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Creating the Box: Recognizing the Need for Regulatory Change and Creating a Structure for Action
1. CREATING THE BOX
RECOGNIZING THE NEED FOR REGULATORY
CHANGE AND CREATING A STRUCTURE FOR
ACTION
Presented by:
Valerie Massard, AICP, Town of Plymouth
Kevin Maguire, Managing Member, Building Initiatives, LLC
George Preble, PE, Principal, Beals and Thomas, Inc.
June 3, 2010
2. Creating a Flexible Box
Consultants, Regulators, Developers spend
considerable time and resources working within the
confines of “The Box” of existing regulations.
The need for regulatory change is often recognized
well in advance of formal regulations.
Early discussions include a variety of stakeholders
The pre- regulation period is an opportunity for
advancing flexibility to address new needs.
3. Creating a Flexible Box
Do our existing regulations and design standards
lead us where we want to go?
Are we addressing current issues and using best
practices?
Today, a look at some case studies – examples from
the public and private sector of how to manage
change when existing standards are not up to the
challenge at hand.
4. How Best to Respond to Emerging
Environmental and Societal Issues?
Stormwater and Flooding
Global Warming – Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Water Resources
Water Supply and Protection
Wastewater Disposal and Reuse
Groundwater Protection
Sustainable Energy
Smart Growth
Affordable Housing
Transfer of Development Rights
5. The Catalysts to Adopt and Respond to
Emerging Issues
Public Sector Stakeholders
Private Sector Stakeholders
6. Public Sector Stakeholders
Citizens of the Commonwealth
Local, State and Federal Regulators
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection Agencies
Local Conservation Commission, Planning Board and
Board of Health
Land Conservation and Advocacy Groups
7. Private Sector Stakeholders
Developers and Land Development Organizations
Business Interests
Consultants, Architects, Attorneys, Engineers,
Environmental Professionals, Planners
8. Initiatives for Regulatory Change
Convergence of Public and Private Sector Interests
Adequacy and Protection of Water Resources/Supply
Economic Development
Address the Absence of Adequate Utility Infrastructure
Address Sustainable Design
Response to Emerging Technologies
Advance Innovative Technology for the Common Good
Highly Treated Wastewater Reuse – Reclaimed Water
Renewable Energy
Stormwater Pollutant Removal
9. Example of Regulatory Change
A Catalyst for Reclaimed Water Guidelines and Regulations
A cooperative effort by the private sector and public sector
regulatory officials to implement an innovative wastewater treatment
and reclaimed water system, leading to regulatory change.
Reclaimed Water is relatively new to Massachusetts – we perceive
ourselves as “water rich”
Recognition of the limitation of the existing sewer infrastructure in a
targeted economic development area and seasonal shortages
experienced by the municipal water supply.
Pilot projects allowed by DEP to advance the use of Reclaimed Water
10. Example of Regulatory Change
Massachusetts Regulatory Guidelines (Issued After Initial Pilot Project):
“Interim Guidelines on Reclaimed Water (Revised)”, issued by the
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, effective
date January 3, 2000.
Initially considered for:
Golf course irrigation
Irrigation for nurseries
Toilet flushing
Reclaimed Water Regulations Codified ¶314 CMR 20
Reclaimed Water Permit Program and Standards Promulgated March
2009 with expanded uses.
Parks and Playgrounds
Athletic Fields
Cemeteries
Landscaping at Schools and Residential Developments
Snowmaking
10 Year period from initial pilot projects to the promulgation of formal
regulations.
11. Case Studies for Innovative Responses
Leading To Regulation Change
1. Conversion of a former Nike Missile site in Wayland
to a sustainable residential development.
2. Development of stormwater
regulations to protect water
resources in Plymouth.
12. Local Change and Design Guidelines:
Plymouth's Experience
Presented to MAPD Annual Conference
June 3, 2010
Valerie Massard, AICP
Town Planner, Town of Plymouth
14. Active Development
Plymouth - some of
fastest growth
in Commonwealth
In recent years.
•Plymouth Rock Studios
•AD Makepeace River Run
•Pinehills Community
•Cordage 40R
•Colony Place
•Shops at 5
15. Special Considerations
Large portions of Town mapped by
Massachusetts Natural Heritage
Anadromous fish runs
31 miles of coastline impaired ponds and
bays
Sandy glacial soils – high permeability
Plymouth-Carver Sole Source Aquifer
Historic character
Large undeveloped land areas
17. Opportunity: create better ‘box’
Flexibility
Focus on key issues – ask questions
Include local community and
development community in dialogue
Create design standards that lead to
win-win goal for Town and Developer
Create reviews that reduce repetition
while focusing on core issues
18. Opportunities:
Stormwater design guidelines
Roadway design guidelines
Development design guidelines
Community design for rural areas and
TDRs
Community design for more urban areas
Mixed use overlay districts
19. Design issue: residential growth
OSMUD – Mixed Use overlay Pinehills
TRVD – Mixed Use overlay Makepeace
Rural Density Development (RDD) Bylaw for
open space in rural areas
Village Open Space Development (VOSD)
for open space in outskirts of village centers
Used by every development since
implementation.
21. Design Issue: roads
Pinehills OSMUD – developers
approached the Town: “What are your
favorite roads in Plymouth?”
To create this kind of road – special
stormwater & road design standards
These are often default for RDD,
enhanced for TRVD.
22. Plymouth
RDD & VOSD
Green Neighborhoods
Alliance OSRD
(1) Concept Plan
(product of Site
Plan, Yield Plan &
Sketch Plan
(2) File for Special
Permit
(3) File for Definitive
Plan
Can allow for
incentives for
density
(1) Concept Plan
(2) File concurrently
for Definitive Plan
and Special Permit
Allows for Transfer
of Development
Rights (50%)
60,000 SF
minimum open
space per unit in
RDD
23. Plymouth’s RDD Bylaw
50-foot frontage for a lot
Can donate land to Town or land trust,
or hold land privately in some
circumstances for the benefit of the
residents
20,000 SF minimum lot size; typically
40,000 SF is used to fit individual
septic and well on lots
25. Design Issue: Stormwater
Stormwater guidelines adopted 1983
New, large developments design using
Town’s out-dated practices (River
Eels, Plymouth Rock Studios)
Resulting permit review: re-design
current best practices – how much,
what standard, how reach consensus,
what cost (time, dollars)?
26. Plymouth’s Stormwater Group
DPW Engineering
DPW Environmental Management
Conservation
Health
Planning
Informal - focus: grants,
retrofitting, stream restoration,
water quality
27. Smart Growth Grant from EEA
CZM grant (2004) - Model Bylaw [Plymouth,
Duxbury & Marshfield; Horsley Witten Group]
Stormwater (2007) - implement consistent
design guidelines across all permitting
processes in Plymouth (EPA confirmation approach
meets requirements for NPDES Phase II)
Goals: no additional review, common ground,
participatory design
Lead – Planning Department
28. Development of Guidelines
Plymouth’s Stormwater Group
Comprehensive Environmental, Inc.
design services
Core working group – local engineers
Include experts and volunteers, local
knowledge
29. Local Engineers
Cubellis
Associated Engineers of Plymouth,
Inc.
Flaherty & Stefani, Inc.
The Garrett Group, LTD.
Beals and Thomas, Inc.
VHB/Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.
30. Implementation
Guidelines replaced all other design
standards – subdivision rules & regulations;
consistency
Guidelines already called out in zoning
Pre-design conferencing with staff sets tone
of expectations for site
Pre-site design conferencing with Planning
Board is also a built-in for Plymouth’s
flexible development approaches
36. From Missiles to Housing
the Conversion of the Nike Missile Site into the
Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
37. From Missiles to Housing
The Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
1. Land Use that is Past its Useful Life
38. From Missiles to Housing
The Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
2. Conversion of Abandoned Missile Site
39. From Missiles to Housing
The Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
3. High Density Cluster Housing in an R-40 Suburban Neighborhood
(16 units on 2.75 acres w/ 10 acres set aside for Open Space)
40. From Missiles to Housing
The Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
4. Low Impact Development (Energy Efficiency & LID)
41. From Missiles to Housing
the Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
5. Workforce Ownership Housing for Families earning at or below $90k/yr
42. From Missiles to Housing
the Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
Thank
You
43. The Momentum of Possibility
the Residences at 89Oxbow Wayland
The “Momentum of Possibility”
that contributed to the creation of
the Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
44. The Momentum of Possibility
the Residences at 89Oxbow Wayland
the Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
Objectives of Presentation
1. Understand ‘Momentum of Possibility”
Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
45. The Momentum of Possibility
the Residences at 89Oxbow Wayland
Objectives of Presentation
1. Understand ‘Momentum of Possibility”
2. Who Contributes to the ‘Momentum of
Possibility’
Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
the Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
46. The Momentum of Possibility
the Residences at 89Oxbow Wayland
the Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
Challenge of Presentation
1. Understand what the Heck is the
‘Momentum of Possibility”
2. Who Contributes to the ‘Momentum of Possibility’
3. Can One Facilitate the ‘Momentum of
Possibility’?
Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
47. The Momentum of Possibility
the Residences at 89Oxbow Wayland
The ‘Momentum of Possibility’
1. Attitude
2. Shared Among the Project Stakeholders
3. Becomes part of the Energy of the Project
Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
the Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
48. The Momentum of Possibility
the Residences at 89Oxbow Wayland
The ‘Momentum of Possibility’
1. Attitude
2. Shared Among the Project Stakeholders
3. Becomes part of the Energy of the Project
Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
the Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
Great - But How Does it Start???
49. Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
the Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
The Momentum of Possibility
the Residences at 89Oxbow Wayland
50. Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
the Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
The Momentum of Possibility
the Residences at 89Oxbow Wayland
Town Site Plan included in RFP
As
Model of Design Guidelines
51. The Momentum of Possibility
the Residences at 89Oxbow Wayland
the Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
Primary Physical Challenges
1. Site Located within Zone 2
Aquifer District;
2. Post Base Demolition- No Loam
(gravel)
3. Post Base Demolition– no Vegetation
within Site to Foster Privacy
4. Post Base Demolition- Site was Flat
Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
52. The Momentum of Possibility
the Residences at 89Oxbow Wayland
the Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
Design Concept
1. Minimize Amount of Impervious
Surface
2. Strong sense of Public with
ability to escape to Private
3. Block out Area for 2 Primary
Leaching Fields and Recirculating
Sand Filter
Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
53. The Momentum of Possibility
the Residences at 89Oxbow Wayland
the Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
Design Concept
1. Minimize Amount of Impervious
Surface
2. Strong sense of Public with
ability to escape to Private
3. Block out Area for 2 Primary
Leaching Fields and Recirculating
Sand Filter
But How Does a Fire Truck
Turn Around???
Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
54. The Momentum of Possibility
the Residences at 89Oxbow Wayland
the Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
Design Concept
1. Minimize Amount of Impervious
Surface
2. Block out Area for 2 Primary
Leaching Fields and Recirculating
Sand Filter
3. Strong sense of Public with
ability to escape to Private
4. Limited Manicured Grass – 2
public zones (3 yr old play area
and 11 year old play area) and
limited Private
Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
55. The Momentum of Possibility
the Residences at 89Oxbow Wayland
the Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
Be Careful What You Watch on TV
PBS Documentary
Eden’s Lost & Found
How Ordinary Citizens are Restoring Our
Great American Cities
Seattle – the Future is Now
SEA Street and Low Impact Storm Water
Design (save the Salmon)
56. The Momentum of Possibility
the Residences at 89Oxbow Wayland
the Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
Site Plan emphasizing LID
1. Bio-Retention Basins become
Entry Gateway and Central Arrival
Feature
2. Loam Limited to 20% of Site
3. Storm Water Management
introduces Topography to Site
4. This is pretty cool – lets create
berms so that storm water sheet
flow on pervious areas is
managed/guided to “water” all
grass areas Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
57. The Momentum of Possibility
the Residences at 89Oxbow Wayland
the Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
Septic System 1
Leaching Field - Before and After
beforebefore
afterafter
58. The Momentum of Possibility
the Residences at 89Oxbow Wayland
the Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
Bioretention
Entry Statement via Choreographed Sequence
59. The Momentum of Possibility
the Residences at 89Oxbow Wayland
the Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
Bio Retention Basin
Development of Central Design Element
after 1
before 1
before 1.5
before 2
60. The Momentum of Possibility
the Residences at 89Oxbow Wayland
the Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
Introducing Topography
The Power of a Berm
afterbefore
61. The Momentum of Possibility
the Residences at 89Oxbow Wayland
the Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
Introducing Topography
The Power of a Berm
before
after
before
62. The Momentum of Possibility
the Residences at 89Oxbow Wayland
the Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
Rain Garden
Evolution of Final Grading
before after 1
after 2 after 3
after 1
63. The Momentum of Possibility
the Residences at 89Oxbow Wayland
the Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
LID Inspired Details
64. The Momentum of Possibility
the Residences at 89Oxbow Wayland
the Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
After our meeting I had an
idea……
Mass Technology
Collaborative
GAHI via DHCD
Inclusion of Photo Voltaics
65. The Momentum of Possibility
the Residences at 89Oxbow Wayland
the Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
Energy Analysis
to Determine
Energy Star/Energy Efficiency
Program –
Projected Savings = $1,000
per Household per Year
66. The Momentum of Possibility
the Residences at 89Oxbow Wayland
the Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
Energy Efficiency
Energy Star Certified – HERZ 42
67. The Momentum of Possibility
the Residences at 89Oxbow Wayland
the Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
LID Metrics to Date
1. ReCirculating Sand Filter – Effluent Levels
BOD - 8.4 mg/L vs. 30mg/L*
pH– 6.13mg/L vs. 6-9 range*
Nitrogen (incld Ammonia)– 8.8 mg/L vs. 25mg/L*
Total Suspended Solids - 2.0 mg/L vs. 30 mg/L*
*effluent limits per 310CMR15.202 (4) (a)&(b)
2. Water Usage (June thru September)
Wayland Per Home Standard = 2700/gal/mth
Oxbow Home to Date = 430/gal/mth(common & private)
3. Average Electricity Usage (June thru August)
Per Home Estimate = 220/kW/mth
Oxbow Home to Date = 140/kW/mth
Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
68. The Momentum of Possibility
the Residences at 89Oxbow Wayland
the Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
1. Conversion of Abandoned Missile Site
2. Workforce Ownership Housing for Families
earning at or below $90k/yr
3. High Density Cluster Housing in an R-40
Neighborhood (16 units on 2.75 acres)
4. Title V Alternative Technology for Septic w/in
Zone 2 Acquifer Protection District
5. Town Initiated Development Utilizing CPA
Funds
6. Integrated Alternative Energy HERZ = 42
7. Utilizes LID as Central Site Design Element
8. Turning Technical Constraints into Creative
Design Solutions
9. Hopefully a Proud, Humble and Elegant
Neighbor to Existing Neighborhood Homes
10. Sold Out on Schedule with Savings Returned to
Town
89 Oxbow is Many Things:
69. The Momentum of Possibility
the Residences at 89Oxbow Wayland
the Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
1. Clear Principles Identified by
Local Community
2. An Opportunity for various
Individuals to suggest Crazy
/Creative Ideas
-Town Departments
-State Administrators
-Design Professionals
-General Contractor
-Management Company
3. The Beneficiary of the
Momentum of Opportunity
4. A Built Project to See and
Touch
In a Very Simple Way…
70. The Momentum of Possibility
the Residences at 89Oxbow Wayland
the Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
Challenge to the Group
What are the On the Ground Issues that Need to
be Addressed??
Forward Thinking on How to Deal with Septic
Number of Private Systems Reaching End of Useful Life
Many New Systems Require Upgrades to Title V Standards
Can the Planning Community Work to Identify
these Issues and Encourage Pilot Projects??
Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
71. the Residences at 89Oxbow
Wayland, Massachusetts
Kevin Maguire
Founder, Building Initiatives
Thank
You