metropolitan waterfront alliance
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Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance
www.waterfrontalliance.org
MWA’s Mission
MWA is determined to transform the New York and New Jersey Harbor and Waterways to make them clean and accessible, a vibrant place to play, learn and work, with great parks, great jobs, and great transportation for all.
Task Forces – a history• In 2007, MWA brought together
task forces of leading thinkers and practitioners—many of you were a part of this process– 6 Task Forces– 12 Meetings– 250 Alliance Partners– 400 Participants– 300 Ideas– 6 White Papers
• The Waterfront Action Agenda and White Papers reflect the culmination of this process
• In November 2008, the Waterfront Action Agenda was unveiled to more than 500 attendees at our Annual Waterfront Conference
Waterfront Policy: The Waterfront Action Agenda
1. A Green Harbor2. A Waterfront Town3. A Well Designed
Edge4. A Working
Waterfront5. Blue Highways
Who is doing it?
All of us!
and the hundreds of Alliance Partners and others who make up the Blue
Movement
Implementing the Waterfront Action Agenda
Transforming the Waterfront
2000 2050
Task Forces Convene 2007
A short history2000 to 2050
Today
• Generational effort
• Many organizations or agencies already doing the work
• MWA’s role: Defining the agenda and moving it forward with others
Implementing the Waterfront Action Agenda
Implementing the Waterfront Action Agenda
Plans:
Funding:
Waterfront Score Card
$$$$$$$$$$$$
Increasing Funding
• What do we want funding for?– Programs and policies in Harbor
Recreation White Paper and Waterfront Action Agenda, the Comprehensive Restoration Plan, Waterfront Parks, Docks, and other Waterfront Access
In Sum: A Fair Share for the
New York – New Jersey Harbor
Advocacy in the Ideal World
• Clearly Defined Policyiiiii
• Legislative Strategy
• Advocacy Strategy iiiii
• Relationship Building Iiii
• Specific Asks
• Capacity
Advocacy in the Ideal World
• Clearly Defined Policy Parks Department Plans through NYC Water Trail, Action Agenda, White Papers, Strategies
• Legislative Strategy
• Advocacy Strategy Waterfront Score Card, and 2008 & 2010 Waterfront Conference
• Relationship BuildingRecreation Task Force and boating community as a constituency
• Specific Asks
• Capacity
Advocacy Examples
NYS Transportation Equity AllianceUPROSE, Empire State Future
and the Tri-State Transportation Campaign
American Association of MuseumsAdvocacy and legislative strategy for
museums
What Can You Expect to Accomplish Today?
• Update Waterfront Action Agenda and Harbor Recreation White Paper
• Contribute to Waterfront Score Card• Begin to Develop Plans for Better
Funding
Changes and Updates to the Waterfront Action Agenda
and the Harbor Recreation White Paper
-- 30 minutes
What issues or topic areas did the Waterfront Action Agenda not address or not address fully?
Do you recommend any changes or additions to the
recommendations in the Harbor Recreation White Paper?
Developing a Waterfront Score Card
-- 40 minutes
Open Discussion
How do we measure progress?
Waterfront Score CardBenchmark Funds
Great Lakes LISS NY/NJ Harbor
General Waterfront Score Card:
Federal Restoration Funds NY/NJ
State Restoration Funds NY/NJ
Local Restoration Funds NY/NJ
Green Harbor Score Card:
# of Climate Change Task Forces in NY and NJ
# gallons of stormwater captured from NYCDEP pilot projects
# of NYC DEP pilot projects
Harbor Education Score Card:
Money per kid spent on environmental education
Money available from governmental sources for NYC only
Money available from governmental sources for Northern NJ only
Plan for Improving Funding-- 60 minutes
Follow up on the ideas from the Waterfront Score Card and other places about how to increase regional funding.
Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance
www.waterfrontalliance.org
What you can expect from us…
• Meeting notes• Draft Waterfront Score Card• Plan for funding• Upcoming meetings related to
Comprehensive Waterfront Plan
See the fruits of your labor at the Waterfront Conference in November 2010!
Thank you for coming and being
part of the BLUE Movement!