Planning for Regional Transportation Infrastructure: The I-69 Community Planning Program

1. Planning for Regional Transportation Infrastructure: The I-69 Community Planning Program PCRD Conference April 17, 2008

2. Speakers • Jamie Palmer, AICP • Amy Williams • Scott Burgins • Greg Jones • Steve Smith, AICP • Heather Powell

3. Session Agenda • Introductions • Program Overview • Planning for the Interstate • Grant Program • Toolbox • Community Updates • Questions

4. Program Overview

5. Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates Planning for I-69 Corridor between Indianapolis and Evansville

6. Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates Regional Natural Resources • Waterways and floodplains; a few impaired water bodies • Wetlands • State and federal threatened and endangered species • Forestland • Farmland • Karst topography • Managed lands (i.e., Goose Pond, Hoosier National Forest, Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge)

7. Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates Managing Impacts • Concerns about communities’ capacity to manage change • INDOT proposes I-69 Community Planning Program • Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) established objectives of the program • Tier I Record of Decision (ROD) established eligible communities

8. Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates Program Components • Program Development • Outreach • Eligible communities • Federal and state agencies, universities, and other resource organizations • Toolbox • Grant program

9. Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates Program Objectives • Protect natural resources • Promote economic development • Manage growth • Enhance local planning capacity • Promote intergovernmental cooperation

10. Planning for the Interstate

11. Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates With Good Planning, Potential Benefits Include: • Preservation of local character and resources • Protection of critical natural resources • Higher quality of life • Defined community vision • New organizing element to focus land use and economic development • Framework to highlight community appearance values • Improved access and mobility

12. Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates Lessons Learned In Communities That Have Poor or No Planning • Visual clutter • Poor traffic operation • Encroachment/sprawl on critical environmental habitats and farmland • Not obtaining economic development goals • Development not consistent with the community’s vision • Competing development

13. Interstate Interchange Area Main Road To Town Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates Geographic Scale • Interchange

14. Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates Geographic Scale • Interchange and Corridor Interstate Town Interchange Main Road To Town

15. Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates Geographic Scale • Community Interstate Town Interchange Main Road To Town

16. Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates Geographic Scale • Region Interstate County Boundary Interstate Town/ City Town Town/ City Interchange Town/ City Main Road To Town

17. Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates Planning Horizons • Short-term: address capacity, existing issues, managing speculation • Medium-term: immediate effects of the highway (construction projected at around 10 years) • Long-term: growth and development over time

18. Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates Community Concerns • Varied planning and local government capacity • General planning concerns • Specific concerns about the about land use and transportation issues immediately adjacent to the new highway/interchanges • Managing future growth • Encourage new versus relocated growth

19. Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates Community Concerns (cont.) • Interrelationship between traffic patterns and land use • Crane Naval Warfare Center and industrial development opportunities • Potential for industrial development • Potential for tourism • Access management • Amish population • Flooding/stormwater management

20. Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates Community Concerns (cont.) • Park lands • Previous underinvestment • Limited fiscal resources • Single-industry economy • Availability of infrastructure • Preservation of historic assets • Specific local assets

21. Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates Planning Needs • Sample ordinances • Case studies • Include problem addressed with each tool • Best practices • Visioning • Educational opportunities • Regional collaboration for economic planning • Components necessary for successful economic development • How to hire a consultant/ RFPs & RFQs

22. Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates Planning Needs • How to sell change to a resistant public • Infrastructure planning • Annexation • How to establish interlocal working groups • Transportation planning (including multi-modal) • Site reclamation • Big box redevelopment • Access to data

23. Grant Program • Eligible Communities • Counties: Daviess County, Dubois County, Gibson County, Greene County, Johnson County, Knox County, Lawrence County, Martin County, Monroe County, Morgan County, Owen County, Pike County, Vanderburgh County, and Warrick County • Cities/Towns: Bedford, Bloomfield, Bloomington, Ellettsville, Evansville, Greenwood, Indianapolis, Linton, Loogootee, Martinsville, Mooresville, Oakland City, Petersburg, Princeton, Spencer, Vincennes, and Washington

24. Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates Grant Program • Seed money to begin planning • Base grants = $40K per community • Promote economic development • Manage growth • Enhance local planning capacity • All projects had to promote natural resource protection • Eligible activities include plans, ordinances and other legal planning instruments

25. Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates Grant Program • Bonus grants = $10K per community • Land use or strategic planning for communities without planning and zoning • Cooperation with another eligible unit or ineligible municipality • Focused natural resources planning for a specific resource

26. Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates Grant Program • Minimizing Administrative Requirements • Added OCRA as a partner • Program similar to the programs administered by OCRA – tap into ongoing relationships already established with the eligible communities • Operating under OCRA’s simpler administrative processes • Use state funds (rather than federal funds)

27. Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates Grant Program • 2 application rounds • Round 1 applications and letters of intent were due October 5 • Round 2 deadline extended to December 7 • 30 communities applied for funds • 18 applications • 11 involved collaborative efforts • 8 jurisdictions that currently do not have planning and zoning

28. Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates Proposed Activities • Comprehensive/ land use plan (12) • Corridor study(7) • Focused natural resources plan (3) • Sub-area plan (2) • Economic development plan • Open space plan • Capital improvements plan • Zoning ordinance

29. Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates Current Status • Most Round 1 communities have received the go ahead to begin their projects • Round 2 communities’ grant agreements are now being prepared

30. PlanningToolbox

31. Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates • I-69 Community Planning Toolbox: • http://www.i69planningtoolbox.in.gov • About 60 total tools in five categories • Protecting Natural Resources • Encouraging Economic Development • Managing Transportation and Infrastructure Impacts • Directing Development and Growth • Increasing planning capacity Resource Protection General Planning Growth Management Economic Development

32. Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates • Key Features • Unique statewide planning toolbox with particular corridor in mind • Tools selected for I-69 corridor – not all inclusive • Tools apply to issues identified by communities along I-69 corridor • Links tools to community capacity level • Accessible to communities with varying technological capabilities (achieved within state’s technology platform) • Easy to navigate

33. Community Updates

34. Overview of Projects Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates • Morgan County Comprehensive Plan update • Martinsville Comprehensive Plan update • Mooresville Comprehensive Plan update • Bonus Funding: Morgan County SR 37/SR 144 Overlay District Plan • Owen County Comprehensive Plan update • Town of Spencer Comprehensive Plan update • Bonus Funding: Owen County/Spencer Partnership Plan • Princeton: CR 150 Corridor Study • Monroe County SR 37 Corridor Study

35. Morgan County Challenges Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates Three partners and four plans • Morgan County CP: Incomplete plan from 2001 • Martinsville CP is 14 years old • Mooresville is state’s 10th fasting growing town • White River parallels the SR 37/I-69 corridor • Coordinating and integrating plans

36. Owen County Challenges Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates Two partners and three plans • Owen County CP last revised in 1994 • Town of Spencer CP last revised 1976 • Flooding in Spencer • Starved for planning • One large group wants to create two plans

37. Owen County Challenges Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates

38. Princeton Challenges Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates • Impact of Toyota plant on: • New cluster industries • Housing • Retail to support housing • Strategic extension of infrastructure • Environmental protection in new areas

39. Monroe County Challenges Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates • Planning for new terrain interstate • Floodplains, karst topography and greenspace • Non-participation by City of Bloomington • Local remonstrators

40. Common Challenges Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates • No strong tradition in formal planning with … • … Pent-up demand for addressing specific problems • Maintaining spirit of cooperation • Uncertain timeframe of final design & construction • Lack of experience in environmental assessments • Stakeholder exhaustion

41. Approaches Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates • Big Tent Event to de-mystify comp plans • Manage expectations early & often • Shared steering committee members; updates • Establish local priorities; plan for alternatives • Make use of GIS, regional expertise • Tightly control number of meetings

42. Community Information Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates • SIDC Coverage Area • Daviess County • 1 City • 6 Towns • Greene County • 2 Cities • 5 Towns • Knox County • 2 Cities • 7 Towns • Lawrence County • 2 Cities • 1 Town • Martin County • 1 City • 2 Towns • Government Entities • 5 Counties • 8 Cities • 21 Towns • Total 34 Southern Indiana Development Commission: Serving the Development Needs of Daviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence and Martin Counties

43. Community Planning Information Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates • Communities with Formal Zoning • 11 communities have zoning ordinances • 2 communities are in the process of adopting zoning ordinances • 16 communities have no zoning

44. Concerns with the Construction of I-69 Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates • Not being prepared for: • Housing • School Systems • Work Force • Infrastructure • Environmental Impacts • Land Use • Government Services

45. I-69 Community Planning Program Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates • Starts the Planning Process • Allows County and Community Collaboration • Inventories Community Assets and Liabilities • Prepares Communities for Positive and Adverse Effects of I-69 • Potential Residential, Commercial Growth • Micro and Macro Effects of Less Travel Time

46. I-69 Planning Benefits Program Overview Planning for the Interstate Grant Program Toolbox Community Updates • Strategy for Future Planning Needs: • Housing • School Systems • Work Force • Infrastructure • Environmental Impacts • Land Use • Government Services • Formation of Planning Commission

47. Questions

48. Additional Information • Project web site: • www.i69indyevn.org • CPP web site: • www.i69indyevn.org/CommunityPlanningProgram • Toolbox: • www.i69planningtoolbox.in.gov/