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Sustainable Regional Planning in the
Chicago Region
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for
Planning (CMAP)
Tuesdays at APA
October 25, 2011
IMPORTANCE OF REGIONS
CMAP BACKGROUND
Formed by state law in
2005 to integrate
planning for
transportation and
land use
Seven-county area, with
geographically
representative Board
CMAP BACKGROUND
7 counties
284 municipalities
123 townships
307 school districts
136 fire districts
173 park districts
108 library districts
88 miscellaneous
1,226 total
GO TO 2040: KEY RECOMMENDATIONS
Livable Communities
1. Land Use and Housing
2. Water and Energy
Conservation
3. Parks and Open Space
4. Local Food
Human Capital
5. Education and Workforce
Development
6. Economic Innovation
Efficient Governance
7. Tax Policy
8. Access to Information
9. Coordinated Investments
Regional Mobility
10. Transportation
Investments
-- major capital projects
11. Public Transit
12. Freight
LOCAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (LTA) PROGRAM
Funded through federal Partnership for Sustainable
Communities, joint DOT-HUD-EPA program
Purpose is to implement GO TO 2040 plan through
assistance to communities
Approximately 30 projects underway, with 30 more under
development
Next call for projects planned for April 2012
CONSORTIUM MEMBERSHIP
Government, nonprofit and philanthropic participation:
o American Planning
Association – Illinois
chapter
o Arts Alliance Illinois
o Center for
Neighborhood
Technology
o Chicago Area Fair
Housing Alliance
o Chicago Community
Trust
o Chicago Jobs Council
o Chicago Wilderness
o City of Chicago
o Congress for the New
Urbanism
o Cook County
o Councils of Government
(multiple)
o Delta Institute
o DePaul University,
Chaddick Institute
o Donnelley Foundation
o DuPage County
o Field Museum
o Harris Family Foundation
o Housing Action Illinois
o Illinois Department of
Commerce and
Economic Opportunity
o Illinois Housing
Development Authority
o Kane County
o Kendall County
o Lake County
o Local Initiatives
Support Corporation
o MacArthur Foundation
o Metropolis Strategies
o Metropolitan Mayors
Caucus
o Metropolitan Planning
Council
o Openlands
o Regional Housing
Initiative
o Regional
Transportation
Authority
o Urban Land Institute
o Walter S. Mander
Foundation
o Will County
LTA PROJECT PRIORITIZATION
Current projects chosen from
among 220 applications
submitted by communities
Major types:
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Comprehensive plans
Revisions to zoning
ordinances or other local
regulations
Small-area plans
Topic-specific projects –
water, sustainability,
housing, others
LTA PROGRAM TIMELINE
October 2010: HUD grant announced
January 2011: contract signed and work able to begin
January-March 2011: applications for LTA projects
reviewed and 60 priority projects identified
February-April 2011: 10 new staff hired
October 2011 (current): 30 active projects
December 2011: initial projects begin to be completed
April 2012: next call for projects
January 2014: HUD grant ends
FAIRMONT PLAN
Unincorporated community between Joliet and Lockport,
challenged by population loss, vacant land
Plan for reinvestment will address governance,
infrastructure, and redevelopment
CAMPTON HILLS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
Incorporated in 2007 (newest municipality in region)
Major issues include preservation of rural character,
open space, groundwater
NORRIDGE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
Older community with aging population (25% are 65+)
Plan will address “aging in place”, attracting younger
families, and site-specific redevelopment
PARK FOREST SUSTAINABILITY PLAN
Includes planning and design,
natural systems, energy
and climate, economic
development, and equity