New York & Connecticut Sustainable Communities

1. New York & ConnecticutSustainable Communities A Unique Bi-State Partnership to Improve Jobs, Housing and Transportation Mt Vernon City Hall February 15, 2012

2. Partnership for sustainable communities • Coordinating federal place-based programs and initiatives • $236 million in Regional Planning and Community Challenge Grants

3. Livability principles  1.  Provide more transportation choices. 2.Promote equitable, affordable housing. 3.  Enhance economic competitiveness. 4.  Support existing communities. 5.  Coordinate policies and leverage investment. 6.  Value communities and neighborhoods.

4. Partners 9 Cities 2 Counties 6 Regional Organizations ADVISORY BOARD 7 State Agencies 6 Nonprofits 3 New Jersey Members

5. What is the Consortium empowered to do? • Execute a planning program defined in a Memorandum of Agreement • Use federal and local funding to execute the program • Produce plans and other recommendations consistent with the planning program • Implementation responsibility falls to individual Consortium members

6. program builds on existing state, regional, county and city plans

7. Growing the economy, expanding choiceBuild mixed-income housing and jobs within walking distance of transit

8. Projects Local Initiatives Spread Across the Bi-State Region

9. Growing the economy, expanding choice: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

10. Growing the economy, expanding choice:develop climate resilient buildings and infrastructure Department of City Planning Analysis 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

11. Growing the economy, expanding choice: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 reforms • Adopt an Execution Plan for Regional Sustainable Development

12. 16 regional and place-specific projects REGIONAL PLANNING ENHANCEMENT AND INTEGRATION SPECIFIC PLACE-BASED AND AREA-WIDE PROJECTS

13. Measuring success:Bring opportunity to all communities and all communities to opportunity • Number of affordable, energy-efficient homes built in our good school districts • Number of good, accessible jobs in our urban areas • Access to grocery stores, fresh foods, health care and other needs

14. Measuring success:Lower share of income going to housing and transportation

15. Opportunities for participation • Regional Town Halls • Regional Advisory Committee • Local Project Advisory Structures • Steering Committee Meetings • Website and Interactive Media

16. Regional advisory committees • Two Committees for Metro North and LIRR Service Areas • Open to Any Interested Participant • Input on Desired Outcomes & Measures of Success • Recommendations for Regional Plan Enhancements • Input on Draft Execution Plan for Regional Sustainable Development

17. PREFERRED SUSTAINABILITY STATUS • 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

18. Contact us www.sustainablenyct.org

19. 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? QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION