bronx town hall new york & connecticut sustainable communities

A Unique Bi-State Partnership to Improve Jobs, Housing and Transportation

BRONX TOWN HALL

NEW YORK & CONNECTICUTSUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES

Fordham UniversityBronx, NY

January 23, 2012

Coordinating federal place-based programs and initiatives $236 million in Regional Planning and Community Challenge

Grants

PARTNERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES

9 C i t ies2 Count ies6 Reg iona l Organ izat ions

ADVISORY BOARD7 Sta te Agenc ies6 Nonprofits3 New Je rsey Members

PARTNERS

NEED:MORE JOBS, LOWER COSTS

ACTION:BUILD MIXED-INCOME HOUSING AND JOBS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF

TRANSIT

MEASURING SUCCESS:LOWER SHARE OF INCOME GOING

TO HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION

NY-CT-NJ Region New York Metro Transit Shed

15.9% 12.7%

31.2% 28.4%

47.1%41.1%

Comparison of Housing & Transportation Costs as a Share of Income between the Region & .5 Mile Transit

ShedTransportation HousingTransportation + Housing

NEED:CONNECTING POOR AND COMMUNITIES

OF COLOR TO GOOD SCHOOLS AND JOBS

ACTION:DEVELOP FAIR SHARE HOUSING AND

EQUITY ANALYSIS AND STRATEGY

Identification and Assessment of:– Segregated Areas and Areas of Increasing

Diversity and/or Racial/Ethnic Integration – Racially/Ethnically Concentrated Areas of

Poverty– Access to Existing Areas of High

Opportunity–Major Public Investments– Fair Housing Issues, Services, and Activities

Number of affordable, energy-efficient homes built in our good school districts

Number of good, accessible jobs in our urban areasAccess to grocery stores, fresh foods, health care and

other needs

MEASURING SUCCESS:BRING OPPORTUNITY TO ALL

COMMUNITIES AND ALL COMMUNITIES TO OPPORTUNITY

NEED:ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE

ACTION:DEVELOP CLIMATE RESILIENT

BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Department of City PlanningAnalysis of urban design implications of enhanced flood protection for buildings

Study of best practices for building coastal resilience in highly developed waterfront cities and surrounding areas

Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability

Evaluation of critical infrastructure design standards

Community outreach

MEASURING SUCCESS:NUMBER OF CODE AMENDMENTS AND

DESIGN STANDARDS ADOPTED

NEED:GETTING GOVERNMENT

REGULATIONS RIGHT

ACTION:COORDINATE FEDERAL, STATE,

REGIONAL, AND LOCAL REGULATORY REFORMS

Identify specific gaps in existing regional plans

Analyze regulatory and program impediments to on-the-ground projects

Recommend reformsAdopt an Execution Plan for Regional Sustainable Development

MEASURING SUCCESS:ADOPT EXECUTION PLAN FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Local Init iat ives Spread Across the Bi-State Region

PROJECTS

WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH?

Regional Plan for

Sustainable

Development

Transportation Plans

Economic Development

Plans

Housing Plans

Master Plans

Sustainability Plans

•New Haven, Bridgeport, Stamford, Norwalk, New Rochelle

•Bronx Stations•I-287 and Cross County Parkway corridors

Northern Sector Place-Based

Sustainability Projects

• East New York• Nassau Centers• Suffolk TDR• Long Island Housing

Eastern Sector Place-Based

Sustainability Projects

• NYC Climate Resilience• Regional Fair Housing

Analysis• Regional Housing

Assessment and Opportunities Fund

Areawide Policy

Projects

REGIONAL PLANNING ENHANCEMENT AND INTEGRATION

SPECIFIC PLACE-BASED AND AREA-WIDE PROJECTS

Regional Town HallsRegional Advisory Committee Local Project Advisory StructuresSteering Committee MeetingsWebsite and Interactive Media

OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPATION

Two Committees for Metro North and LIRR Service Areas

Open to Any Interested Participant Input on Desired Outcomes & Measures of

SuccessRecommendations for Regional Plan

EnhancementsInput on Draft Execution Plan for Regional

Sustainable Development

REGIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES

Opportunity to Win 2 Extra Points on Discretionary HUD Programs (other agencies to be added)

Criteria and Application Instructions on www.SustainableNYCT.org

Steering Committee will Make Determination Within 10 Business Days of Application

PREFERRED SUSTAINABILITY STATUS

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

What would you like to see most of this initiative?

How we will know it’s a success?

What other local and regional efforts should we connect to, and

how?

How would you like to stay involved?

How should we get others

involved?

www.sustainablenyct.org

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