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Sustainable Communities Strategy

A Local-Regional Partnership

Presented to MCCMC by Steve Kinsey

January 26, 2011

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• Goals– Reduce greenhouse gas

emissions from cars and light duty trucks in the Bay Area by 15% by 2035

– House the region’s population and workforce at all income levels

Senate Bill 375• Landmark legislation

for California linking land use, transportation and environmental planning passed in 2008

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SB375 Links Regional Plans

• Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) will align with and support SCS land use pattern

• Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) will be consistent with SCS

• No change to local authority over land use decisions, but Housing Elements must be revised to be consistent with SCS within 18 months, and General Plans within 3 years

SB 375 Builds on Existing EffortsPriority Development Areas

(PDA)Locally-nominated areas for sustainable development supported by planning and capital grants (100 acres+)– Downtown San Rafael– Civic Center/North San

Rafael Town Center– Urbanized 101 Corridor

(Unincorporated)

Priority Conservation Areas (PCA)– Identified resource lands– Enhance rural areas– 15 sites in Marin County

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SB375 supports redevelopment

Cities should identify new SCS Opportunity Areas for sustainable development.

For example:

– Mixed-use development in suburban and rural centers

– Retrofitting office parks and shopping centers

– Growing employment centers

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Regional Advisory Working GroupCounty/Corridor Engagement Process

Public OutreachTAM SCS Ad Hoc

Process: SCS Scenarios

Identification of Places, Policies

and Strategies*

Release of Detailed Scenarios

July 2011

Preferred SCS

Scenario

Early 2012

Analysis against adopted Performance Targets

InitialVision

ScenarioMarch 2011

* Only San Rafael contributed from Marin County

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SCS Planning Process – Phase 2

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Next Steps• Regional agencies release Initial Vision Scenario in

March 2011

• City staff will provide report on local implications of the Initial Vision Scenario

• City staff will gather city council input to share with regional agencies before Detailed SCS Scenarios are prepared for release in July

• TAM is convening a Marin SCS Ad Hoc Committee to track process- 1 elected from each town & county