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Advancing Sustainability at the Local Level - 100 Years Forward

Learn how to take simple steps today to become a more sustainable city/county. The Cascade Agenda aims to conserve great landscapes and create great communities through public engagement and strategic planning. Join the program and contribute to a sustainable future!

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Advancing Sustainability at the Local Level - 100 Years Forward

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  1. 100 YEARS FORWARD Advancing Sustainability at the Local Level Alison Van Gorp and Jeremy Eckert Cascade Land Conservancy

  2. 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

  3. CONSERVING GREAT LANDSCREATING GREAT COMMUNITIES

  4. Our Services

  5. Cascade Agenda Vision Looking long • 100 years forward… Thinking broad • Sustain a strong regional economy • Promote livable communities • Ensure healthy ecosystems

  6. 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

  7. Shoreline & The Sound

  8. Growth is Happening Graphic courtesy of PSRC Vision 2040 … but we have a choice about how it happens

  9. Kittitas County Pierce County Tacoma King County Seattle Snohomish County Everett CURRENT LAND USE

  10. Kittitas County Pierce County Tacoma King County Seattle Snohomish County Everett 2100 ALTERNATIVE FUTURE

  11. Kittitas County Pierce County Tacoma King County Seattle Snohomish County Everett 2100 “PLANNING” FUTURE

  12. New Map1 Puget Sound Tacoma Puyallup River Prime Farmland Well Planned Growth

  13. Puget Sound Tacoma Puyallup River Prime Farmland ? Poorly Planned Growth

  14. Additional Concerns • High housing costs • Increasing congestion • Rising fuel costs • Climate change

  15. Cascade Agenda Goals 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 100 years forward…

  16. 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. $7 billion $20 million Available Funding Funding Needed

  17. Transfer of Development Rights:Putting profit into sustainability Development Rights Development rights severed from property with conservation easement Receiving Area Sending Area Funding for resource land protection

  18. TDR Program Models t

  19. 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

  20. Legislative Backdrop State • RCW 36.70A.090 (authorizing TDR) • RCW 43.362 (establishing a regional TDR program)

  21. 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

  22. 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: jeremye@cascadeland.org 206-905-6910

  23. Growth is Happening Enhancing Our Communities:The Cascade Agenda Cities Program

  24. Cascade Agenda Cities Program COMPLETE COMPACT CONNECTED

  25. How Do We Get There?

  26. Manage Growth • Make it easier to build in cities • Invest infrastructure dollars wisely

  27. Create Housing Choices • Add housing choices and affordability • Build most new homes in walkable neighborhoods near transit

  28. Invest in Our Communities • Make strategic public investments • Support important community assets • Arts/culture • Civic spaces • Parks & trails

  29. 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

  30. 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: alisonv@cascadeland.org 206-905-6892

  31. CONSERVING GREAT LANDSCREATING GREAT COMMUNITIES Thank You! • Alison Van Gorp Jeremy Eckert • alisonv@cascadeland.org jeremye@cascadeland.org

  32. Conservation Transactions Conserved nearly 150,000 acres relying on market based strategies.

  33. 100 YEARS FORWARD Advancing Sustainability at the Local Level Alison Van Gorp and Jeremy Eckert Cascade land Conservancy

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