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G2. State: |
Kansas
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G3. Multiple agencies / jurisdictions?
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Yes
Yes.Partnership and funding anticipated from Leavenworth County. Potential funding from School District
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G4 Project contact: |
Gene Myracle Jr.
City Superintendent
City of Basehor, KS
Office # 913-724-2000
citysuper@cityofbasehor.org
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G5 Purpose and need:
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155th St, Basehor’s main street, is currently substandard with an unsafe intersection at Parallel Rd and inadequate facilities for bicyclists and pedestrians. This project will rehabilitate, modernize &; improve overall safety for motorists and non-motorists alike, including addition of turn lanes as needed, stormwater improvements with adequate green infrastructure (BMPs, native grasses and street trees). Intersection at Parallel will be improved with a roundabout. These improvements will add a 10 wide Multi-Use Path for pedestrian, bicycle traffic along with a 5 wide sidewalk on opposite side of roadway. The improvements to 155th Street will make the corridor easily accessible for freight movement and ultimately convert 155th Street into Leavenworth County’s first complete street.
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G6. Origin and ending
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Route:
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Length (Miles):
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155th Street
Wolf Creek
Elm Road
1.50000
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G7 Functional Classification:
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Major Collector
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G8 Connected KC 2050 Decade?
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2020
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G9 Muli-Agency Plan?
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Yes
Project implements components of the regional Bikeway plan. Clean Air Action Plan. Safety Blueprint. Green Infrastructure Framework.
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G10 Included in a CIP?
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Yes
Project is included in Citys Capital Improvement Plan
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G11 Planning stage:
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Conceptual Plan
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G12 Reviewed by state DOT?
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No
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G13 Right-of-Way acquisition: |
In process
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G14 ROW by local public agency process manual?
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Yes
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G15 Other unique local goals and objectives?
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No
Projects address residents desires for for sidewalks/bike infrastructure/trails, as identified in September 2019 Citizen Satisfaction Survey by ETC. This survey results identified this type of facility as the most pressing infrastructure need in the city. 64% of residents ranked this type of infrastructure among the most important city capital improvement project for the continuous success for the city of Basehor. This ranked even higher than street maintenance. In addition, this project addresses a major safety concern at the intersection of Parallel and 155th, where a high school exists. Additionally, there are no sidewalks south of Parallel on 155th Street, forcing pedestrians to walk in the roadway.
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G16 Transportation Disadvantaged Population:
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The overarching goal of the 155th Street Improvement Project is to improve the quality of life for the citizens of Basehor. To be very specific, 155th Street is located within the heart of the city and is a major connector to Highway 24/40 (State Avenue).
During the last 20 years, this City and specifically this corridor has seen tremendous growth (from approx. 1000 to 6000 citizens). This level of growth has led to an increasing need to safely provide sidewalks, bike paths, multiple use paths that will serve this fully developed residential neighborhood a with population of all ages, which include veterans, people with disabilities, and elementary/middle/high school students.
Improving this project would have an impact on the mixed population. Demographic data indicates the residents living in and within a three (3) block spread of 155th Street are predominantly working age, with many young families with school age children.
Our largest track of our elderly population resides along our main road. Along this corridor are three of the four senior housing facilities located in the city. As a result, the transportation needs of seniors without privately own transportation becomes challenging.
It is believed that the 155th Street Improvement project will improve the quality of life by providing better connections for residents and visitors to jobs and services.
An advantage to our transportation disadvantaged population will be found in providing a safe continuous connection from long-established neighborhoods to the activity centers located within the city. Additional advantages would be to improve quality of life which will result in better connections for residents and visitors to jobs and services.
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G17 Relevant Public Engagement:
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At a “State of the City” address, a question was asked by a member of the audience. The question was “What are you going to do to improve 155th Street?” That question was the start of dialog focusing on ways to address voiced issues related to 155th Street. For example, the high school and other major activities centers were located on 155th Street and yet there were limited sidewalks for the residents to utilize.
A 2012 Citywide survey clearly identified the lack of sidewalks as being a major priority need for infrastructure for this city.
More and more concerns were being shared as the community grew from approx. 1000 to 6000 citizens over the last 20 years. These concerns clearly began to highlight the lack of sidewalks that are impacting the accessibility to our activity centers and other public services.
A decision was made to address and collect data related to various types of improvements for 155th Street that would address the voiced concerns as well as improve the overall quality of life of the Citizens.
A variety of relevant public engagement tools and strategies have been utilized which involved collecting public feedback by hosting 155th Street Improvement (Town halls).
The survey (data collection tool) collected information that specifically – focused on the following.
a. 155th Street be improved?
b. Should sidewalks be included in any improvements for the project?
c. Where should the project start and end on 155th Street?
However: additional feedback was also collected (secondary data) included data related to dynamic transportation uses (pedestrian, cyclist), restraints to active transportation option as well as potential walking/biking enhancements needed.
These Town halls were conducted in various venues throughout in the City to include conducting Town-halls at Church, our High School, library, senior housing units, city wide festival (Dairy Days), and a posting in local newspaper.
In addition to the Town-halls, the same information provided during the Town-halls was also posted as a video presentation (along with the data collection tool) to the City’s Website (including social media outlets) for citizens to use and share with others.
The public engagement strategy includes several one-on-one discussions with individuals. All findings from the data collection tool and other implemented strategies were shared with the public on the City’s Web page (and social media outlets).
In 2019 another City Wide Survey was conducted that indicated individuals still had a high interest in improving 155th Street.
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G18 Planned Public Engagement:
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We will conduct a robust citizen-wide engagement process. The 2019 Direction Finder ® survey proved our community is eager to engage. Therefore, we intend to use all tools available to us as a way to generate interest and ownership in this project development. The Governing Body will conduct Town Hall meetings, the Planning Commission will conduct feedback and listening sessions, neighborhood outreach, web and social media, we will seek to use mailed flyers, utilize the schools web based communication methods, pace advertisements with the Basehor community Library, place yard signs, and work with the Leavenworth County Times on purchased ads. We learned we have an active cycling community who we intend to make a partner to ensure our project improves access. We will also reach out the the Whole Person organization to ensure our project improves accessibility. We will also work with property managers for our senior housing and income restricted residential developments, VFW is a committed communication partner as well. We will work with the local library to help promote the project development process. We will seek an engagement partner with a proven track record for engaging diverse audiences, especially in light of COVID-19. We will use social media to promote events and encourage discussion. We will also leverage the diversity of our partners in the steering committee to ensure everyone’s voice in the community is heard.
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G19 Sustainable Places Criteria:
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----Active Transportation/Living---Age in Place---Compact, Walkable Centers---
Complete Street Design---Connected Street Network---Context Appropriate Streets-------
----Green Infrastructure---Infill-Rehab Housing---Integrated Trail System---
Mixed-Density Neighborhoods---Natural Resources Protection-------Pedestrian-Oriented Public Realm---
Renewable Energy-----------Strong Suburban Downtown---
Transit-Ready Corridors---Tree Preservation-
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G19.1 Describe PSP relationship:
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This project aims to: *rehabilitate/modernize roadway and improve bike/ped facilities for transportation & recreation, in a natural setting with enhanced tree canopy and reduce runoff/improve water quality. *address areas identified as restoration priorities by MARC by adding green infrastructure where possible. *make downtown Basehor and newly developing Civic Campus transit ready by identifying stop locations, for any future transit or rideshare vehicles. *provide multimodal transportation corridor (with lacking bike/ped infrastructure) and establish connection between commercial node along State Av., nearby Civic Campus and alongside school, to downtown. *use technology (solar powered energy efficient) in signage and traffic control equipment to achieve maximum energy efficiency. *connect well established mixed density residential areas with new development, which will provide an opportunity for our increasingly diverse population to call us a community of choice for all ages.
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G20 Implements Sustainable Places Initiatives?
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No
This project does not advance a specific Planning Sustainable Places study. However, the project seeks to implement many of the goals and concepts which are identified in the regions transportation plan and is consistent with building sustainable communities. The project includes improvements which clearly focus our citys efforts into the main north/south spine of the city, directly connecting our downtown with our highschool, mixed density residential areas, and commercial areas. The project will incorporate green infrastructure and bike/ped amenities thus making the corridor a model of a vibrant green complete street. We hope this project will enable ongoing densification of development along 155th Street, offering a mix of recreational options with plentiful transportation choices. In summary, although this project does not directly implement a PSP study, it does seek to implement most of elements which typically arise from similar work.
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G21 Serves Regional Activity Center?
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Yes
Less-Intense and Less-Walkable Centers
We believe this activity center is inaccurately not listed as a "moderately developed activity center" due to recent completed development activity. The Activity Center at Parallel Rd and 155th is the only district high school. Grayhawk Elementary is opening in area with 215 new students. The new Early Learning Center will have 90 students and 25 staff members. The City has added 350 residential houses and a 64 unit apartment complex is nearing construction at Parallel and 158th Street. In addition, this projects design will account and allow for future transit shelters and stops identified as priority county needs in KCATAs Leavenworth County Transit Planning Sustainable Places study.
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G22 Environmental justice tracts?
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No
This project does not directly serve an environmental justice tract. However, significant minority or low income populations do exist in the project area. For example, the 2019 local school enrollment in district is 7% African American; 20% Hispanic and 9.2 % other. Free and reduced lunch is 12% at the High School, and 10% at the Glenwood Ridge Elementary School, 13% at the intermediate school. There are also income restricted older adult residential developments within the project area. Also, existing pedestrian infrastructure is antiquated and not accessible to people with disabilities. Given the nature of this project which would improve pedestrian connections, provide transportation and recreational bike/ped options, eliminate gaps, and enhance the tree canopy, these populations would all be directly benefited by these improvements as they would now be able to travel to school, shopping on foot safely and comfortably.
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G23 Reduces greenhouse gas emissions?
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No
This project will reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Even though this project is a roadway project, the major and more visible elements will be infrastructure outside of the roadway itself. Major elements of the project include the closing of any sidewalk gaps and addition of a multi-use bicycle pedestrian path along 155th Street. It will be safer and more comfortable to travel outside of a car. We anticipate that this will lead to some shifting of transportation trips from driving ones own car to a bicycle/pedestrian trip. The project will also add green infrastructure in the form of enhanced tree canopy, native grasses, reduction of piped stormwater for more natural drainage systems, all of which will have a positive effect on mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. These various project elements will also be used as educational opportunities with the local high school, etc.
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G24 Natural Resource information:
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Natural Resource Inventory shows medium to high forest restoration value along 155th Street right of way contemplated for this project. Commensurate with this identified priority, the project will include native grasses, tree canopy, bioretention areas, etc. This project will implement segments of the regional bikeway network and also connect to a new segment of a Metrogreen trail system through city (first one in city) towards the new civic campus.
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G25 Community Links at Watershaed Scale:
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Project area exists near ridge line and in headwaters of Hog Creek/Little Stranger Creek, which drain into Kaw River. Hog creek, of poor stream riparian health, drains most heavily urbanized/urbanizing areas in Basehor. Areas east of Hog Creek & 155th Street include the Citys downtown, existing commercial corridors and residential areas. Commercial areas are currently expanding towards the southern end of this project (near State Avenue). The City is also advancing construction of a civic campus within 1/8 mile of Hog Creek and 155th Street. Information provided by MARC indicates areas along 155th ROW to be of high forest restoration priorities. This project will use green infrastructure strategies to improve stream health, serve as a model for future public and private improvements in area, and be part of educational activities in high school. These strategies will reduce runoff during rain events, and improve water quality and stream riparian areas health. NOTE: Maps attached.
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G26 Explain local land use or comprehensive plans:
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Comprehensive Plan City of Basehor.
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