Community Plan PowerPoint Presentation
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This is a workshop PowerPoint for the Centreville Planning Commission describing a proposed update to the Town’s Comprehensive Plan (the 2009 plan is being refined, not fundamentally changed) and noting the update meets new State standards. The update centers on five goals: directing expansion of municipal water and sewer, strengthening the local economy and commercial tax base, organizing the character and function of streets and adjacent development, connecting neighborhoods with open spaces/greenways/trails, and guiding the location and character of future neighborhoods. The presentation details wastewater treatment conditions and a recommendation to modernize and expand the Centreville WWTP: the plant is permitted to discharge an average of 542,000 gpd (only Dec 1–Mar 31), recorded a 2021 average flow of 506,000 gpd (about 93% of permitted capacity, leaving ~36,000 gpd capacity or roughly 144 houses), and expansion options range from ~542,000 gpd up to 1.25 million gpd (the 1.25M gpd option would be needed to serve planned growth through 2040); an additional spray irrigation field would also be required and any expansion depends on funding. The plan also shows household and population projections (households 1,850 in 2020 to 2,560 in 2040, +710; population 4,715 to 6,670, +1,955), proposed 2040 land-use changes (natural area protection, expanded CBD along Water St./Penn Ave., infill tracts as PUDs, institutional areas retained), growth-area changes (new County Business Park, added employment zone on MD 213, expanded greenways, reduced mixed-use corridor length, employment at US 13/MD 213 interchange), and transportation/greenway proposals (East Side Parkway, making some state highways parkways, more interconnecting local roads, and an expanded trail network). The presentation ends with a community vision question asking residents to imagine what future generations would find most impressive about today’s planning choices.
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WORKSHOP – Centreville Planning Commission Comprehensive Plan Update • Required once every 10 years. • The current plan --Centreville Community Plan was adopted in 2009. • This proposed update does not change the 2009 Plan in major ways. • It refines the 2009 Plan and major ideas intact. • It focusses on five refined goals. • And it meets new State standards for comprehensive plans. 5 Big Goals 1 Provide direction on how to expand the municipal water and sewer for the Plan system Update Develop the local economy, the commercial tax base, and ensure the 2 strong and resilient fiscal health of our local government. Organize the character and function of the Town’s existing and future 3 streets and the development that will front them. Interconnect existing and future neighborhoods with outstanding open 4 spaces and greenways that will impart a character of good health, small town vitality, and scenic beauty. Guide the location, layout, and character of future 5 neighborhoods Provide direction on how to expand the municipal water and sewer system Conditions The WWTP is permitted to discharge an average of 542,000 gpd of treated domestic wastewater, but only between December 1 and March 31. The WWTP discharges to Gravel Run which the MDE classifies as a “Use 1 Waterway The MDE permits the Town to operate a spray irrigation system for effluent disposal year-round, which the Town is required to do, in combination with discharge to Gravel Run, to provide this essential service. The WWTP recorded an average daily flow of 506,000 gpd in 2021, which is well above the three-year average noted above, and represents 93% of permitted capacity, leaving a remaining capacity of 36,000 gpd – about enough to serve 144 more houses. Recommendation: Upgrade and Expand Wastewater Treatment Capacity Modernize and Expand the Centreville wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) and its effluent discharge capacity. The decision to expand will depend on the availability of funding. Options include replacing the plant at about its same capacity of 542,000 gpd to 750,000 gpd, 1 million gpd, or 1.25 million gpd. A capacity of 1.25 million gpd would be necessary to serve the Town planned residential and employment growth through 2040. Another spray irrigation field will be needed too. Interconnect existing and future neighborhoods with outstanding open spaces and greenways that will impart a character of good health, small town vitality, and scenic beauty. Develop the local economy, commercial tax base, and ensure the strong and resilient fiscal health Complete Neighborhoods • A variety of housing types • Neighborhood level commercial uses • Parks, Greenways, Trails • Institutional uses • Walkable • Interconnected with open spaces • Interconnected with streets • Clustering and land preservation • Planned for Sustainability Household Projections: 2020 - 2040 4500 4000 Growth 3500 3000 Projection 2 Projection 3 2500 2000 Projection 1 1500 1000 500 0 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 Households: 2020: 1,850 2040: 2,560 Change: +710 Population: 2020: 4,715 2040: 6,670 Change: +1,955 Changes LAND USE 2040 Designates Natural Areas for Open A. Space Protection Expands the CBD along Water St. B. to Little Hut Dr. and along Penn. Ave. C. Calls for the Infill Tracts to be Planned Unit Developments (PUDs) D. Institutional Areas to remain Institutional Changes GROWTH AREA A. Adds the planned County Business Park and land south of Taylor Mill Road Expands natural areas and B. designate greenways C. Add an Employment Zone on MD 213, opposite Laser Drive D. Reduces the length of “Mixed Use Corridor” E. Employment Uses at the U.S. Route 13 / MD Route 213 Interchange Changes STREETS PLAN A. East Side Parkway B. State Highways to be parkways C. Primary Local Roads to improve interconnections Greenway and Trail Plan EXPANDED TRAIL NETWORK Trails Existing Trail Programmed for Construction Planned Greenways Changes Greenway are designated in Growth Area and In-Town Trail network is expanded Vision Question Imagine you are in a future generation of Centreville Town residents (not yet born): What would impress you most about the vision of today’s citizen planners? Suggested Way to frame your answer: “I would be most impressed that they ………………!”