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Design
Institute Recommendations
At
the end of the discussion on the Cove Shopping Center
site, the Design Team members summarized the Deerfield
Beach Key Issues and Recommended Actions, listing them
on flip chart paper as follows:
Key
Issues:
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How to redevelop the site? Condemn and scrape, or do it
incrementally?
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Need Green Space
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Need Parking
Recommended
Actions:
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Act as asset manager (the City and the CRA) in deciding
whether to proceed incrementally or more radically.
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Compose a master plan for
the site.
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Gain the support of the 19 owners and create incentives
for participating.
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Create a green pedestrian
connection to Sullivan Park.
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Fund improvements with TIF revenues and bonds.
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Evaluate the use of the embankment owned by FDOT for
parking.
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Address issues in the neighborhood to the west.
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Communicate with the 19
owners continually to encourage buy-in.
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Utilize pedestrian oriented
design.
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Infuse public space and green space into the site.
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Create an overlay district to encourage proper form
of redevelopment and improvements.
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Strategically plan the area between NE 12th Avenue and
NE 15th Avenue, clean up the streets, re-zone and create
economic incentives for redevelopment.
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Make the economic “pie” bigger through zoning actions.
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