Transcript Dan Landes: Sustainable Communities

Sustainable Communities & Transportation
Growing Transit Communities
Understanding Mixed Income
Transit-Oriented Development
June 21, 2011
GROWING TRANSIT COMMUNITIES
Overview
• Puget Sound Regional Council
• Regional Issues
• Sustainable Communities Initiative
• Central Puget Sound Growing Transit
Communities program
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GROWING TRANSIT COMMUNITIES
Puget Sound Regional Council
Our Region
• 4 Counties
• 82 Cities
and Towns
• Urban & Rural
Our Members
• Cities, Counties, Ports and Transit
• State Agencies and Tribal Governments
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GROWING TRANSIT COMMUNITIES
Puget Sound Regional Council
• Regional Growth, Economic
and Transportation Planning
• Federal transportation
funds to priority projects
• Regional data and forecasts
• Forum for regional issues
• Prosperity Partnership
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PSRC AND REGIONAL PLANNING
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Our Region is Growing
Regional Growth Estimates
In millions
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Population:
5 million
51% increase in
jobs by 2040 –
1.2 million
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More diverse
Jobs:
3.1 million
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Forecast
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1970
36% increase
in population –
1.5 million
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2010
2020
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By 2040, 65+
population will
double
GROWING TRANSIT COMMUNITIES
VISION 2040, Transportation 2040, Econ Strategy
Integrated Strategy
Land use, economic and
transportation planning
decisions for the region are
integrated
Vision 2040:
“As we work toward achieving
the regions vision, we must
protect the environment, support
and create vibrant, livable and
healthy communities, offer
economic opportunities for all,
provide safe and efficient
mobility, and use our resources
wisely and efficiently.”
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GROWING TRANSIT COMMUNITIES
Regional Growth Strategy
Provides Numeric Growth
Targets for Local Planning
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Permanently protect resource
lands, rural areas
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Encourage compact development
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Focus population and jobs
growth
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Metropolitan Cities
Core Cities
Larger Cities
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Improve regional jobs-housing
balance
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Designate Regional Centers
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GROWING TRANSIT COMMUNITIES
Centers
27 Designated Regional
Centers
• 3% of urban land area
• 6% of urban population
• 34% of jobs
Forecast Share of Change
• 27% of regional pop. change
• 60% of regional job change
GROWING TRANSIT COMMUNITIES
Transportation 2040
Aggressive
Transit Program
• $100+ billion in transit
investments
• Bus transit increases
between 80% and 100%
• 68 new miles of light rail
for 86 mile total system
GROWING TRANSIT COMMUNITIES
Transit Oriented Development
Common theme in planning documents
• Vision 2040
• “convenient and efficient travel to major job centers,
especially because of easy accessibility to high-capacity
transit, can also serve some of the objectives of balancing
jobs and housing.”
• “Recognize and give regional funding priority to
transportation facilities, infrastructure and services that
explicitly advance the development of housing in designated
regional growth centers.”
• Transportation 2040
• “Transportation 2040 supports the development of transitoriented communities in conjunction with the
implementation of the region’s transit system.”
• “Well-designed transit-oriented communities can lead to a
range of substantial social and environmental benefits.”
GROWING TRANSIT COMMUNITIES
Affordable Housing for all Incomes
Common theme in planning documents
• Vision 2040
• “Vision 2040 calls for increasing the supply of housing
throughout the region by providing a variety of housing
types and densities for both renters and owners. Special
emphasis is placed on providing equitably distributed
affordable housing for low-, moderate-, and middle-income
households and appropriate housing for special needs
populations.”
• Regional Economic Strategy
• “Pursue the resources and regulatory changes necessary to
provide adequate, affordable housing close to jobs for
workers of all wage levels.”
GROWING TRANSIT COMMUNITIES
Sustainable Communities Initiative
Sustainable Communities Regional Planning
Grant opportunity
• HUD NOFA: $100 million
• August 2010 deadline
Metropolitan and Multijurisdictional Planning
Partnerships
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economic competitiveness and revitalization
social equity, inclusion, and access to opportunity
energy use and climate change
public health and environmental impact
October 2010 Awards
• 222 applicants
• 45 grantees
• 29 additional “Preferred Sustainability Status”
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GROWING TRANSIT COMMUNITIES
Growing Transit Communities
• $5 Million Grant Awarded
• Effective date 2/1/2011
• 3-year performance period
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Regional Consortium – Big Tent
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CDFIs
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King County
Snohomish County
Pierce County
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North Seattle Community College
University of Washington—
Runstad Center for Real Estate
Studies
For-Profit Developers
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Urban Land Institute—Seattle
District Council
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King County Housing Authority
Pierce County Housing Authority
Seattle Housing Authority
Snohomish County Housing Authority
Tacoma Housing Authority
Regional Groups
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Cascade Land Conservancy
Public Health—Seattle & King County
Tacoma-Pierce County Health
Department
Public Housing Authorities
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Affordable Housing Consortium of
Tacoma-Pierce County
Community Development Collaborative
Housing Consortium of Everett and
Snohomish County
Housing Development Consortium
Seattle-King County
Public Health
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Environmental Advocates
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Educational Institutions
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Counties
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City of Bellevue
City of Everett
City of Mountlake Terrace
City of Redmond
City of Seattle
City of Tacoma
Non-Profit Developers
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Enterprise Community Partners
Impact Capital (LISC)
Cities
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A Regional Coalition for Housing
Equity Partnership
Puget Sound Regional Council
Quality Growth Alliance
Transit Agencies
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Sound Transit
GROWING TRANSIT COMMUNITIES
Growing Transit Communities
Regional Equity Network
• Keep focus on equitable TOD
Corridor Action Strategies
• Work with transit corridors individually
Catalyst Demonstration Projects
• 2 specific TOD projects
Affordable Housing Strategy
• Provide innovative tools to ensure
housing affordability
Decision Commons
• Develop computer simulation tools to
assist in TOD planning
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GROWING TRANSIT COMMUNITIES
Regional Equity Network
Activities
• Regional Equity Network
• Low-income households
• Communities of color
• Underserved populations
• Assessment of equitable
development needs in
corridors and station areas
• Sub-grants
• 30 non-profit organizations
active in corridors
• Facilitate equitable planning
in transit corridors
• Establish linkages between
community-based
organizations and land use
and transportation planners
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GROWING TRANSIT COMMUNITIES
Corridor Action Strategies
Activities
• Inter-jurisdictional, multistakeholder task forces for
3 light rail corridors
• Corridor-specific guiding
principles and approaches
• Data-based analysis of
existing conditions
• Identification of equitable
TOD opportunities and
strategies for station areas
• “Compacts” – equitable
TOD vision, agreed upon
by jurisdictions, community
residents, agencies and
other stakeholders
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Catalyst Demonstration Projects
• $500,000 for each demonstration project
King County
Pierce County
Northgate
Tacoma South Downtown
GROWING TRANSIT COMMUNITIES
Affordable Housing Strategy
Activities
• Regional Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice
• TOD property acquisition fund
• Tax increment financing
• Public surplus and underutilized land
• Technical assistance to jurisdictions
• Housing Innovations Program
• Comprehensive planning for affordable housing
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GROWING TRANSIT COMMUNITIES
Decision Commons
Activities
• Interactive planning
visualization tool
• 3-D representation of land
use policy options
• Enables more meaningful
involvement in station area
planning decisions
• Developed at University of
Washington Runstad
Center for Real Estate
Studies
• $250,000 from SCI grant
will support further
development of tool
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For More Information
Dan Landes
[email protected] (206) 971-3287
Project Website
www.psrc.org/growth/sustainable-communities