Proposal for a Site Planning class at UCLA. The project is a design proposal for a "green" industrial facility in Hyde Park, South Los Angeles.

1. HYDE
PARK
GREEN
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2. PRODUCED BY:
ELIZABETH STEWART
DEBORAH HELT
BRYAN LOBEL
GEORGIA SHERIDAN
SUSAN WONG
SIBIN FAN
FOR:
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNA AT LOS ANGELES
URBAN PLANNING 273 :: SITE PLANNING
TAUGHT BY:
PROFESSOR VINIT MUKHIJA
DEVELOPED IN CONSULTATION WITH:
HYDE PARK ORGANIZATION FOR EMPOWERMENT (H.O.P.E.)
PARK MESA HEIGHTS COMMUNITY COUNCIL
VIEW PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
WEST ANGELES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
CITY OF LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY PLANNING BUREAU
HYDE PARK MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION
HYDE PARK COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO C.R.A.-L.A.
EMERGING MARKETS
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3. TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY . . . . . . . . 4
SITE ANALYSIS . . . . . . . . . 6
USER ANALYSIS . . . . . . . . . 8
PLAN FRAMEWORK . . . . . . . . 11
URBAN DESIGN CONCEPT . . . . . . . 14
IMPLEMENTATION . . . . . . . . 17
PHASING . . . . . . . . . . 18
KEY CASE STUDIES . . . . . . . . 23
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4. Executive Summary The Proposal
The residents of Hyde Park deserve access to well-
Purpose
paying jobs, and safe, green, open space. The park
will include a light manufacturing facility, office space,
The intention of this urban design proposal is to
demonstration facilities and a building devoted to
provide good jobs, enhance the environment, and
job training and non-profit activities related to green
generate vibrant community activity in Hyde Park.
industries. Surrounding these facilities will be a large
Guiding Principles green space offering a variety of potential outdoor
activities for nearby residents.
Green Jobs, Green Spaces, Great Streets
Green standards will be applied to the project on every
Hyde Park level. The site will offer the neighborhood a publicly
recognizable identity as a hub of green activity in Los
Hyde Park is a vibrant community located in the heart of Angeles. It could feasibly serve as a model facility to
South Los Angeles. The neighborhood, a major site of illustrate the City’s goals to “green” LA, and as a vital
the 1992 civil unrest in Los Angeles, has been chronically source of well-paying jobs with low barriers to entry for
underserved by public entities and has suffered from local residents.
insubstantial local economic investment and job creation
In conjunction with the green industrial park, we
activities.
envision a surrounding ring of commercial activities
Centrally-located within Hyde Park is a plot of industrial that will provide a buffer between the industrial and
land surrounded by single-family residences. This site, residential uses in the site and also bring much needed
the focuse of this proposal, is bounded by 5th to the east amenities to park employees and local residents. These
and Van Ness to the west, and Hyde Park to the north and amenities could include a small local market that carries
Southwest Drive to the south, and is cut diagonally by fresh produce, a local media outlet, and a bistro-style
rarely used BNSF train tracks. Development in the area restaurant.
is challenged by the close proximity of residential and
industrial uses and lack of safety, among other critical issues.
We propose a plan to transform the site’s under-utilized
industrial parcels by creating a green industrial park.
We envision a space that enhances the environment,
provides quality, local employment and generates
opportunities for community activity.
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5. Major Elements Great Streets:
• Traffic calming measures like speedbumps
In approaching this site, designers had to rethink how
the industrial and residential uses in this space could and street striping, and measures to improve
constructively and safely coexist, and what design circulation of trucks and general traffic
interventions could facilitate this improvement.
• Walkable amenities will enhance the pedestrian
Green Jobs: experience and provide much-needed services to
employees and local residents
• The park will capitalize on existing industrial space,
creating high-wage jobs for workers in clean, green
• Revitalization and development of commercial
industries.
buildings will act as a viable, neighborhood-serving
buffer between the industrial and residential areas
• Local retail outlets surrounding the park would
serve the needs of the incoming businesses and
• Improvements in streetscaping, including benches,
local residents.
lighting, street trees, and awnings
Green Spaces:
• Designers plan to re-open sightlines by
reconnecting 2nd street and removing fencing
around the perimeter of site. This will contribute
to accessibility and safety
• By creating more green, open space, much needed
recreational opportunities will be generated for the
area’s large populations of young and old people.
• Designers hope to create green demonstration
areas for education and training as it relates
to sustainability, and secondary projects like a
community garden and green roofs to further
promote the mission of the park and enhance
community benefits.
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6. SITE ANALYSIS
The site presents a range of challenges and
opportunities.
Major challenges include:
• The close proximity of residential and industrial
uses
• Safety issues, especially gang activity
• Fortress-like fencing closes off site lines
• Industrial parcels are under-utilized
• Large tracts of valuable land are occupied by
surface parking
• Lack of pedestrian amenities, especially access to
healthy food
Major opportunities include:
• There are a large number of local homeowners
who are invested in the neighborhood
• There are a limited number of property owners of
industrial plots:
13 industrial parcels are pre-assembled
• Attractive, viable, historic building stock which is
viable for rehabilitation
• The area is well-served by public transit, and in
close proximity to bus stops
• There is significant community support for change,
especially change that fuels the community’s
expressed desires for better local jobs and safe,
green, recreational spaces for young and old
people.
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8. USER ANALYSIS
The community of Hyde Park is struggling
to overcome issues of poverty and low edu-
cational attainment. Basic demographic
analyses reinforce the need for green space
and expanded job opportunities for young
people.
According to the 2000 Census Data procured
from the Center for Neighborhood Knowl-
edge, educational attainment in Hyde Park
peaks just after high school. Of the total
adult population in Hyde Park, 85 percent do
not have a college degree. and elderly residents than the City-wide average, and an
only slightly higher rate of male unemployment than the
The median household income in Hyde Park as of the City-wide average.
2000 Census was $31,547. Over half of the households
in Hyde Park make $35,000 or less, and over 46 percent Hyde Park also has a significant set of assets upon which
of Hyde Park households make less than $25,000 per year. it can build. The community has a large population of
The Hyde Park area has a higher proportion of young homeowners (42%), a large under-utilized labor pool,
and surprisingly significant purchasing power. In ad-
dition, the neighborhood is home to several active and
well-informed community
groups working to imple-
ment positive changes in the
neighborhood.
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10. HYDE PARK PROJECT AREA
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11. PLAN FRAMEWORK
Mission: Elements:
We envision a space that enhances the environment,
Green Industrial Park: The park will provide a
provides local employment, and generates opportunities
competitive edge for the community, connect well with
for community activity.
the City’s strong commitment to going quot;greenquot;, and blend
well with public open space and residential
The right of way we selected is centrally located in Hyde
Park. There is a mix of land uses within close proximity Green Job Training Center: The job-training center will
to one another, but which don’t coexist well together. provide classes, community demonstrations of green
Our site proposal focused on ways we could keep the technologies, and be used as a public gathering facility
mix of uses and improve their relationship to one
another thereby enhancing the neighborhood. Creation of Green Space: Open, green space will
create a recreational, gathering place for the surrounding
In order to integrate the mix of uses –industrial, neighborhood and open up the site lines which will improve
commercial, and residential, we propose maintaining safety
the industrial space through the creation of a green
Extend 2nd Street: Reconnecting the grid will provide
industrial park in order to generate jobs for the
open site lines and make the site more accessible from
community. With the movement toward clean
both neighborhoods
technologies and green manufacturing, we envision
industry that can generate jobs for the community within
Remove the fencing and gates: Opening up the space
this up and coming sector, while thriving next to green
will enhance the safety and increase ‘eyes on the street’
park space and residential neighborhoods.
Neighborhood Retail: Local retail that serves the
The parcels surrounding the right of way are primarily
neighborhood with basic amenities such as a market,
zoned for commercial use and can provide a buffer
video/bookstore, café, and restaurant will increase foot-
between the industry and residential land uses as well as
traffic and benefit the industrial businesses
provide neighborhood amenities. In summary, we envision
a site where industrial, commercial, green open space, and
residential land uses coexist well together. By achieving a
balanced, functional mix of uses, this site can be a center
of vibrant activity and create a distinct identity for the
Hyde Park community.
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12. Principles:
We have summarized our design ideas into three main
principles – Green Jobs, Green Space, and Great Streets.
Green Jobs prioritizes keeping the industrial land-use of
the site while making its proximity to residential uses
more palatable. In order to benefit the community, we
hope to create a non-toxic, green manufacturing space
that:
-capitalizes on existing industrial space with high-wage
jobs and training for the community,
-and creates economic development opportunities in
growing green manufacturing sector.
Green Space provides open, recreational space for the
Great Streets reveals the vibrancy that can be created
community, an amenity that is sorely lacking in Hyde
through streetscape improvements. Our site design
Park. This principle represents the community-oriented
looks to the streets to:
aspects of the site design which seek to:
-create a vibrant, mixed-use environment,
-reconnect neighborhoods,
-create a commercial/retail buffer that benefits the
-provide open space with activities for youth and elderly,
neighborhood and green industry,
-showcase sustainability and educate the public through
-and promote safety through streetscape design and
demonstration spaces.
activity.
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13. HYDE PARK Final Site Proposal
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retail buffer that benefits the neigborhood and industry
promote safety throught streetscape design and activity
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14. Urban Design Concept
Land Use
Basic Elements
Because industrial land is valuable in Los Angeles,
- Remove the fences, walls, razor wire, and fortress
we decided not to remove industrial land, but rather to
architecture that barricade the industrial land – creating
encourage green and “clean” industrial uses to keep and
a visual and physical barrier between the north and
create jobs in the area. Thus, we only changed some of
south neighborhoods.
the industrial space into open space – with the idea that
- Open and green the industrial strip, creating a park the open space will compliment the green industry with
with walking trails, play areas, barbeque and picnic innovative and cutting edge green landscaping.
tables, public art and chess tables, community garden,
Additionally, we propose changing the land use on the
and spaces that serve other recreational needs and allow
south side of Southwest Boulelvard and north side of
for a community gathering space.
Hyde Park Boulevard to serve as a commercial buffer
- Knock down one industrial building and reconnect between the industrial and residential land uses.
2nd Avenue, allowing other alleys and trails to create
greater access and connection between long-divided
neighborhoods.
- Streetscaping and façade improvements throughout the
area, improving upon the attractive, albeit rundown,
industrial building stock that exists.
- Softening the edge between the industrial buildings
and the open space through the use of xersicaping
(resource efficient and native landscaping), green walls,
and other design interventions to create an attractive
blending of green industry and green open space for an
interactive industrial park experience that serves local
community needs, while showcasing green technology
that is developing in the industrial buildings.
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15. 2. Green Spaces
1. Green Jobs + Green Industry
Our master plan shows designated areas of
Our design interventions focus on softening the
recreational activity for the green industrial park.
harsh edge between the industry and the park, and
The before and after photographs show possible
the industry and the residential neighborhood.
entrances to the park at the intersection of 2nd
The before and after photos show façade
Avenue and Hyde Park. The photographs show
improvements, renovation of existing buildings,
possible design ideas for park benches, public art,
and the removal and greening of physical barriers
chess tables, etc.
such as walls and gates with razor wire.
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16. 3. Great Streets.
Our circulation map shows the new access point
of 2nd Avenue, as well as a truck turnaround
area for loading, which would come off of Van Ness
and filter onto Southwest Boulevard to limit the
impact of large trucks on the residential areas.
The maps also show the placement of crosswalks,
which are much needed to slow traffic and create a
pedestrian friendly street network.
Our photos and images show streetscaping ideas
to include crosswalks, pedestrian lighting, street
furniture, and commercial amenities to add eyes
on the street and vibrancy to the area, while again
serving as a buffer between industry and residential.
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17. Implementation
Benefits of the Project
The project goals for the Hyde Park Green Industrial • Cost savings
Park are:
• Reachable benchmarks
• Job Creation
• Increased Tax Revenue • Additional private resources and personnel for
constrained public resources;
• New Business Opportunities in Untapped Markets
• Access to land with well-served infrastructure and • Environmental or aesthetic quality
availability for redevelopment
Potential Project Partners
• Financial return on under-utilized or used property
For a project of this size with so many elements involve,
• Community and environmental stewardship there are a number of potential project partners that can
participate in this partnership. These partners include the
• Prevention or elimination of blight Community Redevelopment Agency, the City of Los Angeles,
the County of Los Angeles, Community Stakeholders,
Private Developers, and a Community Development
Corporation such as West Angeles CDC.
Strategy
These project partners will be involved at various stages
Public/Private Partnership
of the implementation process and will contribute
different resources and time towards the project all of which
We envision the implementation of our proposal as
are important components to the project’s completion
a public/private partnership. The scope of work for
and success.
our proposal requires political support, community
stakeholder involvement, and a mutually benefiting
partnership between public and private entities. There
are numerous benefits to establishing a public/private
partnership, including:
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18. Phasing
Phase 1 Short Term Projects
5. Targeted Neighborhood Initiative: Convince
In order to make some immediate impacts for local
Council Office or Mayors Office to establish a
residents, we identified some short term projects that
Targeted Neighborhood Initiative in the Hyde Park
make a visual impact in the area but do not require large
area. This initiative gives residents in disadvantaged
amount of funding to implement.
neighborhoods the resources to implement community
1. Bus Stop Improvements – The project area is served improvement programs under the condition that they
by at least three MTA lines that currently have no amenities take responsibility for maintaining and sustaining
at the existing stops. the programs themselves. The program includes a
comprehensive and targeted effort from the City, LAPD,
Types of Improvement: Bus Shelters, Benches, Trash Building and Safety, Bureau of Sanitation for Bulky Item
Cans, Pedestrian Lighting, Signage Clean Up and Graffiti Removal. Although, this initiative
reaches beyond our project area, the implications of
2. Community Garden - Creating a community garden
would have a major impact on the project, as these
at the site would begin to bring community members to
improvements could help bring in additional
the site on a regular basis. There are local organizations
investment dollars.
that assist communities with the temporary land lease,
the implementation, and the training to maintain
The completion of these projects makes a visual impact
community gardens, namely the Los Angeles Community
in the area and also is consistent with the larger scope of
Garden Council and the UC Cooperative Extension’s
the proposed project.
Common Ground Garden Program.
Funding Sources – MTA Call for Projects, Neighborhood
3. Streetscape Improvements – Matching Grant from the Board of Public Works,
Types of Improvements: Department of Transportation, Los Angeles Community
Coordinated street trees, furniture, signage, sidewalk Garden Council, CDBG Funds.
and street repaving.
MTA Call for Projects – Funding Uses
4. Traffic Calming Measures – The amount of traffic that
cuts through Southwest and Hyde Park Boulevard at 1. Transportation Enhancement Activities (TEA) that
high speeds, does not contribute to a pedestrian friendly improves the interface between transportation systems
environment. Traffic calming measures in this area and their users and/or improves environmental/
would create a safer environment for local residents. community linkages.
Types of Improvements: Stop Signs, speed humps,
landscaped medians, pedestrian crossing signals.
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19. Phase 3 Brownfields Site Clean Up
2. Pedestrian improvements that promote walking as
a viable form of utilitarian travel, pedestrian safety
Before construction on the site can occur, the site needs
enhancements, and an integral link within the overall
toxic remediation. The entire site, a railroad yard, would
transportation system.
require assessment and clean up.
3. Signal synchronization and bus speed
Funding for Phase 2 and 3 - Brownfields Economic
improvements on arterial streets, including other low
Development Initiative, Section 108 Funds, Community
cost measures to improve traffic flow on regionally
Development Block Grants
significant major arterials.
Eligible Activities for CDBG/Section 108/BEDI Funding
Neighborhood Matching Grants - Funding Uses
-Economic Development
The Community Beautification Grant, a competitive
annual matching grant of up to $10,000 is awarded
-Land Acquisition
to community groups to fund neighborhood
beautification projects. The grant program is -Site Preparation and Assessment
administered by the City of Los Angeles, Board of
Public Works, and Office of Community Beautification. -Demolition and Clearance of Property Remediation
-Acquisition and Construction of Public Facilities
Phase 2 Land Acquisition and Assembly -Rehabilitation of Public Real Property
CDBG Funding must meet one of the program’s following
Our project proposal rests on land acquisition and
national objectives
land assembly. The acquisition of such a large parcel
of land would require the efforts of both public and
1. Benefit low and moderate income persons
private entities to purchase, land swap and even
use eminent domain for certain under-utilized parcels
2. Prevent or eliminate slums or blight
in order to assemble the land. Establishing a LAND
TRUST in order to compile this large tract of land 3. Address conditions that present a serious and
would allow both private and public partners to work immediate threat to the health and safety of the
towards the end result. The land bank would limit community.
public knowledge of the land acquisition process and
stop the increase of land prices. Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program
Supports economic development projects, local
governments can use Section 108 Loan Guarantees.
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20. Phase 4 Acquire Additional Parcels for
1. Provides communities with a source of financing
for economic development, public facilities and Commercial Development
large scale physical development projects and
other brownfields redevelopment activities. If possible, the next phase would focus on acquiring
other key parcels surrounding the industrial project
2. Must meet the basic requirements of the CDBG area/green space. These properties would serve as
program. neighborhood and industrial amenities such as coffee
shops, restaurants, and small stores. They also serve
3. Can apply at any time on a noncompetitive basis
as the buffer between the industrial use and neighborhood
for Section 108 loan guarantees. The Section 108
homes in the community. In addition, these
Program requires local governments to pledge
commercial/retail uses bring additional foot traffic to the area.
annual CDBG funds along with additional security
as collateral for the loan guarantee.
4. Eligible applicants may apply for up to five times Phase 5 Infrastructure Improvements
their CDBG entitlement amount, minus any
outstanding Section 108 commitments and or The conversion of this space will require significant
principal balances on section 108 loans. infrastructure improvements.
Types of Improvements:
Brownfields Economic Development Initiative Preparation of site, underground utilities, resurfacing
streets curbs, and creating driveways
The BEDI provides communities with funds for the clean
up and economic redevelopment of brownfields. BEDI Funding Phase 4 and 5 – EDA Funds and Enterprise/
funds are used to support and enhance the financial Empowerment Zone
viability of projects assisted with Section 108 loan
guarantee funds by helping ensure that the project is Economic Development Administration offers funding
financially successful and able to repay the related 108 from the Economic Adjustment Assistance Program and
loan guarantee. BEDI grant funds may be used for any Public Works and Economic Development Program whose
eligible activity under the Section 108 program including funds are flexible so long as the outcome of the project
property acquisition, economic development, public provides communities with economic development
facilities and program related activities. opportunities.
Economic Development Administration - Economic
Adjustment Assistance Program
The Economic Adjustment Assistance Program provides
a wide range of technical, planning, and infrastructure
assistance in regions experiencing adverse economic
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21. changes that may occur suddenly or over time. This EZs and ECs offer significant economic incentives that
program is designed to respond flexibly to pressing may be used for brownfield cleanup and redevelopment.
economic recovery issues and is well-suited to
1. Federal grant funds are available for brownfields
help address challenges faced by U.S. regions and
redevelopment activities.
communities.
2. Brownfields located in EZs and ECs are eligible for
Economic Development Administration - Public Works
the Brownfields Tax Incentive. The tax incentive
and Economic Development Program
reduces the cost of cleaning up of contaminated,
Public Works and Economic Development investments abandoned sites, in economically distressed areas
help support the construction or rehabilitation of by permitting clean up costs to be immediately
essential public infrastructure and facilities necessary to deducted for tax purposes, rather than require the
generate or retain private sector jobs and investments, expense to be capitalized.
attract private sector capital, and promote regional
3. Businesses locating EZs and ECs can also take
competitiveness, including investments that expand and
advantage of tax exempt bond financing, Section
upgrade infrastructure to attract new industry, support
179 Expensing, the Work Opportunity Tax Credit
technology-led development, redevelop brownfield sites
and the Welfare to Work Tax Credit.
and provide eco-industrial development.
Renewal Communities, Empowerment Zones (EZ) and
Enterprise Communities (EC)
Phase 6 Coordinated Site Design and
Community Design Overlay and Streetscape
Enterprise and Empowerment Zones provide
local economic incentives for both clean up and Improvement Plan
redevelopment for sustainable community economic
development initiative. The entire project area is The design of the project, the surrounding streetscape
located in an empowerment zone. The developer could improvements, and the commercial development should
potentially receive $10 million in economic incentives. have a consistent look and feel that are complimentary
to the surrounding neighborhood as well as to each other.
In Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities All design should be coordinated in order to reflect the
residents are working together to create economic uniqueness of the industry at this location as well as the
opportunities for their neighborhoods and to build identity of the community.
public/private partnerships for sustainable community
development. The Design Guidelines need to be created with Stakeholders,
Developers, and Council Office participation in order to
Many EZs and ECs identified brownfields redevelopment have standards that are cost effective and aesthetically
as a critical element of their local revitalization strategy. attractive.
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22. Phase 7 Construction and Landscaping
Air Quality
The construction of the open space and the building
Previous bonds have included funds to improve air quality,
stock can have different timelines. There are several
namely for diesel emission reduction incentive programs.
sources of funding available for parks in urban areas.
Proposition 84 does not include any funds specifically for
Funding: Prop 84, Prop K, prop O, Prop 40, Prop 12. air quality programs. However, funds available to promote
conservation in local planning and for urban greening projects
State Proposition 84 –The Safe Drinking Water, Water could have air quality benefits. In addition, Proposition 1B
Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal (the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and
Protection Bond Act of 2006 Port Security Bond Act of 2006) includes $1.2 billion for
air quality improvements.
The $5.4 billion bond measure provides critically needed
funds to ensure the availability of safe drinking water,
Prop K – LA for Kids
improve local water supply reliability, strengthen flood
protection, and preserve California’s natural landscapes,
The Recreational and Cultural Facilities Program
including parks, lakes, rivers, beaches, bays, ocean and
(RCFP) is responsible for the acquisition, development,
coastline.
improvements, restoration, and maintenance of City
parks, open spaces, recreation, and community facilities
Sustainable Communities and Climate Change
and other youth related projects. A majority of the
Reduction
funding is through Proposition K, an annual real property
• Local and regional parks. tax assessment on City residents over a 30-year period.
• Urban water and energy conservation projects.
The Program’s primary purpose is to combat the
inadequacies and decay of the City’s youth infrastructure,
• Incentives for conservation in local planning.
which has resulted in serious unmet needs for park,
recreation, childcare, and community facilities. As
a result, this program performs such services as
Parks and Natural Education Facilities
feasibility studies, site and building design, construction
• State park system—acquisition, development, and documents (plans and specifications), construction/
restoration. project estimating, bid and award services, and
construction and project management for both new and
• Nature education and research facilities.
existing facilities. Services are performed using City
personnel, or through consultants managed by City staff.
In summary, the Recreational and Cultural Facilities
Program participates in the decision-making process
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23. for both City owned, and non-City owned recreational • Office and light manufacturing
facilities. Funding for Specified Projects is designated in
o Tenants include:
the original Proposition K ballot measure, as approved by
the voters of the City of Los Angeles, as well as through Energy Conservatory: firm that
a biennial open and competitive Call for Projects process. manufactures and sells diagnostic
tools to measure building performance
issues
Phase 8 Maintenance and Operation
Techfluent: IT system and network
integration company
The final phase of implementation is maintenance and
operations. The developer must seek a tenant within the
Interior Tropicals, Inc.: Interier
green industry to lease the space. In determining the
landscaping company
developer and leasing businesses, a Community Benefits
Agreement would be required for the both the developer And 7 non-profits including fundraising
and leasing businesses to provide local jobs, prevailing consultants, technical assistance to
wages and maintenance agreements. supportive housing groups, promoters of
sustainable development for Midwest
• PEEC named one of Top Ten Green Buildings
Key Case Studies of 2000 by American Institute of Architects,
also a pilot site for U.S. Green Building
The following case studies provide some insight to the Council LEED rating system, awarded cutting
proposed project. These two examples are located in edge project of the year by City Business
urban areas and integrate a mix of light industrial and Magazine
other uses. Also, both are examples of clean industrial
manufacturing.
Civano Industrial Eco-Park (Economic revitalization, CORE
Phillips Eco-Enterprise Center: (RELEVANT EXAMPLE
CONCEPT GREEN BUSINESS COLLABORATION) still in
FOR LAND USE)
development…
• 2801 21st Avenue South, $6 million • CORE CONCEPT: Civano seeks to bring together
construction costs businesses with certain core capabilities to share
resources
• 64,000 sq. ft., Generated 140 jobs
o Ie. makers of electric vehicles, circuit
boards, steel fabricatorsdesign firms.
• Constructed on an inner-city Brownfields site
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24. o Point is that they SHARE RESOURCES like • Local University and Community College have
transportation and water treatment campuses nearby, both have sustainable
• Project received $600,000 loan from State of AZ technologies programs and both have expressed
Department of Commerce interest in SATELLITE CAMPUS.
IMPLEMENTATION
partners + agencies
1
Community Redevelopment Agency, Community identify for sale
Development Corporation, City of Los Angeles,
properties
Private Developer, LANI, HOPE, Neighborhood
Councils
strategies + alternatives
2 purchase
Public + Private Partnership, Land Assembly,
underutilized
Land Swap, Site Acquisition, Community Design
Overlay, Targeted Neighborhood Initiative parcels
funding sources
3
assemble parcels
Community Development Block Grants, Enter-
prise + Empowerment Zone, Section 108 Funds,
+ acquire land
Brownfields Economic Development Initiative,
Economic Development Administration Funds
projects to learn from
4
rezone + establish
Oakland Green Jobs Corps + GRID Alternatives,
commercial design
The Green Institute Phillips Eco Center in
Minneapolis, Franklin Industrial Eco-Park in Youngs-
overlay
ville, NC, Civano Industrial Eco-Park in Tucson, AZ
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