Results

Public Official: Commissioner Layne Dallett Walls
April 2005 Session

Final Report

Description of Project

The City of Oakland Park is committed not just to better design, but to real placemaking that promotes mixed-use redevelopment with new and higher density residential development for prominent corridors and intersections. The City intends to connect into one cohesive core three disparate areas along Dixie Highway and Prospect Road, including the recently established Local Activity Center (LAC), a conglomeration of high density urban residential to its north, and the Prospect Road Corridor. The Prospect Road Corridor it is an east/west local arterial with dense neighborhoods bordering both sides. Officials would like to create increased awareness of the corridor, secure an appropriate gateway statement, entice economic development to the area, utilize infill development, assure that the proper mix of uses occurs, and promote existing “destination areas” in a way that provides a branding or better sense of identity for the corridor. Central to these intentions is the City’s belief that the corridor’s two relatively intense intersections at Andrews Avenue and Dixie Highway might serve as potential destination nodes for the community.

Design Institute Recommendations

At the end of the discussion on the Prospect Road Corridor, the Design Team members summarized the Oakland Park Key Issues and Recommended Actions, listing them on flip chart paper as follows:

Key Issues:

•  Identity/Sub-districts

•  Separation of Markets

•  Visual/Economic Links

•  Implementation Timing

Recommended Actions:

•  Analysis – Market/Regional

•  Organic Approach

•  Simplify Design Vocabulary

•  Nodes vs. Corridor

•  Transportation Points (TOD Light)

•  Review Zoning

•  Review Comprehensive Plan

•  New Development Reinforces Connections

•  Use History to Define Public Art

• Purse the Connectivity Issues – Green/Hard

Results

The Design Institute’s Final Report was presented to the City Commission, where it was well received. It has been forwarded to the City’s consulting team of Carter-Burgess, EDSA, and Iler Planning Group for consideration as part of their current effort to prepare a comprehensive plan for the Community Redevelopment Area (CRA). Oakland Park is committed to using visionary design as a means for improving quality of life. An informed and involved citizenry is vital to this effort. As such, the Design Institute’s Final Report was immediately placed on the community’s web site for all citizens to see: www.oaklandparkfl.org .

March 2006

In December 2005, the Broward County Commission approved the Redevelopment Plan for Our Community Redevelopment Area , which includes the Oakland Park CRA.  The City of Oakland Park Community Redevelopment Agency then put out a "Request For Letters of Interest" aimed at qualified developers who may be interested in doing broad range of redevelopment projects within the CRA. All entries must have been submitted to the Agency no latter than March 7, 2006 for review.

Additional Contacts

Commissioner Layne Walls

(954) 565-8475  laynew@oaklandparkfl.org

Hal Miksch, Redevelopment Manager
(954) 630-4208  halm@oaklandparkfl.org

City of Oakland Park Community Development Department

(954) 630-4333