What's Happening on Highland Avenue - April 23, 2018What’s
Happening on
Highland?
April 23 2018
Mayor Kim Driscoll
Councillors Tim Flynn and Lisa Peterson
Agenda
1. Welcome and Overview
2. Transportation Projects Update
3. Development in Highland Ave. Area
4. Q&A
5. Neighbor-to-Neighbor
Conversations
6. Adjourn
www.ImagineSalem.org
What it
means to
be four
centuries
old.
What it
means to
be four
centuries
old.
Pavement Management Plan
•555 accepted City streets and roads, 97.8 miles in all.
•FY14-FY18 (5 years): average RSR increased from 70.70 to 75.41
(6.7%) after investment of $6,679,825.
•Cost to bring all roads to 100 RSR: $16,115,777.
Sidewalk Management Plan in development
19.72%
25.81%
8.63%
17.65%
28.19
%
Percent of Roadways
Reclamation
Rehabilitation
Preventative
What it means to be four centuries old.
Sidewalk
repairs
requested
through
SeeClickFix
(1,183 since
July 2014).
Parks & Open Spaces
•Last decade: over $10 million in park and open space maintenance and
upgrades from grants and capital funds.
•2017-2018: About 300 tree plantings in all, largest number since Great
Fire of 1914.
What it means to be four centuries old.
Seawalls
•2016-2017 $300,000 in City capital funds on Willows and Collins Cove seawalls.
•2017: $143,625 state grant for Forest River Park seawall.
•2018:$1.22 million state grant for Forest River Park seawall.
•2015 study estimated $12.5 million to upgrade all City-owned seawalls, or $60 million+ to replace.
What it means to be four centuries old.
Housing for current & prospective residents.
Why a 400 year old city needs to keep growing.
Why a 400 year old city needs to keep growing.
Local Jobs
Why a 400 year old city needs to keep growing.
Fixed Municipal Costs
5,550,473 5,658,953
6,365,908
7,113,027
8,068,331
8,947,490
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2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
State Charges
0
2,000,000
4,000,000
6,000,000
8,000,000
10,000,000
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14,000,000
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Health Insurance Expenditures
Unfunded Pension Liabilities
Growth is
necessary,
but not
easy.
•Local permitting.
•State permitting.
•Engaged residents and neighbors.
•Peer reviews.
•Challenging environmental
conditions.
•Existing infrastructure and traffic
strains.
“In 2026 we are a sustainable
and livable city, where we
celebrate our diverse histories
and where people of all
backgrounds and means
participate and thrive.”
Transportation Projects
Update
1.MassDOT Route 107
2.Smart Signals
3.First and Swampscott
Roundabout
4.Intra-City Shuttle
Development in Highland Ave. Area
-Permitted
-Going through Permitting
-Proposed
-Potential Sites
Permitted
•5 Lot Subdivision (405-427 Highland)
•Planning Board decision, June 2015
•NSMC Expansion (81 Highland)
•Planning Board decision, December
2016
•2 Housing Units (111 Highland—former
auto repair)
•ZBA decision, January 2018
•Town Fair Tire (309-311 Highland—part of
former Stutz)
•ZBA decision, March 2018
Going Through Permitting
•NS Alternatives (marijuana retailer, 207 Highland—former
Hillcrest)
•ZBA meetings, March, April, May 16, 2018
•Sanctuary Medicinals (marijuana retailer, 400 Highland—
by Bob’s Fried Clams)
•ZBA meeting, April, May 16, 2018
•Atlantic Medicinal Partners (marijuana retailer, 297
Highland—Ace Hardware)
•ZBA meeting, May 16, 2018
•Trader’s Village (mixed use project, First and Traders Way)
•Planning Board meeting, May 3,2018
Proposed
•Cinemaworld (355 Highland)
•Liquor license approved,
February 2015
Potential Sites
Questions and Answers
Neighbor-to-Neighbor
Conversations
1.What do you like about the Highland Avenue area?
2.What do you think needs to be improved and how?
3.What type of development would you like to see? Any
specific types of businesses?
After you’ve shared your own answers, work as a group to come up with
your table’s top one or two answers for each question. We need a volunteer
from each table to report these out to everyone else.
Reporting Out
Thank you!