We
recently conducted a planning and design charrette with Snohomish city staff,
private property owners, and developers on the mixed-use redevelopment concepts
for the extensive waterfront along the
The
city owns over 11 acres of prime waterfront that is currently used as a public
works yard and storage facility. City Council and adjacent property owners were
interested in determining the potentials for the property under various
redevelopment options - and whether it would be possible to create a plan and
implementation strategy of mutual interest to all parties.
We
conducted the charrette to identify specific planning and design ideas that
could meet each property owner’s business and investment requirements,
capitalize on the site’s unique development opportunities, and create a
long-range vision for this important site in the city. The charrette identified
alternative concepts for access and parking, building configurations and use
occupants, public commons and shared site improvements, parks and trails, urban
design, property and site development agreements, and implementing regulatory
measures.
We
also estimated site build-out capacities, design and regulatory revisions, a
planned-action implementation schedule, a design/develop RFP competition
delivery method, and other particulars necessary for the city to initiate
redevelopment of the combined property holdings.