WAPA Smart Growth Workshop Plan Implementation

WAPA Smart Growth Workshop Plan Implementation Larry Kirch, AICP, Director of City Planning, City of La Crosse Brad Murphy, AICP, Planning Unit Director, City of Madison Mark Lake, AICP, Assistant Planning Director, City of New Berlin Plan Implementation    Overview of Act 9 (i) Implementation Element Requirements Plan Element Suggestions City of Madison’s Comprehensive Plan Implementation Processes (Planning and Implementation Framework)  City of New Berlin, Implementation and its consequenses Implementation Element What Act 9 states   (i) Implementation element A compilation of programs and specific actions to be completed in a stated sequence, including proposed changes to any applicable zoning ordinances, official maps, sign regulations, erosion and storm water control ordinances, historic preservation ordinances, site plan regulations, design review ordinances, building codes, mechanical codes, housing codes, sanitary codes or subdivision ordinances, to implement the objectives, policies, plans and programs contained in pars. (a) to (h). Plain English    Prepare a listing of programs/actions enumerated in the various elements and present a timetable for carrying out those activities Identify changes in regulations necessary to carry out the objectives, policies, plans and programs contained in the other elements Make ordinances/land development regulations consistent with the Plan and its policies -- set forth a timeline for doing so Act 9 (i) cont.  The element shall describe how each of the elements of the comprehensive plan will be integrated and made consistent with the other elements of the comprehensive plan, and shall include a mechanism to measure the local governmental units progress toward achieving all aspects of the comprehensive plan. The element shall include a process for updating the comprehensive plan. A comprehensive plan under this subsection shall be updated no less than once every 10 years. Plain English    Provide a narrative that describes internal consistency of plan elements Create mechanism to measure progress -all aspects of plan Plan update process, minimum of 10 year intervals Plan Implementation Suggestions   The sections of the comprehensive plan containing goals, objectives, and policies should describe how the local government's programs, activities, and land development regulations will be initiated, modified or continued in order to implement the comprehensive plan in a consistent manner. Identify the goals, objectives, and policies that describe how the programs, activities, and land development regulations will be carried out. Plan Implementation Suggestions   Implementing regulations should not be included in the comprehensive plan, instead identify those programs, activities, and land development regulations that will be part of the strategy for implementing the comprehensive plan. Goals, objectives and policies should establish meaningful and predictable standards for the use and development of land and provide meaningful guidelines for the content of more detailed land development and use regulations. Implementation Element Content   Establish policies and procedures for evaluation of the plan, procedures for amending the plan Include a 5-year capital improvements budget tied to Level of Service Standards for each public facility type to ensure that adequate facility capacity will be provided for future development Implementation Element Content  Establish the Planning Timeframe. 20 years in 5 year increments subsequent to the plan's adoption. Implementation Element Content     Prepare Implementation Matrix/Action Plan listing policies/activities What? When? Who? Implementation Element Content Internal Plan Consistency    All elements should follow the same general format Where data are relevant to several elements, use the same data (especially population estimates and projections) Each map contained within the comprehensive plan depicting future conditions must reflect goals, objectives, and policies found within all elements Implementation Element Content Internal Plan Consistency  Review Plan prior to adoption to ensure that all Goals, Objectives, and Polices from the various elements do not conflict and that they support or reinforce each other Monitoring and Evaluation Suggestions  Create a section identifying a continuous five-year monitoring, updating and evaluation procedures to be followed including:  A description of the public participation process used by the local government  Updating appropriate baseline data and measurable objectives to be accomplished in the first five-year period of the plan, and for the long-term period; Monitoring and Evaluation Suggestions  Accomplishments in the first five-year, ten-year period, describing the degree to which the goals, objectives and policies have been successfully reached;  Obstacles or problems which resulted in underachievement of goals, objectives, or policies;  New or modified and reformulated goals, objectives, or policies needed to correct discovered problems; Monitoring and Evaluation Suggestions  The effect of changes to State Statutes on the comprehensive plan  The major problems of development, physical deterioration, and the location of land uses and the social and economic effects of such uses in the area;  The identification of any actions that are taken or need to be taken to address the planning issues identified in the report; and  Proposed or anticipated plan amendments necessary to address or implement the identified changes. City of Madison COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IMPLEMENTATION PROCESSES Prepared for: WAPA Smart Growth Workshop June 21, 2000 Prepared by: Bradley J. Murphy, AICP, Planning Unit Director City of Madison, Wisconsin DEPT. OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT Planning and Implementation Framework Planning Processes (Plan for the City's Future) Regional Plans Land Use and Transportation (Vision 2020) Farmland Preservation Water Quality City-Wide Comprehensive Plan Objectives and Policies Plan Economic Development Peripheral Area Development Plan Land Use Parks & Open Space Transportation Plan Refinement (Sub-Area Plans) Neighborhood Development Plans Neighborhood Plans (Existing Neighborhood) Special Subject Plans - Downtown 2000 - Isthmus 2020 - Downtown Historic Preservation Plan - Yahara River Corridor Assure the Future By Safeguarding the Present Implementation Processes Educate the Public Regulate (Review and Inspect) Acquire, Develop, and Manage Properties Invest in Madison's Neighborhoods and Communities Provide Grants, Loans, and Individual Assistance Infrastructure and Capital Improvements IMPLEMENTATION PROCESSES Assure the Future by Safeguarding the Present - Develop Neighborhoods Web Site - Publish Neighborhoods Newsletter - Publish Building Blocks Neighborhood Improvements Guide - Publish Guide to Madison Neighborhood Associations - Coordinate City Neighborhoods Conference Summits - Coordinate 1999 NUSA Conference Educate the Public (Education/Technical Assistance) - Manage City Business Assistance Office - Advise/train builders, developers, property owners on plans, land development, and building codes - Promote Department's programs of assistance/investment with pamphlets, brochures, and electronically - Maintain current information (electronic, print) on the community and economy - Maintain Geographic (parcel) based data and develop applications (GIS) - Prepare trend analyses IMPLEMENTATION PROCESSES Assure the Future by Safeguarding the Present (Cont.) Administer Zoning Ordinance - Review 55 Zoning Map Amendments - Review 100 Conditional Use Applications Administer Official Map Ordinance Administer Subdivision Ordinance Regulate (Review and Inspect) Administer Street Graphics Ordinance Administer Urban Design Ordinance Administer Landmarks Ordinance Administer New Construction, Housing, and Property Maintenance Codes Administer Erosion Control and Stormwater Management Ordinances IMPLEMENTATION PROCESSES Invest in Madison’s Neighborhoods and Communities Provide Assistance to Individuals and Families - Section 8 Rental Assistance - Child Care Tuition Assistance - Administer Housing Rehabilitation and Home Purchase Assistance Provide Loans and Grants to Organizations - Provide Loans and Grants for neighborhood and community development - Provide grants to not-for-profits to provide community services - Administer City's development finance programs Acquire, Develop and Manage Property - Provide full range of real estate development services - Manage major development projects - Manage public housing INTEGRATING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ELEMENTS • Comprehensive Plan Refinement Process • • • • Sector Plans Neighborhood Plans Corridor Plans Special Studies INTEGRATING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ELEMENTS (cont.) • Select Order for Plan Element Preparation • • • • • • • • • Issues and Opportunities Intergovernmental Cooperation Agricultural, Natural, and Cultural Resources Economic Development Growth Management/Land Use Utilities and Community Facilities Transportation Housing Implementation NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS (Existing Neighborhoods) • • • • • • Bassett – 1979 and 1997 Marquette-Schenk-Atwood – 1982 and 1994 Emerson East-Eken Park – 1984 and 1998 Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Worthington Park – 1985 and 1999 Broadway-Simpson-Waunona Way – 1986 Brittingham-Vilas – 1989 NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS (Existing Neighborhoods) • • • • • • • Allied-Dunn’s Marsh – 1990 Bay Creek – 1991 Northport-Warner Park – 1992 First Settlement – 1995 Tenney-Lapham-Old Market – 1995 Brentwood-Packers-Sherman – 1996 Carpenter-Ridgeway-Hawthorne-Sycamore-Truax – 2000 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT PLANS (Peripheral Neighborhoods) • Eastside Neighborhood Development Plans • • • • • • • East Towne-Burke Heights – 1987 Cottage Grove – 1992 Nelson – 1992 Rattman – 1992 Sprecher – 1998 Marsh Road – 1999 Northside – 2000 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT PLANS (Peripheral Neighborhoods) • Westside Neighborhood Development Plans • • • • • • Junction – 1990 Cross Country – 1993 Blackhawk – 1994 High Point-Raymond – 1998 Westside – 1999 Mid-Town Road Amendment – 1999 PLAN MONITORING AND UPDATES • • • • • • • • Capital Improvement Program (5 year) Annual Capital Budget Annual Operating Budget Annual Progress Report Annual Plan Reaffirmation Incorporate Plan Amendments Major Plan Revision (5 year) Comprehensive Update (10 year) BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES • • • • • • • • Plan Commission Urban Design Commission Landmarks Commission CitiARTS Commission Long-Range Transportation Planning Commission Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Board Metropolitan Planning Organization Technical Coordinating Committee Carpenter-Ridgeway-Hawthorne-Sycamore-Truax Neighborhood Steering Committee BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES (cont.) • • • • • • • • • Ho-Chunk Nation/City Joint Planning Committee Joint West Campus Planning Committee Joint Southeast Campus Planning Committee 2000 Census Complete Count Committee Transit Alternatives Analysis Oversight Advisory Committee Community Gardens Advisory Committee State Street Partners East Washington Avenue BUILD Committee Williamson Street BUILD Committee GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE IN DANE COUNTY • • • • County-Level Government Townships Villages and Cities Other Special Purposes District • School Districts • Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District • Dane County Regional Planning Commission City of New Berlin Comprehensive Plan Implementation and its effect on... we the people Prepared for: WAPA Smart Growth Workshop June 21, 2000 Prepared by: Mark C. Lake, AICP, Assistant Director of Planning City of New Berlin, Wisconsin So What’s Changing...  We’re not changing what we do, but how we do it or how we look at it.  When the rubber hits the road           and Joe Homeowner or Susie Developer asks for help at the counter we must be able to give them information that is consistent and understood by all parties.  Who’s involved Planners Inspectors Clerks Aldermen Mayors Engineers Existing Citizens New Citizens Property Managers Developers……. Implementation    My planning tools have to be revised or made to conform to the new Smart Growth Comprehensive Plan. We have to change the way we look at what we do. We have to decide:  Is it a process, as would be defined in our Chapter 18 (Subdivision & Platting Code)? Ch. 236, Impact fees, Developers Agreements...  Or.. Is it a set of standards as we would find in our new Development Code (formerly Subdivision and Platting Code)? My Tools… before Smart Growth          Strategic Plan Blue Chip E.D. Plan Chapter 236 Jurisdictional HWY Plan Zoning Code Land Use Plan Utility Plan Master Plan Bike & Ped. Plan          Stormwater Mgmt. Plan Park & Openspace Plan Affordable Housing Plan Historic Development Plan Army COE Wetland Map NRCS Wetland Map WDNR Wetland Map Topographic Maps Soils Maps……... My Tools… Smart Growth version        Housing Plan Transportation Plan Utilities & Community Facilities Plan Agriculture, Nat. Resources & Cultural Resources Plan Economic Development Plan Intergovernmental Cooperation Plan Land Use Plan Free Time    In 10 years after all the legislation has passed and every community that chose to write their Comprehensive Plans has done so, we should be looking at our jobs being a whole lot easier…… The test will be when the rubber hits the road and we need to answer the questions of Susie Developer or Joe Homeowner, are they getting consistent information from all the agencies which made modifications to their plans as they relate to the 9 elements Or, have we continued to use the process instead of administering the standards We can be reached at... Lawrence Kirch, kirchl@cityoflacrosse.org Brad Murphy , murphy@ci.madison.wi.us Mark C. Lake, mlake@newberlin.org Prepared for: WAPA Smart Growth Workshop June 21, 2000