08-23-16 CRA Joint SessionTuesday, August 23, 2016
City of Delray Beach
100 NW 1st Avenue - Delray Beach, Florida 33444
Phone: (561) 243-7000 - Fax: (561) 243-3774
www.mydelraybeach.com
Delray Beach City Hall
City Commission
Mayor Cary Glickstein
Vice Mayor Al Jacquet
Deputy Vice Mayor Jordana Jarjura
Commissioner Mitchell Katz
Commissioner Shelly Petrolia
Workshop Meeting
Joint Session with the CRA 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Public Hearings 7:00 p.m.
Commission Chambers
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August 23, 2016City Commission Workshop Meeting
JOINT SESSION WITH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (CRA) TO
DISCUSS THE DESIGN CONCEPTS FOR OLD SCHOOL SQUARE
WS.1.
JOINT SESSION WITH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
(CRA) TO DISCUSS THE DESIGN CONCEPTS FOR OLD SCHOOL
SQUARE
Title:
City - CRA Joint Workshop - OSS Improvements
Community Conversations and Charrette Synopsis
Attachments:
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Please be advised that if a person decides to appeal any decision made by the City Commission with respect to
any matter considered at this meeting, such person will need to ensure that a verbatim record includes the
testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is based. The City neither provides nor prepares such record.
City of Delray Beach
Legislation Text
100 N.W. 1st Avenue
Delray Beach, FL 33444
File #:16-855,Version:1
TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Donald B. Cooper, City Manager
DATE: August 23, 2016
JOINT SESSION WITH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (CRA) TO DISCUSS THE
DESIGN CONCEPTS FOR OLD SCHOOL SQUARE
Background:
Mr. Rob Steele, President and CEO of Old School Square, will be present to discuss design concepts
for Old School Square.
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New Brand…
Old School Values…
•We always present a warm and welcoming campus to all of
our guests
•We win every customer contact situation
•We strive to enhance “ownership” in Old School Square
•We make every decision within the framework of a desire to
increase value to the Delray Beach Community
•We offer a market appropriate mix of quality programming
that assures affordable access to the arts
•We maintain a continual focus on developing strong
relationships with our community, patrons, local and touring
artists, local non-profit organizations and the business
community
•We function as a lean, efficient, kind and supportive team
•We are committed to achieving financial stability
CORE VALUES
•We are evolving to become an…
ARTS and ENTERTAINMENT PARK
VISION STATEMENT
Value/Inertia derived by
“Redefining and broadcasting the
OSS Story”
Quantified
Community
Partnerships
Ala Carte Season
Offerings
Summer Musical
Summer CampEducational Series Facility in Continual
Use
Community
Gathering Place
Expanded
Programming
Variety
Strategic
Initiatives
Leveraged
Outcomes
Sponsorship
Growth
Annual Campaign
Growth CRA SupportCity SupportTicket Sales
Growth
Membership
Growth
Increased State
Support
Value Driven Venue
Redefine
Member/Sponsor
Benefits
Engine for Economic
Growth
Grant/Cap. Imp.
Support
Endowment
Growth
Lean Staff Efficient
Org.
Evolution to an Arts &
Entertainment Park
OSS is the #1 venue in Palm Beach County with 582,680 in annual attendance
(Kravis Center #2 –32% fewer attendees)
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
1. Initiate a properly priced and positioned, reverse engineered, ala
carte Season
2. Establish a comprehensive Development Function at OSS
3.Monetize the Pavilion to its full potential
4.Encourage the evolution of the OSS campus to an Arts and
Entertainment Park
5.Leverage the new OSS Brand
6. Capitalize on the latent potential of the OSS Creative Art School
and the Cornell Museum synergy
7.Increase revenue streams to achieve Financial Stability
8. Utilize the Value Driven Venue strategy to earn consistent
support from the City of Delray Beach, Delray Beach CRA,
Foundations, Agencies, Businesses, and Individuals
Campus Refit
•Community Conversation and Community Charrette Takeaways
•Park Perimeter
•Improve landscaping – make OSS a true park
•Improve lighting
•Provide flexible seating and tables
•Increase shade trees
•Improve connectivity
•Improve signage and communications
•Provide interesting features
•Encourage flexible, spontaneous, and organic activations
•Reduce commercialization and heavy use
•Improve safety
•Park Core
•Move Christmas tree to core
•Improve turf quality and landscaping
•Rooftop dining on Parking Garage – rock climbing wall to get to it – glass elevator
Campus Refit
•Community Conversation and Community Charrette Takeaways
•Park Perimeter
•Improve landscaping – make OSS a true park
•Improve lighting
•Provide flexible seating and tables
•Increase shade trees
•Improve connectivity
•Improve signage and communications
•Provide interesting features
•Encourage flexible, spontaneous, and organic activations
•Reduce commercialization and heavy use
•Improve safety
•Park Core
•Move Christmas tree to core
•Improve turf quality and landscaping
•Green Market improvements
•Provide intermediate roof system for pavilion grounds
•Rooftop dining on Parking Garage – rock climbing wall to get to it – glass elevator!
2016-2017 Strategic Objectives
•Campus Refit: Phase 1 –Phase 2
•Complete campus building exterior repairs -UNDERWAY
•Review study of campus mechanical systems and complete needed repairs -UNDERWAY
•Complete privately funded renovation of the Cornell Museum ($500,000) -UNDERWAY
•Create a privately funded Producers Lounge for donor/sponsor growth -UNDERWAY
•Design and install LED campus lighting for safety, marketing, and beautification
•Install LED signage on 3 campus locations
•Relocate Christmas tree base from Atlantic Ave. to the Green
•Install 90’X90’ roof over Pavilion grounds to activate and monetize
•Install artificial turf on Pavilion grounds
•Purchase tables and chairs to activate park grounds
•Complete a campus master plan to guide Phase 3 campus renovations
•Institutional
•Establish the OSS Educational Series for area students
•Launch a properly priced and positioned, reverse engineered, ala carte Season
•Adjust scheduling and programming to preserve the park perimeter and activate the
park core
•Development
•Grow annual fund and sponsorship revenue streams
•Develop naming rights potential
Park Improvements – Phase 2 Capital Budget
Project Estimated Cost
Relocate Christmas Tree base to Green $100,000
LED Campus Lighting Improvements $400,000
90’ X 90’ Pavilion Roof System $200,000
Artificial Turf Pavilion Grounds $80,000
Flexible Seating Tables and Chairs $70,000
LED Signage – directional signage $200,000
Phase 3 Master Plan $100,000
Functional Accommodations (KL)$50,000
TOTAL $1,200,000
Campus Refit
•Master Plan Identified Components –Phase 3
•Create a beautiful community park capable of instilling pride
•Sustainable and car-stopping landscape design
•Additional lighting features
•Increase shade trees
•Improve connectivity
•Improved sidewalks, pathways
•Bollards to protect greenspace
•Permanent home for the Green Market
•Provide interesting features: water, art, gathering, activation
•Further encourage flexible, spontaneous, and organic activations
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COMMUNITY CONVERSATION and CHARETTE COMMENTS
(3/21/15, 4/28/2015, 2/13/16, 3/13/16)
(Tabulated by location and incidence rate)
Atlantic Avenue
Front Lawn -Keep small town feeling in all designs
Make front lawn more visible from Atlantic; remove planters
Flexible seating; more shade
Move Christmas tree; reduce or relocate number of events
Visible OSS signage
Join front lawn with first block of East Atlantic and sidewalks
Add street parking on first block for handicap accessibility and short term parking for deliveries
Connect east side of front lawn with buildings on east side of NE 1st Ave
NE 1st Street, NE 1ST Avenue, Swinton Avenue
Park should serve as pedestrian connection between NE 1 Street and Atlantic
Improved pedestrian walkway on NE 1 Avenue
Flexible seating; more shade
Incorporate partnership designs to include DB Historical Society and Cason Cottage
NE 1st Avenue (southwest corner)
Historic district crosswalk connecting DB Historical Society and Cason Cottage to OSS
Flexible seating; more shade
Create overflow area for fieldhouse events
Configure theatre side wall for movie screenings
Evening social gathering area
Museum Entrance
Outdoor artwork features
Flexible seating; more shade
Improved lighting
Theatre area for museum special event evenings
Designated “Downtown Roundabout” stop in front of museum
Pedestrian Connections
Create cross walk on Swinton increasing connection with west side and parking facilities
More pedestrian entrances and enhanced visibility improving access
OSS should serve as focal point at Atlantic and Swinton intersection
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Open Spaces
Social gathering spaces all year long, not just during special events
Large and flexible seating areas to accommodate gatherings and meetings; paying attention to
north and south side of area activating all sides
Café seating at square corners, activating edges
Small areas for socializing
Diversified activations
Lighting
More prominent and enhanced lighting including lighting for night gatherings
Projection lighting on buildings so they become center of town/brand for the city
Visually appealing lighting that blends with the space
Design Elements
Moveable tables and chairs allowing people to create their own space
Water features; interactive fountains
Creative playground with seating
Functionality for day and night use
Develop walkways and signage between facilities (theatre, museum, fieldhouse, pavilion)
Lawn/Green Space
Incorporate shade trees (keeping/relocating existing trees), umbrellas, sails
Walkway
Incorporate artificial turf for high use areas
OSS Park
Convert south side to space with grass, trees, seating areas
LEED Platinum Certification Level (Florida Green Building Coalition)
Pet friendly areas; doggie drinking fountains
Bicycle racks
Concession tear down
Parking Garage
Make ground floor more accessible; renovate ground floor
Make top floor park area
Better lighting, safety and cleanliness
Additional elevator; better elevator maintenance
Solar panels on garage that can power park lighting
Wall murals
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Pavilion
Make stage a part of the square; accessibility from any area
Keep concert programming year ‘round
Outdoor Screen
3D images projected on garage walls
Portable screen for movies
3D mapping on garage building
Public Art
Incorporate sculptures, city history, historic walkway
Rotating art in collaboration with Artist Alley
Project art onto buildings
Kiosks
Food and beverage service
Calendar of activities for city -kiosk
Community information (touch screen/voice activated)
Year-round retailers
Events/Activities
Green Market improvements
Outdoor meeting spaces
“People spaces” for socializing, exercising, etc.
Bring Crest Theatre shows outdoors
Green Market
Permanent location on lawn incorporating shade and vendors
Maintenance/Management
Maintenance of water feature(s) and green space
Incorporate sustainable design (permeable landscape, drainage, water conservation and
reclamation)
Drip irrigation instead of conventional irrigation
Miscellaneous
Sustainability
Safety
Flexibility
Community
Emphasis on historic significance of buildings