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Compact for a Sustainable Ventura County

Compact for a Sustainable Ventura County. A project of the Ventura County Civic Alliance and the Ventura Council of Governments. What is the Civic Alliance?. The mission of the Ventura County Civic Alliance is to promote a healthy and sustainable future for the Ventura County region. 3.

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Compact for a Sustainable Ventura County

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  1. Compact for a Sustainable Ventura County A project of the Ventura County Civic Alliance and the Ventura Council of Governments

  2. What is the Civic Alliance? The mission of the Ventura County Civic Alliance is to promote a healthy and sustainable future for the Ventura County region Ventura County Civic Alliance 3

  3. About the Civic Alliance • Initiative of the Ventura County Community Foundation • Launched in 2001 • Participants from throughout Ventura County • Blends 3Es – Economy, Environment, Social Equity Ventura County Civic Alliance

  4. Strategies to Create a Better Future • Promote Livable Community Models • Prepare Ventura County Workforces for a Knowledge Economy • Build a Compact for a Sustainable Ventura County Ventura County Civic Alliance

  5. What is a Compact? • A process by which citizens, governments, and stakeholders identify collaborative solutions to shared challenges • A statement of goals, policies and standards • Collectively negotiated • Voluntarily adopted by the jurisdictions in a region Ventura County Civic Alliance

  6. Ventura County has already benefited from regional thinking and planning • 1969: Guidelines for Orderly Development • 1970s: Regional Land Use Program • 1980s: Countywide Planning Program • 1980s – 1990s: Six greenbelt agreements • 1995 – 2001: SOAR initiatives in 8 cities and the County Ventura County Civic Alliance

  7. Why a Ventura County Compact? • Need for a long-term vision • Foster a sense of shared responsibility • Develop a spirit of regional cooperation • Build trust and understanding across diverse sectors • Establish a process of continuing dialog • Develop a commitment to action • Help create a sustainable future Ventura County Civic Alliance

  8. Learning from others: Process leads to results. Ventura County Civic Alliance

  9. The Compact will be a tall challenge, but we can do it • Process needs to be • Inclusive • Engaging • Efficient • Productive Ventura County Civic Alliance

  10. It’s all about what’s right. • Better balanced housing choices • Future for agriculture • Improved transportation options • Clean air and clean water • Protected open space and wildlife habitats • A healthy economy and improved economic opportunities for all citizens Ventura County Civic Alliance

  11. Compact Guiding Principles • Sustain agriculture • Maintain adequate and affordable housing at all income levels • Build an effective multi-modal transportation system • Protect open space and natural resources and conserve energy and other nonrenewable resources • Develop a diversified and competitive economy • Stimulate public education and action on sustainability issues Ventura County Civic Alliance

  12. Four Key Questions • Where are we now? (Phase 1) • Where are we going? (Phase 1) • Where do we want to be? (Phase 2) • How do we get there? (Phase 3) Ventura County Civic Alliance

  13. Phase 1: Identifying alternative futures • Collect data and develop range of plausible future scenarios • Identify goals and policy options • Gather and analyze public input on preliminary scenario options • Identify areas of convergence and divergence in defining a “preferred” future scenario Ventura County Civic Alliance

  14. 2007 Phase 1 Workshop • 135 participants • 19 visions mapped • Identifying key goals and principles • Locating housing, jobs, and transportation for projected 2030 population growth Ventura County Civic Alliance

  15. Each map was digitized… Composite Map Ventura County Civic Alliance

  16. … And a composite map created Ventura County Civic Alliance

  17. Recurrent themes from workshop • Minimal SOAR boundary expansion • Focused town or city centers surrounded by compact neighborhoods • Focused around existing transportation and transit infrastructure • Emphasis on open space and habitat preservation Ventura County Civic Alliance

  18. Trade-offHousing Mix Future growth more dense than existing Ventura County Civic Alliance

  19. Survey Findings Survey results: • Respondents overwhelmingly preferred to focus growth in existing urban areas • 48% said convert some vacant commercial areas to housing Ventura County Civic Alliance

  20. Survey Findings • Overwhelming support for creating and publicly-funding a county-wide Open Space District (78%) • Water Quality and Wildlife Corridors & Habitat were ranked as the highest priority issues for a Open Space District Ventura County Civic Alliance

  21. Project Priorities 4 Main Issues of Regional Concern • What to do with future Ventura County growth • Protection of its environmental and agricultural heritage, • Preservation of housing affordability and choice, and • Maintaining an efficient and equitable transportation system. Ventura County Civic Alliance

  22. Options for Managing Growth • Renewal of SOAR boundaries • General plan density adjustments • Infrastructure concurrency requirements • Land capacity monitoring and management • Expansion of growth boundaries Ventura County Civic Alliance

  23. Options for Protecting Agriculture and the Environment • Direct purchase of land or conservation easements • Transfer of Development Right (TDR) system • Regulatory protections, e.g., agricultural buffers, habitat restoration requirements, storm water management requirements Ventura County Civic Alliance

  24. Options to Address Housing Needs • Inclusionary housing zoning ordinances • Jobs/housing linkage fee • Adjustments to city zoning regulations to allow well-designed medium-density infill and mixed-use housing • Density bonuses • Expedited entitlement and permitting for affordable and workforce housing projects Ventura County Civic Alliance

  25. Meeting Transportation Needs • Land-use/transportation connection • Guiding Principles • Accessibility vs. mobility • Policy options Ventura County Civic Alliance

  26. Phase 2 of the Compact Project • In-depth regional discussion of four key topics • Development and analysis of policy options • Drafting of a collaborative regional agreement on vision, principles, goals and actions • Continuing partnership with VCOG, broadening involvement of cities and county, businesses and community organizations Ventura County Civic Alliance

  27. Regional challenges demand a collaborative approach • A Compact is • Negotiated • Comprehensive • Voluntary • Responsive to local and regional needs Ventura County Civic Alliance

  28. We need your help • Advisory and working group members • Staff support for data collection, policy analysis and review • Outreach • Fundraising Ventura County Civic Alliance

  29. Getting to Sustainability The Compact is only a start… • Renewable energy and energy efficiency • Cradle to grave recycling • Sustainable agriculture and regional food systems • Green building, green neighborhoods • Green business development • Environmental justice and social equity Ventura County Civic Alliance

  30. Compact for a Sustainable Ventura County A project of the Ventura County Civic Alliance and the Ventura Council of Governments

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