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Home My Public Portal About01-04-2023--104 Main St Watertown Community Meeting_small104 MAIN STREET 19 January 2023 COMMUNITY MEETING SMART GROWTH & SUSTAINABLE DESING STRATEGIES 3 The Atmark –Cambridge,MA 430 Units / Market Rate The Maximilian –Queens, NY 188 Units / Market Rate Manhattan House –New York, NY Landmark Building Condos + Retail Stonefield –Charlottesville, VA 227 Units / Market Rate Parkchester –Bronx, NY 221 Units / Affordable Housing REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS 2 PROJECT TEAM 3 Architects Nancy Ludwig FAIA, President Civil Engineers Shane Michniewicz, PE Landscape Architects Ian Ramey, Principal Traffic Engineers Jeffrey Dirk PE, Managing Partner Attorney William York, Attorney 104 Main Street DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 4 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 5 6,128 sf of Commercial/Retail Reconstruction of existing retail facade 148 Rental Units (21 affordable units) 5 Townhouse Units (1 affordable) 5 three-bedroom town houses Resident Amenity Dog park, outdoor lounge and roof deck 5,500 sf of Amenity and Leasing Space Amenity space including gym, media room, flexible co-working space and more 156 Parking Spaces 154 garage spaces –with 8 EV Charging Stations 2 surface spaces 66 Bike parking spaces SMART GROWTH & SUSTAINABLE DESIGN STRATEGIES 6 All Electric Building --Designed to LEED Certifiable Standards Compact Transit Oriented Development Heat Island reduction Community Resources Construction Waste Management Dark Sky Approved Lighting Fixtures 8) EV Parking Spaces Photovoltaic Arrays on at least 50% of the roof Energy Star Appliances LED Interior Lighting Reduced Water Use with Limited/Low Flow Plumbing Fixtures Energy Star Dual Pane Low-E Glazing Bike Storage and Fix-it Station 104 Main Street CONTEXT 7 LOCUS PLAN 8 SITE CONTEXT PLAN 9 104 Main Street CONCEPT & LANDSCAPE 10 SITE DIAGRAM OPEN SPACE Overall Open Space = 24,200 SF / Site = 61,853 SF 39.1% Open Space 12 SETBACKS 11’17’ 10’ 10’ 8.9’ 10’ 13 SITE PLAN –GRADING 14 Elev. 35 Elev. 15 Elev. 22 Elev. 13 Elev. 14 Elev. 19 16 Thru-block Connection with public art SITE PLAN –AT -GRADE Entry Courtyard Loading & Garage Entry 15 16 Outdoor Courtyard on Garage SITE PLAN –UPPER LEVELS Outdoor Courtyard on Roof 16 PUBLIC REALM STONE WALL BIKE RACK COBBLESTONE APRON VARIED PLANTING STREET TREE GRATE CONTRASTINGMATERIALSMOTORCOURTTREEISLAND PERIMETER PLANTING 17 104 Main Street ARCHITECTURE 18 SITE DIAGRAM 19 20 4 Stories on Pleasant Street 5 Stories Partial Top Floor 4 Stories on Main Street Lower Levels of Building buried in grade 21 Partial Top Floor Lower Levels of Building buried into hillside grade Courtyard Over Garage Main Building Height Existing Adjacent Building on Church Lane Existing Cross Street Rowhouses BELOW GRADE PARKING PLAN 22 COURTYARD LEVEL PLAN ELEV. 19 @ MAIN STREET) Loading 23 LEVEL 2 -4 LEVEL 5 Upper Level FIFTH FLOOR PLAN 24 CONCEPT IMAGERY Residences at Watertown Square Riverbend on the Charles North Beacon Street Neighbors – including Watertown Library 25 Articulated Building Elements MAIN STREET PERSPECTIVE 26 27MAINSTREETLOOKINGSOUTH & EAST 28 CROSS STREET PERSPECTIVE 29 PLEASANT STREET PERSPECTIVE 30 DROP OFF COURT MATERIAL PALLETTE 32 104 Main Street TRAFFIC ANALYSIS TRANSPORTATION –SUMMARY Prepared in accordance with Scoping Determination Issued by the Town and performed in accordance with MassDOT’s Transportation Impact Assessment (TIA)Guidelines Includes a detailed assessment of traffic volumes,pedestrian and bicycle accommodations and public transportation services; Pre-and Post-COVID traffic volumes were used and adjusted to 2022 following MassDOT guidelines; The analysis concluded that the Project will not result in a significant impact (increase)on motorist delays or vehicle queuing over Existing or anticipated future conditions without the Project (No-Build conditions),with the majority of the movements shown to continue to operate at acceptable levels (LOS “D”or better); The study area intersections were found to have a motor vehicle crash rate that was below the MassDOT average crash rates for similar intersections;however,independent of the Project, many of the study area intersections are included on MassDOT’s Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)listing as high crash cluster locations;and Lines of sight at the driveways that serve the Project site will meet or exceed the recommended minimum distances for safe and efficient operation based on the appropriate approach speed. 33 TRANSPORTATION –SITE LOCUS 34 TRANSPORTATION –STUDY AREA 35 TRANSPORTATION –TRIP -GENERATION Automobile Trips Time Period/Direction A) Proposed Mixed-Use Developmenta B) Existing Usesb A-B) Difference Average Weekday Daily:706 644 +61 Weekday Morning Peak Hour:54 54 0 Weekday Evening Peak Hour:68 83 -15 36 TRANSPORTATION –TRIP DISTRIBUTION 37 TRANSPORTATION –RECOMMENDATIONS Site Access The Project site driveways and internal circulating drives will be 24 feet in width and designed to accommodate emergency vehicles and delivery trucks. Drive aisles within the Project site will be 20-feet wide for one-way travel and 24-feet wide for two-way travel. Vehicles exiting the Project site will be placed under STOP-sign control. If provided,access control systems for the garage entrance (i.e.,gates or garage doors)will be located a minimum of 23 feet from the back of the sidewalk along Pleasant Street. Sidewalks and ADA compliant wheelchair ramps will be provided for crossing the driveways or the sidewalk will be flush across the driveway. All signs and pavement markings to be installed within the Project site will conform to the applicable standards of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). Signs,landscaping and snow accumulations within intersection sight triangle areas will be designed and maintained so as not to restrict lines of sight. Audible pedestrian warning devices at garage entry/egress 38 TRANSPORTATION –RECOMMENDATIONS Main Street/Cross Street/Whooley Way Conduct a pedestrian safety assessment and design and construct the identified improvements or provide funding to the City to complete the pedestrian improvements. Watertown Square Provide a contribution to be used toward the study and design of long-term improvements for Watertown Square. Galen Street/Nonantum Road/Watertown Street Install two (2)“No Left Turn”(R3-2)signs with accompanying supplemental plaques indicating the times of the turn restriction (7:00 to 9:00 AM and 4:00 to 7:00 PM)in both the northbound and southbound directions. Wayfinding Signs Provide wayfinding signs along Main Street for the proposed Watertown Community Path 39 TRANSPORTATION –TDM PROGRAM TDM Program o Goal of no more than 54 percent of residents and 60 percent of employees arriving to the Project site by an SOV o Become a full member of the WTMA o A monthly transportation benefit will ne offered to all employees that commute by a non- SOV mode for a minimum of three (3)days per week capped at the cost of an unlimited bus/subway pass (Monthly LinkPass) o New residents that sign a 12-month lease will be offered an unlimited bus/subway pass for the first 30 days of tenancy or a bike share membership for the first year of residency, limited to one (1)pass or bike share membership per unit o Coordinate with the MBTA and DCDP to locate a CharlieCard purchase/recharge kiosk or other such system for the purchase or replenishment of public transit fares within the building at an appropriate location or at an alternate location o Encourage in lease agreements that commercial tenant(s)provide an annual membership to a bike share service for employees that commute to work by bicycle a minimum of three 3)days per week 40 TRANSPORTATION –TDM PROGRAM TDM Program (Continued) o Weather protected bicycle parking will be provided for up to 46 bicycles in a dedicated bicycle room that will be accessible from within the parking garage and exterior bicycle parking will be provided for 20 bicycles o An Emergency Ride Home (ERH)program will be provided through the WTMA to all employees that commute to work by a non-SOV mode at least three (3)days per week.The ERH program will be coordinated by the TDMC and WTMA,and will allow for a maximum of four ERH per year o Wayfinding signs will be installed within the project site that will provide guidance on the preferred route to access the Charles River Greenway multiuse path and directions to the bicycle parking (exterior bike racks and weather protected bicycle parking) o A post-development traffic and parking monitoring,and a resident and employee survey program will be performed in order to evaluate the success and to refine the elements of the TDM program,and to validate the trip projections for the building 41 104 MAIN STREET 104 MAIN STREET THANK YOU