advancing sustainability at the local level alison van gorp and jeremy eckert cascade land...
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Advancing Sustainability at the Local LevelAlison Van Gorp and Jeremy Eckert
Cascade Land Conservancy
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WE KNOW IT IS EARLY, BUT YOU SHOULD STAY AWAKE
BECAUSE
• Sustainability is on everyone’s mind
• You can take simple steps today to become a more sustainable city/county
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CONSERVING GREAT LANDSCREATING GREAT COMMUNITIES
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Our Services
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Cascade Agenda Vision
Looking long• 100 years forward…
Thinking broad• Sustain a strong regional
economy• Promote livable
communities• Ensure healthy ecosystems
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Cascade Agenda Approach
Public Engagement• 3,500 stakeholders
• 460 classrooms
• 100+ elected officials
• Over 50 experts in science and economics
• More than 100 practitioners
• Ongoing outreach and expert engagement
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Shoreline & The Sound
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Growth is Happening
Graphic courtesy of PSRC Vision 2040
… but we have a choice about how it happens
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CURRENT LAND USE
Seattle
Tacoma
Everett
King County
Kittitas County Pierce County
Snohomish County
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Seattle
Tacoma
Everett
King County
Kittitas County Pierce County
Snohomish County
2100 ALTERNATIVE FUTURE
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Seattle
Tacoma
Everett
King County
Kittitas County Pierce County
Snohomish County
2100 “PLANNING” FUTURE
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New Map1TacomaTacoma
Puyallup River
Puyallup River
Prime FarmlandPrime Farmland
Puget SoundPuget Sound
Well Planned GrowthWell Planned Growth
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TacomaTacoma
Puyallup River
Puyallup River
Prime FarmlandPrime Farmland ? ?
Puget SoundPuget Sound
Poorly Planned GrowthPoorly Planned Growth
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Additional Concerns
• High housing costs
• Increasing congestion
• Rising fuel costs
• Climate change
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Save our landscape• 1 million acres private
forests and farms• 265,000 acres parks,
natural areas, shorelines
Enhance our communities
• Smart community planning• Spectacular parks & public
places
Cascade Agenda Goals
100 years forward…
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New Marketplaces are Needed
• The Cascade Agenda has a $7 billion price tag.
• It will take us 350 years to accomplish the Cascade Agenda with current conservation funding.
Available FundingFunding Needed$20
mill
ion
$7 b
illio
n
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Development Rights
Funding for resource land protection
Development rights severed
from property
with conservati
on easement
Sending Area
Receiving Area
Transfer of Development Rights:
Putting profit into sustainability
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tTDR Program Models
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TDR Success
Sugarloaf Olive 8
– 284 acres preserved – 31 rural DR’s purchased for
$930,000 – Added 62,000 sq ft
residential – 300 ft height bonus
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Legislative Backdrop
State
– RCW 36.70A.090 (authorizing TDR)
– RCW 43.362 (establishing a regional TDR program)
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TDR Programs in Washington
• Existing programs include:
• King County (1998/2001)– Redmond (1997)– Issaquah (2005)– Seattle (1998/2001)
• Kitsap County (2006)– Bainbridge Island (1996)
• Pierce County (2007)• Snohomish (2004/2008)
– Arlington (2004)
The City of Black Diamond
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What We’re Doing• Helping cities and
counties develop TDR programs / projects– Pierce County (2007)– Black Diamond (2005)– Snoqualmie
Preservation Initiative (2003)
– In Process: Kittitas County, Tacoma, Sammamish
• Encouraging the formation of a regional TDR marketplace
Contact Jeremy Eckert:
206-905-6910
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Growth is Happening
Enhancing Our Communities:
The Cascade Agenda Cities Program
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Cascade Agenda Cities Program
COMPACT
COMPLETE
CONNECTED
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How Do We Get There?
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Manage Growth
• Make it easier to build in cities
• Invest infrastructure dollars wisely
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Create Housing Choices
• Add housing choices and affordability
• Build most new homes in walkable neighborhoods near transit
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Invest in Our Communities
• Make strategic public investments
• Support important community assets– Arts/culture– Civic spaces– Parks & trails
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How Cities Join the Program
Member Cities• Pass a resolution• Designate primary staff contact
Leadership Cities• MOU between City and CLC• Designate staff contact• Create interdepartmental team• Participate in learning network• Annual membership fee
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What We’re Doing
• Urban livability reports
• Policy R&D• Peer learning
network• Targeted outreach• Public education and
advocacy• Cascade Agenda
Coalition
Contact Alison Van Gorp:
206-905-6892
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Thank You!
CONSERVING GREAT LANDSCREATING GREAT COMMUNITIES
Alison Van Gorp Jeremy [email protected]@cascadeland.org
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Conserved nearly 150,000 acres relying on market based strategies.
Conservation Transactions
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Advancing Sustainability at the Local LevelAlison Van Gorp and Jeremy Eckert
Cascade land Conservancy