workshop 1 presentation: greening of lathrop

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

LATHROP WORKING GROUP REVITALIZATION VISION

INTERESTED PARTY OUTREACH MEETINGS & OPEN HOUSE

KICKOFF MEETING

COMMUNITY MEETINGS

PRESENTATION OF LATHROP HOMES MASTER PLAN

WORKSHOP #1THE GREENING OF LATHROP

DECEMBER 08, 2011

WORKSHOP #2EDUCATION & COMMUNITY

DECEMBER 10, 2011

WORKSHOP #3LIVABLE COMMUNITIES

DECEMBER 13, 2011

COMMUNITY MASTER PLANNING PROCESS

COMMUNITY EDUCATION

ADVISORY NETWORK

PLANNING PROCESS


LATHROP WORKING GROUP REVITALIZATION VISION

INTERESTED PARTY OUTREACH MEETINGS & OPEN HOUSE

KICKOFF MEETING

COMMUNITY MEETINGS

COMMUNITY MASTER PLANNING PROCESS

COMMUNITY EDUCATION

ADVISORY NETWORK

PLANNING PROCESS

PRESENTATION OF LATHROP HOMES MASTER PLAN

WORKSHOP #2EDUCATION & COMMUNITY

DECEMBER 10, 2011

WORKSHOP #3LIVABLE COMMUNITIES

DECEMBER 13, 2011


TONIGHT’S WORKSHOP GOALS1. Build a shared understanding to provide a framework for our planning process. 2. Begin a dialogue on Lathrop's Strengths and Opportunities

3. Share ideas that might inform the Lathrop Revitalization


I Welcome

II Introduction to Sustainability

III Break-Out: Successes & Opportunities

IV LEED-ND Panel Presentation

V Closing Remarks

VI Adjourn

6:00 pm

6:15 pm

7:00 pm

7:45 pm

8:45 pm

9:00 pm


Introduction to SustainabilityDoug Farr, Farr Associates


Build a shared understanding to provide a framework for our planning process.

Objectives:

Goal:

•The history of the Lathrop site

•The origins of sustainability

•The LEED-ND standard


Lathrop Working Group Vision Statement:


“The vision for the future Lathrop Homes site is to produce a model urban community offering housing that is affordable to families across a broad income spectrum. A diverse connected neighborhood along with schools, parks, community space and retail all within close proximity and home to safe healthy families who are enduring, rooted, and empowered and enjoy sustainable affordability.”


sustainable


“sustainable” means: planning for the long term.


How long is long?


“Meeting the needs of the current generation without burdening future generations”

The Brundtland Commission 1988

Sustainability is:


The Next 100 Years


Four Periods of Land Use at Lathrop


Potawatomi 1600s-1780s

100+


Harvesting from Nature 1780s-1880


100



Industrial Manufacturing 1880-1938

58





Residential Neighborhood 1938-Today

74





Residential Neighborhood 1938-Today

100



Harvesting from NatureWednesday, December 14, 2011

Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable

Harvesting from Nature

1780s


Deering Reaper Works Company

Industrial Manufacturing

1880



1880


•1 mile long facility•7,000 employees




1880




1880

Diversey Ave.

Damen Ave.


The Great Depression

1930s

25 % Unemployed

Industrial ManufacturingWednesday, December 14, 2011

Residential Neighborhood

1938



1938P.W.A Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works

Housing Division Federal Project H-1406



1938



1938

Architectural “Dream Team”

DIRECTOR ARCHITECTS

Hubert BurnhamHugh M.G. GardenQuinn & ChristiansenTallmadge & WatsonWhite & Weber

ASSOCIATE ARCHITECTS

Edwin H. ClarkLoewenberg & LoewenbergMayo & MayoE.E. & Elmer C. Roberts

CHIEF ARCHITECT

Robert S Degolyer



1938

Jens Jensen Master Planner



1938

Super-Block Planning


Combined Overflow Outfalls


1938



1938



1938

A Bird’s Eye View



1938

A Bird’s Eye View

Div

erse

y Av

e.

Damen Ave.



1938

“Natural” Landscape



1938

Urban Design Features



1938

Adjacent Industrial Land Uses



1938

District Heating



1938

Combined Overflow Outfalls



1938

P.W.A Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works

Fire-proof Construction


Decline of Cities

Growing Environmental Awareness

Redemption of the City

Reacting to Higher Energy Costs

Human Health Concerns

Green Policies and Certifications

Sustainability Trends


Decline of Cities





Green Policies and Certifications


Chicago’s Plan to Serve a Population of 3.6 Million

Decline of Cities

5 Highways:

1946

KennedyEisenhowerCross Town*StevensonRyan


President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Decline of Cities

1953


Decline of Cities

The National System of Interstate and Defense Highways

1950s


Decline of Cities

Kennedy Expressway

1950s


Decline of Cities

Federal Aid Highways Act

1950s


Decline of Cities

Car Dependence

1950s


Decline of Cities

1950s

Kennedy Expressway


Decline of Cities

1950s

Urban Renewal


Use of Industrial Chemicals in Everyday Life


1950s


Urban Rivers Collect and Concentrate Pollution


1950s



Rachel Carson Launches the Environmental Movement

1962



Jane Jacobs: Cities are Good Places to Live

1960s



President Richard Milhous Nixon

1969



President Richard Milhous Nixon

1969

Clean Air Act of 1970

National Environmental Policy Act of 1969

Clean Water Act of 1972



1970s

Oil Crisis



President Jimmy Carter

1970s

America’s energy policy is...

“the moral equivalent of war.”



1970s

Energy Efficient Technologies


1980s

Decreased Ventilation Leads to Sick Building Syndrome




1980s

Increased Respiratory & Environmental Sensitivities



Obesity

1985



1990

Obesity



1995

Obesity



2000

Obesity



2005

Obesity



2010

Obesity



Access to Healthy Food

2010


Green Policies & Certifications


Rio Earth Summit

1992



Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

1993




Increasing Urgency in Green Certifications

2000s


How Can Lathrop Homes Take All of This Into Account?


The Chicago Housing Authority [“CHA”] and The Habitat

Company LLC [“Habitat”] in its official capacity as Receiver for

the development of new, non-elderly public housing, invite

submissions of qualifications to become the development and

property management team [“Master Developer”] to lead the

multi-year, mulit-phase revitalization of the Julia C. Lathrop

Homes, in order to achieve the vision of the Lathrop Homes

Working Group for sustainable affordability and opportunity in

the heart of Chicago, becoming the first large scale, affordable

community in the U.S. to achieve LEED-ND Gold or Platinum.

INVITATION


What is LEED ND Concerned With?


Where is the project located?

SMART LOCATION AND LINKAGES

•Locate in or near existing urban and built areas

•Avoid sensitive lands and bad locations


What form and uses does it propose?

NEIGHBORHOOD PATTERN AND DESIGN

•Compact, connected, and complete places


How is it built and maintained?

GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUILDINGS

•Project construction and maintenance

•High performance infrastructure


How Does LEED ND Certification Work?


•An applicant sets their project boundaries

•Meet ALL prerequisites

•Meet enough credits to meet desired thresholdWednesday, December 14, 2011

What is a LEED Prerequisite?


SMART LOCATION AND LINKAGE

•Smart Location

•Imperiled Species and Ecological Communities

•Wetland and Water Body Conservation

•Agricultural Land Conservation

•Floodplain Avoidance


NEIGHBORHOOD PATTERN AND DESIGN

•Walkable Streets

•Compact Development

•Connected and Open Community


GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUILDINGS

•Certified Green Building

•Minimum Building Energy Efficiency

•Minimum Building Water Efficiency

•Construction Activity Pollution Prevention


What is a LEED Credit?


Certified 40 points

Silver

Gold

Platinum

50 points

60 points

80 points


Green Infrastructure and Buildings 29 points

44 pointsNeighborhood Pattern and Design

Smart Location and Linkage 27 points


Preferred LocationsBrownfield RedevelopmentLocation w/ Reduced Auto DependenceBicycle Network and StorageHousing and Jobs Proximity Steep Slope ProtectionWetland or Water Body Conservation Restoration of Habitat or WetlandsLong Term Conservation Management

10 points 2 points 7 points 1 points 3 points 1 point 1 point 1 point 1 point

SMART LOCATION AND LINKAGE


NEIGHBORHOOD PATTERN AND DESIGNWalkable StreetsCompact DevelopmentMixed-Use Neighborhood CentersMixed-Income Diverse CommunitiesReduced Parking FootprintStreet NetworkTransit FacilitiesTransportation Demand ManagementAccess to Civic and Public SpacesAccess to Recreation FacilitiesVisitability and Universal DesignCommunity Outreach and InvolvementLocal Food ProductionTree-Lined and Shaded StreetsNeighborhood Schools

12 points 6 points 4 points 7 points 1 point 2 points 1 point 2 points 1 point 1 point 1 point 2 points 1 point 2 points 1 point


GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUILDINGS 5 points 2 points 1 points 1 points 1 points 1 point 1 point 4 point 1 point 1 point 3 points 2 points 1 point 2 points 1 point 1 point 1 point

Certified Green BuildingsBuilding Energy EfficiencyBuilding Water EfficiencyWater-Efficient LandscapingExisting Building UseHistoric Resource Preservation and Adaptive ReuseMinimized Site Disturbance in Design and ConstructionStormwater ManagementHeat Island ReductionSolar OrientationOn-Site Renewable Energy SourcesDistrict Heating and CoolingInfrastructure Energy EfficiencyWastewater ManagementRecycled Content in InfrastructureSolid Waste Management InfrastructureLight Pollution Reduction


LEED ND Scorecard


Break-Out:Successes & OpportunitiesGROUND RULES

Participate

Listen for understandingRespect all opinionsEqual right to speakBe mindful of timeFocus on the project at hand


LEED NDPanel PresentationErika Allen, Growing Power

Daniel Bounds, CDM

Doug Farr, Farr Associates

Ted Wolff, Wolff Landscape


Doug Farr

Smart Location


Wetland and Water Body Conservation

Ted WolffWednesday, December 14, 2011

Locations with Reduced Auto Dependence

Doug FarrWednesday, December 14, 2011

Bicycle Network and Storage


Restoration of Habitat or Wetlands


Walkable Streets


Access to Open Space


Access to Recreation Facilities


Access to Civic and Public Places


Access to Civic and Public Places

Erika AllenWednesday, December 14, 2011

Local Food Production


Community Outreach and Involvement


Certified Green Building


Water-Efficient Landscaping


Historic Resource Preservation and Adaptive Reuse


Minimized Site Disturbance in Design and Construction


Stormwater Management

Dan BoundsWednesday, December 14, 2011

Stormwater Management


Heat Island Reduction


Solar Orientation


On Site Renewable Energy


District Heating and Cooling


Wastewater Management

Dan Bounds


Wastewater Management


Solid Waste Management Infrastructure


Light Pollution Reduction


Summary



diverse connected

healthyempowered

affordable

proximity safeenduring rooted

neighborhood

sustainable

community



diverse connected

healthy

empowered

affordable

proximity safe

enduring rooted

neighborhood

sustainable

community


diverse

connected

healthy

affordable

proximity

safe

enduring

rooted

neighborhood

sustainable

community

empowered


diverse

connected

healthy

affordable

proximity

safe

enduring

rooted

neighborhood

sustainable

community

empowered

LEED for Neighborhood Development


SSL P1. Smart Locations

diverse

connected

healthy

affordable

proximity

safe

enduring

rooted

neighborhood

sustainable

community

empowered




SSL C3. Reduced Auto Dependence

diverse

connected

healthy

affordable

proximity

enduring

rooted

neighborhood

sustainable

community

empowered

safe





NPD P2. Compact Development

diverse

connected

healthy

affordable

proximity

safe

enduring

rooted

neighborhood

sustainable

community

empowered






NPD P3. Connected and Open Community

diverse

connected

healthy

affordable

proximity

safe

enduring

rooted

neighborhood

sustainable

community

empowered







NPD C1. Walkable Streets

diverse

connected

healthy

affordable

proximity

safe

enduring

rooted

neighborhood

sustainable

community

empowered







NPD C3. Mixed-Use Neighborhood Centers


diverse

connected

healthy

affordable

proximity

safe

enduring

rooted

neighborhood

sustainable

community

empowered








NPD C4. Mixed-Income Diverse Communities


diverse

connected

healthy

affordable

proximity

safe

enduring

rooted

neighborhood

sustainable

community

empowered









NPD C9. Access to Civic and Public Spaces


diverse

connected

healthy

affordable

proximity

safe

enduring

rooted

neighborhood

sustainable

community

empowered










NPD C11. Visitability and Universal Design


diverse

connected

healthy

affordable

proximity

safe

enduring

rooted

neighborhood

sustainable

community

empowered











NPD C12. Community Outreach & Involvement


diverse

connected

healthy

affordable

proximity

safe

enduring

rooted

neighborhood

sustainable

community

empowered












NPD C13. Local Food Production


diverse

connected

healthy

affordable

proximity

safe

enduring

rooted

neighborhood

sustainable

community

empowered











NPD C13. Local Food Production

GIB P1. Certified Green Building


diverse

connected

healthy

affordable

proximity

safe

enduring

rooted

neighborhood

sustainable

community

empowered




Closing Remarks


workshop 1 presentation: greening of lathrop

Technology

lathrop site

superblock planning

long term

birds eye viewdame n

group vision statement

tonights workshop goals

pm v closing remarks8

jens jensen master planner