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Greater Hyannis Civic Association - Meeting Packet Greater Hyannis Civic Association Meeting Local Comprehensive Plan Comments November 8, 2022 STRENGTHS Group Response Great hospital Hyannis is the transportation hub which is both positive and negative Waterfront and beaches Good education system with diversity of schools particularly Sturgis We live in a place where people want to live; we are a destination Thriving downtown Sea Captains Row on Pleasant Street is a beautiful development/community with market rate units within walking distance of Downtown            Individual Comment Box Responses      OPPORTUNITIES Group Response Hyannis has infrastructure for development including sewer and transportation Coordinate effort to beautify our village especially Downtown People come from all over country here. The waterfront is visitor’s first impression and it should be pristine. Expanding sewer to help improve environment and water quality New roads Burry the power lines To make our community more walkable and safer  Hyannis is the hub and there is huge opportunity with all of our transportation. The village has significantly grown in the last 10 years and now it is less safe. Enhanced safety needs to be a priority especially with future growth. Unique village with issues that only relate to Hyannis Enhance and develop additional recreational opportunities To celebrate our diverse community Old homes on South Street can be restored into show pieces TD Bank and Cascade are opportunities for future redevelopment Enhanced and preserved architecture can be coordinated to ensure a greater sense of community pride indicating that residents value and take care of their homes Clean up parks and beaches  Maintenance of Main Street Hyannis should be improved and budgeted for. Volunteers could be coordinated with the schools. Another opportunity would be to connect with local landscape companies to see if they could volunteer to maintain a section of Main Street. Take inventory of Hyannis rental units and open space Consider smaller developments like those on Ridgewood Avenue and High School Road that do not feel like a box and the properties are maintained We can move parking away from the harbor  Individual Comment Box Responses      WEAKNESSES Group Response Homeless population and social services are concentrated in Hyannis. There is a lot of money in social services. We need a better plan for human resources and relationships. We have resources but there has not been success using them Over the years, required affordable housing from projects among the various villages have been placed in Hyannis. Low income should be shared among all of Barnstable. Right now, Hyannis has significant amount of the Town’s low income housing. We do not have the life like we had in the past before businesses closed Downtown. Our middle class is disappearing. We have high and low class housing; we need to develop the middle class. Transportation among our villages and neighboring communities should be enhanced Main Street streetscape maintenance. We need to enhance maintenance of our Downtown including leaf removal as this impacts visitor’s impression of our Downtown.  Roadway maintenance. It is difficult to see painted line work on our streets at night which is dangerous. While there is an associated cost increase to enable this maintenance more regularly the cost is worth the improved safety. Safety Significant amount of land is not taxed Lack of communal character within our neighborhoods which was more prevalent 10-15 years ago  Negative reputation of being dirty and unsafe despite helping people and having a big heart. Hyannis is always on the receiving end of negativity. Concentration of social services and affordable housing in Hyannis impacts reputation. We need to spread the wealth. Not everything needs to be concentrated in Downtown.    Individual Comment Box Responses      CHALLENGES Group Response No other village is interested in incorporating social services Properties are not being maintained and taken care of. Owners should be held accountable especially for lots that are empty and vacant. Builders come here thinking development should exclusively be for low income Property owners allowed to keep properties in poor condition as long as they pay taxes Properties with numerous cars parked such as on Ocean Street                      Individual Comment Box Responses      If you had one day, where would you bring a visitor? Comment Wall #1 Responses      What is your favorite road to travel down? Comment Wall #2 Responses      If you could add one thing to Barnstable, what would it be? Comment Wall #3 Responses      General Comments Individual Comment Box Responses      What is one word to describe your ideal community? Individual Comment Box Responses      Share your ideas & stories Individual Comment Box Responses     