Subregional Planning Initiative (SPI) Project Fact Sheet – East Port Area Plan – February 2010

1. Subregional Planning Initiative (SPI) Project Fact Sheet – East Port Area Plan – February 2010 What is the purpose of the SPI Initiative? The SPI Program will provide an opportunity for local communities and regional planners to work together to create a Transportation-Land Use Vision for the East Port area. Local communities will be able to explore how their local plans, regulations, and policies can help support regional goals and plans. Regional planners will be able to work with local jurisdictions to identify agreed-upon transportation investment priorities. The SPI Program will provide on-line information on land use, environmental, and transportation planning best practices for local governments, citizens, and community leaders. SPI plans will focus on prioritizing and implementing projects. • What are the goals of the East Port Plan? • Citizens and the Stakeholders Advisory Committee, including representatives from the cities and counties in the East Port area plus other key stakeholders, such as the Port of Houston and economic development organizations, helped identify the priority goals for the Plan: • Address impacts of higher levels of • truck and port-related activity • Support local redevelopment and • economic development initiatives • Reduce traffic congestion in the East • Port area • Protect environmental and • waterfront assets • Encourage quality growth, • development, and community design. What local jurisdictions are included in the East Port Plan? For More Information: Meredith Dang, Project Manager Houston-Galveston Area Council Phone: (713) 993-2443 E-Mail: meredith.dang@h-gac.com www.h-gac.com/go/subregional H-GAC Subregional Planning Initiative - Project Fact Sheet – February 2010

2. East Port Subregional Planning Initiative (SPI) February 2010 What main questions will the East Port Subregional Plan answer? What is the Transportation–Land Use Vision for the East Port Area? Where are We Headed Now with Transportation and Land Use? Assess Existing and Future Conditions What New Approaches Can We Use to Get a Better Outcome? Transportation? Land Use? The Transportation-Land Use Vision for the East Port Subregion is represented by a number of Livable Centers, Livable Employment Centers, and Livable Waterfront Centers, all connected by multiple forms of transportation – roads, bus and rail services, and hike/bike trails. What is the Vision for the East Port area What Can We Do to Implement It? Actions by the Region? Actions by Local Jurisdictions? How will the views of citizens and local jurisdictions influence the East Port Plan? A Stakeholder Advisory Committee has been helping the project team develop the Plan throughout the planning process. Citizens and community stakeholders are also participating in public workshops where they can interact with the project team and ask questions and provide comments on the Plan. • What is the time frame for development of the Plan? The Plan is nearing completion. The following steps are planned. • February 2010 - last round of public workshops • Mid-February 2010 - last Stakeholder Advisory • Committee Meeting • Late March 2010 - East Port Plan Complete H-GAC Subregional Planning Initiative - Project Fact Sheet – February 2010