GAINESVILLE HALL COUNTY Comprehensive Plan Update

1. GAINESVILLE HALL COUNTYComprehensive Plan Update Community Facilities Transportation Intergovernmental Coordination February 19, 2004

2. Comprehensive Plan Elements • Land Use – Discussed January 15 • Population – January 28 • Housing – January 28 • Natural Resources – January 28 • Economic Development – January 28 • Transportation – February 19 • Community Facilities – February 19 • Intergovernmental Coord. – February 19

3. Overview of State Mandated Approach • Inventory • Assessment • Implementation • Vision • Goals • Objectives • Policies • Short Term Work Program

4. Community Facilities • Inventories of: • Water supply and treatment • Sewerage system and treatment • Solid waste management • Government facilities • Public safety • Fire services • Recreation • Hospitals • Education • Libraries and cultural facilities

5. Community Facilities Assessment: Water • City is major water service provider and is implementing system-wide plan • Hall County provides water to northern and eastern parts of the county • New Cedar Creek Reservoir being developed for additional supply • New Lakeside Drive water treatment plant

6. Community Facilities Assessment: Sewer • City is implementing a system-wide plan • Hall County partnering with Gainesville in SR 365 corridor • Hall County partnering with Flowery Branch in I-985 corridor • Improvements to Flat Creek and Linwood Treatment Plants planned

7. Community Facilities Assessment: Others • Solid waste plan being developed • New detention facility planned • Highly rated fire protection, with capital improvements planned • City and County each engaged in extensive parks planning • City - $30M 10-year plan • County – plan for over 2,000 additional acres to keep up with growth

8. Community FacilityGoals • Goals, Objectives, Policies and Implementation Tools for: • Efficient Public Facilities • Adequate Public Facilities and Services • Utilities • Parks and Leisure • Public Safety • Government, Health, and Education

9. Examples of Community Facility Actions • City and County • Adequate public facility requirements • Focused infrastructure investments • Complete and implement parks plans • Coordinate land use plan and capital facilities plans • Plan community facilities proactively rather than simply reacting to growth pressures

10. Transportation Inventory • Roadway capacities • System performance by functional classifications • Roadway volumes • Public transportation • Bicycle and pedestrian facilities • Bridges • Aviation • Rail

11. Transportation Assessment Between 2000 and 2030 • Urban arterial speed drops • Lane miles of congestion increases • Gainesville • E.E. Butler Parkway • Jesse Jewel Parkway • Green Street

12. Transportation Assessment Between 2000 and 2030 • Lane miles of congestion increases • Hall County • I-985 • SR 13 (Atlanta Highway) in South Hall • SR 53 (Dawsonville Highway) • SR 60 (Thompson Bridge Rd) in NW Hall

13. Transportation Goals • Adequate Transportation System • Rural-LOS D; Urban LOS E • Land use plan and development approvals to meet levels of service • Action to alleviate congestion • Support economic development • Transportation Alternatives • Standards for sidewalks • Appropriate transit system • Transportation demand programs

14. Transportation Actions • Gainesville transportation solutions • Operational modifications • Intersection improvements • Transit and bike/ped solutions • Hall County transportation solutions • Capacity expansion • Operational improvements • Access management • Travel demand management

15. Transportation Solutions Framework Gainesville Hall Transportation Study (GHTS) • Policy, Technical Coordinating, and Citizen Advisory Committees • Public Involvement Plan • Transportation Improvement Program • Long Range Transportation Plan

16. Intergovernmental Coordination • Inventories of: • Existing agency coordination efforts • Existing intergovernmental agreements • State mandated programs

17. Intergovernmental Coordination Inventory Examples • Wastewater agreements – South Hall, I-985, SR 365 • Gainesville/Hall County Greenspace Program • Mutual Fire/EMS Aid • 911 Communications • Correction Officers • Economic Development Councils • Building Inspection Services • Joint Administration Building • Engineering • Recreation, i.e. soccer complex • Lanier Islands Development Authority • MPO

18. Intergovernmental Coordination Assessment • Joint Comprehensive Plan • Land use conflicts and annexations have been case by case, but plans for a more collaborative intergovernmental process • 489 Service Delivery Strategy being updated

19. Intergovernmental Coordination Goals • Goals, Objectives, Policies and Implementation Tools for: • Regional Coordination • Coordinated Growth

20. Examples of Intergovernmental Coordination Actions • Gainesville and County: • Adopt intergovernmental annexation policy and agreement • Continued support to Chamber of Commerce to enhance regional marketing efforts • Continued support for Convention and Visitors Bureau for tourism • Need to develop improved mechanisms for communication and coordination with other cities

21. Next Steps • February 26 – City Council and County Commissioner briefings • March 24 Plan Forum – Final Draft review • Mid April – Planning Commissions Public Hearings • Late April – Transmittal Hearings • Late June - Adoption