Making Smart Growth Happen: Creating

Successful Regional Alliances for Sustainable

Development

Wednesday,

October 13

2:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Deborah Westbrooke AICP Executive Director

Washington Smart Growth Alliance

Member Organizations:

Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Coalition for Smarter Growth

Enterprise Community Partners

Greater Washington Board of Trade

Metropolitan Washington Builders Council

ULI Terwilliger Center for Workforce Housing

ULI Washington

STRANGE BEDFELLOWS MAKE

SUCCESSFUL PARTNERS

Three Approaches Common Characteristics

Vision North Texas – 16

counties surrounding

Dallas/Fort Worth

Washington Smart Growth

Alliance – National Capital

Region (DC, MD, VA)

Quality Growth Alliance –

Seattle - Puget Sound Region

Diversity of Partners – public,

private, civic, academic

Common Ground – agreement

around Regional Growth Issues

Commitment to Collaboration

Sustained Support over Time

Today - two of the Alliances

with Recognition Programs

John Promise PE Director of Environment and

Development, North Central Texas

Council of Governments

Vision North Texas Member Organizations:

ULI North Texas District Council

North Central Texas Council of Governments

University of Texas, Arlington

(among others)

William Kreager FAIA Recognition Committee Chair

Quality Growth Alliance Member Organizations:

ULI Seattle District

Puget Sound Regional Council

University of Washington

Enterprise Community Partners

Cascade Land Conservancy

MBAKS (Master Builders/King & Snohomish Counties)

Futurewise

NAIOP

STRANGE BEDFELLOWS – GROUP OF 40

First meeting in January 2000

Smart Growth Regional Symposium - May 2000

Second and third “group of 40” meetings – June and December 2000

ULI Washington

Chesapeake Bay

Foundation

Coalition for Smarter

Growth

Greater Washington

Board of Trade

Metropolitan Washington

Builders' Council

FOUNDING PARTNERS OF THE ALLIANCE

KEY INITIATIVES

Smart Growth Recognition Program – 2002

To provide third-party endorsement – including conservation and environmental interests – of smart growth development projects during the entitlement or local review process, when support is needed most

Reality Check with ULI Washington – 2005

300 invited stakeholders from throughout the region and all sectors

Considered alternative scenarios for future growth of the region

Consensus view and agreed-upon principles included emphasis on compact growth, land and resource conservation, and addressing inequities in regional development

Regional Conservation Priorities – 2006

A mechanism for the business and development community to provide endorsement of conservation projects

SMART GROWTH RECOGNITION

PROGRAM

Quarterly evaluation by independent jury

Purpose is to help good projects succeed

Only projects not yet approved are eligible

Project must meet Smart Growth Criteria to win recognition

Most important benefit - testimony at public hearings

SMART GROWTH RECOGNITION

CRITERIA

Location

Density, Design and Mix of Uses

Transportation/Mobility/Accessibility

Environment

Affordable, Mixed Income Housing

Community Benefits and Participation

TRANSPORTATION / MOBILITY /

ACCESSIBILITY

Minimizes street widths

Streets and sidewalks fully connect with adjoining neighborhoods

Uses structured or below grade parking and reduces parking

Transit, existing or planned, readily available

Uses Transportation Demand Management to reduce vehicle trips

Provides safe and direct pedestrian and bicycle access points and amenities.

DESIGN CRITERIA

Organized as

neighborhoods and districts,

integrated with existing

urban fabric

Public uses have distinctive

form and placed on

important sites within the

development

PUBLIC SPACE DESIGN

Provides pedestrian scale elements to improve access to and experience of the site

• Active spaces

• Signage

• Street furniture

• Lighting

• Plant materials

• Sidewalk scale & material

• Sun and shade devices such as

canopies and awnings

• Bus shelters

• Fountains

• Public art

THE RECORD OF RECOGNITION

Program began in 2002

58 development proposals recognized

Located throughout the region

District of Columbia

Arlington, Fairfax and Loudoun Counties, VA

College Park, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Gaithersburg, MD

SAUL CENTERS, INC. - CLARENDON

CENTER - ARLINGTON, VA 2003

Adjacent to Clarendon Metrorail station

Ground floor retail, office space and residential above

Preserves a historic building

Indistinguishable affordable housing units

THE HOLLADAY CORPORATION

METROPIKE – NORTH BETHESDA, MD 2007

Redevelop suburban strip center across from White Flint

Metrorail Station

Buildings brought up to sidewalk edge, all parking

underground versus surface parking within front building

setback

HOME PROPERTIES - FALKLAND NORTH –

SILVER SPRING, MD 2007

Recognized in 2007; plans raised controversy over redevelopment of historic apartments

2009 County designated a portion as historic and allowed redevelopment of parcel closest to Silver Spring Metrorail Station

1,000 rental units including 250 affordable units

Strong urban edge with 15’ sidewalks, improved lighting

Harris Teeter grocery store, service retailers

URBAN ATLANTIC - A&R DEVELOPMENT

CORP – RHODE ISLAND STATION, DC 2007

Recognized in 2007

Adjacent to the Rhode

Island Metrorail Station

Apartments, ground-floor

shops and restaurants

New commuter garage

Combines FHA financing,

New Markets Tax Credits

STAYING RELEVANT - PARTNERS

2006 Enterprise Community Partners of

DC

2009 ULI Terwilliger Center for Workforce

Housing

2010 Considering new partners to broaden

focus to “sustainability”

2010 Considering new financial sponsors

STAYING RELEVANT - PROGRAMS

2006 Regional Conservation Priorities Program

2009 Pilot to recognize sector plans

2010 Identified need for regional leadership training on smart and sustainable growth

NEW PARTNERS – NEW PROGRAMS

2009 Joint program with ULI Terwilliger Center to

recognize smart growth projects for provision of

Workforce Housing (defined as affordable to

households earning from 60% to 100 % of Area

Median Income).

First joint recognition granted in September 2010

to two very different projects in Fairfax County

JEFFERSON APARTMENT GROUP-

RESIDENCES AT FAIRFAX GOV’T CENTER

Result of a unique public-private partnership – formerly County owned land on Government Center Campus

All 270 rental units will be affordable to households earning from 50 percent to 100 percent of AMI

Will work together to move qualifying County employees into the development

GEORGELAS GROUP - TYSONS WEST,

TYSONS CORNER, VA

A quarter-mile from proposed Tyson West Metrorail Station

Redevelop land occupied by car dealerships, industrial uses and

office buildings – “Transforming Tysons Master Plan”

Three neighborhoods, with six million square feet of mixed use

development - residential, office, retail and hotel uses

MANY MODELS OF REGIONAL

COLLABORATION

Atlanta Livable Communities Coalition / ULI Atlanta –

www.livablecommunitiescoalition.org

Colorado Tomorrow Alliance / ULI Colorado – colorado.uli.org/

myregion.org / ULI Central Florida – www.myregion.org

Smart Growth Partnership - A Southeast Florida Initiative / ULI Southeast Florida –

www.smartgrowthpartnership.org

Vision North Texas / ULI North Texas – www.visionnorthtexas.org

Ten at the Top / ULI South Carolina – www.tenatthetop.org

Envision Central Texas / ULI Houston www.envisioncentraltexas.org

Reality Check First Coast / ULI North Florida – realitycheckfirstcoast.com

Research Triangle Region / ULI Triangle – www.researchtriangle.org

One Bay / ULI Tampa Bay – www.myonebay.com

Move AZ One / ULI Arizona – www.azone.org arizona.uli.org

Sustainable North Texas

John Promise, P.E.

Director of Environment & Development

North Central Texas Council of Governments

2010 ULI Fall Meeting

Sustainable North Texas 1950

Development pattern in 1950

Sustainable North Texas 1980

Dallas & Tarrant Co grow - 1980

Sustainable North Texas 2000

Growth spreads - 2000

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Projected Growth – Business As Usual 1.9 Million HH

5.4 Million Jobs 2.3 Million Jobs 3.1 Million Jobs

1.5 Million HH 3.4 Million HH

Year 2000 Year 2030

Households

Employment

NCTCOG

2000-2030

Forecast

Continued “speading” of growth

Sustainable North Texas

• Rail

• HOV/ Managed

• Tollways

• Freeways

• Intelligent

Transportation

Systems

• And more

2007 2030

Traffic congestion worsens

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Transportation

Air Quality

Water Supply

Environment

Vision North Texas launched in 2005

Energy

Sustainable North Texas

April 2005

Sustainable North Texas

NCTCOG 2000-2030 Forecast Table # 7 Model

Table 7 Headline: Emerging New Growth Centers Through

Transit Oriented Development

Challenge: Can your table accommodate growth in a

way that is more successful & sustainable?

Sustainable North Texas Lots of Awareness & Dialogue

Sustainable North Texas

Characteristics are changing

More seniors

Smaller % of households with children

Larger % of single person households

Larger % of ‘transit’ households

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2

4

6

8

10

12

14

2000 2030 2050

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Population Jobs

Pop doubles to 12 million

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DISCLAIMER: Each scenario represents a different development concept. Regional household and employment growth are assumed to be the same in each scenario; however, the

location of the growth varies. Development intensity was manually redistributed to best represent each scenario’s regional development pattern. This data was created specifically for

Vision North Texas and has not been evaluated for other uses. Responsibility for the use of this data lies solely with the user.

LowLow-

ModerateModerate

Moderate-

HighHigh

COG 2030 Forecast

Connected Centers

Diverse, Distinct Communities

Return on Investment

Green Region

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500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

3,500

4,000

4,500

Households by Intensity Range (in thousands)

Comparison of Vision North Texas Scenarios

3M low density HH vs 4M projected

Lots more low-moderate intensity

TOD where appropriate

Sustainable North Texas

Keypad polling of stakeholders 97% said we should set

regional investment priorities based on a preferred growth

scenario

Sept 2009 workshop

From the scenario analysis we have recommended a preferred future for 2050

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Preferred Future

Protect Natural Assets

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Regional Ecosystem

Framework

Protect Natural Assets …

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Preferred Future

Support Local Agriculture in Rural Areas

Protect Natural Assets

Sustainable North Texas

Action – With ag and health interests, we want to do a regional food production / access study and plan, like metro Philadelphia COG

http://www.dvrpc.org/Food/

Sustainable North Texas

Preferred Future

Support Local Agriculture in Rural Areas

Enhance Separate Communities

Protect Natural Assets

Sustainable North Texas

Preferred Future

Support Local Agriculture in Rural Areas

Be More Efficient in Outer Tier

Enhance Separate Communities

Protect Natural Assets

Sustainable North Texas Be More Efficient in Outer Tier … We used programmed Regional Wastewater Service Areas as the primary basis for the Outer Tier

Now updating the regional wastewater plan

Sustainable North Texas

Beginning to “Greenprint” growing watersheds to water supply lakes

Austin example

Sustainable North Texas

Preferred Future

Reinvest in Inner Tier

Support Local Agriculture in Rural Areas

Be More Efficient in Outer Tier

Enhance Separate Communities

Protect Natural Assets

Sustainable North Texas Reinvest in Inner Tier … We are pursuing strategies to promote housing, including TOD, that are affordable to diverse income groups near transit lines and employment centers.

Sustainable North Texas

Reinvest in Inner Tier … We are developing strategies to make schools accessible by walking and/or transit and help special needs populations (elderly, mentally or physically disabled) access affordable housing near transit.

Sustainable North Texas

Regional Ecosystem Framework ECONOMY

Housing Mobility

Community Character & Form

Education HEALTH

Climate Resilience

Policy Recommendations For:

Sustainable North Texas

1. Overview

2. People of North Texas

3. A Vision for North Texas

a. Vision Statement

b. Guiding Principles

c. Preferred Future

4. Action Package

a. Priority Action Tools

visionnorthtexas.org

Making Smart Growth Happen:

Creating Successful Regional Alliances

for Sustainable Development

Urban Land Institute

Fall Forum 2010

William H. Kreager FAIA, MIRM, LEED® AP

KBF Design

Seattle, Washington

Central Puget Sound

1.7 million more people & 1.2 million more jobs by 2040!

Reality Check

April 30, 2008

• A Regional Vision

• Community, business

government leaders

• Where growth should occur

in the 4-county area

• LEGO exercise

• Carbon footprint analysis

• Prioritized Goals

Reality Check

April 30, 2008

• A Regional Vision

• Community, business

government leaders

• Where growth should occur

in the 4-county area

• LEGO exercise

• Carbon footprint analysis

• Prioritized Goals

Reality Check Partners

Strange Bedfellows ? Hullo????

Strange Bedfellows ?

The New Federal Partnership

for Sustainable Communities

• $100 million to Regionally integrated planning

• $40 million to local communities as Challenge Grants

• $10 million for Research and Program Evaluation

Quality Growth Alliance Partners

QGA

Mission

• 3 year initiative

• Research, identify and

encourage

• Land-use Policy

• Transportation &

Infrastructure Policy

• Community education

QGA

Structure

• Chairperson

• Committee structure

• Original Eight Partners

• Quarterly meetings

QGA

Agenda • Promulgating the “”Vision

• Challenging Barriers

• Building Alliances

• Impacting Public policy

• Community education

Regional Challenges to Quality Growth

A White Paper

University of Washington

College of the Built Environment

Regional Transit Compact

QGA Leadership

All QGA Partners

Decision Commons

University of Washington

Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies

Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce

Recognition Program

All QGA Partners

Recognition

Program

• Top priority of the QGA

• Recognizes the best

pre-entitlement development proposals

• Supports quality, visionary growth

• Confidential process

• “Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval”

Program

Objectives

• Educate stakeholders

• High-quality development

• Generate project “role models”

• Establish a high standard for

quality-growth

Recognition

Process

• Applications reviewed

• twice yearly

• Evaluation criteria

• 10-member jury working by total consensus

• Endorsements, publicity

• Public testimony

Recognition

Criteria

1. Location

2. Density, design and

diversity of uses

3. Transportation, mobility,

accessibility

4. Environment

5. Mixed-income housing

6. Community benefits

7. Community participation

Benefits to

Applicants

• Letter of recognition

• News, online

announcements

• Public testimony

• Smoother approvals

process

Benefits to

Community

• Higher quality development

• Early input on process

• Reflection of community input

Benefits to

Jurisdictions

• Higher quality development

• Shared community standard

• Reflection of community

input

2010 Quality Growth Alliance

Projects Selected for Recognition

Yesler Terrace

Seattle Housing Authority

Interbay

Freehold

Kirkland ParkPlace

Touchstone

Sunset Electric

Pryde + Johnson