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WARD: Ward 4
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Approval of Concord Road Corridor Development Concept
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ISSUE: Request for the approval of the Concord Road Corridor Development Concept that recommends that a portion of the approximately 7.5 acre parcel located along the north side of Concord Road be developed for commercial/retail uses with the balance developed as a passive use linear park.
BACKGROUND:
In May, 2014, the Mayor and Council authorized a study that would formulate several development concepts for the remnant right-of-way parcels (approximately 7.5 acres along the north side of Concord Road) that were created by the Concord Road widening project. Proposals to conduct the study were solicited through the City's Request For Qualifications process. Three (3) firms were interviewed and the Sizemore Group, in partnership with Marthasville Development, was awarded a contract in the amount of $29,700 to conduct the study.
Stakeholders (Mayor, council ward representatives and certain city staff) were interviewed. Their thoughts and ideas on what should occur on those parcels along the subject corridor were received and noted.
Based on the stakeholders feedback, several concepts (linear park, partial development and full development) were formulated. These three (3) concepts were then presented to the Smyrna community in public forums for the purpose of receiving additional citizen comment and feedback. After that feedback was received and documented the results were presented to the Mayor and Council at a Committee of the Whole meeting in January, 2015. Based on the preferences of the stakeholders and the feedback from the public it was determined that the most desirable concept incorporated limited development with a majority of the corridor being preserved for a passive use linear park.
The consulting team was instructed by the Mayor and Council to move forward and refine the preferred development concept.
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