From: mcre13@gmail.com
<mcre13@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2022 2:15 PM
To: bill.riphahn@snco.us; aaron.mays@snco.us; kevin.cook@snco.us
Cc: 'Henry McClure' <mcre13@gmail.com>
Subject: FW: 37th and Gage
The addition of elevation parkway will open up over 700
acres of private land for the current land owners to develop or not. Know that
Bartlett and West have had a full set of engineered plans since 1998.
Think about all the growth in southwest Topeka and Shawnee
County. Over the last twenty years the new tax revenues have most likely have
paid of the road several times. It is those people dissever better mobility in
this community.
I’d like you to consider your planning commission the give the road project the public involvement the MTPO requires to qualify for federal fund that come into the community.
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From: Bill Fiander <bfiander@Topeka.org>
Sent: Monday, June 4, 2018 5:25 PM
To: Henry McClure <mcre@cox.net>
Cc: 'Aaron Mays' <amaystopeka@gmail.com>;
'Anderson, Dana' <Dana.Anderson@macerich.com>;
Dan Warner <DWarner@topeka.org>;
Michael Hall <mghall@topeka.org>;
Douglas Gerber <dgerber@topeka.org>;
Brent Trout <btrout@topeka.org>
Subject: RE: 37th and Gage
Henry,
Here is our understanding of your zoning options at this point…
· Our big goal is to complete a master plan for the surrounding 500-acre urban growth area with a market study component to look at what the future land use, absorption, and phasing could look like and how to finance the infrastructure prior to programming any City capital investments or approving development. My hope is to start this plan in 2019 if not sooner.
· We can support a limited C-2 re-zoning up to 6-8 acres without an overall master plan. This roughly equates to 80-100k square feet of retail development. I don’t know if that will require an extension of SW 37th/Southwest Parkway or other streets to the west. Traffic study would guide us there.
· We can support a larger Mixed Use conceptual PUD on entire 18 acres without an overall master plan for the 500 acres. Mixed use would include C-2 commercial, office, multi-family, or attached dwelling units connected within same building and/or project area. This probably will trigger extension of streets prior to or commensurate with development.
- Both options assume…
- Full 18 acres included in platting, dedication of ROW, annexation, stormwater management study, traffic impact study, etc.
- Collaboration between City team and applicant team on preferred street/block layout absent an overall master plan
- Timing of road extensions will be dependent upon development phasing, traffic study, and further discussion with Public Works
- All pre-development costs and public infrastructure improvements are expected to be born by developer although street/sewer work could be explored for City participation or financing tools (e.g., CID, benefit district)
- Any re-zoning/platting west of 18-acre tract can be supported after overall master plan is completed for the larger area and is consistent with its recommendations for land use, phasing, infrastructure financing, etc.
Since you’re sharing videos, I think it would be good to share our LUGMP video which sums up the City’s smart growth management policies https://youtu.be/kMK8alutJHo. This is what our Governing Body has adopted and what guides us. In short, our priorities are to grow first where our services are already in place…a more vertical footprint and not so much of a horizontal footprint. We have over 10 years of planned residential unit inventory on recently platted lots and increasingly more vacant retail space to repurpose. Improving the roads/utilities we have and redeveloping from within is fiscally responsible growth for all of us.
However, we do see the need to plan for the next natural urban growth area which I believe you are at the doorstep of. To that end we want to get a plan in place so the rest can follow when it makes the most fiscal sense for the City. I think you’re the first domino and it’s important to get that right absent an overall master plan.
Does that help? Did I miss anything?
Bill Fiander, AICP
Planning Director
City of Topeka Planning Department
620 SE Madison, 3rd Floor
Topeka, KS 66607
(785) 368-3728
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From: Henry McClure [mailto:mcre@cox.net]
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2018 2:28 PM
To: Bill Fiander
Cc: 'Aaron Mays'; 'Anderson, Dana'
Subject: RE: 37th and Gage
Take your time – please help push this project forward. Watch this video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIqNIsVxCMk that is what “JEDO” expects = Zoning in place.
We have time on our side while getting final commitments form end users.
One would hope that a project that has been on the books for almost 30 years will be in place to help the shift in population. As you look at the building permit vs demo the growth is in the southwest.
Henry McClure
From: Bill Fiander <bfiander@Topeka.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2018 2:15 PM
To: Henry McClure <mcre@cox.net>
Cc: Aaron Mays <amaystopeka@gmail.com>;
'Anderson, Dana' <Dana.Anderson@macerich.com>
Subject: RE: 37th and Gage
Henry,
Yes, I am working on some options for you and will send along as soon as I get other eyes on it if that is okay. We are generally supportive of trying to do something here and our response should help clarify.
Bill Fiander, AICP
Planning Director
City of Topeka Planning Department
620 SE Madison, 3rd Floor
Topeka, KS 66607
(785) 368-3728
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From: Henry McClure [mailto:mcre@cox.net]
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2018 12:25 PM
To: 'Anderson, Dana'; Bill Fiander
Cc: Aaron Mays
Subject: 37th and Gage
Dana K,
I believe planning is looking for a way to help rezone 37th and Gage. I wanted to just ask for straight zoning on the entire parcel to save dollars on any design fees incurred to prepare a PUD for the site. Attached is the comprehensive land use plan and we are earmarked for a mixed use development.
Planning is just asking us to do a PUD to get to our C-2 zoning to add a mixed-use project. In my heart I feel they want to say yes with some conditions.
https://www.topeka.org/planning/land-use-growth-management-plan-2040/
Bill,
Could you please interject your feelings and point of view so it does not get lost in the translation?
Thank you.
Henry McClure
785.383.9994 Direct
Time Kills Deals
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