2010 ULI Fall Meeting Presentation October 13, 2010 2:45 pm to 4:00 pm

1. Making Smart Growth
Happen: Creating
Successful Regional
Alliances for Sustainable
Development
Wednesday,
October 13
2:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

2. 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

3. STRANGE BEDFELLOWS MAKE
SUCCESSFUL PARTNERS
Three Approaches Common Characteristics
 Vision NorthTexas – 16
counties surrounding
Dallas/FortWorth
 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 overTime
 Today - two of the Alliances
with Recognition Programs

4. 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)

5. William Kreager FAIA
Recognition Committee Chair
Quality Growth Alliance Member
Organizations:
ULI Seattle District
Puget Sound Regional Council
University ofWashington
Enterprise Community Partners
Cascade Land Conservancy
MBAKS (Master Builders/King &
Snohomish Counties)
Futurewise
NAIOP

7. 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

8.  ULIWashington
 Chesapeake Bay
Foundation
 Coalition for Smarter
Growth
 GreaterWashington
Board ofTrade
 MetropolitanWashington
Builders' Council
FOUNDING PARTNERS OFTHE ALLIANCE

9. 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 ULIWashington – 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

10. 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

11. SMART GROWTH RECOGNITION
CRITERIA
 Location
 Density, Design and Mix of Uses
 Transportation/Mobility/Accessibility
 Environment
 Affordable, Mixed Income Housing
 Community Benefits and Participation

12. 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.

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. GEORGELAS GROUP - TYSONSWEST,
TYSONS CORNER,VA
 A quarter-mile from proposedTyson West Metrorail Station
 Redevelop land occupied by car dealerships, industrial uses and
office buildings – “TransformingTysons Master Plan”
 Three neighborhoods, with six million square feet of mixed use
development - residential, office, retail and hotel uses

25. 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 theTop / ULI South Carolina
– www.tenatthetop.org
 Envision CentralTexas / ULI Houston
www.envisioncentraltexas.org
 Reality Check First Coast / ULI
North Florida –
realitycheckfirstcoast.com
 Research Triangle Region / ULI
Triangle – www.researchtriangle.org
 One Bay / ULITampa Bay –
www.myonebay.com
 Move AZ One / ULI Arizona –
www.azone.org arizona.uli.org

26. Sustainable North Texas
John Promise, P.E.
Director of Environment & Development
North Central Texas Council of Governments
2010 ULI Fall Meeting

27. Sustainable North Texas
1950
Development pattern in 1950

28. Sustainable North Texas
1980
Dallas & Tarrant Co grow - 1980

29. Sustainable North Texas
2000
Growth spreads - 2000

30. Sustainable North Texas
Projected Growth – Business As Usual
1.9 Million HH
5.4 Million Jobs2.3 Million Jobs3.1 Million Jobs
1.5 Million HH 3.4 Million HH
Year 2000 Year 2030
Households
Employment
NCTCOG
2000-2030
Forecast
Continued “speading” of growth

31. Sustainable North Texas
• Rail
• HOV/ Managed
• Tollways
• Freeways
• Intelligent
Transportation
Systems
• And more
2007 2030
Traffic congestion worsens

32. Sustainable North Texas
Transportation
Air Quality
Water Supply
Environment
Vision North Texas launched in 2005
Energy

33. Sustainable North Texas
April 2005

34. 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?

35. Sustainable North Texas
Lots of Awareness & Dialogue

36. Sustainable North Texas
 Characteristics are
changing
 More seniors
 Smaller % of households
with children
 Larger % of single person
households
 Larger % of ‘transit’
households
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
2000 2030 2050
Millions
Population Jobs
Pop doubles to
12 million

37. Sustainable North Texas

38. Sustainable North Texas
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.
Low
Low-
Moderate
Moderate
Moderate-
High
High
COG 2030 Forecast
Connected Centers
Diverse, Distinct Communities
Return on Investment
Green Region
0
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

39. 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

40. Sustainable North Texas
Preferred Future
Protect Natural Assets

41. Sustainable North Texas
Regional
Ecosystem
Framework
Protect Natural Assets …

42. Sustainable North Texas
Preferred Future
Support Local
Agriculture in
Rural Areas
Protect Natural Assets

43. 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/

44. Sustainable North Texas
Preferred Future
Support Local
Agriculture in
Rural Areas
Enhance
Separate
Communities
Protect Natural Assets

45. Sustainable North Texas
Preferred Future
Support Local
Agriculture in
Rural Areas
Be More Efficient in Outer Tier
Enhance
Separate
Communities
Protect Natural Assets

46. 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

47. Sustainable North Texas
Beginning to
“Greenprint”
growing
watersheds
to water
supply lakes
Austin
example

48. 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

49. 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.

50. 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.

51. Sustainable North Texas
Regional Ecosystem
Framework ECONOMY
Housing Mobility
Community Character & Form
Education
HEALTH
Climate Resilience
Policy Recommendations For:

52. 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

53. Making Smart Growth Happen:
Creating Successful Regional Alliances
for Sustainable Development
Urban Land Institute
Fall Forum 2010

54. William H. Kreager
FAIA, MIRM, LEED® AP
KBF Design
Seattle, Washington

55. Central Puget Sound
1.7 million more people & 1.2 million more jobs by 2040!

57. 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

58. 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

59. Reality Check Partners

60. Strange Bedfellows ? Hullo????

61. Strange Bedfellows ?

62. 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

64. Quality Growth Alliance Partners

65. QGA
Mission
• 3 year initiative
• Research, identify and
encourage
• Land-use Policy
• Transportation &
Infrastructure Policy
• Community education

66. QGA
Structure
• Chairperson
• Committee structure
• Original Eight Partners
• Quarterly meetings

67. QGA
Agenda
• Promulgating the “”Vision
• Challenging Barriers
• Building Alliances
• Impacting Public policy
• Community education

68. Regional Challenges to Quality Growth
A White Paper
University of Washington
College of the Built Environment

69. Regional Transit Compact
QGA Leadership
All QGA Partners

70. Decision Commons
University of Washington
Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies
Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce

74. Recognition Program
All QGA Partners

75. 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”

76. Program
Objectives
• Educate stakeholders
• High-quality development
• Generate project “role models”
• Establish a high standard for
quality-growth

77. Recognition
Process
• Applications reviewed
• twice yearly
• Evaluation criteria
• 10-member jury working by
total consensus
• Endorsements, publicity
• Public testimony

78. 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

79. Benefits to
Applicants
• Letter of recognition
• News, online
announcements
• Public testimony
• Smoother approvals
process

80. Benefits to
Community
• Higher quality development
• Early input on process
• Reflection of community input

81. Benefits to
Jurisdictions
• Higher quality development
• Shared community standard
• Reflection of community
input

82. 2010 Quality Growth Alliance
Projects Selected for Recognition

83. Yesler Terrace
Seattle Housing Authority

84. Interbay
Freehold

85. Kirkland ParkPlace
Touchstone

86. Sunset Electric
Pryde + Johnson