Today’s Mission

2. Today’s Mission • Review approach to Creating Success • Answer a few questions: • How will SEMCOG use this? • How can others use this, including the private sector? • What’s unique about SEMCOG’s approach? • What measures would you pick? Why?

3. We know the problems The past is the past… It’s time to move on.

4. The future is up to us… We need to create our own success.

5. This requires that we align our scarce resources

6. Aligning resources requires focusing on shared outcomes

7. We manage what we measure Differing measures drive different actions

9. Our shared outcomes Access to Jobs, Markets, Services, and Amenities Reliable, Quality Infrastructure Desirable Communities Economic Prosperity Healthy Attractive Environmental Assets Fiscally Sustainable Public Services

10. So now….. we must choose measures… that drive the actions… that achieve our shared outcomes.

12. The outcomes are interdependent Economic prosperity is key to achieving all the other outcomes All the other outcomes are needed to produce sustained economic prosperity

13. Interdependency compels us to act toward breaking the silos Topic A Topic B Topic C Topic D

14. We break silos by managing the entire collection of measures, asking: “How does each decision affect achieving our outcomes?”

15. Our measures will guide decisions:What to invest inWhere to investWhen to invest

16. Our measures will guide decisions:LawsRulesPolicies

17. Economic Development Organizations Chambers ofCommerce TransitOperators BusinessOrganizations TransportationPlan StateLegislature TransportationImprovement Plan Best Practicesfor LocalGovernments LegislativePolicy Actions Nonprofits Public Air QualityImplementation Water Quality Plan RoadAgencies LocalGovernments Regional Clearinghouse Review Decisions Economic Development Strategy LocalGovernments Planning Commissions Federal Departments and Regulatory Agencies State Departments and Regulatory Agencies

18. Collaboration is a key part of Creating Success

19. What’s unique about SEMCOG’s approach? • Measures focused on 6 outcomes critical to SEMCOG…and others • Guiding decisions based on value-added across all outcomes • Creating the substance for meaningful collaboration

20. What are the measures? Access to Jobs, Markets, Services, and Amenities Reliable, Quality Infrastructure Desirable Communities Economic Prosperity Healthy Attractive Environmental Assets Fiscally Sustainable Public Services

21. Critical subtleties in the details

22. Example 1: Environmental Standards What does it take to get to 100%? How much would it cost? What benefit would we get if invested somewhere else? % of time in compliance Areas in compliance or Watch out for… “we don’t care about the environment”

23. Example 2: Jobs What kind of jobs? What kind of wages? How are we defining the issues? Unemployment rate or Labor underutilization rate Watch out for…exposing the depth of the problem

24. Example 3: Education How do we get more high school graduates? How do we prepare students to succeed? What skills are needed? Graduation rates or Student proficiency Watch out for…criticism of using scores as a measure

25. Some measures need to be bundled so they achieve the desired outcome

26. Put another way:Look at the whole packageFiscally Sustainable Public Services Fiscal indicators (state index) • Multi year budgeting • Conservative revenue projections • Growth in tax base Degree of citizen satisfaction • Quality services • Access to services • ‘Advertising’ desirability of community

27. Reliable, Quality Infrastructure Possible Measures Questions Why is this a good measure? What actions would this stimulate? Why would those actions produce the outcome? What’s a better alternative? • Road, bridge, sewer condition • Peak usage • Transit ridership • Infrastructure utilization rate • Others?

28. Desirable Communities Possible Measures Questions Why is this a good measure? What actions would this stimulate? Why would those actions produce the outcome? What’s a better alternative? • Student proficiency (MEAP/ACT test scores) • Crime rate (violent/property) • Occupied housing units • Voter participation • Others?

29. Healthy, Attractive Environmental Assets Possible Measures Questions Why is this a good measure? What actions would this stimulate? Why would those actions produce the outcome? What’s a better alternative? • Percent of time/area meeting environmental standards • Percent of green cover • Diversity of fish populations • Acres of parkland per capita • Percent of waterways with impaired uses • Others?

30. Economic Prosperity Possible Measures Questions Why is this a good measure? What actions would this stimulate? Why would those actions produce the outcome? What’s a better alternative? • Labor underutilization rate • Change in jobs • Real per capita income • Regional GDP growth • Percent of population with college degree • Others?

31. Fiscally Sustainable Public Services Possible Measures Questions Why is this a good measure? What actions would this stimulate? Why would those actions produce the outcome? What’s a better alternative? • Municipal credit rating • Disclosure of unfunded liabilities • Fiscal indicator scores • Degree of citizen satisfaction • Others?

32. How will SEMCOG use this? • Prioritize our work • Program our $ • Prioritize transportation and other infrastructure investment • Guide policy advocacy with state and federal agencies

33. How can we all use this? Creating the substance for partnerships and collaboration among various governments and with the private sector

34. Next steps • Collect and disclose information • Discuss and debate the targets • SEMCOG’s piece of the pie: • Prioritizing transportation projects • Prioritizing sewer and water funding • Examining levels of service/costs

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