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Metropolitan Transportation Commission's Livable Communities Program Overview

Learn about MTC's Livable Communities Program, funded projects, new housing incentives, lessons learned, and eligibility criteria. Get insights into planning and capital programs for neighborhood transportation projects.

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Metropolitan Transportation Commission's Livable Communities Program Overview

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  1. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission’sTransportation For Livable Communities Program

  2. Background • Presentation outline • Background on MTC • TLC planning and capital program • Examples of funded projects • New housing incentive component • Lessons learned

  3. TLC Program Context • MTC is the 9-county Bay Area transportation planning and financing agency • MTC board consists mainly of locally elected officials • Regional Transportation Plan • Regional Agency Smart Growth Strategy

  4. TLC Program Overview • Grants for neighborhood transportation projects • Key project features are: • Community participation • Connection to community development and redevelopment • Project design • Encourage innovative thinking and community partnership • Competitive Program

  5. TLC Program Quick Facts • $54 million in federal funds over six years for capital and housing programs • 107 projects funded to date ($46 million) • $475,000 per year for planning grants subject to annual MTC budget

  6. Planning Grant Program • Provides funding for community planning, outreach, and conceptual design for transportation projects related to community development • Grant range $5,000 to $50,000 (from MTC planning funds) • 45 projects at $1.3 million funded to date • Next cycle, Fall/Winter 2001

  7. Capital Grant Program • Funds streetscape, transit, and pedestrian-oriented projects that are part of a larger community development effort • Grant Range = $150,000 to $2 million • Local Match: 11.5% of total TLC project cost • $9 million available in federal transportation funds • 46 projects at $36 million funded to date • Next cycle, Winter/Spring 2002

  8. Capital Grant Program Reviewers: Advisory Council, Partnership, MTC Evaluation Criteria: 1) Community Involvement 2) Project Impact (includes traffic calming, ped. safety) 3) Community Development/Redevelopment and Land Use4) Internal Community Mobility Key factors: housing, mixed use, project design

  9. 16th Street BART Community Design Plans, San Francisco Existing conditions of BART station (left) and conceptual redesign (below) Planning Grant: $25,000 Capital Grant: $1.7 million Local Match: $260,000

  10. Acorn/Prescott Neighborhood Transportation Plan, Oakland Eighth Street (above) and Pedestrian/Streetscape redesign (right) Planning Grant: $50,000 Capital Grant: $2.7 million Local Match: $280,000

  11. Ohlone-Chynoweth Commons: Eden Housing, City of San Jose, Valley Transportation Authority Capital Grant: $575,000 Local Match: $100,000

  12. Downtown Streetscape Improvements, Napa First Street (left) and First Street conceptual redesign (below) TLC Capital Grant: $328,000 Local Match: $82,000

  13. Housing Incentive Program • New program • Transportation funds awarded to local jurisdictions (city/county) planning and helping implement compact, transit-oriented housing • Grant funds = $9 million • Transportation funds are spent on transportation projects which are consistent with TLC goals

  14. Project Eligibility – HIP • Projects in the early stages of the planning permit process • Housing projects are within 1/3 of a mile (1,800’) walk to the transit stop • Transit service has 15 minute service during peak commute - 6:00 – 9:00 AM and 3:30 – 6:30 PM • Applicant for funds is a city or county department/agency • Housing projects must break ground bySept. 30, 2003

  15. Density Thresholds & Awards Tier I 25 units per acre = $1,000 per bedroom + $500 per affordable bedroom

  16. Density Thresholds & Awards Tier II 40 units per acre = $1,500 per bedroom + $500 per affordable bedroom

  17. Density Thresholds Tier III & Awards 60 units per acre or more = $2,000 per bedroom + $500 per affordable bedroom

  18. HIP Awards • 16 cities submitted applications = $22 million requested • $15 million in applications were found eligible • $9 million available for 5,323 units • Bedrooms: 5,411 market rate and 2,060 affordable

  19. TLC Lessons Learned • Projects take time to implement due to the special nature of: • Community involvement • Connection to larger development project • Institutional relationships • Complex funding arrangements • Local champions needed • Shifting thinking about project design and the relationship between the transportation system and adjacent land uses

  20. TLC Capital and Planning Project Examples

  21. Ashby BART / Ed Roberts Campus, Berkeley Ed Roberts Campus at the Ashby BART Station TLC Planning Grant: $100,000 Local Match: $50,000

  22. Castro Valley BART

  23. Multimodal Transit Station, Sunnyvale Proposed plan for Caltrain station TLC Planning Grant: $50,000 TLC Capital Grant: $861,000 Local Match: $112,000

  24. City of San Mateo Pedestrian Corridor Existing conditions (left) conceptual redesign (below) Capital Grant: $2 million Local Match: $260,000

  25. City of Cotati’s Vision Plan (Sonoma County), Slide 1 Eight Roundabouts Proposed Planning Grant: $35,000 Local Match: $200,000

  26. City of Cotati’s Vision Plan Downtown, Slide 2, Old Redwood Highway Planning Grant: $35,000 Local Match: $200,000

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