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Dougherty Arts Center Replacement Project Preliminary Design Phase Update Boards and Commissions March 2021 Site Map & Context 2 Previous City Council Direction • Butler Shores location approved on 5/9/19 • Council direction to consider site alternatives: on site 1. New DAC & existing PARD Main Office remain 2. New DAC & New PARD Main Office rebuilt on site (unfunded) 3. New DAC on site, existing PARD is removed/relocated elsewhere (unfunded) • Consolidated Arts District Parking (underground, partially unfunded) • Seek alternative financing mechanisms & interest in philanthropy Conceptual development scenario from 2018/2019 planning process 3 Existing PARD Main Office • Constructed 1959, 2-story addition in 1976 • First permanent home for COA Parks Department • High degree of historic integrity • Architect: R. Earl Dillard • Defining features: wide eaves, flat roof, curtain • Eligible for listing on National Register of Historic windows Places Image credits: Austin History Center 4 Recent Stakeholder Engagement • Two Open House Community Meetings • Meeting #1: Oct. 28, 2020 • Meeting #2: Jan. 26, 2021 • (10) Small Group Meetings • Dougherty Arts Center Staff: 11/10/2020 • Painting, Photography, and Drawing Artists and Instructors: 11/19/2020 • Youth Program Instructors and Parents: 12/1/2020 • Gallery Artists: 12/2/2020 • Artist Professional Development Programs: 12/3/2020 • Theater Organizations and Technical Staff: 12/7/2020 • Friends of the Dougherty Arts Center: 12/9/2020 • Ceramics Studio Artists and Instructors: 12/10/2020 • Neighbors to the Dougherty Arts Center: 12/15/2020 • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Arts: 1/7/2021 • Electronic Survey • 221 Participants & 894 Responses • Ongoing Partner Coordination • ZACH Scott Theater • The Trail Foundation • Austin Transportation Dept. 5 Project Mission Statement 6 Site Constraints Map 7 Four Options Key operational criteria and site considerations • Preservation of heritage trees • Relationship to adjacent ZACH • Underground parking solution • Pick-up & drop-off for youth programs • Load-in areas for theater programs • Balancing traffic impact between Toomey Rd. & Riverside Dr. • Preservation of PARD Main Office (1959) • Allowance for possible expansion • Activates parkland & enhance trail access • Civic presence/identity • Back of house areas for kiln yard, etc. 8 • Compact building footprint tucked closely behind PARD Main & ZACH School • One heritage oak impacted • Proposed parking garage sits between ZACH and new DAC, within ZACH lease boundary • PARD Main is retained and renovated/expanded (future scope, unfunded) Option 1A 9 • DAC building is west of site utility constraints • No significant tree impacts • Parking garage underneath accessible parkland • PARD Main is retained and renovated/expanded (future scope, unfunded) Option 1B 10 • DAC building massing creates internal courtyard • One heritage oak impacted • Two possible parking scenarios, accessed from either Riverside or Toomey • Existing PARD Main is removed and reconstructed along Toomey Rd. (unfunded) Option 2 11 • DAC building massing creates internal courtyard • One heritage oak impacted • Two possible parking scenarios, accessed from either Riverside or Toomey • Existing PARD Main is partially demolished and repurposed into new DAC, PARD is displaced from site (unfunded) Option 3 12 All Options - Parking 13 EXISTING PARKING SPACES Subscriber/Donor Lot: 58 Toomey Lot: 140 A ZACH Paid Lot: 48 H B E C Riverside Dr. Parking: 34 PARD/ZACH Paid Lot: 63 G F Employee Overflow: 27 Rehearsal Lot: 9 Schlotsky’s PUD: 80 D 14 ARTS DISTRICT Parking Demand Scenarios SCENARIO 1: Baseline Weekday SCENARIO 2: Weekday With Event SCENARIO 3: Weekend w/ Multiple Events • Mondays and Tuesdays each • Wednesdays, Thursdays and • Saturday or Sunday, ~2 days Fridays each week per year week ZACH • No gallery or workshop event or performance at DAC • No evening performance at • Normal class schedule and rehearsals • Normal office population • Little League activity • Special event, workshop, gallery event, or theater performance at DAC • Performance at the Topfer Theatre at ZACH rehearsals • Normal office population • Little League activity • Smaller gallery event and larger performance at DAC • Show at Topfer and Whisenhunt Theatres, plus weekend classes at ZACH • Little League activity 15 • Normal class schedule and • No PARD office staff PARKING & TDM OPPORTUNITIES Options for Meeting Parking Demand 1. Leverage shared parking opportunities Create shared parking arrangements with nearby projects (i.e. Schlotsky’s PUD) 2. Reduce parking demand with TDM Incentivize multimodal travel and unbundle/charge for parking 3. Build new parking • Most expensive option • Consider long-term impacts and mobility trends TDM Trip Reductions: Office employees: Students: Theater/gallery attendees: -20% -10% -5% 16 17 • DAC building is west of site utility constraints • No significant tree impacts • Parking garage underneath accessible parkland • PARD Main is retained and renovated/expanded (future scope, unfunded) Option 1B 18 Schematic Site Section 19 Existing Site Survey 20 Schematic view from east 21 PARD’s preferred scenario: Option 1B • Western location creates stronger civic presence, identity and trail adjacency • Maintains existing, historic PARD Office, a National Register eligible building • Location preserves and reduces risk to existing heritage trees • Minimizes impact to ZACH’s ongoing operations, and better spatial relationship to existing ZACH Theater complex project duration and cost • Proposed parking solution is decoupled from building construction, reducing • Provides garage access from both streets, but prioritizes access from Riverside Dr. • Consolidates existing surface parking and allows for Riverside Dr. “road diet” • Activates parkland via an arts promenade and provides a strong partnering opportunity with AIPP program 22 Questions & Discussion • Design Team • Studio 8 Architects & Overland Partners • RVi Landscape Architecture • Management Team • Parks and Recreation Department • Square One Consultants • Project information: • www.austintexas.gov/dacproject • dacproject@austintexas.gov 23