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Planning Commission <br />Meeting Minutes <br />April 9, 2015 <br />Page 18 of 27 <br />Opportunities <br />Constraints <br />• Traffic providing potential <br />0 Disconnected parcels <br />customers for businesses <br />0 Traffic making the corridor <br />• Investments at interchange and <br />unpleasant for visitors <br />BRT station <br />0 Lack of visibility for businesses <br />• Significant park/open space <br />0 Limited bike and pedestrian <br />amenities just outside the corridor <br />connectivity <br />• Several areas ready for investment <br />0 Lack of public gathering spaces <br />• Significant landscaping along the <br />in the corridor <br />corridor <br />0 Outdated site and building <br />• Potential for identity -defining <br />designs and development and <br />features <br />zoning regulations <br />• Visitors unaware of connections <br />to the rest of Louisville <br />• Market capture area limited by <br />street network, regional <br />competition, and open space <br />• Community Values Identified. The McCaslin Blvd study area is lacking: <br />o A sense of community <br />o Sustainable practices for the economy, community, and environment <br />o Unique commercial areas and distinctive neighborhoods <br />Measures of Success <br />• Principle 1 — Improve connectivity and accessibility while accommodating regional <br />transportation needs. <br />o Increase the network connectivity of roads parallel to McCaslin Blvd <br />■ Are vehicles able to move between parcels without returning to McCaslin <br />Blvd? <br />o Make sure traffic passing through the corridor does not make it an undesirable <br />place to live, work, play, and travel <br />■ Does traffic noise decrease? <br />■ Do pedestrians and bicyclists feel safe? <br />■ How long will a trip take on the corridor? <br />o Accommodate future regional transportation plans <br />■ How does the corridor alternative adequately address future <br />transportation needs? <br />■ How does the corridor alternative accommodate adopted regional transit <br />plans? <br />o Provide wayfinding to locations within and outside the corridor <br />■ Are visitors able to find key destinations and locations in the study area? <br />■ Are visitors able to find connections to key destination outside the study <br />area, such as Downtown? <br />• Principle 2 — Create public and private gathering spaces to meet the needs of residents, <br />employees, and visitors. <br />o Provide for community amenities identified in the survey and elsewhere <br />o Provide a central civic space to help create a sense of place <br />o Encourage, through design guidelines or incentives, private developers to <br />incorporate publicly accessible spaces into new developments <br />