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bicycle and pedestrian facilities to the year 25. Developing VISION 25 involved substantial work over a threeyear period culminating with SEWRPC adopting the plan in July 2.

1 PROPOSED VISION 25 AMENDMENT WHAT IS VISION 25? VISION 25 is Southeastern Wisconsin s longrange land use and transportation plan. It makes recommendations to local and State government to shape and guide land use development and transportation improvement including public transit arterial streets and highways freight and bicycle and pedestrian facilities to the year 25. Developing VISION 25 involved substantial work over a threeyear period culminating with SEWRPC adopting the plan in July 2. The process was guided by the Commission s Advisory Committees on Regional Land Use Planning and Regional Transportation Planning which are also guiding work on the currently proposed plan amendment. Given that the Regional Planning Commission is an advisory agency implementing the VISION 25 recommendations for land use and transportation depends on the actions of local county areawide State and Federal government agencies. Commission staff will continue to work with these various entities as they conduct more detailed local planning related to plan implementation. WHY IS THE PLAN BEING AMENDED? VISION 25 was adopted in July 2 prior to any knowledge of the Foxconn development that is being constructed in the Village of Mount Pleasant. Given the size and significance of this development VISION 25 needs to be amended to incorporate land use changes to accommodate additional residents and jobs related to the Foxconn manufacturing campus. In addition the plan amendment incorporates transportation improvements to serve the Foxconn area. As part of the plan amendment based on changes in funding for transportation projects in the last State budget staff also revisited the analysis of expected transportation costs and revenues. This updated analysis identifies the portion of the recommended transportation system that can reasonably be funded which is referred to as the Fiscally Constrained Transportation Plan. HOW TO PROVIDE INPUT Once you have reviewed the information presented at today s meeting regarding the proposed plan amendment we encourage you to provide your feedback to us. Written Comments Please use the comment cards available at this meeting to write down any comments you might have. Verbal Comments If you would prefer to comment at a later time you can submit comments through September 3 28 in any of the following ways: > > Website: vision25sewis.org > > vision25@sewrpc.org Please speak to the court reporter or a staff member if you prefer to provide verbal comments. > > Mail: P.O. Box 7 Waukesha WI 577 > > Fax: (22 3 HOW WILL MY COMMENTS BE CONSIDERED? All comments submitted by September 3 28 will be entered into the public record and will be considered as staff prepares a revised plan amendment for consideration by the VISION 25 Advisory Committees and the Regional Planning Commission.

2 PERTINENT VISION 25 RECOMMENDATIONS WHAT DOES VISION 25 ALREADY RECOMMEND? Local planning will continue for many years around the Foxconn manufacturing campus. Much of this local planning is not expected to require amending VISION 25. As the affected communities and Racine County conduct more detailed planning VISION 25 should be considered as a guide and the Commission staff as a resource. In anticipation of this planning the amendment highlights key VISION 25 recommendations already included in the plan that provide guidance to implementing agencies and units of government working on the Foxconn project or related activities (see the full amendment document for more details. These recommendations support: > > Efficiently and responsibly developing land > > Providing the right mix of housing for workers near their jobs > > Achieving a multimodal transportation system that serves the needs of all potential workers and residents in the area Highlighting VISION 25 s recommendations as originally adopted is also important because it establishes an understanding of the recommendations before identifying what changes are being proposed under the plan amendment. LAND USE VISION 25 is intended to provide a guide or overall framework for future land use within the Region. Implementation of the land use recommendations ultimately relies on planning decisions made at the community level. Incorporating key VISION 25 land use recommendations in future community planning decisions regarding the area around Foxconn would have many benefits to the communities and those who may seek to work and live within the communities. A mix of housing types and land uses should be developed to provide: > > A variety of housing types (multifamily singlefamily on smaller lots affordable to a wide range of incomes > > Access to job opportunities for workers with transportation barriers which can help reduce economic and educational disparities between white and minority populations > > Walkable neighborhoods near amenities to attract workers A compact development pattern should be achieved to: > > Allow municipal services (e.g. public sewer water and transit to be provided more efficiently and costeffectively > > Minimize impacts to natural and agricultural resources

3 PERTINENT VISION 25 RECOMMENDATIONS TRANSPORTATION The transportation component of VISION 25 includes the following six elements: public transit bicycle and pedestrian transportation systems management travel demand management arterial streets and highways and freight transportation. Some of these elements are more directly affected by the plan amendment than others but there are recommendations from each of these elements that should be considered in the ongoing decisionmaking regarding transportation improvements to serve the Foxconn campus. Significantly improved and expanded public transit: > > Added commuter rail lines including a KenoshaRacineMilwaukee line with stations that could be connected to the Foxconn campus > > Added express bus routes including two in the vicinity of the Foxconn campus > > Increased frequency and expanded service area of Racinearea local bus service > > Improved Amtrak Hiawatha service between Milwaukee and Chicago which includes a Sturtevant station about three miles north of Foxconn Significantly improved and expanded bicycle and pedestrian facilities: > > Onstreet bicycle accommodations on all surface arterials (nonfreeways > > Enhanced bicycle facilities that go beyond a traditional bike lane (e.g. protected bike lane or path within a road s rightofway in key regional corridors > > Expanded offstreet bicycle path system > > Expanded bike share program implementation > > Safe efficient and accessible pedestrian facilities Road capacity and design that address traffic impacts and safety and accommodate all users: > > Routine maintenance periodic rehabilitation and reconstruction of roadway infrastructure to keep the arterial system in a state of good repair > > Complete streets concepts to allow safe and convenient travel for all roadway users traveling by various modes > > Strategically expanded arterial capacity to address congestion Employersponsored programs to reduce vehicle trips and VMT: > > Highoccupancy vehicle (HOV preferential treatment such as preferential parking for those who carpool or vanpool > > Parking cashout which involves charging employees for parking then offsetting that cost with additional pay to encourage alternatives to driving alone > > Live near your work programs designed to help workers buy or rent a home near their employer Freight improvements: > > Address forecast congestion on the regional freight highway network to improve reliability > > Accommodate oversize/overweight (OSOW shipments particularly by maintaining appropriate clearances > > Pursue a new truckrail intermodal facility in the Region so intermodal shipments can avoid the highly congested Chicago area

REVISIONS TO VISION 25 LAND USE COMPONENT FIGURE Existing and Planned LAND USE CHANGES Population and Employment VISION 25 is being revised

Various sources have estimated the total employment impact associated with Foxconn at about 3 jobs but staff estimates that about half

Employment (25 Original by employment growth originally envisioned under VISION 25.

REVISED ELD ELD The amendment accommodates the additional residents and jobs through IN IN revisions to the regional land use development

Primary Impact Area M I L W A U K E E C O.

City of Racine and environs and the City N O S H A C O. N O S H A C O. of Kenosha and environs MIXEDUSE CITY CENTER 8.

Dwelling Units per Net Residential Acre > > Adds a new major economic MIXEDUSE TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD 7. to 7.

4 REVISIONS TO VISION 25 LAND USE COMPONENT FIGURE Existing and Planned LAND USE CHANGES Population and Employment VISION 25 is being revised to accommodate an additional residents and 7 jobs related to development associated with Foxconn. Various sources have estimated the total employment impact associated with Foxconn at about 3 jobs but staff estimates that about half Existing Population ( Existing Employment (2 of these jobs could be absorbed Planned Population (25 Original Planned Employment (25 Original by employment growth originally envisioned under VISION 25. Planned Population (25 as Amended Planned Employment (25 as Amended FIGURE 2 Revisions to Land Use Development Pattern: VISION 25 ORIGINAL REVISED ELD ELD The amendment accommodates the additional residents and jobs through IN IN revisions to the regional land use development pattern: > > Much of the new development is O O anticipated to be industrial and M I L W A U K E E C O. Primary Impact Area M I L W A U K E E C O. commercial > > New housing units near the Foxconn campus are ay ay recommended to be either MOUNT MOUNT multifamily housing or single A C I N E C O. A C I N E C O. family homes on lots of / acre or less The amendment also: > > Incorporates requested amendments to the adopted sewer service areas for the City of Racine and environs and the City N O S H A C O. N O S H A C O. of Kenosha and environs MIXEDUSE CITY CENTER 8. Dwelling Units per Net Residential Acre LARGE LOT EXURBAN (Residential Land.2 to. Dwelling Units per Net Residential Acre > > Adds a new major economic MIXEDUSE TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD 7. to 7.9 Dwelling Units per Net Residential Acre SMALL LOT TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD. to.9 Dwelling Units per Net Residential Acre RURAL ESTATE (. to.2 Dwelling Units per Acre AGRICULTURAL AND OTHER OPEN LANDS activity center encompassing the area in and around the Foxconn campus MEDIUM LOT NEIGHBORHOOD 2.3 to.3 Dwelling Units per Net Residential Acre LARGE LOT NEIGHBORHOOD.7 to 2.2 Dwelling Units per Net Residential Acre PRIMARY ENVIRONMENTAL CORRIDOR SURFACE WATER 2 3 Miles Figure 2 compares the proposed land use changes to the land use development pattern originally recommended in VISION 25.

REVISIONS TO VISION 25 TRANSPORTATION COMPONENT ARTERIAL STREET AND HIGHWAY CHANGES The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT is designing and constructing several surface arterial

5 REVISIONS TO VISION 25 TRANSPORTATION COMPONENT ARTERIAL STREET AND HIGHWAY CHANGES The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT is designing and constructing several surface arterial improvements in the vicinity of the Foxconn manufacturing campus. The proposed VISION 25 amendment reflects WisDOT s planned surface arterial improvements referred to as the Foxconn development roads which include the new and reconstructed roadway segments listed below. FIGURE 3 Revisions to VISION 25 Arterial Street and Highway System ORIGINAL 2 8 KR Primary Impact Area KR EA ARTERIAL STREET OR HIGHWAY T New Roadways KR G >> Extend International Drive as a new fourlane facility from just south of STH 2 (Washington Avenue to STH (Durand Avenue and remove planned extension between STH and Braun Road RESERVE RIGHTOFWAY TO ACCOMMODATE POTENTIAL FUTURE IMPROVEMENT BEYOND 25 (ADDITIONAL LANES OR NEW FACILITY NEW NEW FACILITY WITH RIGHTOFWAY TO ACCOMMODATE FUTURE IMPROVEMENT (ADDITIONAL LANES WIDENING AND/OR OTHER IMPROVEMENT TO PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL CAPACITY X H MOUNT >> Widen CTH H from two to four travel lanes between CTH KR and Venice Avenue 8 2 H 8 C 9 >> Widen Braun Road from two to six travel lanes between I9 and CTH H EXISTING A FREEWAY INTERCHANGE >> Widen CTH KR from two to six travel lanes between I9 and CTH H and from two to four travel lanes between CTH H and STH REVISED KR G EA T MOUNT X H >> Widen STH (Durand Avenue from two to four travel lanes between 5th Road and I9 and from four to six travel lanes between I9 and CTH H H 8 C 9 Existing Roadways to be Improved V A RESURFACING OR RECONSTRUCTION TO PROVIDE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME CAPACITY NUMBER OF TRAFFIC LANES FOR NEW OR IMPROVED FACILITY INCLUDING RIGHTOFWAY RESERVATIONS (2 LANES WHERE UNNUMBERED Figure 3 compares the proposed arterial improvement changes to arterial improvements originally recommended in VISION Miles >> Add Wisconn Valley Way as a new fourlane facility between STH (Durand Avenue and CTH KR

REVISIONS TO VISION 25 TRANSPORTATION COMPONENT PUBLIC TRANSIT SERVICE AND BICYCLE NETWORK CHANGES The recommended public transit element and bicycle and pedestrian element would also be amended to

FIGURE Revisions to VISION 25 Transit Services ORIGINAL 3 3 MOUNT 5 MOUNT 2 TRANSIT SERVICES RAPID TRANSIT LINE Proposed changes to the bicycle network include: 3 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 58 HH Shuttle service

along the new Foxconn development roads EVERY 5 MINUTES OR BETTER EXPRESS BUS ROUTE COMMUTER RAIL LINE & STATION COMMUTER BUS ROUTE & RIDE INTERCITY RAIL STREETCAR LINE HH From downtown Milwaukee

6 REVISIONS TO VISION 25 TRANSPORTATION COMPONENT PUBLIC TRANSIT SERVICE AND BICYCLE NETWORK CHANGES The recommended public transit element and bicycle and pedestrian element would also be amended to meet the multimodal transportation needs in the area of the potential new development. FIGURE Revisions to VISION 25 Transit Services ORIGINAL 3 3 MOUNT 5 MOUNT 2 TRANSIT SERVICES RAPID TRANSIT LINE Proposed changes to the bicycle network include: HH Shuttle service along CTH H from Sturtevant Amtrak Station 58 5 HH Extend RYDE Route along Braun Road TO BURLINGTON 2 LOCAL TRANSIT SERVICE AREA AND PEAK FREQUENCY >> Additional bicycle accommodations along the new Foxconn development roads EVERY 5 MINUTES OR BETTER EXPRESS BUS ROUTE COMMUTER RAIL LINE & STATION COMMUTER BUS ROUTE & RIDE INTERCITY RAIL STREETCAR LINE HH From downtown Milwaukee along I9 (extending past Foxconn into Kenosha County >> Improve local transit service in the impacted area HH From western Racine County along STH WAUKESHA 5 WAUKESHA 9 HH From downtown Racine along Sheridan Road (STH and CTH KR >> Add three new commuter bus routes to the Foxconn campus REVISED The recommended public transit services which are in addition to significantly expanded and improved services already recommended in VISION 25 include: LESS FREQUENT THAN EVERY 5 MINUTES ONE DAY ADVANCERESERVATION SHAREDRIDE TAXI 2 3 Miles Figure compares the proposed transit service changes to the transit services originally recommended in VISION 25. >> Extend the enhanced bicycle facility corridors along STH and CTH KR in the Racine area both connecting to the Foxconn campus

7 UPDATED FINANCIAL ANALYSIS FOR VISION 25 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PREVIOUS FINANCIAL ANALYSIS When VISION 25 was initially prepared the financial analysis identified a difference between the cost to build maintain and operate the recommended transportation system and what the Region s existing and expected revenues would allow the Region to afford. As a result the funded portion of the plan referred to as the Fiscally Constrained Transportation Plan (FCTP was identified. The FCTP originally included all transportation elements of VISION 25 except for portions of the public transit element. Specifically most of the major transit improvement and expansion components in VISION 25 were not included in the FCTP and reductions in current transit service were expected to continue. However the analysis noted that the recommended arterial system improvements particularly reconstructing the regional freeway system would require funding levels from State budgets of the previous decade to be maintained. UPDATED FINANCIAL ANALYSIS In revisiting this analysis of existing and reasonably expected costs and revenues associated with the transportation system recommended in VISION 25 staff reconfirmed insufficient funding for the recommended public transit improvements. The updated analysis also shows that expected revenues will be insufficient to complete the recommended reconstruction of several portions of the Region s arterial street and highway system by 25. This will result mostly in a reduction in the amount of freeway that can be reconstructed but will also reduce the amount of surface arterials (nonfreeways that can be reconstructed with additional lanes or can be newly constructed by 25. FIGURE 5 Transportation System Investment Required for VISION 25 as Amended (Average Annual in Millions of 27$ Capital Operations and Maintenance Public Transit $29 $253 $2 Bicycle & Pedestrian $ Streets & Highways $79 $9 $89 FIGURE Funding Available for VISION 25 as Amended (Average Annual in Millions of 27$ Capital Operations and Maintenance Public Transit $99 $ $2 Bicycle & Pedestrian $ Streets & Highways $ $79 $5

8 UPDATED FINANCIAL ANALYSIS FOR VISION 25 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MAP Fiscally Constrained Transit System as Revised 5 COMMUTER RAIL LINE & STATION Kewaskum FREDONIA INTERCITY RAIL Barton SAUKVILLE SLINGER JACKSON 75 FULL FREEWAY INTERCHANGE WHERE A HALF INTERCHANGE CURRENTLY EXISTS PORT SAUKVILLE Saukville Trenton West Bend Addison M NEW FREEWAY INTERCHANGE Port Washington NEWBURG Barton Sharon 7 WALWORTH GENOA CITY Walworth Linn Bloomfield 5 5 TWIN S 5 3 Randall Salem 58 2 SILVER SHARON 2 WALWORTH 5 BLOOMFIELD Wheatland WILLIAMS FONTANA ON GENEVA Brighton 7 5 Lyons Geneva Delavan Darien DARIEN 3 58 GENEVA Burlington 3 Dover 2 BURLINGTON 3 2 MOUNT 2 5 Spring Prairie Lafayette Sugar Creek 3 C O. WATERFORD Waterf ord DELAVAN East Troy Troy ELKHORN EAST TROY 79 ROCHESTER Richmond Randall Bloomfield 3 La Grange Whitewater 5 3 Vernon 89 MOUNT WAUKESHA Mukwonago 7 5 WHITEWATER 3 5 Salem MUKWONAGO TWIN S 2 2 BLOOMFIELD Eagle 2 3 BIG EAGLE C O Miles 89 Waukesha SILVER Wheatland 3 5 Genesee Ottawa Brighton WILLIAMS WALES 2 Lyons 9 8 WAUKESHA 8 WHITEFISH Brookfield DOUSMAN GLENDALE 75 Delafield RIVER FOX HILLS HARTLAND DELAFIELD 8 FALLS Lisbon MENOMONEE SUSSEX NASHOTAH BROWN DEER SIDE O 5 CHENEQUA 9 7 OZAUKEE LANNON Dover THIENSVILLE Merton LA K E M IC H IG A N 5 MERTON 5 MEQUON GERMANTOWN LAC LA BELLE Spring Prairie Jackson Germantown Polk 2 3 Graft on Cedar burg Oconomowoc BURLINGTON GRAFTON CEDARBURG RICHFIELD 2 WAUKESHA WATERFORD Waterford JACKSON Vernon 3 SLINGER Belgium Fredonia Farmington Wayne FREDONIA Kewaskum 5 BELGIUM 3 KEWASKUM 28 Salem Randall 3 Waukesha 7 8 East Troy Linn 5 5 SUMMIT GENOA CITY Walworth 5 Bloomfield Linn Walworth TWIN S 2 ARTERIAL TO BE WIDENED WITH ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC LANES WALWORTH WALWOR TH 2 NEW ARTERIAL Burlin gton Sharon BLOOMFIELD 58 5 SILVER Wheatland GENOA CITY 8 9 EAST TROY WALWOR TH SHARON Mukwonago FONTANA ON GENEVA Brookfield Lyons ARTERIAL STREETS AND HIGHWAYS Delavan 8 8 ROCHESTER Darien 3 Brighton WILLIAMS 7 WHITEFISH BIG Geneva 5 Geneva Delavan Darien GLENDALE 9 WAUKESHA 89 Delafield 7 DARIEN DARIEN 75 MUKWONAGO 3 5 FALLS 9 Genesee GENEVA Burlington GENEVA SIDE 8 EAGLE 5 Erin 2 DELAVAN RIVER FOX HILLS Miles MENOMONEE HARTLAND 2 BROWN DEER Richm ond 7 OZAUKEE C O. WALES Lafayette 3 2 DELAVAN Dover Spring Prairie Lafayette MOUNT 2 BURLINGTON LA K E MI C H IG AN Sugar Creek 7 LANNON ELKHORN Sugar Creek 75 Troy Hartford THIENSVILLE Merton DELAFIELD La Grange 5 2 ROCHESTER MEQUON GERMANTOWN SUMMIT Whitewater WATERFORD Waterford 5 Lisbon 2 Troy ELKHORN 3 East Troy Grafton 8 MERTON 2 C O. 9 EAST TROY 3 Cedarburg 2 GRAFTON CEDARBURG SUSSEX 2 CHENEQUA WHITEWATER WAUKESHA 3 PORT Jackson Germantown Eagle 2 5 Erin Vernon 3 La Grange Richm ond 9 2 Whitewater Mukwonago 7 WHITEWATER 79 MUKWONAGO Saukville 75 Polk Ottawa 9 PRESERVE EXISTING CROSSSECTION 7 7 EAGLE HARTFORD RICHFIELD DOUSMAN BIG Eagle 2 3 Waukesha Genesee Hartford 89 SLINGER 9 2 Port Washington NASHOTAH Miles Belgium JACKSON LAC LA BELLE Barton HARTFORD WALES 7 SEE INSET Delafield 8 WAUKESHA SAUKVILLE Oconomowoc Brookfield 5 DOUSMAN 8 BELGIUM Fredonia Trenton 9 SUMMIT West Bend 75 9 DELAFIELD 9 NEWBURG Addison HARTLAND 3 FREDONIA Note: New freeway segments are shown as dashed lines. Lisbon NASHOTAH Kewaskum 75 WHITEFISH CHENEQUA KEWASKUM GLENDALE MAP 3 Fiscally Constrained Arterial Street and Highway System as Revised FALLS MENOMONEE SUSSEX MAP 2 Schedule for Reconstructing the Freeway System Under the Revised FCTP TO BE COMPLETED BEYOND 25 5 RIVER FOX HILLS 8 MERTON SIDE BROWN DEER LANNON LAC LA BELLE Sharon Farmington OZAUKEE C O. Merton 7 SHARON Wayne Oconomowoc 7 75 WALWORTH PLANNED TO BE COMPLETED BETWEEN 28 AND 25 THIENSVILLE GERMANTOWN Erin LA K E MI C H IG AN 5 RICHFIELD FONTANA ON GENEVA MEQUON 7 8 Cedarburg Jackson Germantown 7 3 Grafton CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT INSET GRAFTON CEDARBURG Polk Hartford 5 HARTFORD ONE DAY ADVANCERESERVATION SHAREDRIDE TAXI 3 5 LESS FREQUENT THAN EVERY 5 MINUTES For arterial streets and highways several segments of the regional freeway system and two nonfreeway segments would be removed from the FCTP. Specifically only 35 miles of the total 2 miles of recommended freeway reconstruction would be expected to be implemented by 25 under the revised FCTP. Ottawa COMPLETED PRIOR TO 28 Saukville Trenton West Bend Addison EVERY 5 MINUTES OR BETTER 7 28 PORT 75 LOCAL TRANSIT SERVICE AREA AND PEAK FREQUENCY FREEWAY Port Washington NEWBURG STREETCAR LINE The impact of insufficient funding for public transit and arterial streets and highways can be seen in the maps on this board. For transit minimal improvements would be included in the FCTP and regional service levels are expected to decline by about % rather than more than double as VISION 25 recommends. Belgium Fredonia Farmington Wayne COMMUTER BUS ROUTE & RIDE WHAT DOES THE FUNDING IMPACT LOOK LIKE? BELGIUM RAPID TRANSIT LINE 3 KEWASKUM 28 TRANSIT SERVICES

APPENDIX M FOR THE JEFFERSON COUNTY PORTION OF THE VISION 2050 PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS MILWAUKEE URBANIZED AREA INTRODUCTION

APPENDIX M FOR THE JEFFERSON COUNTY PORTION OF THE VISION 2050 PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS MILWAUKEE URBANIZED AREA INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Following the 2010 U.S. Census, 70 the Milwaukee urbanized area boundary extends beyond the Southeastern Wisconsin Region across the boundary line between Waukesha and Jefferson Counties,