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Ted Droettboom ABAG/BAAQMD/BCDC/MTC Joint Policy Committee. Building Performance Criteria for the Evaluation and Funding of Priority Development Areas. PDA Discussion May 9, 2008. Priority Development Areas. Partial & Preliminary $ Needs. About 50 jurisdictions Over 100 areas
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Ted Droettboom ABAG/BAAQMD/BCDC/MTC Joint Policy Committee Building Performance Criteria for the Evaluation and Funding of Priority Development Areas PDA Discussion May 9, 2008
Priority Development Areas Partial & Preliminary $ Needs • About 50 jurisdictions • Over 100 areas • About 395,000 new housing units by 2035 • About 50% of projected regional growth
The Color of Money Nexus Substitution
Funding on the Horizon • Planning grants: $7.5 M this year; another $14 M over next couple of years • 2008/09 TFCA grants: $7 to $12 M • Expanded TLC: $60 M/Yr. proposed for RTP • AB 2744 (Huffman): up to $300 M/Yr.
Performance Criteria • Provide comparative basis for awarding funds • Direct funds to specific expenditure categories • Measure and evaluate progress ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL
Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) • Reducing auto trip frequency • Reducing auto trip length • Decreasing SOV mode split Compact development results in 20-40% fewer vehicle miles traveled and commensurately less CO2
Community Improvement • Inclusive planning • Identification of needed and desired investments and services • Planning for neighborhood, not projects
Housing Choice • Affordability, tenure, form and density • Housing appropriate to jobs • Jobs/housing balance
Transportation Choice • Facilitation of walking, biking and transit • Intensity of use appropriate to the transit infrastructure • Complete community
Land-Use Compatibility • Addressing of adjacency issues • Respect for economic and circulation functions • Environmental justice
Sustainability • Economy • Equity • Environment
Questions for Discussion • Is VMT the right key measure? • Are the supporting criteria the right ones? • How should the criteria be applied to very different PDAs? • What other suggestions do you have?