An Advisory Services Panel for St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

December 6 - 11, 2015

An Advisory Services Panel for

• St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana

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About the Urban Land Institute

• The mission of the Urban Land Institute is to

provide leadership in the responsible use of land and in creating and sustaining thriving communities worldwide.

• ULI is a membership organization with nearly

36,000 members, worldwide representing the spectrum of real estate development, land use planning and financial disciplines, working in private enterprise and public service.

• What the Urban Land Institute does:

– Conducts Research – Provides a forum for sharing of best practices – Writes, edits and publishes books and magazines – Organizes and conducts meetings – Directs outreach programs – Conducts Advisory Services Panels

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Since 1947

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15 - 20 panels a year on a variety of land use subjects

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Provides independent, objective candid advice on important land use and real estate issues

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Process

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Review background materials

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Receive a sponsor presentation & tour

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Conduct stakeholder interviews

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Consider data, frame issues and write recommendations

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Make presentation

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Produce a final report

The Advisory Services Program

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Thanks to the Kresge Foundation

• The Urban Resilience Program works to help

communities prepare for increased climate risk in ways that allow a quicker, safer return to normalcy after an event but also an ability to thrive going forward. Through careful land use planning, wise investment in infrastructure, and smart building design, we can protect the value we’ve created in our cities and be more robust when facing adverse events.

• In 2014, the Urban Land Institute received a

generous grant from the Kresge Foundation. A portion of these funds are being used to conduct Urban Resilience Advisory Services Panels.

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Thanks to the Following Sponsors and Supporters:

• St. Tammany Parish:
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The Honorable Patricia Brister

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Jeanne Betbeze

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Gina Campo

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Sidney Fontenot

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Anne Pablovich

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Erin Stair

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Ronnie Simpson

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Elizabeth Warren Greater New Orleans Inc:

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Michael Hecht

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The Panel

• Jim Heid, UrbanGreen, Inc, Healdsburg, CA
• Margaret Doyle, Gas Technology Institute, Skillman, NJ
• Tracy Gabriel, District of Columbia Office of Planning, Washington, DC
• Ladd Keith, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
• Alan Razak, AthenianRazak, LLC, Philadelphia, PA
• Michael Stern, Strada, Philadelhia, PA
• Lindsey Willke, HKS Architects, Salt Lake City, UT
• Paul Angelone
• Klade Hare
• Beth Silverman

ULI Staff

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Panel Assignment:

• What are land use strategies and design recommendations for development in

southcentral St. Tammany Parish?

• How can these proposed strategies and recommendations improve water quality

and drainage within the study area?

• Recommend resilience strategies that can be incorporated into both the

immediate study area as well as Parish-wide.

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The Panel Process

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The Opportunity

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What Will You Do with Your Engine of Growth?

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What Will You Do with Your Engine of Growth?

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Those Awkward Adolescent Years

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Creating Your Future

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Getting Your Future Right

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What Would Resilience Look Like?

a place with a nationally recognized quality-of-life that grows out of a deliberate and comprehensive resilience strategy a vital, active community with high quality jobs and a variety of households a place of differentiated live work play villages-in-the-woods” a healthy, walkable lifestyle that reduces the need for significant use of private autos a place of prosperity at all levels – resulting from a strong local economy and wide housing choices for all generations a model for new, state-of-the-art infrastructure using natural systems and equitable funding approaches

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The Role of the Study Area

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The Role of the Study Area

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What did we observe?

Growth is imminent

But only you can choose if it will be an engine for positive change, or slowly erode everything you value

There are no simple solutions

You must continue your hard work, combined efforts and the search for multiple benefits from a single action (and single dollar)

The economic models of the past are not sustainable.

Public services need to be appropriately priced, and must be a requirement for ‘harvesting benefits from the Parish’s growth’. Concurrently the Parish needs to be more proactive and realistic in using proven tools to fund long term infrastructure

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Resilience in St Tammany Parish

Fulfilling Your Poten/al Thinking Regionally, Ac1ng Locally to create Economic Resilience Vision, Policy Frameworks and Genera/onal Thinking Crea1ng the Tools for a Resilient Future A Resilient Approach to Growth The Path to Neighborhood Resilience Thinking Beyond Bigger Roads Developing Mobility Resilience Crea/ng Strength in your Community Building Social Resilience Living with Water Fostering Environmental Resilience

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Fulfilling Your Potential

Thinking Regionally, Acting Locally to Create Economic Resilience

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Rural Suburban ?

• Growing Pains
• Clearly Define What You Want to Be
• Changing to Meet the Challenges of the Time
• Like Government Change from Police Juries to Homerule Charter
• Plan for the Future! Control Growth Instead of Letting It Control You

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Your Role in the Region

• Relation to the major population centers
• More than a bedroom community or an escape route

– Important sub-region with its own character – Indispensable Component of the SE Louisiana Economy – Alternate Location for Industry – Center of excellence

• Different but Complementary

– Lifestyle – Small communities w/ character – Schools – Recreation

You don’t have to be New Orleans or Baton Rouge to play an important role in the region, but you do have to remain engaged and connected.

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Focusing Economic Development

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Preserve a uniquely North Shore identity

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Bring scattered economic development efforts together –! Local –! Regional –! Meta-regional

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Define goals of Economic Development –! Jobs –! Industry –! Diversification –! Talent pool: attracting and keeping the new workforce at all income levels

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Growth Projections and Regional Identity

• A Range of Population Outcomes
• Changing Demographics & Land Use Patterns
• Challenge:

– Absorb Growth – Keep the North Shore Attractive

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Lead, Connect and Act

• Lead

– It’s time to act!

• Connect

– Government’s role in managing growth and its implications – Already ahead of other parishes – Extend your lead with further best practices

• Act

– Benefits of Action – Costs of Inaction

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Vision, Policy Frameworks and Generational Thinking Creating the Tools for a Resilient Future

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Land Use is the Key to Resilience

–! Growth will take a built form –! Land use development decisions can support all facets of resilience: economic, social and environmental –! Development location, type, uses, and design all impact resilience –! Generational thinking: leverage development and public investment for the type of future you want

LAND USE!

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Why Planning Matters

– High costs of current pattern of development – Opportunity to Align Future with Core Values

• Quality of Life
• Natural Beauty and Recreational

Amenities

• Safety
• Schools
• Families

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A Vision Framework for a Resilient Future

Refresh Vision Statement for a Policy Framework – Comprehensive Plan (2025) is now nearly 15 years old – Capture significant planning and technical work already completed – Leverage Development Code rewrite – Community engagement around developing a common language for resilience that ties to land use policy as well as transportation, housing – Opportunity to balance significant environmental thinking to date with economic development strategy and social goals

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South Central as a Pilot

Initiate a Small Area Plan for South Central Site

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Zoning = master planning

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Small area plan or master plan

• ! PRESERVATION
• ! CONNECTIVITY
• ! INFRASTRUCTURE
• ! HOUSING
• ! FLEXIBILITY
• ! PLACE
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Explore stacked benefits: private development and public investments can accomplish multiple goals and outcomes simultaneously

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Large property owners work together as partners

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A Resilient Approach to Growth

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Conventional Pattern of Development

• Fragmented and

disconnected system of natural habitats

• Difficult Wetland

mitigation

• Isolated system of storm

water detention ponds

• Individually developed and

managed water and wastewater systems

• Exacerbates current traffic

and transportation challenges of disconnected development

• Does not enhance or

develop the public realm

• f the Parish

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Village-in-the-Woods Pattern

• Enhances storm resilience

by utilizing natural systems

• f streams, wetlands and

waterways for overall stormwater management system.

• Greater development

potential for the site by managing these issues holistically.

• More focused, mixed-use

development patterns will promote public health through walkable/bikeable neighborhoods

• Establishes new character
• f the public realm

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A Resilient Approach to Growth

The Path to Neighborhood Resilience

• Establish place-based approach to planning to prioritize quality of place and enhance

resilience. – Zoning does not equal placemaking – Land use visions matter – These principles already exist in your comprehensive plan, you need to lead to achieve it

• Build on existing local models (TerraBella), but expand mixed-use
• Build a public realm for all people that results multi-generational places

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What Makes Good Neighborhood Places?

• What Are People Looking For In Terms

Of Place?

• A fine grain of streets, blocks and

public spaces that promotes a pedestrian scale and walkability

• Mix of uses is an asset
• Connectivity is key
• Integrate natural systems into public

spaces

• Social cohesion and interaction through

enhanced parks and other public places

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A Mix of Uses is an Asset

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History can be a Guide for the Future

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Natural Systems as Public Open Spaces

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Make the Study Area a Model

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Thinking Beyond Bigger Roads Developing Mobility Resilience

Traffic Challenges – Traffic increase with population growth is normal, but made worse in St. Tammany Parish by conventional land use patterns – Reliance on state roads and federal highways to travel Parish-wide – 82% of trips made alone in car

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Lack of Resilience in Current Transportation System

Impacts of Traffic – Deterrent for new companies and highly qualified employees – Bad for the physical and mental health of those in the car – Increases air pollution and breathing risks for the community living near it – Large impact on maintenance and new construction of roadways – State roads and federal highways are choke points during emergencies

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More Lanes, More Traffic

–! Drivers adjust to improved road capacity by increasing trips, driving further –! Traffic will always increase faster than roadway construction –! Traffic is not a problem you can build your way out of

“Adding highway lanes to deal with traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to cure

• besity.” – Lewis Mumford

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Increase Transportation Choices

– Walking – Bicycling – Ridesharing and carpooling – On-demand driver programs

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Think Long-Term Traffic Reduction

–! Build upon success of the Tammany Trace –! Retrofit existing strip commercial developments –! Village in the woods concept for new development

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Creating Strength in Your Community

Building Social Resilience

People are your greatest asset. Build on the resources you have while taking action in the areas that will further strengthen your community. Supporting a growing and changing St Tammany Parish. Social resilience is strong community cohesion, and most critically in the face of disasters.

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Health and the Built Environment

Health is a lens for placemaking and resilience. Although the Parish is ranked as one of the healthiest in the state, Louisiana is among the unhealthiest in the nation. Built environment is an agent for change to address health issues such as obesity. There is a true cost to communities if no action is taken. Utilize existing natural open space to continue to create neighborhood recreation access – an educational

• pportunity to highlight and celebrate water through

design.

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Generational Housing

Generational housing should provide a variety of housing options, should be mixed income to create options and opportunities for all types of people at life's different stages. Ability for your children live, grow and stay here. Aging in place AND connected Supporting vulnerable populations

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Linking Housing & Infrastructure

Housing is infrastructure. Defining the true cost of housing should include the costs of transportation. Intersection of land use and infrastructure planning influence community health. LIVE WORK PLAY – housing opportunities for people to live near work. Long term strategic planning to link alternative modes of transportation.

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Partner with Major Employers

Partner with Major Employers & Anchor Institutions Workforce housing

Transportation incentive program Down payment assistance

Co-locating Services & Housing Near Future Employers Primary care

Health and Human Services Expand COAST program

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A Call to Action

SOCIAL RESILIENCE is about PEOPLE….

PEOPLE and their HEALTH mental health and wellbeing

physical health in recreation and lifestyle

PEOPLE and their SENSE OF BELONGING services, outreach, inclusion

community engagement

PEOPLE and OPPORTUNITIES variety of housing and jobs

multi-generational community

PEOPLE

COMMUNITIES

REGIONS

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“St. Tammany Parish equals water.”

• ! Land use is the key to resilience and in St. Tammany Parish that involves

managing all facets of water:

• ! Stormwater
• ! Wastewater
• ! Potable/Reclaimed Water
• ! Surface water in the rivers and bayous of The Parish
• ! There is an overarching need to take a holistic approach to water in The Parish.

Living with Water

Enhancing Environmental Resilience

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Living with Water

The Ruby Slippers Principle: “You’ve always had it, my dear.”

STP has the tools to answer the questions about improving the Parish’s relationship with water:

• ! South Central Study Area Plan, (2011),
• ! The St. Tammany Parish Watershed Management Study, (2014),
• ! Drainage Impact Fee Study for St. Tammany Parish (2012).

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Living with Water

Now is the Time to Act and Implement

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Panel endorses recommendations of the St. Tammany Watershed Management Study

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Implement the STP Water Quality Improvement Program

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This requires the development of Water Quality Action Plan (WQAP)

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Commit more STP Resources (allocate someone/partner with Tulane) to implement the

• WQAP. The WQAP is divided into four sections:

»! Wastewater »! Storm Water »! Conservation »! Regulatory

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Living with Water

Example: STP Water Quality Action Plan Water Quality Action Plan – Storm Water Responsible - Dept. of Engineering, Development Regulatory Manager & Watershed Coordinator

• Implementing Storm Water Management Plan
• Revising Parish Storm Water Ordinance
• Performing demonstration pond projects for Best Management Practices
• Continuing oversight & maintenance of finished ponds with water quality features
• Monitoring discharge inventory: storm water mitigation catalog of all ponds in

Parish used for regional retention

• Capital improvement projects for Storm Water Detention and Water Quality Ponds as

per recommendations of STP Watershed Management Study

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Living with Water

Green Infrastructure in St. Tammany Parish

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Incentivize businesses and residents to install green infrastructure through grants, rebates, and credit programs.

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Encourage private sector participation, such programs can help communities install retrofits more cost efficiently and meet storm water goals more quickly.

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Living with Water

Explore the option of Low Impact Design in the Study Area and Beyond

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An innovative stormwater management approach with a basic principle that is modeled after nature: manage rainfall at the source using uniformly distributed decentralized micro-scale controls.

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A versatile approach that can be applied to new development and redevelopment / revitalization projects.

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Techniques are based on the premise that stormwater management should not be seen as stormwater disposal.

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Low Impact Design addresses stormwater through small, cost-effective landscape features located at the lot level.

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Living with Water

A St. Tammany Parish Community Facility District

• ! One option for development the study area is the establishment of a Community

Facility District.

• ! These type bonds are paid for by the new resident or business.
• ! A Community Facility District is set up by developers as a means of obtaining

community funding for public works, services, improvements and development.

• ! This funding vehicle can be used for building parks, roadways, sewer, water

storm drain, signage, street light, landscape and related improvements.

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Living with Water

Drainage Impact Fees – Pay their Fair Share

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Just like other local governments, STP has limited options to generate money needed to build and expand infrastructure, including roads, drainage systems and waste water treatment.

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In 2012, a STP funded study focused on updated fees in lieu of onsite detention most of which apply to the lower parts of the watershed and addressed the issue of revenue credits.

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Impact fees are a necessary evil. Expansion is caused by new developments and many jurisdictions require those creating the demand to pay their fair share.

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Key Recommendations

• Collaborate and cooperate for a consistent economic

development strategy

• Refresh the vision, update the comprehensive plan
• Master plan the study area as a pilot and model for resilience
• Develop portfolio of transportation solutions beyond building

roads

• Deliberately create a range of housing choices
• Implement the Water Quality Plan as part of holistic strategy

to address water in STP

• Implement new funding strategies for necessary services

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Questions?