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HomeMy WebLinkAboutProposed Transportation Hub Study_2014020308532749091 Nantucket Planning and Economic Development Commission Presentation of: Andrew V. Vorce, Director T. Michael Burns, Transportation Planner Nantucket Planning Office December 3, 2007 10 & 12 Washington Street 10 & 12 Washington Street Transportation HubTransportation Hub Community Profile - Population 2 Community Profile – Year-Round Population Projection Community Profile – Location of Commuters 3 Community Profile - Income Community Profile - Employment 4 Community Profile – Registered Vehicles Community Profile – Land Use 5 Regional Transportation Plan Challenge: “Nantucket's transportation challenge for the next thirty years is to try to minimize the number of cars coming to the Island and their use once they are here.” Vision Statement: “To provide a transportation system that will move people and goods to, from, and around the Island in a way that is safe, convenient, economical, and sensitive to the character of the various areas of the Island.” Regional Transportation Plan – Key Objectives ‡Provide infrastructure that accommodates alternative modes of transportation. ‡Consolidate bus arrivals downtown to reduce their on-street impact. ‡Upgrade heavily utilized shuttle stops to add shelter and illumination as appropriate, in keeping with the HDC's design requirements and neighborhood and countryside character. 6 Regional Transportation Plan – Existing System Characteristics ‡Roadways „Recent improvements focused in the mid-island area „Downtown Traffic Study - recommended improvements ‡Bike and Pedestrian System „Recent construction of six bike paths and sidewalks „www.wheelsheelsandpedals.com ‡Public Transportation „Established 1994 „Summer service has expanded from 2 to 8 routes ‡Parking „Downtown core area has about 300 public on-street spaces. ‡Ferry Terminals „250,000+ passengers arrive in the downtown core area between June to August (Steamship and Hy-Line). Transportation Hub - Opportunities and Constraints ‡Opportunities „Investment in transportation infrastructure „Gateway to downtown „Amenities for passengers „Convenience system users and employees „Efficiency in system awareness ‡Constraints „Financial „Visual „Parcel characteristics „Abutters „Environmental 7 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by purchase, gift or eminent domain the fee title or lesser title interest in two certain parcels of land, together with improvements thereon, identified as Town of Nantucket Assessor Map 42.3.1, Parcel 142 and Parcel 143 and numbered 10 and 12 Washington Street, Nantucket, or any portions thereof, for general municipal purposes; … July 26, 2007 Special Town Meeting – Article 3 (Real Estate Acquisition: 10-12 Washington Street) Debt exclusion override question pursuant to G. L. Chapter 59, s. 21C(k): 1.Shall the Town of Nantucket be allowed to exempt from the provisions of Proposition Two and One-Half, so-called, (G. L. ch. 59, s. 21C(k)), the amounts required to pay for the bond to be issued in order to finance the acquisition of property located at 10 and 12 Washington Street for general municipal purposes? September 18, 2007 Special Town Election 8 Transportation Hub Evaluation – Parking 7 2 5 W a s h in g t o n S t r e e t Ca n d le S t r e e t Sal e m Street 4 Transportation Hub Evaluation – Circulation ‡Tetra Tech Rizzo - technical memorandum „Evaluation of circulation safety and efficiency „Recommended a functional circulation flow „Identified possible pedestrian conflicts 9 Transportation Hub – Site History (1887) Transportation Hub – Site History (1923) 10 Transportation Hub – Site History (1938) Transportation Hub – Site History (2004) 11 Transportation Hub – Site History (2004) W a s h i n gto n S t r e e t C a nd le S tre e tSal e m Street Transportation Hub – Survey 1 2 3 1. 10-12 Washington Street 9,000 Sqft. CommercialGreenhound, LLC. 2. Private Way 2,200 Sqft. Derelict Fee Statute – Joint Ownership (Greenhound / Town) 3. 1938 Gift to Town from Island Services 2,400 Sqft. Condition: “no building shall ever be built on said land and that said land shall become a general improvement to parking conditions at the junction of ‘Francis Wilkes Square’” 12 Francis Leroy Wilkes “Square” “Square”: ‡Intersection of Washington and Candle Streets Francis Wilkes: ‡Born on Nantucket in 1897 ‡Son of Edgar (1863-1953) and Emma Wilkes (1857-1948), longtime Nantucket residents ‡African American ‡Married on Nantucket, March 18, 1918 to Ilda Mae Silva ‡Enlisted in US Navy ‡Perished aboard USS Tampa, which was torpedoed in the English Channel, September 26, 1918. Source: Town Clerk records USS Tampa 13 Francis Leroy Wilkes?