Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC

1. Destination Erie: A Regional Vision Work Group Meeting Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC

2. Today’s Agenda • Where are we in the Planning Process? (15 mins) • Existing Conditions / Summary of Key Issues (30 mins) • “Game-Stoppers” (15 mins) • Next Steps (25 mins) • April 24th: Consortium Leadership Meeting • Public Work Shops: May 7th & 8th • MetroQuest Video Demo

3. Planning Process Phase 1: Initiation and Regional Assessment Phase 2: Vision, Scenarios, & Strategy Development Phase 3: Vision & ActionPlan How do we get there? Public Workshop #3 Plan Framework & Strategies Draft Plan Development Public Workshop #4 Final Plan What do we want to be? Public Workshop #1 Trend and Alternative Scenarios Public Workshop #2 Regional Vision Statement Preferred Future Direction Where are we now? Public Participation Plan Public Launch / Stakeholder Interviews Project Website Existing Conditions & Trends Report CAPACITY BUILDING Mar 2012 – Dec 2012 Sep 2012 – Oct 2013 Nov 2013 – Feb 2015 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Overall Schedule

4. Planning Process • Where are we in Phase 2? Public Engagement / Planning Implementation

5. Existing Conditions & Key Issues Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC

6. The Region’s Report Card

7. Summary of Key Issues • Intractable Problems: • 1. High Poverty Rates and Concentrations of Poverty • 2. Manufacturing Decline, Ongoing Economic Transformation • 3. Mismatch between Available Jobs and Skills of Workforce • 4. Lack of Regional Coordination • 5. Inequality between Public Schools (e.g., reputation / test scores) • 6. Suburbanization / Population Loss in Cities and Boroughs • 7. Aging Housing Stock/Neighborhood Blight • 8. Disparities in Access to Opportunity for Minority Communities • 9. Distance between Population Centers and Jobs • 10. Other Ideas • 54% • 51% • 51% • 39% • 29% • 24% • 18% • 14% • 7% • 4%

8. Current Development Pattern

9. Trend Scenario + 88,077 acres

10. Trend Scenario • If things remain the same, how will Erie County develop in 2040? • 1,063 residents and 13.5 sq miles of new developed area (1980 – 2000) • Little population and employment growth projected • Continued population loss in urban areas • Additional pockets of blight and disinvestment Typical Low Density Development Housing Blight – Disinvestment (RDA)

11. Trend Scenario • If things remain the same, how will Erie County develop in 2040? • Increase in developed land of 88,077 acres • For every $1 in tax revenue from a new residence, $1.15 will generally be spent on services. (Penn State Cost of Community Services study) • More commuting time / costs and greater air pollution • Loss of open space benefits- $150 million a year in air pollution removal, flood control, water quality protection, etc. (LERC Study)

12. Revised Vision Themes

13. “Game-Stoppers” & Discussion Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC

14. Potential Game-stoppers • Definition – A condition that is fundamentally holding the region back from addressing key problems and achieving the future vision. • Lack of a Core Economic Strategy • Political / Jurisdictional Fragmentation / Lack of Leadership • Unsustainable Land Use Pattern • Others ?

15. Next Steps Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC

16. May 7th & 8th Workshops Tuesday May 7, 2013 Girard 9:00am‐11:00am St. John’s Parish Center (not the church but the parish center) 1001 Main Street E. Girard, PA 16417 Wednesday May 8, 2013 Lawrence Park 9:00am ‐11:00am Fairfield Social Hall 4896 East Lake Road Erie, PA 16511 Waterford 7:00pm – 9:00pm Fort LeBoeufHigh School 931 N. High Street Waterford, PA 16441 Erie City 7:00pm – 9:00pm Avalon Hotel‐Niagara Room 16 West 10th Street Erie, PA 16501

17. MetroQuest Demo METROQUEST LINK • MetroQuest digital engagement software is powerful, flexible and cost-effective tool that makes it easy to generate meaningful input on community preferences, plans and much more. • Whether you need public engagement online, at a workshop, or on the fly with kiosks or iPads, MetroQuest is ready to go in three easy steps: simply brand it, customize it and launch!