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Function of a Master Plan: Dana Little of TCRPC said, that the Master Plan can provide tools to help address community issues such as preserving the character, charm and small-town feel of Juno Beach through architectural design, landscape, and building site area regulations. It also can address traffic issues, walkable and bikeable concerns through traffic calming tools, and land use planning by identifying appropriate zoning and business mixes. The TCRPC uses outreach methods to identify the community's shared values, such as Keep Juno Beach, Juno Beach, and creates architectural renderings and street views to visualize how those values can be embodied in the future improvements to the Town whether infrastructure, landscaping, or other buildings that are privately or publicly funded. TCRPC will also recommend code changes needed to implement the community's shared vision. TCRPC can perform market studies for data driven decision making to balance land uses and types of commercial businesses within the community.
Traffic and Public Safety: Kim Delaney of TCRPC said, "land use planning can help to solve some local traffic issues." For example, residential units generate 10-13 vehicle trips per day, which is a traffic generator. Commercial businesses that serve the needs of the local community can reduce traffic, because locals do not have to travel for the goods and services. There were several opinions on the need to address traffic calming for our residential streets, Mars, Olympus, Floral, and Park, as well as pedestrian path & crossing improvements and bicycle path safety for Universe, U.S. Hwy 1, Donald Ross, and Ocean Drive.
Costs: There are funding grants for certain portions of a Master Plan, i.e., Community Vision Plan, that address traffic issues, land use planning, and potentially other portions of the plan.
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