facility improvements for corridors throughout the city.
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Paul Crabtree, P.E., CNU-A, ASCE
Principal, Crabtree Group, Inc.
422 East Main Street Ventura, CA 93001 | P.O. Box 924, 325 D. Street, Salida, Colorado 81201
PH: (719) 539-1675 Mobile (719) 221-1799, pcrabtree@crabtreegroupinc.com www.crabtreegroupinc.com
EDUCATION
B.S Civil Engineering, 1978
Washington University in Saint Louis, MO
B.A. Physics, 1976
Hamline University in Saint Paul, MN
CERTIFICATES
Professional Engineer (Civil) International,
California, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico,
Massachusetts, Oklahoma, West Virginia,
Tennessee, Minnesota, Arizona, North
Carolina, Florida.
Registered File with NCEES, for facilitated
registration in all states
NCI Charrette Planner and Manager
Congress for New Urbanism (CNU-A)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
National Society of Professional Engineers
American Society of Civil Engineers
Congress for the New Urbanism
SmartCode and SmartCode Pro
Form-Based Codes 301
Ten Year Tenure as Ojai Planning
Commissioner
Founding Member Transect Codes Council
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Crabtree Group, Inc.
(1999-Present) President
Homestead Village Inc.
(1996-1998) Development Manager
Civil Land Consultant, Inc.
(1993-1996) Senior Project Manager
Warner Engineering
(1989-1993) Project Manager
Golden Era Productions
(1984-1989) Owner’s Representative
Hydro-Air Engineering
(1978-1979) Design Engineer
Paul Crabtree is a Civil Engineer who has focused his work on the integration
of intelligent urban infrastructure engineering with New Urbanism and Smart
Growth planning. Paul is the founder and president of Crabtree Group, Inc. –
a full service civil engineering firm established in 1999 with offices in CA and
CO. Paul has been a faculty instructor for the Form Based Codes Institute and
is a leader in the Congress for New Urbanism Rainwater Initiative, as well as
an author and lecturer on sustainable infrastructure, from water to
transportation. Paul is a founding member of the Transect Codes Council, the
Project for Lean Urbanism, and a contributing author of Sustainable and
Resilient Cities (Wiley, 2011).
Selected Project Experience
Ojai Active Transportation Planning (ATP) and Design, Mar 2015 to PT.
Grant application support, master planning and preliminary engineering for
3 miles of Caltrans corridors in the City of Ojai; complete street designs
including protected bike lanes, ADA access, and green street rainwater
capture. Reference: Greg Grant, PW Director grant@ojaicity.org
Ojai Complete Streets, July 2017 to PT. Design and construction support for
several blocks of Complete Streets retrofits, green infrastructure, and
repaving project support for Public Works projects. Reference: Greg Grant,
PW Director grant@ojaicity.org
Salida Public Works Street Retrofits. 2015 to PT. Lead design and
construction management on several million dollars of repaving and street
retrofit projects for the City of Salida, CO. Reference: Salida Public Works
Director: David Lady david.lady@cityofsalida.com
University of Redlands Transit Village, May 2017 to PT. Sustainable green
infrastructure master planning for a project impacted by FEMA flood zones.
Reference: Jordan Henk, U of Redlands Director of Planning
Jordan_Henk@redlands.edu
ReInvent Phoenix; May 2014 to Dec 2014. Transit Oriented Development
planning and coding for 5 neighborhoods surrounding new light rail stations
in Phoenix, AZ. Analyzed existing infrastructure conditions and strategies
and tactics, facilitated stakeholder meetings, developed green infrastructure
complete street retrofit plans, developed Eco-District plans and cost
estimates for the Gateway District. Reference: Lyssa Hall, former
Neighborhood Planner, City of Phoenix. lysistratacloud@gmail.com
Plan South Pasadena, May 2017 to PT. Sustainable green infrastructure
master planning and Specific Plan for Mission Ave and Fair Oaks Blvds.
Reference: David Watkins, SoPas Dir of Planning & Building
dwatkins@southpasadenaca.gov
City of Tehachapi Development Code Review, 2017. Reviewed Land
Development Code for constraints to walkable communities, provided a
spreadsheet of constraints along with recommended changes, met with staff
and gained consensus on needed changes. Reference: Jay Schlosser, City of
Tehachapi Develop. Services Director. jschlosser@tehachapicityhall.com
PROJECT UNDERSTANDING AND APPROACH
31DEVELOPMENT OF AN AREA PLAN FOR THE HIGHWAY 111 CORRIDOR
Response to City of La Quinta’s RFP for the
PROJECT UNDERSTANDING AND APPROACH
Highway corridors in many American cities represent rich veins of opportunity and potential new
value running through town. Highway 111 in La Quinta – and in several adjoining cities – is such a
corridor, characterized by large parcels, broad streets, vast parking areas, relatively low-cost building
stock, and a central location with good access. Such areas are ripe for change and often in transition,
moving up in economic success or moving down.
The ULI Corridor Study does an excellent job of analyzing the current condition of the corridor,
which is currently heavily invested in the large-footprint, single-use commercial model that market
forces and demographic trends are leaving behind. It outlines simply and articulately a series of scal-
able, phased strategies for diversifying the Corridor’s offerings, starting with “pockets of urbanism”,
insertion of “experience retail”, weaving a multi-modal network through the existing large-lot urban
fabric, and integrating high-end multi-family housing products into the area.
The Torti Gallas/Sargent Town Planning Team has many years’ experience in working with communi-
ties to reimagine such areas in transition, helping them to visualize the possibilities, clarify the vision,
test practical strategies, and finalize standards, guidelines and implementation plans to guide and
coordinate near-term and long-term public and private improvements. The places we plan and design
attract customer, residents, investors and businesses. They are places most of all for people: flexible,
sustainable, and diverse places, enabling growth and change over time as guided and shaped by the
plan and standards, avoiding the need to continually replan, redevelop and rebuild as the economy
continues to evolve – which it will.
From the 7 well-presented questions addressed in the ULI Study we have extracted 4 main ideas. We
briefly present those below, noting our team’s unique qualifications in each area.
Economic and Fiscal Viability
• Flexible uses/flexible permitting: We are experts in preparing highly customized vision-based
development standards and guidelines that provide clarity of development pattern and character
while providing a great deal of flexibility in use and expedited permitting. STP won the top na-
tional Driehaus Award from the Form-Based Codes Institute in 2017 for a code for new mixed-use
neighborhoods in Palm Desert.
• Enable/support experience retail and new hybrid models: Torti Gallas is a national leader in
the design of innovative retail and mixed-use projects, and Hoffman Strategy Group are regional
leaders in market analysis and development and redevelopment strategies.
• Collaborate with Indio and Indian Wells: Sargent Town Planning is currently working with the
City of Indio on a plan for the 111 Corridor west of Monroe Avenue, and on a Downtown plan
that includes mixed-use and hospitality development. Expanding visitor-serving centers within the
eastern Coachella Valley is a strong strategy for better supporting – and capturing value from –
tourist and visitors to the area’s major attractions, including resorts and entertainment venues.
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Place-making
• Aesthetics, branding, customer attraction, business retention: Torti Gallas has 20 years’ expe-
rience in branded place-making for municipalities and master developer clients. The senior staff
of Sargent Town Planning and Fong Hart Schneider + Partners collaborated on the design of the
extremely successful Lancaster Boulevard transformation that attracted over $100,000,000 of pri-
vate investment, and Palm Desert’s 2017 Highway 111/City Center Plan and Code.
• Master landscape and signage plan for branding: We propose to generate such a plan, and would
be pleased to have the opportunity to take it forward into implementation if so requested.
• Customized development standards and design guidelines: Our team has won multiple national
awards for place-specific development standards and design guidelines for walkable, mixed-use ur-
ban places. For the La Quinta 111 Corridor Area Plan we would propose to identify locally unique
patterns and elements – looking at the historic La Quinta Resort and Village for inspiration – to
ensure that the standards encourage and require distinctive architectural and landscape designs.
• Parking sharing/reduction to free up land for people and economic development: Fehr &
Peers is a national leader in active transportation and parking sharing/reduction strategies for walk-
able mixed-use places. Torti Gallas and Sargent Town Planning incorporate such systems into
every plan we prepare.
Complete Streets/Active Transportation
• Complete Streets Plans: Fehr & Peers are industry leaders in this field and Crabtree Group
have been working national and internationally in sustainable infrastructure planning, design and
implementation for over 20 years.
• Human scale place-making: This is all we do.
• New technologies: Fehr & Peers is a national leader in planning for and leveraging emerging trans-
portation technologies.
• Capitalize on CV Link: We strongly agree with the suggestion in the ULI study that CV Link be
incorporated into the street/public realm network for the Corridor.
Practical Strategies for Phased Transformation
• Pockets of urbanism: This is a great term for what we have been doing for almost 30 years, nucle-
ating walkable urbanism within an area characterized by auto-centric suburban development. Our
understanding of the minimum and maximum practical increments for such change – calibrated
to economic and political realities – will serve La Quinta well.
• Plan for horizontal and vertical mixed-use development: The new network of multi-modal
streets will generate blocks within which horizontal mixed-use development is practical in the near
term – apartments and town houses a short, pleasant walk from existing and new commercial ame-
nities – and in which vertical mixed-use is well-accommodated when the market will support it.
• High quality housing insertions: Torti Gallas routinely win awards for inserting high quality
housing into commercial contexts.
33DEVELOPMENT OF AN AREA PLAN FOR THE HIGHWAY 111 CORRIDOR
Response to City of La Quinta’s RFP for the
TORTI GALLAS + PARTNERS | DESIGN GUIDELINES
Foothill Boulevard/Route Corridor Plan and Code
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA 2018-ONGOING
REDHILL
MID-CITY
CITY CENTER/
DTRC
UP-TOWN
VICTORIA
GARDENS
FOUR
CORNERS
September 28, 2018
Foothill Corridor
Urban Design Strategies
Rancho Cucamonga,
California
In collaboration with Sargent Town Plan-
ning, Torti Gallas is preparing a vision plan
and code update for the 6.5 mile Foothill
Boulevard (Historic Route 66) Corridor
in the center of Rancho Cucamonga, and
working with City staff to update mixed-
use development standards for this area.
Beginning with mapping/diagramming
of existing conditions and comparative
mapping/diagramming more mature
corridors in other cities, the team devel-
oped a conceptual urban “framework
plan”. That plan organizes the area into
pedestrian-sheds and defines the gener-
al trajectories of a complete network of
multi-modal streets extending into the
existing large-parcel development pat-
tern. The framework plan thus generates a
range of block types for which TP+P pre-
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MODEL OF SITE 2
pared illustrative plans and 3-D models of
commercial, mixed-use and residential de-
velopment. Such infill development is or-
ganized into a series of mixed-use “villag-
es” (or “pockets of urbanism”) at several
scales appropriate to their context, which
can be implemented over time as market
conditions dictate and support.
Based on the Torti Gallas-generated build-
ing typologies and the STP-generated
block structure, street and open space
types, City staff will be updating their ex-
isting mixed-use development standards.
It is anticipated that circulation net-
work defined in this plan will inform the
up-coming general plan update, which will
also include updated goals and policies to
support plan implementation.
FOOTHILL CORRIDOR NEIGHBORHOODS
PARKING LANE PLANTER
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TORTI GALLAS + PARTNERS | DESIGN GUIDELINES
Downtown Santa Monica Specific Plan SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA
2011-2017
TORTI GALLAS + PARTNERS | DESIGN GUIDELINES
Downtown Santa Monica Specific Plan SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA
With the arrival of the Exposition
Line providing a rail connection from
Downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific
Ocean for the first time since 1953,
the Downtown Plan will guide the
next phase of the pedestrian-oriented
evolution of this beachfront city. The
plan encompasses roughly forty city
blocks, six of which, front the iconic
Third Street Promenade. The plan seeks
VIEW OF WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, VISION
VIEW OF WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, TODAY
MODEL VIEW OF DOWNTOWN SANTA MONICA
to capitalize on the energy and vitality of
the Promenade and seeks to expand and
extend this energy to the east and west.
Recognizing that no matter how one
arrives to the Downtown area, sooner
or later, everyone becomes a pedestrian,
the plan lavishes attention on the public
realm through streetscape improvements
and roadway reconfigurations to
prioritize pedestrian comfort, utility, and
safety as well as multimodal accessibility.
By planning for both a range of public
spaces of varying scales and by treating
the street network as the Downtown’s
greatest public space the plan provides
for an immersive pedestrian experience.
‘Signature sidewalks’ are strategically
incorporated throughout the plan
area, created by enhanced building
setbacks, or road diets depending on the
opportunities present. Meanwhile, design
and development standards focus on
the design of the sidewalk and building
facades that front them in order to create
humanscale, attractive and inviting
frontages. The use of Town Information
Modeling® (TIM®) allowed Torti Gallas
to test various land use and development
alternatives to arrive at design standards
that are predictable and flexible to
promote creative and elegant buildings
and public spaces.
Even with its focus on the pedestrian,
the plan provides strategic parking
enhancements, aimed primarily at using
existing parking assets more efficiently,
while also providing for short and long
term actions to increase the overall
capacity of the circulation network
including an enhanced bicycle network,
and new street connections over the
freeway. Incentives for desperately
needed affordable housing, and a greater
range of cultural and arts amenities are
also feature prominently in the plan
PROJECT DATA
• 40 city blocks
• community design workshops
• stakeholder meetings
• public hearings
• specific plan
• 3D modeling
• design and development standards
• implementation and phasing
With the arrival of the Exposition Line
providing a rail connection from Downtown
Los Angeles to the Pacific Ocean for the
first time since 1953, the Downtown Plan
will guide the next phase of the pedestrian-
oriented evolution of this beachfront city.
The plan encompasses roughly forty city
blocks, six of which, front the iconic Third
Street Promenade. The plan capitalized on
the energy and vitality of the Promenade
The plan can be viewed at: https://www.smgov.net/uploadedFiles/Departments/PCD/Plans/Downtown-Specific-Plan/FINAL%20DCP_web.pdf
VIEW OF WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, TODAY
VIEW OF WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, VISION
and seeks to expand and extend this energy
to the east and west.
Recognizing that no matter how one
arrives to the Downtown area, sooner
or later, everyone becomes a pedestrian,
the plan lavishes attention on the public
realm through streetscape improvements
and roadway reconfigurations to prioritize
pedestrian comfort, utility, and safety as well
as multimodal accessibility. By planning
for both a range of public spaces of varying
scales and by treating the street network as
the Downtown’s greatest public space the
plan provides for an immersive pedestrian
experience. ‘Signature sidewalks’ are
strategically incorporated throughout the
plan area, created by enhanced building
setbacks, or road diets depending on the
opportunities present. Meanwhile, design
and development standards focus on
the design of the sidewalk and building
facades that front them in order to create
humanscale, attractive and inviting
frontages. The use of Town Information
Modeling® (TIM®) allowed Torti Gallas
to test various land use and development
alternatives to arrive at design standards
that are predictable and flexible to promote
creative and elegant buildings and public
spaces.
Even with its focus on the pedestrian,
the plan provides strategic parking
enhancements, aimed primarily at using
existing parking assets more efficiently,
while also providing for short and long
term actions to increase the overall capacity
of the circulation network including an
enhanced bicycle network, and new street
connections over the freeway. Incentives
for desperately needed affordable housing,
and a greater range of cultural and arts
amenities are also feature prominently in
the plan.
PROJECT DATA
• 40 city blocks
• community design workshops
• stakeholder meetings
• public hearings
• specific plan
• 3D modeling
• design and development standards
• implementation and phasing
• client: City of Santa Monica
• contract: $900,000
MODEL VIEW OF SANTA MONICA
35DEVELOPMENT OF AN AREA PLAN FOR THE HIGHWAY 111 CORRIDOR
Response to City of La Quinta’s RFP for the
TORTI GALLAS + PARTNERS | DESIGN GUIDELINES
The Coast Highway Vision Plan and
accompanying Development Standards
created a transit-oriented urban design
strategy linking economic development
and environmental sustainability to
revitalize historic Coast Highway 101,
drawing new investment to the area with
visitor serving amenities and enhanced
recreation areas along the San Luis Rey
River Area, Loma Alta Creek, and Pacific
Coast.
In the first phase, Torti Gallas led
workshops and intensive visioning
exercises during two, week-long
charrettes with community members
and stakeholders to create an inspiring
downtown ‘Main Street’ with transit
oriented mixed-use neighborhoods along
two-stations of the new Sprinter line a new
harbor hospitality/entertainment node,
a vibrant Arts & Technology District, as
well as design guidelines to preserve the
unique beach character of neighborhoods.
All aspects of the plan were direct results
of feedback gathered during the charrettes
and the iterative design process.
The second phase included the creation
of Form-Based design Standards as part
of the implementation of a road diet with
landscaped medians and roundabouts
and new bike lanes, reformed parking
policies, and development incentives.
Coast Highway Vision Plan and Design Guidelines
OCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA VISION PLAN: 2008-2009; FBC: 2015-2017
Neighborhood Planning Award, American Planning Association California Chapter, 2010
PROGRAM DATA
• 410 residential units
• 100 timeshare units
• 170,000 sf commercial
• 954 hotel rooms
• 411,650 sf retail
• combined contract and final: $350K
Coast Highway Vision Plan and Design Guidelines • Oceanside, Californiavision and strategic plan
design guidelines
www.tortigallas.com
Rendering of a flexible street for people, cars and bikes
Site Plan
Photo montage of streetscape improvements and
infill development
Rendering of revitalized San Luis Rey River area
with walking trails and Arts Bridge
“Reborn as a great urban space... Coast Highway, celebrates
and reflects the City’s ocean-side location, culture, diversity,
community spirit and prospers.”
The Coast Highway Vision and Strategic Plan
created a transit-oriented urban design plan
linking economic development and environmental
sustainability to revitalize historic Coast Highway
101, drawing new investment to the area with
visitor serving amenities and enhanced recreation
areas along the San Luis Rey River Area, Loma Alta
Creek, and Pacific Coast.
Torti Gallas led workshops and intensive visioning
exercises during two week-long charrettes with
community members and stakeholders to create
an inspiring downtown ‘Main Street’ with two
transitoriented mixed-use neighborhoods, a new
harbor hospitality/entertainment node, a vibrant
Services provided:
• design charrette
• community meetings
• public hearings
• master planning
• urban design
Program data:
• 410 residential units
• 100 timeshare units
• 170,000 sf commercial
• 954 hotel rooms
• 411,650 sf retail
Arts & Technology District, and design guidelines
to preserve the unique beach character of
neighborhoods. All aspects of the plan were direct
results of feedback gathered during the charrettes
and the iterative design process.
The Vision Plan promotes smart growth
development through design interventions
and streetscaping, including a road diet with
landscaped medians and roundabouts, new
bike lanes, walking trails, and transit nodes, a
re-configured street grid for improved walkability,
reformed parking policies, and development
incentives.
SERVICES PROVIDED
• design charrette
• community meetings
• public hearings
• master planning
• urban planning
• form-based code
MASTER PLAN WITH FOUR TRANSIT-ORIENTED NODES
RENDERING OF STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENT FLEXIBLE STREET FOR PEOPLE, CARS & BIKES
RENDERING OF NEW ARTS BRIDGE WITH REVITALIZED RIVER
The plan can be viewed at: https://www.ci.oceanside.ca.us/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=24606
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TORTI GALLAS + PARTNERS | TOWN CENTERS
Westminster New Downtown WESTMINSTER, COLORADO 2013-2015
Congress for the New Urbanism Charter Award, Neighborhood, District and Corridor, 2016
PROGRAM DATA
• 105 acre site
• 21 acres of open space
• 1,000,000 SF of office
• 1,050,000 SF of retail
• 2,000 residential units
• City of Westminster
SERVICES PROVIDED
• programming
• community workshops
• master planning
• conceptual design
• entitlement
• Town Information Modeling (TIM)®
• services
• design guidelines
Torti Gallas worked with the City of
Westminster to create a dramatic vision
for a new mixed-use downtown to replace
a demolished indoor shopping mall
situated midway between the burgeoning
Denver – Boulder tech corridor. This
central, 105-acre site is adjacent to a
planned new station of Denver’s RTD
train line. Key components of the plan
include a seamless integration of a mix of
retail, residential and office uses, a network
of streets and public open spaces, multi-
modal circulation and access to transit,
urban design, development flexibility, and
taking advantage of the fabulous views of
the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains.
The implementation of the vision will
be accomplished via a Specific Plan (the
first in the State of Colorado) and an
accompanying Form-Based Code.
STREET VIEW OF WESTMINSTER
SITE PLAN
TIM® MODEL OF WESTMINSTER
The plan can be viewed at: https://www.westminstereconomicdevelopment.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Downtown-Specific-Plan_2015-Update_
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37DEVELOPMENT OF AN AREA PLAN FOR THE HIGHWAY 111 CORRIDOR
Response to City of La Quinta’s RFP for the
TORTI GALLAS + PARTNERS | TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT
Crystal City Master Plan ARLINGTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA 2006-2010
2009 Congress for the New urbanism Charter Award
PROJECT DATA
• Certified LEED ND
• 260 acre site
• program doubles in 40 years time
from 21 million to 40 million sf
• 16.2 million sf office
• 1.6 million sf retail
• 5.2 million sf hotel (6,000 rooms)
• 16.8 million sf of residential
• conversion of a freeway into tree-lined
boulevard
Site of the Amazon’s new HQ2, Torti Gallas
+ Partners led the Master Planning Process
for Crystal City in Arlington County, VA.
The Master Plan leveraged the challenges
of the mass departure of federal office
tenancy due to BRAC by almost doubling
Crystal City’s development potential
and transforming the 60’s era suburban
model into a vibrant, walkable, mixed-use
community offering opportunity for all.
Through a collaborative public process,
several urban concepts were investigated
with a week-long Charrette, three different
community forums and more than 40
public Task Force meetings.
With input from County Staff and the
Crystal City Planning Task Force made
up of prominent property owners, office
tenants, different County Commissions and
residents, Torti Gallas explored a variety of
opportunities for new public open spaces,
the humanizing of a auto-dominated
freeway into a tree-lined boulevard, new
development opportunities, locations for
signature buildings, increased building
VIEW OF ROUTE 1, A NEW JEFFERSON DAVIS BOULEVARD
VIEW OF NEW CENTER PARK
ADOPTED SITE PLAN
heights, a Transitway location, program
balancing, and phasing strategies. All
concept strategies were generated with the
express goal of creating a vital, mixed-use,
pedestrian friendly, 24-hour atmosphere,
currently lacking in this location.
Torti Gallas created and published this
mixed-use, transit-oriented and pedestrian
friendly City Vision with policies and a
Form-Based Code and Guidelines over a
two year period. This vision was entitled
and adopted by the Arlington County
Planning Commission and the Arlington
County Board.
The plan can be viewed at: https://arlingtonva.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2014/03/sprc_Jul3012_SectorPlan_CrystalCityPO.pdf
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TORTI GALLAS + PARTNERS | NEIGHBORHOODS
Saticoy and Wells Community Plan VENTURA, CALIFORNIA
Adopted November 2009
SERVICES PROVIDED
• design charrette
• community meetings
• public hearings
• master planning
• urban design
• computer simulation
• form-based code
This Community Design Plan and
Form-Based Development Code creates
a vision for the Saticoy & Wells Area in
the City of Ventura, a place currently
dominated by random sprawl tracts
scattered within an agrarian landscape. It
also attempts to unify several individual
developments currently within various
phases of the entitlement pipeline into a
cohesive pedestrian-friendly community
structure. Working as a consultant to the
City of Ventura in support of the process
Torti Gallas led a series of meetings with
developers, stakeholders, community
members, and city officials, to come to
consensus as to the overall approach to
the plan. The project area is envisioned
as 6 neighborhoods, each with their
own neighborhood centers. A potential
future new town center is located in the
historical Saticoy Old Town around the
existing rail tracks, and Wells is enhanced
as a corridor separating and unifying
the various neighborhoods. The plan
generates a new interconnected street
network linking previously isolated
suburban developments and open spaces
while introducing a hierarchy of street
types that help to form the neighborhood
identity for Saticoy and Wells.
LOS ANGELES AVENUE WITH INCREASED DENSITY AND INFILL
LOS ANGELES AVENUE, BEFORE
MASTER PLAN SHOWING GREEN NETWORK NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER
39DEVELOPMENT OF AN AREA PLAN FOR THE HIGHWAY 111 CORRIDOR
Response to City of La Quinta’s RFP for the
TORTI GALLAS + PARTNERS | NEIGHBORHOODS
Downtown Upland Master Plan UPLAND, CALIFORNIA
PROJECT DATA
• 80 acres
• 500 - 1,000 dwellings
• 100,000 - 250,000 sf of retail/ office
space
• parks
• transit plazas
This master plan for Downtown Upland
envisions the revitalization of the city’s
historic core and immediate surroundings
into a mixed-use pedestrian friendly
town-center. Generated through an
intensive series of stakeholder meetings
and a community visioning workshop,
it creates an interconnected open space
network enhancing the existing street
grid through traffic calming and new
streetscapes, along with a new transit
plaza along the existing Metrolink
Station. In leveraging this transit-
oriented opportunity, it consolidates the
existing parking lots within the historic
core into a district-wide ‘Park Once’
lot and garage, and infills the vacated
parcels with new mixed-use development
in a variety of retail, residential, and
commercial configurations. It encourages
the preservation of Downtown’s historic
buildings while providing conceptual
studies for future infill development
to ensure architectural and urban
compatibility. The plan strives to restore
the current disinvested historic core to
its former glory as a vibrant and safe
communal core for its various surrounding
neighborhoods.
TORTI GALLAS + PARTNERS | URBAN INFILLDowntown Upland Master Plan UPLAND, CALIFORNIA“...bringing vitality back to the historic downtown.”This master plan for Downtown Upland envisions the revitalization of the city’s historic core and immediate surroundings into a mixed-use pedestrian friendly town-center. Generated through an intensive series of stakeholder meetings and a community visioning workshop, it creates an interconnected open space network enhancing the existing street grid through traffic calming and new streetscapes, along with a new transit plaza along the existing Metrolink Station. In leveraging this transit-oriented opportunity, it consolidates the existing parking lots within the historic
core into a district-wide ‘Park Once’ lot and garage, and infills the vacated parcels
with new mixed-use development in a variety of retail, residential, and commercial
configurations. It encourages the preservation of Downtown’s historic buildings while
providing conceptual studies for future infill development to ensure architectural and
urban compatibility. The plan strives to restore the current disinvested historic core
to its former glory as a vibrant and safe communal core for its various surrounding
neighborhoods.
AERIAL MODEL, PROPOSED
VIEW OF THE MIXED-USE PLAZA
PROJECT DATA:
• 80 acres
• 500 - 1,000 dwellings
• 100,000 - 250,000 sf of retail/
office space
• parks
• transit plaza
SERVICES PROVIDED:
• design charrette
• community meetings
• master planning
• urban design
• computer simulations
• feasibility studies
3RD AVENUE, BEFORE
3RD AVENUE, PHASE 1
3RD AVENUE, PHASE 2
AERIAL MODEL, PROPOSED
VIEW OF THE MIXED-USE PLAZA
TORTI GALLAS + PARTNERS | URBAN INFILL
Downtown Upland Master Plan UPLAND, CALIFORNIA
“...bringing vitality back to the historic downtown.”
This master plan for Downtown Upland envisions the revitalization of the city’s historic
core and immediate surroundings into a mixed-use pedestrian friendly town-center.
Generated through an intensive series of stakeholder meetings and a community
visioning workshop, it creates an interconnected open space network enhancing
the existing street grid through traffic calming and new streetscapes, along with a
new transit plaza along the existing Metrolink Station. In leveraging this transit-
oriented opportunity, it consolidates the existing parking lots within the historic
core into a district-wide ‘Park Once’ lot and garage, and infills the vacated parcels
with new mixed-use development in a variety of retail, residential, and commercial
configurations. It encourages the preservation of Downtown’s historic buildings while
providing conceptual studies for future infill development to ensure architectural and
urban compatibility. The plan strives to restore the current disinvested historic core
to its former glory as a vibrant and safe communal core for its various surrounding
neighborhoods.
AERIAL MODEL, PROPOSED
VIEW OF THE MIXED-USE PLAZA
PROJECT DATA:
• 80 acres
• 500 - 1,000 dwellings
• 100,000 - 250,000 sf of retail/
office space
• parks
• transit plaza
SERVICES PROVIDED:
• design charrette
• community meetings
• master planning
• urban design
• computer simulations
• feasibility studies
3RD AVENUE, BEFORE
3RD AVENUE, PHASE 1
3RD AVENUE, PHASE 2
3RD AVENUE, BEFORE
TORTI GALLAS + PARTNERS | URBAN INFILL
Downtown Upland Master Plan UPLAND, CALIFORNIA
“...bringing vitality back to the historic downtown.”
This master plan for Downtown Upland envisions the revitalization of the city’s historic
core and immediate surroundings into a mixed-use pedestrian friendly town-center.
Generated through an intensive series of stakeholder meetings and a community
visioning workshop, it creates an interconnected open space network enhancing
the existing street grid through traffic calming and new streetscapes, along with a
new transit plaza along the existing Metrolink Station. In leveraging this transit-
oriented opportunity, it consolidates the existing parking lots within the historic
core into a district-wide ‘Park Once’ lot and garage, and infills the vacated parcels
with new mixed-use development in a variety of retail, residential, and commercial
configurations. It encourages the preservation of Downtown’s historic buildings while
providing conceptual studies for future infill development to ensure architectural and
urban compatibility. The plan strives to restore the current disinvested historic core
to its former glory as a vibrant and safe communal core for its various surrounding
neighborhoods.
AERIAL MODEL, PROPOSED
VIEW OF THE MIXED-USE PLAZA
PROJECT DATA:
• 80 acres
• 500 - 1,000 dwellings
• 100,000 - 250,000 sf of retail/
office space
• parks
• transit plaza
SERVICES PROVIDED:
• design charrette
• community meetings
• master planning
• urban design
• computer simulations
• feasibility studies
3RD AVENUE, BEFORE
3RD AVENUE, PHASE 1
3RD AVENUE, PHASE 23RD AVENUE, PROPOSED
SERVICES PROVIDED
• design charrette
• community meetings
• master planning
• urban design
• computer simulations
• feasibility studies
C STREET, PROPOSED
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TORTI GALLAS + PARTNERS | SPECIFIC PLAN
Campus Town Specific Plan SEASIDE, CALIFORNIA 2017-ONGOING
CAMPUS TOWN
The 85 acre site is envisioned as a walkable,
mixed-use community that serves the
needs of residents and visitors alike,
Campus Town is designed to capitalize on
the positive momentum of existing and
emerging local developments throughout
the former Fort Ord. Bolstered by the
continued growth of CSUMB along
with ongoing public infrastructure
improvements across Monterey Bay,
Campus Town connects and expands
upon these nodes of activity by creating a
vibrant network that links and supports the
region at large. The Site connects with the
Main Gate development in the northwest
and with CSUMB’s 6th Street hub in the
northeast, thus extending the economic
opportunities throughout Campus Town
and beyond.
Torti Gallas led a public week-long
charrette to maximize optimal community
engagement.
SITE PLAN client: City of Seaside, CA
PUBLIC GREEN
41DEVELOPMENT OF AN AREA PLAN FOR THE HIGHWAY 111 CORRIDOR
Response to City of La Quinta’s RFP for the
TORTI GALLAS + PARTNERS | REDEVELOPMENT
Town Center at the Parks at Walter Reed WASHINGTON, DC
PROJECT DATA
• 4.31 acres
• 300 residential units
• 71,000 sf of retail
• client: Hines
At the heart of the former Walter Reed
Army Medical Center campus, The
Parks at Walter Reed Town Center will
be a vibrant mixed use housing and
retail “place” which will serve as a new
anchor to the existing surrounding
neighborhood. Arrayed around a carefully
programed and landscaped village green,
this project takes advantage of publicopen
space in creating an inviting and engaging
environment. Located along Georgia
Avenue in upper Northwest DC, it has
the potential to become the new gateway
to Washington from points north in
Maryland.
After participating on the winning team
in DC’s request for proposals to develop
the Walter Reed Campus, Torti Gallas is
leading the entitlement process, including
neighborhood and Historical Preservation
Review Board review. Upon entitlement,
the team is moving into full design
services, including the coordination of
new construction, design of the Town
Center Plaza and revitalization of the
existing below grade garage on the site.
VIEW OF THE PARKS AT WALTER REED TOWN CENTER
SERVICES PROVIDED
• entitlement process
• community meetings
• stakeholder meetings
• renderings
• master planning
• urban design
• full service archtiecture
• construction administration
VIEW OF WALTER REED
The project website can be viewed at: http://theparksdc.com/
The first phase includes 300 units of
housing over a retail base which will
feature both neighborhood in-line and
anchor retail tenants. Above the podium,
a generous courtyard will serve the
residents with a pool and other indoor
and outdoor amenities.
Navigation of these various challenges
is a delicate but highly rewarding
process which will ultimately yield a new
destination in Northwest Washington,
opening to the public a place which has
remained behind locked gates for decades.
For the neighborhood and for city, all that
Walter Reed has to offer will become fully
integrated into the public realm.
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TORTI GALLAS + PARTNERS | REGION AND TOWN PLANNING
Kaka’ako Streetscapes HONOLULU, HI 2011-2013
27WAIPAHU REDEvELOPmENT CONCEPTUAL mASTER PLANS - RFP#B16CRED005
Kamehameha Schools
Working closely with the Kamehameha School’s
Development Department, the Torti Gallas Urban Design
Team developed a Master Plan for the streets, parks,
and open spaces of the Kaka’ako District, adjacent to
Downtown Honolulu.
The project area impasses roughly 28 acres or eight blocks
in central Honolulu. The site’s location between Downtown
Honolulu and Waikiki makes it a prime location for a new
residential community, because of its proximity to jobs
and recreational areas. The warm climate and the location
near- and views to- the Ocean suggest other major assets
that should be leveraged when it comes to the design of
streets and open spaces. The area’s eclectic urban realm
and it’s vibrant commercial life, represent other positive
neighborhood characteristics that can be built upon
through streetscaping and open space design, e.g. with
inclusions for public art, local color palettes, an industrial
/ urban feel for open space areas and street materials and
fixtures.
The Master Plan infuses the colorful and bold aesthetic of
Kaka’ako into the streets and open spaces of the district,
outlining ways to integrate public art into the design of
the public realm through creative signage, street furniture,
landscaping, and special paving patterns. In addition
the Master Plan proposes a set up new street standards
that connect public and private open spaces to build
the framework for a vibrant neighborhood and new
development to come. Thoughtfully designing these spaces
is critical for establishing a vibrant public space milieu.
Kaka’ako Master Plan • Honolulu, Hawaiistreetscape and civic space design
Illustrative Master Plan
The Kaiaulu‘o Kaka’ako Master Plan
envisions a progressive, twenty-first
century residential neighborhood that will
act as a catalyst for innovation and nurture
the evolution of a vibrant urban-island
culture within a community that is healthy
and sustainable.
Kaka’ako Street Today Kaka’ako Street Envisioned in the Future
www.tortigallas.com
Auahi and Keawe Intersection Concept
Client: Kamehameha schools
Dates: 2010 - 2012
Contact: Mr. paul Kay, Director of Develop-
ment | pakay@ksbe.edu
808-523-6200
AUAHI AND KEAWE INTERSECTION CONCEPT
Working closely with the Kamehameha
School’s Development Department,
the Torti Gallas Urban Design Team
developed a Master Plan for the streets,
parks, and open spaces of the Kaka’ako
District, adjacent to Downtown Honolulu.
The project area impasses roughly 28
acres or eight blocks in central Honolulu.
The site’s location between Downtown
Honolulu and Waikiki makes it a prime
location for a new residential community,
because of its proximity to jobs and
recreational areas. The warm climate
and the location near- and views to- the
Ocean suggest other major assets that
should be leveraged when it comes to the
design of streets and open spaces. The
area’s eclectic urban realm and it’s vibrant
commercial life, represent other positive
neighborhood characteristics that can
be built upon through streetscaping and
open space design, e.g. with inclusions
for public art, local color palettes, an
industrial / urban feel for open space areas
and street materials and fixtures.
The Master Plan infuses the colorful and
bold aesthetic of Kaka’ako into the streets
and open spaces of the district, outlining
ways to integrate public art into the design
of the public realm through creative
signage, street furniture, landscaping, and
special paving patterns. In addition the
Master Plan proposes a set up new street
standards that connect public and private
open spaces to build the framework
for a vibrant neighborhood and new
development to come. Thoughtfully
designing these spaces is critical for
establishing a vibrant public space milieu.
Contract: $100,000
ILLUSTRATIvE mASTER PLAN
27WAIPAHU REDEvELOPmENT CONCEPTUAL mASTER PLANS - RFP#B16CRED005
Kamehameha Schools
Working closely with the Kamehameha School’s
Development Department, the Torti Gallas Urban Design
Team developed a Master Plan for the streets, parks,
and open spaces of the Kaka’ako District, adjacent to
Downtown Honolulu.
The project area impasses roughly 28 acres or eight blocks
in central Honolulu. The site’s location between Downtown
Honolulu and Waikiki makes it a prime location for a new
residential community, because of its proximity to jobs
and recreational areas. The warm climate and the location
near- and views to- the Ocean suggest other major assets
that should be leveraged when it comes to the design of
streets and open spaces. The area’s eclectic urban realm
and it’s vibrant commercial life, represent other positive
neighborhood characteristics that can be built upon
through streetscaping and open space design, e.g. with
inclusions for public art, local color palettes, an industrial
/ urban feel for open space areas and street materials and
fixtures.
The Master Plan infuses the colorful and bold aesthetic of
Kaka’ako into the streets and open spaces of the district,
outlining ways to integrate public art into the design of
the public realm through creative signage, street furniture,
landscaping, and special paving patterns. In addition
the Master Plan proposes a set up new street standards
that connect public and private open spaces to build
the framework for a vibrant neighborhood and new
development to come. Thoughtfully designing these spaces
is critical for establishing a vibrant public space milieu.
Kaka’ako Master Plan • Honolulu, Hawaiistreetscape and civic space design
Illustrative Master Plan
The Kaiaulu‘o Kaka’ako Master Plan
envisions a progressive, twenty-first
century residential neighborhood that will
act as a catalyst for innovation and nurture
the evolution of a vibrant urban-island
culture within a community that is healthy
and sustainable.
Kaka’ako Street Today Kaka’ako Street Envisioned in the Future
www.tortigallas.com
Auahi and Keawe Intersection Concept
Client: Kamehameha schools
Dates: 2010 - 2012
Contact: Mr. paul Kay, Director of Develop-
ment | pakay@ksbe.edu
808-523-6200
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Phase 3 Enhancements
Starburst Intersection Scheme @ Auahi and Keawe Existing Conditions at @ Auahi and Keawe
Proposed Enhancements @ Auahi and Keawe Phase 2 Enhancements @ Auahi and Keawe
KAKA’AKO STREET TODAY
KAKA’AKO STREET ENvISIONED IN THE FUTURE
AUAHI/COOKE STREET AFTER
43DEVELOPMENT OF AN AREA PLAN FOR THE HIGHWAY 111 CORRIDOR
Response to City of La Quinta’s RFP for the
TORTI GALLAS + PARTNERS | FORM-BASED CODE
Mauka Area Form Based Code HONOLULU, HAWAII
“The Mauka Area is part of an island transect, from the mountains to the ocean, Mauka to Makai...Torti Gallas’ Form Based Code
captures the spirit of this place and improves upon it.”
SERVICES PROVIDED
• TIM® site and build-out modeling
• form based code
• community meetings
• project management
Torti Gallas led the planning process to
create a Form Based Code and a TIM®
Process (Town Information Modeling®)
for a major area of Honolulu between
downtown and Waikiki. The effort
included collaboration with Honolulu
base engineering and landscape
architecture firm, Belt Collins.
A series of public and strategic
stakeholder meetings helped guide the
process to create a Form Based Code that
thoughtfully synthesized the goals and
policies in the community’s Master Plan.
The Form Based Code for the 400 acre
area includes Development Standards
for seven neighborhoods with different
character and form. The Code preserves
the idiosyncrasies of the individual
neighborhoods, while introducing Build-
to Lines to organize the street, and a series
of permitted Building and Frontage Types
to capture the spirit of each neighborhood
and of Hawaii. View corridors in the Code
preserve Mauka / Makai views - from
the mountains to the ocean- through
strategic setbacks, siting of building voids,
and landscaping strategies. The Code
regulates both the private and the public
frontage through a Pedestrian Zone that
focuses on the space between the face of
the building and the curb. Sustainable
Mauka Area Form Based Code • Honolulu, Hawaiiform based code and TIM® model
www.tortigallas.com
The TIM® Model
Torti Gallas led the planning process to create a
Form Based Code and a TIM® Process (Town
Information Modeling®) for a major area of
Honolulu between downtown and Waikiki.
A series of public and strategic stakeholder
meetings helped guide the process to create a
Form Based Code that thoughtfully synthesized
the goals and policies in the community’s Master
Plan. The Form Based Code for the 400 acre
area includes Development Standards for seven
neighborhoods with different character and
form. The Code preserves the idiosyncrasies of
the individual neighborhoods, while introducing
Build-to Lines to organize the street, and a series
of permitted Building and Frontage Types to
capture the spirit of each neighborhood and of
Hawaii. View corridors in the Code preserve
Mauka / Makai views - from the mountains to
the ocean- through strategic setbacks, siting of
building voids, and landscaping strategies. The
Code regulates both the private and the public
frontage through a Pedestrian Zone that focuses
on the space between the face of the building
and the curb. Sustainable development and
progressive parking standards are included, and
through the Code’s Large Lots and Subdivision
section, large blocks are broken up with pedestrian
passageways and restrictions on building and
block sizes.
Our proprietary TIM® Process was an integral
part of the Mauka planning process, used to
verify the Code and to assemble model elements,
including building and land-use area, FAR, and
other relevant data. The model depicts existing
and proposed build out and serves as an ongoing
planning tool for the Hawaii Community
Development Authority to test future development
scenarios. The 3-D model depicts the study area
and surroundings, including the nearby harbor,
crater and mountains. The model includes over
40 million SF of existing and proposed build-out
land use conditions with a schedule of related
data that is linked by land use to each block in the
planning area.
Services provided:
• TIM® site and build-out modeling
• form based code
• community meetings
• project management
“The Mauka Area is part of a island transect, from the mountains
to the ocean, Mauka to Makai... Torti Gallas’ Form Based Code
captures the spirit of this place and improves upon it.”
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400’ Max Height
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250’ Max Height
100’ Max Height
65’ Max Height
45’ Max Height Non-Primary Parking Access Street
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Figure NZ.2-1: Allowed Height, Build-To Line, and Parking Access
Footnotes:
* The Duplex/Triplex/Quadplex Building Type is permitted on Block 22 only. * The Townhouse Building Type is permitted on Block 22 only.* Raised Frontages are only allowed in Flood Zones to accommodate necessary flood elevation and shall not be used in other locations.* Chinatown Shopfronts are allowed only on the Thoroughfares indicated in Figure FT.6.* Gallery and Arcades are permitted on Kapiolani only.* Kakaako Frontage is permitted along Waimanu only.* Where build-to lines are greater than 15 feet, a Terrace Front shall be used.
A. BUILDING TYPES MAX HEIGHT
Podium High Rise 400'
Urban Block 75'
"Lei" Building 65'
Hybrid Courtyard 55'
Courtyard Building 55'
Duplex / Triplex / Quadplex 45'
Town House 45'
Side Yard House Not Allowed
Front Yard House Not Allowed
Flex / Loft Not Allowed
Industrial Barn Not Allowed
Carriage House Not Allowed
B. FRONTAGE TYPES
Lanai & Front Yard X
Stoop
Dooryard
Terrace Front
Raised Terrace Front X ¹
Forecourt
Shopfront
Chinatown Shopfront X ¹
Raised Shopfront X ¹
Gallery / Arcade X ¹
Kakaako Frontage X ¹
C. BUILDING PLACEMENT
Front Build To Line See Figure NZ.2-1
Frontage Occupancy at Build to Line 90% min
Setback Side 0'
Setback Rear 0'
D. BUILDING FORM
Maximum Height Max 400', See Figure
NZ.2-1
Street Front Element Height Range 40' - 65'
Maximum Density (FAR)3.5
E. USE
Residential
Lodging
Office
Retail
Civic / Institutional X
Light Industrial X
F. MINIMUM PARKING (Per Unit or Per Square Feet)
Residential 1.5 per unit
Non-Residential 1 per 300 SF
Live-Work 1.5 per unit
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A. BUILDING TYPES MAX HEIGHT
Podium High Rise 400'
Urban Block 75'
"Lei" Building 65'
Hybrid Courtyard 55'
Courtyard Building 55'
Duplex / Triplex / Quadplex 45'
Town House 45'
Side Yard House Not Allowed
Front Yard House Not Allowed
Flex / Loft Not Allowed
Industrial Barn Not Allowed
Carriage House Not Allowed
B. FRONTAGE TYPES
Lanai & Front Yard X
Stoop
Dooryard
Terrace Front
Raised Terrace Front X ¹
Forecourt
Shopfront
Chinatown Shopfront X ¹
Raised Shopfront X ¹
Gallery / Arcade X ¹
Kakaako Frontage X ¹
C. BUILDING PLACEMENT
Front Build To Line See Figure NZ.2-1
Frontage Occupancy at Build to Line 90% min
Setback Side 0'
Setback Rear 0'
D. BUILDING FORM
Maximum Height Max 400', See Figure
NZ.2-1
Street Front Element Height Range 40' - 65'
Maximum Density (FAR)3.5
E. USE
Residential
Lodging
Office
Retail
Civic / Institutional X
Light Industrial X
F. MINIMUM PARKING (Per Unit or Per Square Feet)
Residential 1.5 per unit
Non-Residential 1 per 300 SF
Live-Work 1.5 per unit
Permitted Permitted with ExceptionX 1 Not Permitted X
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LEI BUILDING
A. Lot Width
Maximum of 300 feet.
B. Pedestrian Access
1. Entrances to upper floors shall be accessed through a lobby, accessed directly from the street, to the Facade.
2. On Promenande Streets, the entrance to each ground floor space shall be directly from the street and occur a maximum interval of 60 feet. On all other streets, access to ground floor podium spaces may happen at this interval or may be through the street level lobby provided.
3. Circulation to all spaces above the ground level shall be through an interior corridor or lobby. Corridors may be exterior in the back of the building only, if the garage is detached by at least 15 feet.
4. All retail spaces should be accessed from a ground floor, single-tenant entry along a Street, Courtyard, or Paseo.
C. Parking Design and Location
1. Parking shall be located in the Allowed Parking Zone (Figure 1.10).
2. Parking shall be accessed by an alley, where present. When an alley is not present, parking shall be accessed from Preferred Parking Access Street. If a Preferred Parking Access Street is not present, parking shall be accessed by a driveway of up to 25 feet in width
3. If accommodated in an aboveground garage, parking shall be concealed from view at the Public Frontage through a liner of habitable space.
4. Above-ground garages above the third floor may be screened from view at the Public Frontage by landscap-ing, green screens, or cladding.
D. Open Space
1. At least 15% of the Lot area shall be provided as Open Space and shall be open to the sky.
2. The Open Space may be located at-grade, on a podium, roof garden, or combination thereof.
3. Projections into the open space are permitted on all sides of the space, provided that the minimum dimen-sion is maintained.
4. Each Open Space shall have a minimum dimensions of 30 feet.
E. Landscape
1. When Front Yards have a 20’ Build to Line, a minimum of one, field stock canopy tree per 40 lineal feet of Frontage Line or fraction thereof shall be planted. Front Yard trees shall be a single species to match the species of Street Trees in the Furnishing Zone.
2. When Side Yards are present, one 25 gallon minimum size canopy tree per 30 lineal feet to protect privacy of neighbors. The trees can be placed in groups in order to achieve a particular design.
3. Six, five-gallon size shrubs, ten one-gallon size shrubs and turf or acceptable native or dry climate ground cover is required for every required tree.
F. Frontage
1. Permissible Frontage Types include: F orecourt, Gallery/Arcade, Shopfront, Chinatown Shopfront, Raised Shopfront as necessary for flood protection, Stoop,
AxONOmEtrIC VIEW
PLAN VIEW
Dooryard by exception, and Terrace Fronts “A” and “B”.
G. Building massing
1. Maximum height as per applicable Neighborhood Zone.
2. The building shall be no shorter than 25’ and shall not be shorter than the height of the garage by 20’.
3. If the Lei liner building is 10 or more feet shorter than the adjacent garage, the garage shall be screened by landscaping, green screens, or cladding.
4. Maximum height ratios shall be as follows:
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2nd and 3rd 4th Story 5th Story 6+ Stories
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THE TIM® MODEL
development and progressive parking
standards are included, and through
the Code’s Large Lots and Subdivision
section, large blocks are broken up with
pedestrian passageways and restrictions
on building and block sizes.
Our proprietary TIM® Process was an
integral part of the Mauka planning
process, used to verify the Code and
to assemble model elements, including
building and land-use area, FAR, and
other relevant data. The model depicts
existing and proposed build out and
serves as an ongoing planning tool for
the Hawaii Community Development
Authority to test future development
scenarios. The 3-D model depicts the
study area and surroundings, including
the nearby harbor, crater and mountains.
The model includes over 40 million SF
of existing and proposed build-out land
use conditions with a schedule of related
data that is linked by land use to each
block in the planning area.
Mauka Area Form Based Code • Honolulu, Hawaiiform based code and TIM® model
www.tortigallas.com
The TIM® Model
Torti Gallas led the planning process to create a
Form Based Code and a TIM® Process (Town
Information Modeling®) for a major area of
Honolulu between downtown and Waikiki.
A series of public and strategic stakeholder
meetings helped guide the process to create a
Form Based Code that thoughtfully synthesized
the goals and policies in the community’s Master
Plan. The Form Based Code for the 400 acre
area includes Development Standards for seven
neighborhoods with different character and
form. The Code preserves the idiosyncrasies of
the individual neighborhoods, while introducing
Build-to Lines to organize the street, and a series
of permitted Building and Frontage Types to
capture the spirit of each neighborhood and of
Hawaii. View corridors in the Code preserve
Mauka / Makai views - from the mountains to
the ocean- through strategic setbacks, siting of
building voids, and landscaping strategies. The
Code regulates both the private and the public
frontage through a Pedestrian Zone that focuses
on the space between the face of the building
and the curb. Sustainable development and
progressive parking standards are included, and
through the Code’s Large Lots and Subdivision
section, large blocks are broken up with pedestrian
passageways and restrictions on building and
block sizes.
Our proprietary TIM® Process was an integral
part of the Mauka planning process, used to
verify the Code and to assemble model elements,
including building and land-use area, FAR, and
other relevant data. The model depicts existing
and proposed build out and serves as an ongoing
planning tool for the Hawaii Community
Development Authority to test future development
scenarios. The 3-D model depicts the study area
and surroundings, including the nearby harbor,
crater and mountains. The model includes over
40 million SF of existing and proposed build-out
land use conditions with a schedule of related
data that is linked by land use to each block in the
planning area.
Services provided:
• TIM® site and build-out modeling
• form based code
• community meetings
• project management
“The Mauka Area is part of a island transect, from the mountains
to the ocean, Mauka to Makai... Torti Gallas’ Form Based Code
captures the spirit of this place and improves upon it.”
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250’ Max Height
100’ Max Height
65’ Max Height
45’ Max Height Non-Primary Parking Access Street
42 Block Number
Figure NZ.2-1: Allowed Height, Build-To Line, and Parking Access
Footnotes:
* The Duplex/Triplex/Quadplex Building Type is permitted on Block 22 only. * The Townhouse Building Type is permitted on Block 22 only.* Raised Frontages are only allowed in Flood Zones to accommodate necessary flood elevation and shall not be used in other locations.* Chinatown Shopfronts are allowed only on the Thoroughfares indicated in Figure FT.6.* Gallery and Arcades are permitted on Kapiolani only.* Kakaako Frontage is permitted along Waimanu only.* Where build-to lines are greater than 15 feet, a Terrace Front shall be used.
A. BUILDING TYPES MAX HEIGHT
Podium High Rise 400'
Urban Block 75'
"Lei" Building 65'
Hybrid Courtyard 55'
Courtyard Building 55'
Duplex / Triplex / Quadplex 45'
Town House 45'
Side Yard House Not Allowed
Front Yard House Not Allowed
Flex / Loft Not Allowed
Industrial Barn Not Allowed
Carriage House Not Allowed
B. FRONTAGE TYPES
Lanai & Front Yard X
Stoop
Dooryard
Terrace Front
Raised Terrace Front X ¹
Forecourt
Shopfront
Chinatown Shopfront X ¹
Raised Shopfront X ¹
Gallery / Arcade X ¹
Kakaako Frontage X ¹
C. BUILDING PLACEMENT
Front Build To Line See Figure NZ.2-1
Frontage Occupancy at Build to Line 90% min
Setback Side 0'
Setback Rear 0'
D. BUILDING FORM
Maximum Height Max 400', See Figure
NZ.2-1
Street Front Element Height Range 40' - 65'
Maximum Density (FAR)3.5
E. USE
Residential
Lodging
Office
Retail
Civic / Institutional X
Light Industrial X
F. MINIMUM PARKING (Per Unit or Per Square Feet)
Residential 1.5 per unit
Non-Residential 1 per 300 SF
Live-Work 1.5 per unit
10’10’5’
A. BUILDING TYPES MAX HEIGHT
Podium High Rise 400'
Urban Block 75'
"Lei" Building 65'
Hybrid Courtyard 55'
Courtyard Building 55'
Duplex / Triplex / Quadplex 45'
Town House 45'
Side Yard House Not Allowed
Front Yard House Not Allowed
Flex / Loft Not Allowed
Industrial Barn Not Allowed
Carriage House Not Allowed
B. FRONTAGE TYPES
Lanai & Front Yard X
Stoop
Dooryard
Terrace Front
Raised Terrace Front X ¹
Forecourt
Shopfront
Chinatown Shopfront X ¹
Raised Shopfront X ¹
Gallery / Arcade X ¹
Kakaako Frontage X ¹
C. BUILDING PLACEMENT
Front Build To Line See Figure NZ.2-1
Frontage Occupancy at Build to Line 90% min
Setback Side 0'
Setback Rear 0'
D. BUILDING FORM
Maximum Height Max 400', See Figure
NZ.2-1
Street Front Element Height Range 40' - 65'
Maximum Density (FAR)3.5
E. USE
Residential
Lodging
Office
Retail
Civic / Institutional X
Light Industrial X
F. MINIMUM PARKING (Per Unit or Per Square Feet)
Residential 1.5 per unit
Non-Residential 1 per 300 SF
Live-Work 1.5 per unit
Permitted Permitted with ExceptionX 1 Not Permitted X
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LEI BUILDING
A. Lot Width
Maximum of 300 feet.
B. Pedestrian Access
1. Entrances to upper floors shall be accessed through a lobby, accessed directly from the street, to the Facade.
2. On Promenande Streets, the entrance to each ground floor space shall be directly from the street and occur a maximum interval of 60 feet. On all other streets, access to ground floor podium spaces may happen at this interval or may be through the street level lobby provided.
3. Circulation to all spaces above the ground level shall be through an interior corridor or lobby. Corridors may be exterior in the back of the building only, if the garage is detached by at least 15 feet.
4. All retail spaces should be accessed from a ground floor, single-tenant entry along a Street, Courtyard, or Paseo.
C. Parking Design and Location
1. Parking shall be located in the Allowed Parking Zone (Figure 1.10).
2. Parking shall be accessed by an alley, where present. When an alley is not present, parking shall be accessed from Preferred Parking Access Street. If a Preferred Parking Access Street is not present, parking shall be accessed by a driveway of up to 25 feet in width
3. If accommodated in an aboveground garage, parking shall be concealed from view at the Public Frontage through a liner of habitable space.
4. Above-ground garages above the third floor may be screened from view at the Public Frontage by landscap-ing, green screens, or cladding.
D. Open Space
1. At least 15% of the Lot area shall be provided as Open Space and shall be open to the sky.
2. The Open Space may be located at-grade, on a podium, roof garden, or combination thereof.
3. Projections into the open space are permitted on all sides of the space, provided that the minimum dimen-sion is maintained.
4. Each Open Space shall have a minimum dimensions of 30 feet.
E. Landscape
1. When Front Yards have a 20’ Build to Line, a minimum of one, field stock canopy tree per 40 lineal feet of Frontage Line or fraction thereof shall be planted. Front Yard trees shall be a single species to match the species of Street Trees in the Furnishing Zone.
2. When Side Yards are present, one 25 gallon minimum size canopy tree per 30 lineal feet to protect privacy of neighbors. The trees can be placed in groups in order to achieve a particular design.
3. Six, five-gallon size shrubs, ten one-gallon size shrubs and turf or acceptable native or dry climate ground cover is required for every required tree.
F. Frontage
1. Permissible Frontage Types include: F orecourt, Gallery/Arcade, Shopfront, Chinatown Shopfront, Raised Shopfront as necessary for flood protection, Stoop,
AxONOmEtrIC VIEW
PLAN VIEW
Dooryard by exception, and Terrace Fronts “A” and “B”.
G. Building massing
1. Maximum height as per applicable Neighborhood Zone.
2. The building shall be no shorter than 25’ and shall not be shorter than the height of the garage by 20’.
3. If the Lei liner building is 10 or more feet shorter than the adjacent garage, the garage shall be screened by landscaping, green screens, or cladding.
4. Maximum height ratios shall be as follows:
table Bt.11-1
Stories Ratio of Each Story Allowed
2nd and 3rd 4th Story 5th Story 6+ Stories
2-3 Stories 100%---
4-5 Stories 100%75%75%-
6+ Stories 100%100%60%60%
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SARGENT TOWN PLANNING
Diagram of Palm Desert City Center’s districts, corridors and neighborhoods
Existing 111 Corridor retail
Existing El Paseo retail shops
In association with Raimi + Associates, Sargent Town Planning was retained by the City
of Palm Desert to update their General (Comprehensive) Plan and prepare a new vision
plan, development code and design guidelines, and an implementation manual for a
new City Center, organized arount the Highway 111 Corridor.
The existing downtown district is concentrated along a single street - El Paseo - a high
quality, walkable retail street known as “the Rodeo Drive of the Desert” because of its
remarkable collection of high-end retail shops. Highway 111 - the historic “Grapefruit
Highway” connecting Los Angeles and Phoenix - is a ragged, auto-dominant commercial
strip that cuts the El Paseo town center off from the rest of town. A top-level community
priority was to transform that corridor and expand the high quality town center
environment northward along San Pablo Avenue to their Civic Center district.
To clarify that vision, the plan included conceptual streetscape transformation
illustrations for Highway 111and San Pablo Avenue, including gateway signage and
public art, branding and wayfinding, improved bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and
landscape/streetscape improvements corridor-wide.
The City subsequently hired STP to to collaborate with City staff in further develeoping
the design for San Pablo Avenue streetscape improvements to generate a “main street
for locals”, and connected the El Paseo shopping environment to new mixed-use
development on 111, and north into the Civic District and College of the Desert.
The City of Palm Desert, CA
27 square mile city, 1,300 acre City Center
Community/Committee Engagement, Conceptual Urban Design, City Center Plan
2014-2015
General Plan adopted, San Pablo construction documents in progress
APA California, 2017 Comprehensive Plan, Small Jurisdiction Award - Winner
111 CORRIDOR PLAN, CODE & IMPLEMENTATION MANUAL
Palm Desert, CA
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Response to City of La Quinta’s RFP for the
SARGENT TOWN PLANNING
Existing condition at two-way frontage road (illustrated with new buildings)Proposed side access lane transformation
Recommended streetscape improvements, gateway signage/public art, and gateway buildings to announce arrival in the City Center
Existing condition at frontage road with surface parking lot Proposed residential side access lane for mixed-use infill
Recommended new San Pablo Center mixed-use development
111 Corridor Plan & Implementation Manual
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SARGENT TOWN PLANNING
City of Palm Desert
400 acres
Preparation of Master Plan and Specific Plan
2015
Public draft plan
UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFIC PLAN
Palm Desert, California
Town Square surrounded by mixed-use buildings
View of Central Green (Town Square) from adjacent balcony
Through a strategic planning process in 2013 and a general plan update
process underway since 2014, the City of Palm Desert has prioritized the
development of two significant walkable, mixed-use districts within its
otherwise auto-dominant suburban desert resort environment. Those
are Highway 111 Corridor/City Center District and the northern University
District. Sargent Town Planning was retained to prepare vision plans and
implementing codes for both areas.
The University Neighborhoods Specific Plan was initiated to ensure that
a 170-acre City-owned parcel will be developed as a mixed-type, mixed-
use, walkable, sustainable neighborhood, upon its disposition as required
by the State Department of Finance. Early in the planning process STP
identified the opportunity to link this property with several hundred acres
of previously planned but unbuilt housing tracts to the north - as well as the
future university and research and development district to the east - and
prepared a conceptual plan illustrating that possibility, shown above.
Through meetings with the owners of those properties - the tentative tract
maps for which will soon expire - an agreement was reached to replan the
entire area to provide a highly connective street network and incorporate
them into the specific plan. The specific plan for the consolidated 400-acre
area is under public review.
Neighborhood Green surrounted by a variety of housing types
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Palm Desert University Neighborhoods
Sample Public Frontage Standards from the ‘Neighborhood Center’ Character Area
Sample Guidelines from the ‘Neighborhood Housing Types’
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SARGENT TOWN PLANNING
City of Palm Desert
1 Mile Corridor
Design of Streetscape Improvements
2016
Geometric layout and developed design complete
SAN PABLO STREETSCAPE TRANSFORMATION
Palm Desert, California
Improvements for San Pablo Town Center Segment: new median parking “ramblas,” widened sidewalks, dining terrace frontages, new street trees and parking lane planters to provide shade
and visually narrow the street, sharrowed bicycle lanes.
Existing conditions in Town Center Segment
As part of the recently adopted General Plan Update, Sargent Town Planning
prepared a 111 Corridor/City Center Plan for Palm Desert. The plan includes a
vision, strategies and implementation framework for transforming Highway
111 to Boulevard 111 by reconfiguring old frontage roads, gradually
replacing outmoded roadside commercial development with new mixed-
use development, and transforming San Pablo Avenue from an oversized
1-mile-long arterial to a beautiful walkable, bikable avenue connecting the
El Paseo Shopping District to the Civic Center and College of the Desert a
half mile to the north.
Implementing the San Pablo vision jumped to the top of the City Council’s
list of priorities following general plan adoption and a successful San
Pablo street fair. The City retained STP and David Schneider of Fong Hart
Schneider + Partners to work with City staff to complete the detailed design
and implementation plan for San Pablo. The commercial segment must
north of 111 includes new wider sidewalks, dining terraces stepping down
the gentle slope, a central parking “ramblas” down the middle, and an oval-
about at a major cross street.
Conceptual design for a new roundabout at San Pablo and
San Gorgonio
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Palm Desert San Pablo Streetscape
1. Recommended streetscape improvements for San Pablo Neighborhood Segment, including addition of buffered bike lanes, parking lane tree planters, and an enlarged pedestrian prom-
enade along the enhanced community gardens on the west side of San Pablo.
1. Existing conditions along San Pablo Neighborhood Segment.2. Existing conditions along San Pablo Civic Center Segment.
2. Recommended streetscape improvements for San Pablo Civic Center Segment, including addition of a landscaped parking median, mid-block crossings, landscape improvements and a
new two-way cycletrack along the west side, fronting anticipated future development.
Existing Conditions Existing Conditions
SARGENT TOWN PLANNING
Palm Desert San Pablo Streetscape
1. Recommended streetscape improvements for San Pablo Neighborhood Segment, including addition of buffered bike lanes, parking lane tree planters, and an enlarged pedestrian prom-
enade along the enhanced community gardens on the west side of San Pablo.
1. Existing conditions along San Pablo Neighborhood Segment.2. Existing conditions along San Pablo Civic Center Segment.
2. Recommended streetscape improvements for San Pablo Civic Center Segment, including addition of a landscaped parking median, mid-block crossings, landscape improvements and a
new two-way cycletrack along the west side, fronting anticipated future development.
Existing Conditions Existing Conditions
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SARGENT TOWN PLANNING
City of Indio, CA
Approx 140 Acres
Downtown Vision, Design Standards and Guidelines
2018
First Administrative Draft Specific Plan
DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN UPDATE
Indio, California
Birdseye illustration of recommended Town Square, faced by a new City Hall, joint City/College library, and hotel.
Outdated Public Library replaced with new Town Square,
faced by new library.
In collaboration with Raimi + Associates, Sargent Town Planning worked
with the City of Indio to create a new urban design vision for the City’s
General Plan Update. Improving and completing a network of human
scale multimodal streets and open spaces throughout the community was
a major focus of that work, with particular attention to transforming the
easterly stretch of Highway 111 to “Boulevard 111” to help generate valuable
new mixed-use places in “Midtown” and in the adjacent historic Downtown.
The City then retained Sargent Town Planning to further develop those
ideas and prepare a Downtown Specific Plan for its moribund but well-
located and well-structured downtown. Capitalizing on the large quantities
of City-controlled and vacant land - and new investment by the College of
the Desert and Loma Linda Health - STP prepared a vision plan to clarify
access to the downtown, create a major new civic space at its center, and
focus retail and restaurant activity around the historic Miles Avenue retail
and new hotels.
Surrounding and supporting the new civic and retail core are housing of
various types for students, workers and others, plus office space adjacent to
the new County justice facility on Highway/Boulevard 111.Downtown streets provide attractive, safe, and comfortable
pedestrian environment.
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Response to City of La Quinta’s RFP for the
SARGENT TOWN PLANNING
Indio Downtown Specific Plan
Conceptual Illustrative Plan
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SARGENT TOWN PLANNING
City of Indio, CA, in association with Raimi + Associates
Approx 200 Acres
Urban design vision and strategies for General Plan
2018
Public Draft General Plan
INDIO MIDTOWN PLAN
Indio, California
Boulevard 111 and new mixed-use development transform the old highway strip to Midtown, connecting to Downtown.
Existing Midtown Area is vastly underutilized
As the central focus of Indio’s General Plan Update, Sargent Town Planning
prepared a plan to transform a 1-mile stretch of Highway 111 from an
underperforming commercial strip to a mixed-use Midtown District,
connected to the historic Downtown. Opportunities in this area included a
large shopping mall in severe decline and large vacant properties adjacent
and nearby.
Working with the Fehr & Peers on transportation planning, the team
concluded that this stretch of 111 would function well as a 4-lane facility
with bike lanes, curbside parking, and enhanced landscaping to slow
traffic, improved the pedestrian environment, and rebrand Highway
111 and Boulevard 111, and the corridor as Midtown. Even with these
improvements 111 will not become a great, walkable shopping street, so
a number of perpendicular cross streets - including a new one through
the shopping mall site - are proposed as the primary “main streets” of the
MIdtown District.
Boulevard 111, along with a re-emphasized Requa Avenue, provides a key
easterly link to the Downtown, which connects to 111 with new gateways
at Oasis Street and Smurr Street.
Envisioned Transformation of Highway 111
Midtown Neighborhood Street
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Response to City of La Quinta’s RFP for the
SARGENT TOWN PLANNING
Indio Midtown Plan
1. Midtown Gateway - recommended streetscape and infill development at Highway 111 and the entry drive of the existing Indio Fashion Mall; The Midtown Plan envisions replacing the
dated shopping mall with significant mixed-use infill development transforming midtown into an active, mixed-use entertainment district
1. Existing conditions alongHighway 111 at the Indio Fashion Mall 2. Existing conditions along Requa Ave just west of Monroe Ave
2. Recommended streetscape improvements for Requa Ave in Midtown, envisioned as a multi-family cross-town corridor.
Existing Conditions Existing Conditions
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Civic Park District illustrative plan, showing recommended improvements to Sierra Ave, Arrow Blvd, Neuvo St, Spring Street, Seville Street, and the Pacific Electric Trail
Sierra Avenue today
Sunset on Sierra Street Fair
As a part of a team led by Stantec, Sargent Town Planning was retained by the City of
Fontana to update their General Plan and prepare a new vision plan for the Downtown
Area of central Fontana.
Through a process of urban analysis and public engagement, STP led a community
conversation about “place-making” in a number of contexts, including new
neighborhood centers, major crosstown corridors, and the City Center. This process
revealed a range of remarkable opportunities for the future success of the Downtown
area, which easily became the most popular topic. The Downtown’s central location
at the major crossroads of the town, broadly shared hope for a lively local destination
for family dining, entertainment and shopping, and its underutlized broad streets and
many vacant and underutlized properties made it ripe for beneficial change.
STP helped the mayor to organize a roundtable event with experts discussing the
potential of the downtown, hosted a booth at a large downtown street fair, and
conducted three public workshops to receive input and test ideas. The resulting Plan
includes a set of placemaking and revitalization strategies, including creating a Civic
Park District between the Civic Center and the Downtown Core, traffic-calming the
main street, a new Foothill Boulevard/Route 66 Gateway district to the downtown, and
mixed-use neighborhood infill in the underdevelopment Westside Neighborhoods.
Clear goals and strategies, along with detailed illlustrations of phased public and
private improvements, will help to drive and guide Plan implementation.
The City of Fontana, CA
42 square mile city, 1,000 acre Downtown Area
Community and Committee Engagement, Urban Design for General Plan Update, Downtown Area Plan and Zoning
2015-2016
Draft Downtown Area Plan in progress
DOWNTOWN AREA PLAN
Fontana, CA
CLIENT:
SIZE:
SERVICES:
DESIGNED:
STATUS:
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Existing conditions at Arrow Boulevard and Nuevo Street Existing conditions on Nuevo Street just north of Arrow Boulevard
Arrow Boulevard at Nuevo Street, with new parking, bike lanes and crosswalks, and existing City parking lot redesigned as a flexible parking plaza and “Sunset Theater”
“Calming Sierra”, with new canopy trees, furnishings and parkets to provide shade and wind protection and calm traffic speeds without reducing traffic volumes
Nuevo Street north of Arrow Blvd, with relatively low-cost parking, parklet, landscape and lighting improvements.
Downtown Area Plan & General Plan Update
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City of Pasadena
23 Square Mile City
Preparation of Street Design Guidelines
2016
Public draft plan
PASADENA STREET GUIDELINES
Pasadena, California
Typical Urban Commercial Public Frontage Assembly including a dinin “Parklet” inserted into the curbside parking lane to increase the functional width of the sidewalk to accomodate
outdoor cafè dining.
Suburban Commercial Public Frontage Assembly
Under a grant from the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG),
the City of Pasadena hired the team of Nelson\Nygaard and Sargent Town Planning
to prepare form-based street design guidelines as an implementation action for
the new mobility plan. The Guidelines are intended to provide clear strategies
and a “kit of parts” for bringing the City’s existing street network into line with the
general plan vision for streets and places that balance the convenience of drivers
with the safety and comfort of pedestrians and bicyclists.
The team reviewed the general plan and related transportation policy documents,
conducted interviews with representatives of city departments and business
community, and prepared a series of maps and diagrams organizing the street
network by transportation function and by envisioned urban environment type.
STP devised a simplified classification system based on primary ground floor use -
residential or commercial - and on design character - urban or suburban.
From that framework, and in collaboration with City staff, the team produced
a system of “public frontage assemblies” that balance pedestrian, bicycle and
vehicular facilities in various flexible ways. The City is just now embarking on an
ambitious zoning code update, and it is anticipated that these public frontages
will act as the counterpoint to new private frontage standards and guidelines.Urban Residential Public Frontage Assembly
CLIENT:
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DESIGNED:
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Pasadena Street Guidelines
Above: Phototransformation of East Colorado
Blvd, applying the design concepts of the Pasadena
Form-Based Street Design Guidelines, to illustrate
select public streetscape improvements to create an
attractive, comfortable public realm that increases
safety for all modes, while attracting new businesses
& promoting economic development.
Below: Typological illustrations showing the addi-
tion of a range of ammenities to the Public Frontage
Assembly.
Existing Conditions
SA RG EN T
TOWN P LANNING
Adding Amenities to the Street
• Where sidewalk width is sufficient, amenities may be placed in the curb zone; keeping the clear-walk zone free of obstacles for
pedestrians
• Where sidewalk width is constrained, amenities may be placed in the access zone, maintaining the clear walk zone while
providing a balance of streetscape elements and on-street parking.
Amenities in the Curb Zone
Café Dining Parklet
Bike Corral
Amenities in the Access Zone
Bike Share Station
Sidewalk Sidewalk
SidewalkSidewalk
WALK ZONE WALK ZONE
WALK ZONEWALK ZONE
CURB ZONE CURB ZONE
CURB ZONECURB ZONE
BUILDINGFRONTAGE ZONE BUILDINGFRONTAGE ZONE
BUILDINGFRONTAGE ZONEBUILDINGFRONTAGE ZONE
Parking Parking / Planters
Parking / PlantersParking
ACCESS ZONE ACCESS ZONE
ACCESS ZONEACCESS ZONE
Street Furniture / Trees Street Furniture
Street FurnitureStreet Furniture / Trees
VEHICLE ZONE VEHICLE ZONE
VEHICLE ZONEVEHICLE ZONE
7.5’7.5’
7.5’7.5’
7’7’
7’7’
1’1’
1’1’
6-7’3’
3’6-7’
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Burbank, CA
Various locations throughout the City
Identify target areas, define vision, prepare standards/guidelines
2017
First Administrative Draft Mixed-Use Zones
MIXED-USE DESIGN STANDARDS & GUIDELINES
Burbank, California
Add Caption.
Sample Code Illustrations
Under a grant from the Southern California Association of Governments
(SCAG), the City of Burbank selected a team led by Sargent Town Planning
to develop mixed-use development standards. The City’s General Plan
identifies many areas throughout the City where “mixed-use” is allowed or
encouraged, but provides very little direction as to what that means.
The team worked collaboratively with City staff and stakeholders to identify
priority areas for which an initial set of standards would be drafted. Selected
focus areas included the Downtown areas - including some adjacent light
industrial areas adjacent to the Metrolink Station - the media district where
several major movie studios are located, and an industrial area adjacent to
Burbank airport and the planned high-speed rail station.
The team developed standards that emphasize the quality and character
of street frontages in a range of contexts including downtown retail, urban
neighborhood residential, and mixed-use neighborhood center. Standards
for block size, street type, building massing, access and parking location/
configuration, facade modulation, and frontage design were prepared in
addition to building heights, setbacks, and uses. Parking standards are
being developed through a separate effort by City staff.
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Burbank Mixed-Use Design Standards and Guidelines
Sample Public & Private Frontage Standards
Sample Building Size & Massing Articulation Standards Sample Landscape Design Guidelines
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SECTION 7 | PUBLIC FRONTAGE
Applicability
Parklets are semi-permanent public spaces that may replace
on-street parking spaces (in a variety of contexts) where
additional outdoor space - often for sidewalk dining or street
furnishing - is desired. As such, they offer a high degree of
flexibility to be moved, removed, expanded or redesigned as
local conditions and urban context evolve over time.
Design Guidelines
• Parklets should provide a comfortable buffer (barrier)
between seating and moving traffic;
• Parklets should be raised flush with sidewalk grade;
• Parklets should include comfortable seating, shaded areas,
landscaping;
• Parklets should be constructed of high-quality materials
and be compatible with the colors, materials, and style of
the buildings they are servicing -- as well as the street.
Bird's-eye-view of a parklet in an urban setting which contrib-
utes comfortable seating areas, landscaping, signage, and
bicycle parking to the overall streetscape environment.
TABLE 10-1-2801.7.J PARKLET
GROUND-
FLOOR
USE
FLEX / CAFÉ
ZONE
PEDESTRIAN
ZONE
LANDSCAPE +
FURNITURE
ZONE
PARKING +
PLANTER ZONE SHARED
TRAVEL
ZONEPARKLET ZONE
Private Setback Public Right-of-Way
COMMERCIAL Refer to "Commercial Sidewalk"
(See Table 10-1-2801.7.D)
Should be fully contained within parking &
planter zone (min. 1' buffer recommended
between parklet and travel lane);
Parklet design must include physical barrier to
travel lanes (railing, planter, etc);
Parklet should be flush with sidewalk
Per
Munici-
pal Street
StandardsRESIDENTIALRefer to "Sidewalk & Parkway"
(See Table 10-1-2801.7.G)
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SECTION 4 | PRIVATE FRONTAGES AND ENCROACHMENTS
Design Guidelines
• Terraces are enclosed by walls that are designed to Califor-
nia Building Code (CBC) standards.
• Access from the sidewalk to the Terrace is via a stair and/
or ramp.
• Landscaping between the terrace and sidewalk is encour-
aged
• The average grade of the terrace should not be more than
3 feet higher or 3 feet lower than the adjacent sidewalk or
public open space. Walls may extend an additional 2 feet
in height and fences or railings to the height required by
the California Building Code (CBC).
• Wall and/or fence design, materials, and finishes should be
consistent with the architectural style of the building.
• Terraces should feature planters or hardscape features that
help to provide shade and seating.
• Terraces may be combined with other Private Frontage
Types, including:
i. Shopfront (See Table 10-1-2801.4.H)
ii. Common Entry (See Table 10-1-2801.4.G)
iii. Arcade (See Table 10-1-2801.4.K)
iv. Gallery (See Table 10-1-2801.4.J)
• Residential terraces which do not provide direct access to
the public sidewalk may be approved, subject to Design
Review. In such cases, door and window design should be
appropriate for street-fronting facades; See Architectural
Guidelines for Buidlding Architecture and Form, Windows,
and Doors, (Section 12).
Terrace
An elevated area between the sidewalk and ground-
floor, usually enclosed by a low wall or fence. This type
is very naturally applied to adaptive re-use of industrial
buildings who's existing loading-docks can easily be
converted into terraces. In retail environments, the
terrace type is typically used in conjunction with Shop-
fronts (See Section 4.H) providing elevated spaces for
outdoor dining and retail display, and it is also a com-
mon frontage type for ground-floor residential units.
TABLE 10-1-2801.4.I TERRACE
FIG. I.1 STANDARDS
FRONTAGE ELEMENT MIN MAX
Depth, Clear 8’ min
Finish Level above
Sidewalk -3 ft.
Length of Terrace -150 ft.
Distance between Stairs -50 ft.
A
B
C
D
*Applicable when used in conjunction with Live/Work building
types. See Appendix A.4.D.
B
A
BA D
C
C
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BUILDING SIZE AND MASSING | SECTION 3
Glossary
Overall Length: The dimension of the building from its
extreme ends.
Facade Modulation. This intent also reflects the existing
lot patterns. Techniques of organizing the facade a
block-form building, based on Burbank's platting
patterns, into human-scale increments through
variation in building height, facade composition and
frontage types. This pattern has generated buildings of
25, 50, 75 and up to 150 feet in width. These standards
allow larger buildings than these dimensions and
require that some combination of these dimensions be
reflected in facade design. See Figure 10-1-2801.3.
Architectural Encroachment Area. The 3-dimensional
area where certain architectural elements are
allowed to encroach into a required setback (e.g.,
porches, stoops, balconies) These elements are used
in combination with the length and modulation
standards to generate street-facing façades.
10-1-2801.3 Building Size and Massing
A. Applicability
The standards and guidelines of this section apply as identified for the parcel(s) in Figure 10-1-28013 to generate physically
compatible buildings and façades that effectively shape the public realm.
B. Standards
1. Buildings shall be designed in compliance with the standards in Table 10-1-2801.3 and the guidelines to this section.
2. Façades shall be designed per the facade modulation increment standard and supporting architecture guidelines in Section
10-1-2801.12.
Table 10-1-2801.3 Street wall Design
Overall Length <150 ft 150 to 300 ft
Facade Modulation
Increment 50 to 75 ft 75 to 100 ft
Street Entry Spacing Min 50 ft (1)
(1) min 25 on SF Road between
Magnolia and Verdugo
Massing Setback
When adjacent to or within 100
ft of a single-family zone, upper
stories shall be setback at least
50 feet from the ground floor,
1
2
3
Fig. 10-1-2801.3 Street wall Design
1
1
2
2
22
3
3
3
3
3
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PUBLIC OPEN SPACE | SECTION 8
A. Intent
A formal public space with focused landscaping and
hardscape for civic purposes and commercial activities, at
least 7,500 square feet in size, spatially defined by building
frontages, and located at the intersection of important
streets or pedestrian paths.
B. Physical Character and Requirements
1. Function and Design Opportunities
The plaza’s principle function is to serve as a flexible gath-
ering space and to support civic and commercial activities
such as farmer’s markets, music concerts and art fairs. The
plaza’s design serves all ages and abilities providing safe
and convenient pedestrian connections through the site
as well as vistas of the surrounding building frontages.
2. Landscape
a. A balance of drought-tolerant trees, plants and
groundcover that provide significant shade and
interconnected spaces for convenient movement
through the space.
b. Variety of levels, structures and hedges to create
smaller “rooms” within the plaza.
c. Variation of terrain to provide a sense of physical
movement across the plaza as well as support water
drainage and reclamation patterns.
d. Furnishings such as benches, chairs, tables and
drinking fountains.
3. Design Details and Elements
a. Visibility. The plaza is visible from adjacent streets.
Pedestrians and motorists alike must be able see
through the space to the building façades at the back
of the plaza.
b. Frontages and Adjacencies. The plaza has street
frontage on at least 1 side.
c. Shading and Lighting. Adequate shading from
shade trees, landscape elements and structures.
d. Structures and Improvements. Provide iconic
locations for pavilions, kiosks, bandstands, public art,
water features and monuments. All installations must
enhance the gathering space, open spaces and not
obstruct views and pedestrian connections.
Orange Plaza Square Park, Old Towne Orange, CA
Plazas create essential gathering spaces that support local
commercial and retail uses.
TABLE 10-1-2801.8.C PLAZA
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At Avenue One easy access to retail,
dining, services, entertainment,
recreation and health care is
intermingled with residential options
for individuals and families at every
stage of life.
You’ll find six miles of walking
and biking trails, wide welcoming
boulevards and twenty-six acres of
beautiful public green space. Avenue
One will be West Omaha’s main street
where friends meet, families grow and
businesses thrive.
Hoffman Strategy Group was
contracted to conduct a high-and-
best uses analysis on the viability,
product type, tenant mix, revenue
forecasts and market timing for each
use. Specifically, we provided advice
on integrating specialty retail (e.g.,
small apparel shops) and big box
retail (e.g., warehouse clubs) in a
high-density development; and the
optimal sequence for development of
a town center (i.e., how to phase the
development over time starting with
residential density).
Services Provided
• Highest-and-best uses analysis
• Viability
• Product type
• Tenant mix
• Revenue forecasts
• Market timing
Analysis For
• Retail, restaurants and
entertainment
• Residential
• Hotels
• Office
Avenue One, Omaha, Nebraska
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One of Chicago’s most inclusive
neighborhoods, Hyde Park has long
captivated residents who relish the
strong community pride found there,
a pride deeply rooted in the area’s
rich history and cultural relevance.
The ultimate one-stop destination,
Harper Court has delivered
1.1 million square feet of retail,
commercial, and residential real estate
to the heart of Chicago’s Mid-South
communities. The project offers a
once in-a-generation opportunity to
bring vibrant entertainment, dining,
and shopping to the neighborhood
while wholeheartedly embracing what
makes Hyde Park so distinct.
Hoffman Strategy Group was
contracted to develop a retail
feasibility report and tenant mix
analysis with forecasted sales by
individual tenant. The report formed
the foundation for the retail planning
and led to 96% off all leasable space
being under contract by the time
retail opened in October 2013.
Our Findings
• 217,248 residents
• 86,106 employees (daytime
employee population) with $233
million retail spending potential
• 300,000 pedestrians
• 15,194 UChicago students
with $77 million retail spending
potential
• 3.4 million Hyde Park tourists and
visitors with $533 million retail
spending potential
• $1.9 billion retail demand, $650
million retail supply, $1.2 billion
retail spending gap
• 1.4 million visitors to the Museum
of Science and Industry
Outcomes
• 82% pre-leased when construction
began
• 96% of total space leased at time
53rd Street, Chicago, Illinois
retail started to open
• Helped spur latest 16-story office
and laboratory phase 2
• University of Chicago sold stake
for $112 million in 2014 after
purchasing the property for $6.5
million in 2008
• Multiple national retail anchors
including LA Fitness, Chipotle,
Starbucks
• Annual property taxes growing to
$2.1 million in 2016
• Created 500 permanent retail and
hospitality jobs
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Our client was selected to acquire
and develop the historic 11 acre
former Coca-Cola bottling plant
in downtown Indianapolis. Their
project will pay homage to the history
of the plant and will be anchored by
a boutique hotel, dynamic street-
level retail shops, a combination of
residential units (apartments, condos
and townhouses), entertainment and
creative office spaces.
At an estimated $260 million, the
development will be located along
Massachusetts Avenue: Indy’s
premier arts and entertainment
district.
Hoffman Strategy Group was
contracted to develop a retail
feasibility report and tenant mix
analysis with forecasted sales by
individual tenant. We identified
the residential trade area, current
competitive environment, retail voids,
daytime business employees and
future population demographics to
support our findings.
Our Findings
• Development can support 101,500
square feet in new retails stores and
restaurants.
• New retail and restaurants are
viable at the location as early as
2017.
• Recommended a mix of tenants
that provide a unique, destination-
oriented appeal to a broad
cross-section of consumers that
include household residents,
daytime workers, college students,
convention attendees, and tourists.
Outcomes
• July 2017 - Plans approved for a
$260 million redevelopment of the
site.
• Project is slated to complete in late
2019.
Former Coca-Cola Plant, Indianapolis, Indiana
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Beverly Hills Golden Triangle Streetscape Urban Design
Beverly Hills Golden Triangle Streetscape Urban Design- In
association with Moule Polyzoides Architects the urban de-
sign is of the five major streets within the golden triangle.
The streets include Rodeo Drive, Beverly Drive, Canon Drive,
Brighton and Dayton.
The landscape design creates unique urban retail streets-
capes for the international, regional and local retail within the
triangle area of Beverly Hills. Rodeo Drive, a high profile inter-
national street incorporates rich landscape textures of palms
and flowering roses. Within the streetscape modern lighting
fixtures replace the standard roadway lighting to reinforce the
international style.
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Hoover Corridor Phase I,II & III,
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Phase I, II, and III construction and planning effort, the
Hoover Corridor design abandons the diagonal Hoover
Boulevard for a series of pedestrian and vehicular quad-
rangles located between Doheny Memorial and Leavey
Libraries. The entry gates serve as the southern vehicular
/ pedestrian entry of the campus accented by a low level
fountain at the entry turn circle. The Corridor design is or-
dered on the great lawn, one acre in size, and a series of
distinct plazas. The Doheny Memorial Library plaza takes
advantage of the natural shade conditions of the library
to develop a intimate seating area surrounded by lush
tropical plantings.
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Response to City of La Quinta’s RFP for the
Lancaster Blvd. Transformation
Streetscape and Urban Design- In association with Moule
Polyzoides Architects and David Sargent. The urban design is
of the main street of downtown Lancaster rebranding the down-
town district. At the heart of the streets is a unique central me-
dian planted with a double row of trees which accommodates
diagonal parking below. The median is reminiscent of “The
Ramblas” in Barcelona, Spain and serves as a multifunctional
space as everyday parking use and on special occasions the
parking areas are transformed into a shaded pedestrian alle
for farmers markets, parades, street fairs and other special
events. the transformation of The Blvd has introduced 48 new
businesses to the downtown since its inception.
The landscape layer provides a cool and comfortable environ-
ment that unifies the streetscape. The weather in Lancaster
is often extreme in heat, cold and severe winds and the tree
canopy provides relief from the heat, the canopy reduces wind
speeds and the deciduous nature of the trees offers a wel-
come sprinkling of sunlight in the winter months. With its 21
pedestrian crossings, Lancaster Blvd. has become a pleasant
pedestrian experience year round. It is heart-warming to see
young families with toddlers, teenagers, senior citizens and
everyone else moving freely up and down the street, dining
and shopping in a main street setting. One cannot visit down-
town Lancaster today without gaining an appreciation for the
place-making potential of living streets
2012 National Award for Smart Growth Achievement
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Downtown Disney is a retail, dining and entertainment
complex within the Disneyland Resort District in Ana-
heim, California. The 12-acre site is from the entrance to
Disneyland to the Disneyland Hotel. Downtown Disney
promenade bridges Disneyland Drive and is partially
over a subterranean parking structure. The promenade
is divided into four zones.
The first is the craftsman garden with its generous plant-
ings of trees, shrubs and vines. A flower-shaped glass
mosaic tile fountain at the entry to Downtown Disney an-
chors the garden. Nestled within the craftsman gardens
are sedimentary walls lined with stone fountain scup-
pers.
The retail garden is a series of leaf shaped seat walls
linked together by a vine within the paving. This garden
is over a subterranean parking structure. The planters
are strategically arranged to encourage pedestrians’ free
access to all storefronts and large trees provide shade
without blocking tenant signage. A series of small foun-
tains infill the spaces and serve as focal points to key
retail areas.
Downtown Disney, Anaheim, California
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Response to City of La Quinta’s RFP for the
Hahn Plaza
Fong Hart Schneider + Partners recently completed Hahn
Plaza at USC is the last link in the Child’s Way Master plan
renovation. The center piece plaza is home to Tommy
Trojan and Traveler, major icons of the USC Alumni and
nation. The plaza paving stitches the classic surrounding
buildings, icons and together. To anchor the plaza a foun-
tain was incorporated with ample seating from the amphi-
theater to view the plaza and fountain. Project completion
9/12
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Planning
Fong Hart Schneider + Partners has been involved in
collaborating with planners, architects, engineers, en-
vironmentalist and other consultatants in developing
sustainable, green streets, street landscapes, complete
streets and civic spaces within the public realm for a mul-
titude of planning projects. A sampling is listed below:
Santa Ana Specific Plan
Santa Ana, California
Planner/ Architect: Moule Poulyzoides Architects
Whitter Uptown Specific Plan
Whittier, California
Planner/ Architect: Moule Poulyzoides Architects
University of Southern California Health Science Campus
Master Landscape Plan
Los Angeles, California
Client: University of Southern California
Beverly Hills Golden Triangle Business Park
Beverly Hills, California
Architect: Moule Poulyzoides Architects
Summerlin Streetscape Master Plan
Las Vegas, Nevada
Client: Hughes Corporation
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Response to City of La Quinta’s RFP for the
Placentia Town Center TOD and Specific Plan
Placentia, California
Planner/ Architect: Moule Poulyzoides Architects
Paso Robles UpTown and Downtown Specific Plans
Paso Robles, California
Planner/Architect: Moule Polyzoides Architects
Community Memorial Hospital Specific Plan
Ventura, California
Client: Rassmussen and Associates
Ventura Harbor Master Plan
Ventura, California
Planner/ Architect: Moule Poulyzoides Architects
North Fresno Avenue Streetscape Master Plan
Fresno, California
Client: City of Fresno
Carlsbad Streetscape Study
Carlsbad, California
Client: City of Carlsbad
River North District Plan
San Antonio, Texas
Planner/ Architect: Moule Poulyzoides Architects
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F O N G H A R T S C H N E I D E R + P A R T N E R S
Playa Vista Streetscapes
Los Angeles, California
Client: Playa Capital
Palm Desert Downtown Visioning Plan
Palm Desert, California
Planner/Architect: Sargent Town Planning
Lancaster Blvd. Streetscape
Lancaster, California
Planner/ Architect: Moule Poulyzoides Architects
East Valley #1 Master Street Tree/Specific Plan
Santa Paula, California
Planner/Architect: Sargent Town Planning
East Valley #2 Master Street Tree/Specific Plan
Santa Paula, California
Planner/Architect: Sargent Town Planning
King City Downtown Addition
Master Street Tree Plan/Specific Plan
King City, California
Planner/Architect: Sargent Town Planning
City of Fresno Downtown Plan and
Fulton Mall Studies
Fresno, California
Planner/ Architect: Moule Poulyzoides Architects
Airport 2 Landscape and Visioning Masterplan
Hollister, California
Client: Maximilian Development
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Response to City of La Quinta’s RFP for the
Palm Desert is undergoing a comprehensive update to the City’s General Plan. The bold steps envisioned for this
update include a strong focus on integrating sustainability, addressing new state requirements such as Complete
Streets, protecting the City’s character, providing design guidance to the areas likely to change, and aligning the City’s
recent and ongoing planning efforts. Fehr & Peers, as part of the team, is incorporating Complete Streets elements
into the City’s transportation policies by developing conceptual level street guidelines to allow the City to easily carry
their current policy efforts to more locations. The City is also looking forward to implementation of the General Plan
and considering how the Development Code can be structured to achieve the City’s vision. Following the significant
existing conditions work by the team, a background report summarizing existing mobility conditions, which will include
an analysis of transportation facilities (roadway, parking, transit, pedestrian, bicycle), we are developing a big picture
vision for each area. In evaluating the different land use alternatives for the Plan, we are not only evaluating impacts
on vehicle travel, but we are also qualitatively evaluating the likelihood of new trips by walking, bicycling and transit to
provide a comprehensive assessment of the land use alternatives.
Palm Desert Master Plan
Indio General Plan Update
Fehr & Peers conducted a General Plan update for the City of Indio. The City if Indio has completed an extensive
amount of work as part of their General Plan document and associated EIR; As part of the consultant team, Fehr &
Peers updated the Circulation Element to ensure consistency with current state of the practice and State Guidelines
(such as AB 1358 Complete Streets Act). We repackaged the transportation assessment into an updated transportation
chapter for the EIR that addressed current CEQA requirements. In addition, Fehr & Peers provided support to the City
to assess the potential of a priority pedestrian corridor.
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Fehr & Peers led a team preparing the City of Huntington Park’s Complete Streets Plan. Following an existing conditions
analysis, we conducted a series of outreach meetings to familiarize ourselves with project partners, local stakeholders,
problem areas, opportunity areas, and identifying strategies for enhancing community engagement for all stakeholders.
A significant component of the community engagement process included a bilingual community charrette process that
is intended to create a digestible, implementable, and easily understandable plan for the City of Huntington Park.
This included recommendations for making local streets complete through conceptual designs, recommendations and
development standards for specific improvements, streetscape recommendations, and policies and programs that will
enhance safety, design, and the capacity of local streets to serve various travel modes, such as people walking, biking,
driving, and taking transit.
Huntington Park Complete Streets Plan
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OCCOG Orange County Complete Streets
Fehr & Peers, as part of a team, supported the Orange County Complete Streets Initiative undertaken by the Orange
County Council of Governments. The objective of the final Design Handbook was to support the phased enhancement
of Orange County’s street system to accommodate growing multi-modal transportation needs as the county redevelops
and invests in transit improvements, bikeway facilities, and mixed-use/transit oriented development. Fehr & Peers is
supporting the team by engaging with Orange County jurisdictions, local stakeholders, and the general public. Fehr
& Peers also helped in reviewing existing Federal, State, and local policies and guidance regarding Complete Streets,
assisting with the development of a needs assessment survey, and providing expert technical input that included
design components for all forms of transportation and street typologies.
Fehr & Peers also helped with the development of a companion document, the Orange County Complete Streets
Initiative Funding Toolkit. This toolkit provides guidance for jurisdictions on the fundamentals of funding for Complete
Streets plans and projects in Orange County. Fehr & Peers provided expertise on costing information for retrofitting
and building Complete Streets and created several case studies describing successful grant and funding opportunities
that have supported Complete Street efforts across the region.
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SCOPE OF WORK
Task 1: Stakeholder Engagement/Vision
Task 1a: Kickoff meeting and Site Tour:
Collaboration with the City of La Quinta and the begins at Day 1 and ends when the project is com-
pleted. It is regular, it is systematic and it is on-going. The Torti Gallas Team along with team mem-
bers, Sargent Town Planning, Hoffman Strategies, Fong Hart and Schneider, Paul Crabtree and Fehr
and Peers, will visit La Quinta for a kick off meeting with city staff. During the meeting, we will work
with the staff to refine the work plan (if necessary), schedule, and to go over team member roles and
expectations, and go over the format and structure of the plan. We will discuss the public involvement
strategy to determine guiding principles, methodology, and key stakeholder groups to help frame and
focus the study, as well as compile a list and gather relevant data, reports, and studies available from
the City to review as background analysis. We will also confirm methods for checking in with various
departments and/or agencies, and create a regular schedule of meetings and Progress Reviews.
Following the meeting we will take a driving tour of the study area. While this tour will allow us to
make note of land use and design issues, we will rely on the City’s databases of land uses (and quan-
tities) to supplement this effort.
Task 1b: Stakeholder interviews
Interviews are an important qualitative outreach method, which rely on the individual’s understand-
ing of history, context, and significance of an issue, allow for deep understanding of diverse con-
cerns, and provide a robust understanding of how people think about place. Working with staff, our
team’s leaders will spend two-days in La Quinta, conducting, 45-minute interviews/meetings, with
small-groups of stakeholders identified by the City. The interview questions will be open-ended and
intended to invite conversation. The interviewees will drive the process and extensive, specific infor-
mation will be gathered and systematically summarized. The interview process will provide an outlet
for stakeholders that might not otherwise participate and will provide a forum to build trust between
the participants and Consultant Team.
We will work with the City to identify key stakeholders. It is expected that City staff will contact the
stakeholders to arrange the individual meetings, and formulate the day’s schedule. Early identified
stakeholders will include:
• City Departments
• Community Development
• Fire Department
• Parks and Recreation Department
• Public Utilities
• Public Works
• Chamber of Commerce
• Key Property owners and Major Developers
• Neighborhood organizations, Non-profit and community service sectors; and the like
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Task 1c: Discovery workshop
On the evening following the Stakeholder Meetings, we will hold a community meeting, open to the
public. At this meeting, we will introduce the team, utilize a PowerPoint to discuss and illustrate
some of the principles that guide our work, highlight some of our initial observations about the area,
report on our Audit of current development standards (Task 2, below) and listen to some of the ideas
from Community members. It is expected that City Staff will secure the venue, for this meeting pro-
vide refreshments, and do the noticing to attract community participation.
Task 1d: Social Media/On-line support
Our team will provide materials to the City of La Quinta staff to upload to a dedicated web site,
managed by the City, and provide narratives and visuals to the City as it prepares project updates and
notices of meetings. We will also provide materials for this City to update its social media outlets, such
as Facebook and Twitter. The social media platforms will be used to promote project outreach events
as well as provide a forum for additional comments.
In addition to the support, above, we have found that a moderated blog linked to Facebook and Twit-
ter postings to be the most effective online outreach methodology for projects of this type. The blog
itself, can include links to PowerPoint presentations though Slide Share, and can have drawings and
narrative. Comments on the blog hosted by our team will be moderated only to prevent irrelevant
or inappropriate remarks (cursing, threats, and the like). Facebook and Twitter postings will supple-
ment the blog and link to it, and provide additional opportunities for commenting.
Task 1e: Team charrette to explore possibilities and alternatives
Once the myriad of issues are identified and the data are collected, mapped and analyzed, we will
begin the process of developing the vision for the Area Plan. In order to generate and test a myriad of
development concepts, we propose a one- day in-house design charrette, at the La Quinta Planning
staff’s offices, which will generate design ideas and focus efforts over the course of the day through
the hands-on effort of the design team with City staff. This effort will include all members of the Torti
Gallas team including all of the consultant firms identified in this response.
Our in-house Team charrette offers a forum to report our initial findings, discuss project potential,
contemplate brand tone and personality, hone in our target audience, consider programming and
events, discuss architectural character and test various placemaking ideas in “real time”. The aim of
the work sessions is to arrive at a consensus placemaking direction amongst the project stakeholders
for further design explorations.
1f: Prepare concepts and alternatives presentation
After the Team Charrette, above, and considering the Audit of Development Standards (Task 2), the
Existing Conditions Assessment (Task 3a), the Market Analysis (Task 2f), the Stakeholder Interviews
(Task 1b) and the direction of Staff, we will begin crafting a holistic strategy accompanied by concep-
tual illustrations that will serve as the outline for the Area Plan. This coordinated set of design and
policy documents will include the consideration of such things as the location and character neigh-
borhood centers, density and land use, streetscape characteristics, vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian
improvements, building types and development characteristics, among others. It will also include the
identification of catalytic sites, where opportunities seem the most urgent and have the greatest ability
to be leveraged for the greater good.
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This is an iterative process, where we try different strategies to see what works, and what doesn’t.
During this time, we will be having weekly screen sharing video conference, with La Quinta city staff
so that progress can be reviewed and commented upon with regularity. Several weeks after we begin
this process, we will return to La Quinta to present this preliminary work to the community as de-
scribed below.
1g: Vision workshop
At our second meeting with the Community, we propose an “open house” format, with stations
dedicated to presenting different aspects of the draft Area Plan for review and comment by the pub-
lic. These stations would likely include, among others: 1) framework overview; 2) Mobility/Public
Realm/Complete Streets concept, 3) branding; and 4) illustrations of three or four focus areas.
1h: Joint Study Session with Commission and Council
Prior to preparing the draft Area Plan, we will work with staff to develop and conduct a review con-
ference to brief the decision makers on where we are to date, in order to confirm the vision and strat-
egies, and/or to identify changes. At this meeting, we will also discuss strategies for crafting Develop-
ment Standards that are “form-based” i.e., that go beyond a prescriptive land-uses and densities, to
also include such things as what may be appropriate building types, frontages, streetscape types, and
the like and we will offer some of our preliminary thoughts on what might be appropriate for different
areas.
1i: Prepare Summary Presentation Boards and PowerPoint of Draft Plan and Code
We will prepare a summary presentation (Executive Summary) of the Draft Plan and Code (Prepared
in Tasks 3, 4, 5, and 6a, below) that will be presentable as a PowerPoint, as boards for an Open House,
and on-line.
1j: Draft plan workshop
Utilizing the material developed in Task 1i, above, we will conduct another community Workshop
that will provide an opportunity to for the community review, and comment on the draft Area Plan
Preliminary Development Standards. At this time, we will be able to explain how the work of the
previous workshops was incorporated into the development plans and in crafting the preliminary
standards. As part of preparing for this we will be utilizing digital 3D modeling tools to illustrate the
plan and test the preliminary Development Standards on various sites along the Highway 111 corri-
dor. These tests will allow the Team to illustrate the impact the Standards on these varying sites and
for the public to provide informed feedback to the Team and to City Staff.
Task 2: Audit of Corridor Development Standards
Task 2a: Existing plan area analysis and diagramming
Based on GIS and/or CAD files provided by the City, together with online aerial photography, we will
prepare a planning level base map of the Plan Area and surrounding context. We will prepare a series
of diagnostic maps/diagrams including existing land use, existing building footprints and heights,
existing circulation network including public street and major on-site drives, and other diagrams to
assist the team and the City in understanding the existing urban structure and design.As more peo-
ple get their information from social networks and to ensure a broad range of stakeholders have the
opportunity to engage, we recommend posting information on social media to encourage those who
may not attend community meetings to be included in the process.
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Task 2b: Highway 111 Design Guidelines audit
We will review the existing Highway 111 Guidelines and summarize those provisions and attributes
that are generally supportive of or potentially in conflict with the area’s evolution from a drivable sub-
urban environment to a walkable urban environment.
Task 2c: Zoning and general plan review and summary
We will review the existing Highway 111 Guidelines and summarize those provisions and attributes
that are generally supportive of or potentially in conflict with the area’s evolution from a drivable subur-
ban environment to a walkable urban environment. We prepare a summary table of existing standards,
against which we can later compare and contract proposed standards for an “at a glance” understand-
ing of potential changes.
Task 2d: Specific plans review and summary
We will do the same for existing specific plans.
Task 2e: Public improvement standards and capital improvement plan review and summary
Crabtree Group will review these documents and highlight standards and planned improvements that
support – or that could be adjusted to support – an evolution to human-scale, pedestrian-oriented
places, and identify policies, standards and planned improvements that may be in conflict with that
objective.
Task 2f: Market analysis Including Review of ULI study
The Hoffman Strategy Group (“HSG”) will conduct a highest and best use analysis of the Corridor
to understand what uses the market can support today and what can be supported in the future. As
part of this effort HSG will review the ULI study, but expand upon it in evaluating all potential uses,
i.e. retail, food and beverage, entertainment, residential, office, hospitality, mixed use opportunities,
etc. This evaluation will also include an examination of existing uses and an assessment of the future
viability and impact of those uses.
The objective is to present objective market data that will identify the real estate uses that are support-
able in the market. This data will provide the foundation for an actionable Corridor plan. The analysis
also will include revenue projections for those uses determined to be supportable.
Task 2g: Summary PowerPoint of Opportunities and Challenges
The conclusions of Task 2 work will be summarized in one or more PowerPoint presentations for use
in meetings with City staff, decision makers, stakeholders and the general public, to ensure that all par-
ticipants have a clear understanding of the place as it is and the potential to achieve the project goals.
Task 3: Complete Streets Plan
Task 3a – Existing Conditions Assessment – Data Collection
As part of this task, Fehr and Peers (F&P) will review three years of collision data along the corridor
to identify the types of collisions occurring along the corridor which will assist the team in identifying
appropriate street improvements to incorporate into the plan to improve safety (especially for vulner-
able users). This existing transportation information and analysis will be documented in a technical
memorandum.
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Task 3c: Complete Streets Plan
F&P will test that framework plan from the perspective of vehicular capacities and speeds to ensure
that one or more practical alternatives are included in the Plan. Based on the selected framework,
F&P will prepare the complete street plan. F&P will work collaboratively with the project team in
this setting to ensure that complete street treatments are identified that provide accessibility for all
users of all ages and abilities to the system. We will also work with the project team to ensure that
the complete street treatments are context sensitive and are complementary to the land use form that
is developed along the corridor. The deliverable for this effort will include recommended complete
street treatments and roadway cross-sections that the design team can be integrated with the branded
public realm framework plan developed in other tasks.
Task 4: Corridor Branding
A Brand is a promise; something that can be trusted. In the context of urbanism (or real estate) it
is often defined by the qualities that enable people form an emotional bond with a place, because
such places support growth: of people, of relationships and of economies. Authentic brands can be
nourished, but not created overnight because they are formed by the layering of visual impressions
(e.g., the view of mountain at the end of a street); experiences (e.g., playing in a fountain); and even
stories told by others.
Great brands are memorable, compelling (drives multiple visits) and promotable. As such, economic
development and branding strategies go hand-in-hand, as the market analysis (i.e., type of develop-
ment that takes place) drives the identity and the branding of the area. In the context of real estate,
we believe that understanding the brand of a place starts by asking the following questions:
• Why live there?
• Why work or locate my business there?
• Why shop there
• Why play there?
• Why invest there?
We have found that the branding process is an excellent way for all participants to come together in the
planning process and refine the vision to a unified concept for the master plan. As part of this process,
we will identify key ideas, concepts and places that will contribute to Highway 111’s “brand” and sug-
gest opportunities to enhance it. The design process includes the development and testing of various
options within the framework of the determined strategy. Each option will relate to a different and
unique branding idea - with key attributes such as public space designs, and signage relating to each
specific branding direction. The options are developed and vetted to arrive at a preferred direction.
Task 4a: Corridor Landscape Plan
Based on the branding strategies identified in Task 4b, and on the complete streets plan developed in
Task 3c, Team member Fong Hart, Schneider and Partners, will develop the draft conceptual land-
scape framework plan that supports the overall vision of the corridor Included in this plan will be:
• Blowup plans of selected areas of detail, including sidewalks of several types, medians and
roundabout, typical tree planters and other planters, furnishing groupings, and other typical
and special plan details.
• Preliminary material selection schedules including colors, textures and finishes in a kit of parts
context for the project area identity.
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• Menu of plant material recommendations meeting California’s MWELO water requirements
and green street objectives.
• Alignment of street tree plantings based on known constraints and setbacks.
• Tree removal plan
Task 4b: Wayfinding and Signage Program
TG+P will prepare a branding, identity and wayfinding framework plan for the area, integrated with
and incorporating streetscape, public realm, architectural and signage elements developed in collabora-
tion with STP and FHS+P. Upon arriving at a preferred branding and placemaking approach we begin
to further expand on the concept. Design standards are developed relating to brand attributes, project
signage and wayfinding programs.
Task 5: New Visual Corridor Design Guidelines and Photo Simula-
tions
Task 5a: Street Design Guidelines
In collaboration with FHS+P and Crabtree, Sargent Town Planning will prepare 3-D illustrations of
proposed street typologies, coordinated with the Complete Streets Plan, landscape plan and design
guidelines, and sustainable stormwater management recommendations.
Task 5b: Landscape Guidelines
In collaboration with FHS+P, Sargent Town Planning will prepare guidelines for on-site landscape, in-
cluding standards for courtyards, sustainable parking lots, building frontages, and side and rear setback
areas.
Task 5c: Building Development Guidelines
In collaboration with TG+P, and in close consultation with City staff, STP will prepare updated de-
velopment standards and design guidelines for commercial, mixed-use and residential development.
We anticipate that this will likely take the form of two or three new vision-based (form-based) zones,
focused on standards and guidelines for public and private frontages, building placement, massing and
articulation, and building uses. The standards will be integrated with the complete streets plan, street
design standards, and building types developed by TG+P.
Task 5d: Building Types
Torti Gallas will utilize its library of urban office and civic building prototypes, identifying the charac-
teristics of each type, and begin to determine those that may be appropriate for the required densities
and market conditions as well as their ability to conform meet City of LA requirements and expec-
tations. We will also identify and analyze , retail, commercial (office), and mixed-use prototypes in a
range of sizes, based upon the market study. As part of this effort we will also look at residential proto-
types which may be appropriate on certain sites, both as a revenue generator and in order to create a
more 24-hour environment.
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Task 5e: Digital 3D Model and/or Photo Simulations
Torti Gallas has substantial experience creating realistic-looking photo-simulations illustrating before
and after conditions. We take great pains, to ensure that such things as the scale of pedestrians and
bicyclists are accurate, and that the shadows match the existing conditions, relative to time of day, and
year. It is a painstaking process to get it right, but the results are compelling. An example of this work
includes our efforts for the City of Santa Monica to illustrate the potential for a road diet at the western
end of Wilshire Blvd. We have included up to four (4) photo-simulations as part of this effort.
As an alternative and/or a supplement to Photo Simulations, we can provide Screen shots of 3D digital
model; including existing conditions/existing context model; existing conditions/future context model;
and proposed buildout/future context model. This can also be an effective method for communicating
and more cost-effective method for illustrating potential buildout scenarios. Please see our example for
the City of Rancho Cucamonga below.
Task 6: New Code and Standard revisions to the City’s Development
Codes and Adopted Standards
Task 6a: Administrative Draft - Review with Staff
We anticipate that the Plan will be very implementation-focused. The high level vision for this area has
already been quite clearly defined by the General Plan and the ULI Study. We anticipate that the Plan,
then, will focus on sharpening, clarifying and calibrating that Vision and its specific goals, on defining a
series of strategies for its implementation, and providing a code (standards and guidelines) and actions
to make it happen one project at a time. We expect that it will be a relatively thin, highly illustrated,
action-oriented document.
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Upon endorsement of the Vision by City Council (see Task 1h, above) we will prepare a detailed outline
of and style sheets for the Plan and Code for review, discussion, adjustment, and approval by City staff.
We will then prepare a complete Administrative Draft Plan and Code based on that outline and submit
it to City staff for review.
When staff have had the opportunity to complete their review, we will conduct a conference call or
face-to-face meeting to discuss City comments and identify changes and refinements to be made.
Task 6b: Public Draft
Based on City staff input and direction, we will prepare a Public Draft Plan and Code and deliver them
to the City.
Task 6c: Final Draft
We will make final changes/refinements to the Plan and Code based on input and direction from the
Planning Commission, City Council and City staff.
Task 7: Implementation Program
After we have developed and refine the Area Plan in a process involving Staff, we will create the Imple-
mentation Program, which will include the Strategies and Implementation Matrix. This chapter of the
Area Plan will outline a series of steps necessary to undertake to achieve the vision for the Highway 111
corridor. In other words, this chapter will provide the “how to” – summarizing a set of catalytic policies
and pilot projects to transform design and programming ideas put forward earlier in the document into
actual actions for the City La Quinta to undertake. The chapter will be divided into three sections that
will form a multi-pronged approach to implementing the vision plan. They include:
• Summary of Catalytic Policy Initiatives; including zoning changes and/or Specific Plan amend-
ments
• Summary of Pilot Projects; and an
• Implementation Matrix that identifies project or policy change, responsible party or entity, cost
(order of magnitude) and timeline (short term, medium term, long term) and fiscal implica-
tions to property owners and the City
The “Catalytic Policy Initiatives” identifies the key regulatory, programmatic and policy initiatives the
City should take in order to lay the ground work for future development and revitalization of the study
area that achieves much of the vision identified in the master plan in order to enable an economically
sustainable mix of uses.
The policy initiatives will include any recommended zoning or Specific Plan amendments, locations for
bike lanes, potential road diets and a set of Design Standards to ensure a pedestrian oriented environ-
ment, among other recommendations.
The “Pilot Projects” section summarizes any pilot project requirements identified earlier in the docu-
ment, and links them to actions that may be required of the City to see these come about. Such actions
could include anything from infrastructure enhancements, parking provision, site acquisition and the
like. Depending on both the physical conditions, as well as the aspirations of the community, pilot
project could be continuous (such as dedicated bike lanes) or strategic, for example, at a particular
intersection or site.
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We are big fans of trying things on before we buy them, so we will look for pilot project that can be implemented
tactically, i.e., be tested on interim basis. Those tests are sometimes for a day, a week, or six-months in length,
depending on the scale. For example, we are finalizing the testing of a road diet on several blocks of Coast High-
way in Oceanside. This test has been on-going for a full year and subsequent to its completion a decision will be
made as to its efficacy.
The last part of the chapter provides a matrix of “action items” (Implementation Matrix) that applies across the
entire plan. In addition to Prioritized Recommendations; the Matrix will include an outline of necessary steps
for completion, a list of responsible parties and agencies, estimated order of magnitude costs, proposed timeline
for completion, and potential funding sources for each action item. This powerful tool will provide the public
and development community with greater transparency of government actions, and offers the city an organized
step-by-step manual for action.
Task 8: Public Hearings
As the Area Plan comes up for adoption, we will prepare for and help to present the plan in a public hearing in
front of the Planning Commission and two- additional meetings in front of City Council and respond to ques-
tions as appropriate
SCHEDULE/TIMELINE
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SCHEDULE/TIMELINE
SCHEDULE
HIGHWAY 111 AREA PLAN - LA QUINTA
Production of Deliverables W Workshop Sessioin C City Council Meeting
City/Public Agency Review of Deliverables K Key Team/Staff Meeting P Planning Commission Meeting
Public Review D Deliverable to City
Task 1: Stakeholder Engagement
Task 1.1 Kick‐off Meeting & Site Tour K
Task 1.2 Stakeholder Interviews K
Task 1.3 Discovery Workshop W
Task 1.4 Create and Update online presence
Task 1.5 In‐House Charrette W
Task 1.6 Prepare Concepts & Alternatives (Review with Staff and Adjust) W
Task 1.7 Vision Workshjop / Open House W
Task 1.8 Joint Study Session with Commission / Coucil C/P
Task 1.9 Prepare Summary Presentation Boards and PPT of Plan and Code
Task 1.10 Draft Plan Workshop W
Task 2: Audit of Current Development Standards
Task 2.1 Existing Plan Area Analysis and Diagraming
Task 2.2 Highway 111 Design Guidelines Audit
Task 2.3 Zoning and General Plan Review and Summary
Task 2.4 Specific Plans Review and Summary
Task 2.5 Public Inprovement Standards and CIP Review and Summary
Task 2.6 Market Analysis
Task 2.7 Summary Powerpoint of Opportunities and Challenges D
Task 3: Complete Streets Plan for Highway 111 and Intersections
Task 3.1 Data Collection: User Data; Collision Data
Task 3.2 Document Review: CIP; CVAG Traffic Interconnect Master Plan
Task 3.3 Complete Streets Plan W
Task 4: Corridor Branding Program
Task 4.1 Corridor Landscape Program (Including Landscape Palate) W
Task 4.2 Wayfinding & Signage Program W
Task 5: New Visual Corridor Design Guidelines and Photosimulations
Task 5.1 Street Design Guidelines
Task 5.2 Landscape Guidelines
Task 5.3 Building Development Guidelines
Task 5.4 Building Types
Task 5.5 Photosimulations
Task 6:
New Code and Standards Revisions to City's Development Codes
and Adopted Standards
Task 6.1 Administrative Draft ‐ Review with Staff D
Task 6.2 Public Draft D
Task 6.3 Final Draft D
Task 7: Implementation Program
Task 7.1 Implementation Plan and Matrix D
Task 8 Public Hearings
Task 8.1 Planning Commission Meeting ‐ (1 Total), Including Preparation P
Task 8.2 Council Hearings ‐ (2 Total), including preparation CC
Jul AugApr May Jun
November 15, 2018
Sep Oct Nov DecJan Feb Mar
2019
REFERENCES
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Torti Gallas + Partners
Downtown Santa Monica Specific Plan, 2017
Peter James, Principal Planner
City of Santa Monica
City Hall, 1685 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Peter.James@SMGOV.NET | 310.458.8341
Campus Town Specific Plan, 2017- Ongoing
Kurt Overmeyer, Economic Development Manager
City of Seaside
440 Harcourt Ave
Seaside, CA 93955
kovermeyer@ci.seaside.ca.us | 831.899.6839
re:Code LA, 2017- Ongoing
Erick Lopez, City Planner
City of Los Angeles
200 J. Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
erick.lopez@lacity.org | 213.978.1323
Sargent Town Planning
General Plan Update/111 Corridor Plan 2017-2018
(with Fehr & Peers)
Downtown Specific Plan, Indio, CA 2018
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Director, Indio, CA
ljohnson@cityoflosalamitos.org | 562.431.3538 x300
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Palm Desert, CA 2015-2016 (with Fehr & Peers)
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rstendell@cityofpalmdesert.org | 760.776.6386
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Rancho Cucamonga, CA 2018 (with Torti Gallas)
Matt Burris, Deputy City Manager
Matt.Burris@cityofrc.us | 909.477.2700
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Debbie Brazill, Deputy City Manager
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Fehr and Peers
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City of Rancho Cucamonga
10500 Civic Center Drive
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91729
Matt.burris@cityofRC.us
(951) 801-5350
Ryan Stendell,
Director of Community Development
City of Palm Desert
73510 Fred Waring Drive
Palm Desert, CA 92260
rstendell@cityofpalmdesert.org
(760) 346-0611
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200 S. Anaheim Blvd, MS 162
Anaheim, CA, 92805
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(714)765-4671
COST PROPOSAL
89DEVELOPMENT OF AN AREA PLAN FOR THE HIGHWAY 111 CORRIDOR
Response to City of La Quinta’s RFP for the
COST PROPOSAL
Torti Gallas + Partners Sargent Town Planning Fehr and Peers Fong, Hart, Schneider and Partners Hoffman Strategy Group Paul Crabtree Total By Task $124,149$88,160$14,410TASK 4: Corridor Branding Program$40,320$79,990$36,000$21,400$12,400$161,639$125,100$24,660$33,730$52,100$19,600$416,829.00EXPENSES$9,698$6,255$1,233$1,600$2,800$980$22,566$4,500$3,000$2,0007a: Implemenation Plan and MatrixTASK 8: Public Hearings5f: Project ManagementTASK 6: New Code and Standard revisions to the City's Development Codes and Adopted Standards6a: Administrative Draft - Review with Staff3a: Data Collection: User data; Collision data4a: Corridor Landscape Program - including Landscape PalateTotal by Firm4c: Project Management and Coordination4b: Wayfinding and Signage ProgramTASK 5: New Visual Corridor design Guidelines and Photo SimulationsTASK 7: Implementation Program 5a: Street Design GuidelinesTask1c: Discovery Workshop3b: Document Review: CIP; CVAG Traffic Interconnect Master Plan3c: Complete Streets Plan1d: Provide materials for on-line presence1b: Stakeholder Interviews - two days on siteTASK 1: Stakeholder Engagement2e: Public Improvement Stds. and CIP Review and Summary 1k: Project Management and Coordination1a: Kick-off Meeting and Site Tour2a: Existing plan area analysis and diagramming 2b: Highway 111 Design Guidelines Audit2c: Zoning and general plan review and summary 2d: Specific plans review and summary $7,059$3,000$3,000$7,560$1,3102h: Project Management and Coordination3d: Project Management and Coordination$1,600$2,000$2,000$15,000$17,000$2,120$1,680$3,000$1,000$7,000$3,000$3,000$3,500$18,5006d: Project Management$2,500$4,090$5,0006b: Public Draft$20,000$20,000$4,500$2,500$5,000$18,000$4,000$6,000$2,000$5,100$15,000$2,400$2,480$1,400$1,400$1,500$3,000$2,000$15,000$15,000$5,000$15,000$15,0005d: Building Types5e: Model and Photo Simulationsincluded above$5,000$6,7502f: Market Analysis2g: Summary PowerPoint of Opportunities and Challenges$2,000$1,600$4,000$1,000$1,750$2,5001g: Vision workshop / Open House1h: Joint Study Session with Commission and Council1i: Prepare Summary Presentation Boards and PPT of Plan and Code$3,000$2,000$4,000$1,000$1,640$3,000$1,6001e: In-house charrette1f: Prepare concepts and alternatives. Review with staff and adjust$10,000$10,000$1,640$5,000$14,660$6,000$7,400$3,000$7,059$10,000$27,840$6,400$9,140$4,600$2,000$3,000$15,000$7,560$44,000$5,000$27,900$2,120$6,000$2,000$5,100$1,310$20,900$4,090$23,000$6,000$2,500$2,000$31,300$600$600$10,300Total$439,395$21,400$12,400$10,000$10,000$4,200$2,6001j: Draft Plan Workshop$1,4008a: One (1) PC Meeting and Two (2) CC meetings including preparation $10,000$2,4005b: Landscape Guidelines5c: Building Development Guidelines6c: Final DraftTASK 2: Audit of Current Development Standards$10,300$7,400$44,000$3,000$1,500$2,500TASK 3: Complete Streets Plan for Highway 111 and intersections
APPENDICES
91DEVELOPMENT OF AN AREA PLAN FOR THE HIGHWAY 111 CORRIDOR
Response to City of La Quinta’s RFP for the
APPENDICES
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RETAIL + PLACEMAKING
PLACEMAKING
APPROACH
Torti Gallas + Partners’ approach to creating great places
in our communities is based on the STRATEGIC
employment of Placemaking design principles. We firmly
believe GREAT PLACES are those where people
want to live, work, shop and play – places that enliven,
inspire and entertain their residents and guests. To that
end, our goal is to create pedestrian-oriented, walkable,
amenity-rich neighborhoods that provide the framework
for enriching experiences, social engagement, and
patron ownership.
Torti Gallas + Partners brings together teams of experts
in Placemaking VISIONING and Placemaking
DESIGN to access, identify and design all aspects of
the destination. Our integrated and highly collaborative
teams focus on retail strategies, brand design, urban
design, architectural design, and landscape design
to create a holistic “place” aimed at offering unique
and appropriate solutions for the given market,
demographics, and location. All team experts play
important roles in the COLLABORATIVE
PROCESS and inform decision making based upon
the client’s underlying development goals and brand
positioning – from developing the project name and
logo to identifying the appropriate retail tenant mix,
to streetscape and amenity planning, to landscape and
lighting design, to building design.
“ When considering design firms for our highest profile
retail project in Chicago, Regency Centers chose
Torti Gallas + Partners. Their incredible vision for
our project went much further than building design
– it included a multitude of placemaking ideas and
considerations to create a truly unique and authentic
shopping environment for our customer base. Micheal
Rollison and his design team are experts in crafting
retail destinations that will be benchmarks for the
next wave of experiential retail development.”
- Matt Hendy, Regency Centers
PLACEMAKING BENEFITS
$$$
$$$ social engagement, more reasons to
visit, expanded trade area, promote brand
$$$ longer stays (lingering), increased
spending, memorable moments
$$$ recognizable address, expanded trade
area, community “ownership”, increased
spending
$$$ connectivity + access, better
experiences, active streets and pathways
$$$ increased trips, higher rents (retail +
residential), sustainability, places people
“want to be”, preferred shopping destination
PROGRAMMING
+ EVENTS
DESIGNING FOR
EXPERIENCES
CREATE A
DESTINATION
PROMOTE
WALKABILITY
MIXED USE
PLACEMAKING
$
RETAIL CENTERS WALKABLE PLACES
PROCESS
1 DEFINE
We begin our process by facilitating dialogue aimed
at defining the project development goals, inspiration,
motivation, and expectations of our Clients and their
project. We conduct research and due diligence to define
the project’s relative position within the marketplace, then
provide key data to further clarify and outline an informed
approach to the “Place” and its potential “Story.”
2 DETERMINE
Our project Visioning Charrette offers a forum to report
our initial findings, discuss project potential, contemplate
brand tone and personality, hone in our target audience,
consider programming and events, discuss architectural
character and test various placemaking ideas in “real
time”. The aim of the work sessions is to arrive at a
consensus placemaking direction amongst the project
stakeholders for further design explorations.
3 DESIGN
The design process includes the development and
testing of various options within the framework of
the determined strategy. Each option will relate
to a different and unique branding idea - with key
attributes such as public space designs, amenities,
site furnishings, and signage relating to each specific
branding direction. The options are fully developed
and vetted to arrive at a preferred direction.
4 DOCUMENT
Upon arriving at a preferred branding and
placemaking approach we begin to further expand on
the concept. Design standards are developed relating
to brand attributes, project signage and wayfinding
programs, site amenities and furnishings, scalable
program and event considerations, tenant storefront
designs, tenant signage criteria, site and landscape
lighting, building and theatrical lighting, landscape
design and water features, and streetscape standards.
Whole Foods Market • LA Fitness • Giant Food • Safeway • ACE Hardware • Results Gym
• Busboys and Poets • City Sports • Lebanese Taverna • Lucy • Ginger • Bubbles • Le
Creuset • BlueMercury • J. McLaughlin • Le Pain Quotidien • Kimpton Hotels • Trader
Joe’s • AT&T • The Burger Joint • Massage Envy • Express • J. Jill • Talbots• PacSun •
Aeropostale • Victoria’s Secret • Ann Taylor Loft • Sephora • American Eagle Outfitters •
Banana Republic • Eddie Bauer • Starbucks • BB&T • Chipotle • FedEx Office • Five Guys •
Potbelly Sandwich Shop • Pollo Campero • Citibank • Signal Financial • T-Mobile • Target
• REI • Nordstrom Rack • HomeGoods • Barnes & Noble • Old Navy • Michaels • Lowe’s
• Pottery Barn • Wegmans • Hard Rock Cafe • On The Border • Kona Grill • Brio Tuscan
Grille • Kohl’s • Macy’s • JCPenney • Dillard’s • Best Buy • Coldwater Creek • Burlington
Coat Factory • Forever 21 • Urban Outfitters • Bed Bath & Beyond • IKEA • Pier 1 Imports •
Costco Wholesale • BJ’s • Starbucks • Dick’s Sporting Goods • PetSmart • Staples • Chico’s
• Panera Bread • Babies ‘R’ Us • Toys ‘R’ Us • Ulta Beauty • Harris Teeter • Five Below •
DSW • AT&T • Red Robin • Iron Rooster • Hollister Co. • Mission BBQ • Marshalls • T.J. Maxx
• Walmart • LA Fitness • Bealls • World Market • Haverty’s • Party City • Ross Dress for
Less • Pizzeria Uno • Chili’s • Bonefish Grill • Cold Stone Creamery • Kirkland’s • Sleepy’s
• LensCrafters • Vitamin Shoppe • Bath & Body Works • GameStop • American Eagle
Outfitters • Justice • Men’s Warehouse • New York & Co. • Wet Seal • Victoria’s Secret
PINK • Famous Footware • Jos. A. Bank • Charming Charlie • A.C. Moore • Office Max • Rue
21 • Moe’s Southwest Grill • Publix • Albertsons • Edwin Watts Golf • Von Maur • Arhaus •
Beymen • Harvey Nichols • Lifestyle Fitness • The Fresh Market • Kroger
Torti Gallas + Partners has a vast depth of expertise when it comes to retail environments. Crafting an overall
design vision for a destination that is aligned with the “story of the place”, the brand of the property, and its
level of sophistication is important. Perhaps even more important is working with the tenants to “fit in” to the
overall project vision so that everyone benefits. We have a wealth of expertise working with retail and restaurant
tenants to arrive at store designs that respect their tenant brand needs, loading and service requirements, and
design musts. We help our clients work with potential tenants by providing necessary exhibits to communicate
how a retailer can adapt their prototype design to meet project design aesthetics.
RETAIL TENANT EXPERTISE
Arcadia Realty Corp • Avalon Bay Communities, Inc. • B. F. Saul Company • Biscayne
Housing Group, LLC • BK Multifamily Development • Blue Ridge Companies, Inc. •
Bozzuto Construction Company • Bristol Capital Corporation • Broad Street Equities,
LLC • Brookfield Residential • Carl M Freeman Companies • CheginiGroup Real Estate
Development • CIM • City Partners • Clarion Associates • Clark Builder’s Group LLC •
Community Builders • Comstock • Contee Company • Continuum Partners • Donohoe
• Edgemoor • Equity Residential • EYA • Federal Realty • Five Squares Development •
Foulger-Pratt • Framework Group • Gables • Hines Interests • Horizon Development
Properties, Inc. • JBG Smith • Kettler • Lantian Development LLC • Lerner Development
• Madison Marquette • McCormack Baron Salazar, Inc. • McLean Properties, LLC •
Monument Realty • MRP Realty • Pacifica Companies • PATH Ventures • PN Hoffman
• Princeton University • Pulte Group • Quantum Companies • Related Companies •
Riverhouse Development • Sage Interests • Savio Realty Ltd. • Singer Island Gateway
LLC • Somerset • Smith Homes, Inc., Realtors • Somerset • Southeast Venture, LLC
• Steiner + Associates • Tavistock • The Carlyle Group • The Folsom Group • The
Tabani Group • The Ziegler Companies • Trabuco Group • Transit Village Investors, L.P.
• Trinitas • Tuxedo Reserve Owner LLC • Urban Atlantic • Wallace Group • Walter P.
Moore • Weingarten Realty • Westfield Corp, Inc. • 1788 Holdings • W.C. Smith • WCI
Communities, Inc. • Weller Development • West Dulles At Avion, LLC • West Millenium
Homes • Westbrooke Communities, Inc. • ZOM, Inc.
Torti Gallas + Partners and our team of Placemaking experts help our residential clients craft unique and
highly experiential amenity areas for their properties. Together with our branding team, landscape architects,
pool consultants, and lighting designers, we create brand and market appropriate visions for residential
amenity areas. These amenity areas are designed with both residents and future residents in mind - as the
amenity areas are truly what “sells” the units. By providing the right blend of ambiance, entertainment, leisure
and social spaces our Placemaking team’s design solutions not only add value, but also add life and vitality to
the property.
RESIDENTIAL EXPERTISE
We work with our clients to develop a holistic
vision for their projects - one which incorporates
the appropriate brand position and communicates
the “story of the place”. Establishing an image
that is identifiable and contextual is paramount
to the success of a place.
UNIQUE + AUTHENTIC
Context is critical. Since no two
projects are in the same place,
each must be designed to co-exist
within the fabric of their respective
communities. The aim of our design
response is to be appropriate for our
surroundings and the demographic
profiles therein. To create rich and
authentic environments, we work
to maximize the value of a site
while focusing on neighborhood
improvement.
PROGRAMMING
Our approach to Placemaking includes working
with our clients to develop strategies for event
programming given the location, market
considerations, competition, and opportunities
to relate activities to the “Brand of the Place.”
We test various program events upon the public
realm design with special focus on maximum
flexibility, hardscape materials, power and lighting,
temporary vs. fixed amenities, retail storefront
visibility, vehicular and pedestrian access, and
budget pricing for the array of amenities and
activities aimed at making the place unique and
experiential. Our process hones in on a preferred
strategy, and then arrives at an urban design
solution that promotes the brand while allowing
for functionality, flexibility and public engagement.
BRANDING + FURNISHINGS
Our team develops project branding materials
from name and logo to marketing and web
collateral. We also work together to develop
theatrical solutions for materiality and lighting
throughout the environment so that all residents
and guests are comfortable while “on stage.”
CONCERT NIGHT
NAMING + LOGO DESIGN
In collaboration with Delucchi
In collaboration with Oehme Van Sweden In collaboration with Oehme Van Sweden
WINTER ICE RINK FARMERS MARKET
MATERIAL SELECTIONS LIGHTING DESIGN
PEOPLE PLACES +
AMENITY AREAS
Our Placemaking approach deals not only with the public realm at ground level,
but also with private amenity areas such as multifamily courtyards. These areas
are often located at grade or atop a podium. Regardless of the location, our team
of experts collaborate to create unique and market-appropriate people places.
These outdoor living rooms add value and vitality to the experience and promote
activity and social engagement for residents and their guests.
Team of Experts Include:
Architecture
Interior Design
Branding
Landscape Architecture
Pool Design
Lighting Design
“As an owner/developer, it is our goal to identity the overarching concept for each
project as early as possible, and to allow this “big idea” to inform every decision—from
the site planning to the architecture, landscape, signage, art work, etc. We believe that
without this clear initial creative direction, a project can flounder and decision-making
can lack purpose. TG+P is one of the strongest and most capable design consultants
when it comes to this type of approach. TG+P’s Placemaking Approach understands that
populating a team with talented and practical thinkers and designers is the only way to
maximize value for the owner and create the biggest impact for the user. Their careful
and thorough diligence through the visioning and early design stage sets a rigorous tone
for the rest of the team that commands attention and demands efficiency. We’ve grown
to respect and appreciate the value this brings to the entire development process, and
look forward to many more successful endeavors with TG+P.”
- Phillip Smith, Framework Group, LLC
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In every way, across every discipline, the firm has distinguished itself by
using its expertise in planning, urban design and architecture to impact
and transform communities—not just the physical structures, but also the
people who will live, work, and play there for generations to come. With deep
knowledge, tireless passion, and persuasive skill, Torti Gallas + Partners is
your partner in sensible, sustainable, transformative placemaking.
Creating places that are right starts with
having the right people in place.
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