Presentation at 2014 Massachusetts Sustainable Communities and Campuses Conference

1. Town
&
Gown
Relations
Sustainability
Processes,
Goals
&
Projects
Roger
L.
Kemp
April
17,
2014
www.rogerlkemp.com
www.rogerkemp.org

2. Best
Practices
enhance
sustainability
in
the
community
and
on
the
college
campus.
Everyone
mutually
bene>its
–
both
the
citizens
and
the
students.
• Capital
Projects
• Public
Infrastructure
• Other
Public
Improvements
• Services
• Major
Services
• New
Joint
Services
• Other
Possible
Services
• Processes
• Agreed-­‐Upon
Topics
• Use
of
ExisDng
OrganizaDons
• CreaDon
of
New
OrganizaDons

3. Capital
Projects

4. Public
Infrastructure
• Street
Projects
• Street
LighDng
• Sidewalks
• UDliDes
• Separate
Parking
Structures
• Joint
Parking
Structures
• Bikeways
• Walkways
• Transit-­‐Oriented
Development
Zones
• Others?

5. Other
Public
Improvements
• Parks
• Open
Spaces
• PlanDng
of
Trees/Street
Landscaping
• Neighborhoods
of
Town-­‐Gown
Plans
• Campus
Expansion
• Town-­‐Gown
RevitalizaDon
Plans
• Other
Common
Areas
and
Projects
• Developments
or
Improvements

6. Services

7. Major
Services
• Police
Services
• Traffic
Enforcement
Services
• Fire
Services
• Library
Services
• Joint
Infrastructure
Planning
OpDons
• Joint
Land-­‐Use
and
Zoning
OpDons
• Resolving
Social
Problems
(Town-­‐Gown)
• Desired
Town-­‐Gown
Business
in
“Joint”
Downtown
Areas
• Planning/Zoning
Services
(Town
to
Gown)

8. New
Joint
Services
• EducaDonal
Programs
(benefits
of
Town-­‐Gown
relaDonships)
• Benefits
of
School
to
City
• Benefits
of
City
to
School
• EducaDonal
Outreach
(City
Officials)
• City
Outreach
(School
Officials)
• Training
Future
Public
Managers
• Use
City
Officials
as
Adjunct
Faculty
Members
• Plan
for
the
Future
of
Joint/Common
Geographic
Areas
• Job
CreaDon
(Desired
Jobs
for
the
Community)
• Other
Agreed-­‐Upon
Environmental
Improvements
• Other
Agreed-­‐Upon
Economic
Improvements

9. Other
Possible
Services
• Student
Internship
Programs
(with
City)
• Mentoring
Programs
(with
City)
• Adjunct
Faculty
Members
(from
City)
• Studies
by
the
School/Faculty
(for
City)
• Studies
by
the
City/Public
Officials
(for
School)
• Neighborhood
Security
• Improvements
to
the
Quality-­‐of-­‐Life
(for
ciDzens
and
students)

10. Processes

11. Agreed-­‐Upon
Topics
(Town-­‐Gown)
• To
Discuss
Concerns/Issues
Before
They
Become
Problems
• School
Reimbursement
for
City
Services
• Use
of
School
Technology
to
Improve
City
Processes/
Services
• CreaDon
of
Joint
Town-­‐Gown
Advisory
Groups
• Groups
are
generally
Advisory
to
Town-­‐Gown
Officials
• Role
of
the
Mayor
and
College
President
(Both
report
to
their
RespecDve
Governing
Bodies)

12. Use
of
Existing
Organizations
(Town-­‐Gown)
• City
Officials
• School
Officials
• CiDzens
(e.g.,
Neighborhood
AssociaDons)
• Students
(e.g.,
Student
AssociaDons)
• City
and
School
Officials
• Downtown
Business/Merchant
AssociaDons
• Involvement
of
Special
Districts
in
Town-­‐Gown
Area
• Other
City
Groups/OrganizaDons?
• Other
School
Groups/OrganizaDons?

13. Creation
of
New
Organizations
(Town-­‐Gown)
• Town-­‐Gown
Advisory
Commiee
• Advisory
to
Public/School
Officials
in
the
City
and
the
School
• Would
Contain
Some
CombinaDon
of
the
Following
Members:
• RepresentaDves
from
the
School
(School
Officials
and
Students)
•
RepresentaDves
from
the
Town
(Public
Officials
and
CiDzens)
•
RepresentaDves
from
Other
Groups
(e.g.,
Special
Districts,
Merchants
Groups,
others)

14. Town-­‐Gown
Resource
Directory
• Center
for
State
and
Local
Government
Excellence
(CSLGE)
• hp://www.slge.org
• InternaDonal
City/County
Management
AssociaDon
(ICMA)
*
• hp://www.icma.org
• InternaDonal
Town/Gown
AssociaDon
(ITGA)
*
•
hp://www.itgua.org
• NaDonal
AssociaDon
of
Planning
Councils
(NAPC)
• hp://www.communityplanning.org
• NaDonal
Civic
League
(NCL)
• hp://www.ncl.org
• NaDonal
League
of
CiDes
(NLC)
• hp://www.nlc.org
• Office
of
University
Partnerships
(OUP)
*
• hp://www.oup.org
• Society
for
College
and
University
Planning
(SCUP)
*
• hp://www.scup.org
• University
Town
Network
-­‐
European
Union
(UTN)
*
• hp://www.unife.it/internaDonal

15. Town
&
Gown
Relations:
A
Handbook
of
Best
Practices
• Dr.
Roger
L.
Kemp
(BS,
MPA,
MBA,
PhD)
• www.rogerkemp.org
(my
author’s
website)
• www.rogerlkemp.com
(my
consulDng
website)
• rlkbsr@snet.net
(my
e-­‐mail
address)
• Roger
L.
Kemp
has
been
a
career
city
manager
and
a
career
adjunct
professor
during
his
25
year
public
service
career
in
California,
ConnecDcut,
and
New
Jersey
• Recently
addressed
the
first
annual
conference
of
the
UniTown
Network
of
the
European
Union
in
the
City
of
Ferrara
(at
the
University
of
Ferrara)
in
Italy.
• Currently,
he
is
a
PracDDoner
in
Residence
in
the
Department
of
Public
Management,
College
of
Business,
at
the
University
of
New
Haven.
• Currently,
DisDnguished
Adjunct
Professor
in
the
ExecuDve
MPA
Program,
Ageno
School
of
Business,
Golden
Gate
University
• Roger
also
taught
at
the
University
of
California,
California
State
University,
Rutgers
University,
and
the
University
of
ConnecDcut.