The document discusses strategic plans for city planning and management in San Jose, California. It outlines the city's goals of accommodating population and job growth while reducing vehicle miles traveled and greenhouse gas emissions through walkable neighborhoods, transit options, and complete "regional hubs." Metrics proposed to track progress include miles of trails per capita, traffic levels of service, and acres of parkland per thousand residents. The document also reviews the city's "Green Vision" environmental goals and reports progress made toward targets for 2022.
APA 2012 General Plan Action Plans - San JoseJoseph Horwedel
The document outlines the General Plan and action plans for the City of San Jose. It discusses planning for growth over the next 20 years, with an emphasis on creating walkable neighborhoods, reducing vehicle miles traveled, and providing adequate land and infrastructure for new jobs and housing. Metrics and targets are presented for monitoring progress, including increasing park access, transportation options, and achieving sustainability goals outlined in the Green Vision plan. Regular reporting of accomplishments and reassessing goals is highlighted as important for ensuring the plans achieve the desired outcomes.
This document discusses smart growth zoning strategies for Massachusetts communities to promote density, affordability, and walkability. It outlines how incentive-based zoning can encourage higher density development in strategic locations through economic incentives. Key recommendations include using subdistricts to customize densities and standards, excluding infrastructure areas from developable areas, allowing non-residential uses, engaging in proactive planning led by design concepts, and carefully selecting sites. Successful initiatives include clear policy intent and regulations to achieve the community's vision through grassroots processes and town meeting votes.
Session 31: The Community Impact AssessmemtSharon Roerty
Community Input in Creating Sustainable Communities: Successful use of CIA process can result in a transportation corridor that benefits adjacent communtiies; project support despite impacts; and improved relationships with communitities.
The document summarizes a slum upgrading project in Agra, India. The project aimed to improve living conditions for slum residents through inclusive strategies like building toilets and improving access to services. Over 1,000 toilets were constructed through community participation and partnerships between government agencies, non-profits, and the private sector. As a result, slum residents saw health, income, and quality of life improvements. The project also strengthened local capacity and partnerships for continued pro-poor development efforts.
This document provides information about the development plan review process for South Tipperary County, Ireland. It explains that a development plan sets land use, amenity, and development policies for a 6-year period. It outlines what will be included in the new plan such as infrastructure, zoning, environmental protection, and development objectives. The document also describes the plan making process, the role of public consultation, and how people can get involved and make submissions.
MUNICIPAL1 City of Salem - Getting to Zero Waste, Julie RoseMassRecycleR32014
Julie Rose, City of Salem, discusses the different approaches Salem has taken to push towards zero waste. Mandatory waste reduction, trash barrel limits and more.
The American Planning Association (APA) is developing a program to designate comprehensive plans that meet certain sustainability standards. An APA task force explored using comprehensive plans as tools to help communities achieve sustainable outcomes. The APA will develop standards based on principles like livable built environments and regional resilience. Communities can apply for designation by self-assessing their plan against the standards. Trained reviewers will score plans and determine the designation level. The APA is still working out details like the application process and maintaining the standards over time. The presentation discusses similarities and differences to other certification programs and gets feedback on ensuring the criteria can apply to all community types and sizes.
Biodiversity Net Gain: the next big thing for UK nature conservation?SNC-Lavalin
Biodiversity net gain is an approach to development that leaves biodiversity in a better state overall. It uses a metric to assess the biodiversity value of a site before and after development based on habitat types, areas, and conditions. The mitigation hierarchy must be followed, prioritizing avoidance and minimization of impacts before considering offsets. While biodiversity net gain shows promise as a framework, challenges include attitudes towards offsets, limitations of the metric, and ensuring proper resourcing and implementation by local authorities. Adoption of consistent net gain policies and focus on applying the mitigation hierarchy could help address these challenges.
APA 2012 General Plan Action Plans - San JoseJoseph Horwedel
The document outlines the General Plan and action plans for the City of San Jose. It discusses planning for growth over the next 20 years, with an emphasis on creating walkable neighborhoods, reducing vehicle miles traveled, and providing adequate land and infrastructure for new jobs and housing. Metrics and targets are presented for monitoring progress, including increasing park access, transportation options, and achieving sustainability goals outlined in the Green Vision plan. Regular reporting of accomplishments and reassessing goals is highlighted as important for ensuring the plans achieve the desired outcomes.
This document discusses smart growth zoning strategies for Massachusetts communities to promote density, affordability, and walkability. It outlines how incentive-based zoning can encourage higher density development in strategic locations through economic incentives. Key recommendations include using subdistricts to customize densities and standards, excluding infrastructure areas from developable areas, allowing non-residential uses, engaging in proactive planning led by design concepts, and carefully selecting sites. Successful initiatives include clear policy intent and regulations to achieve the community's vision through grassroots processes and town meeting votes.
Session 31: The Community Impact AssessmemtSharon Roerty
Community Input in Creating Sustainable Communities: Successful use of CIA process can result in a transportation corridor that benefits adjacent communtiies; project support despite impacts; and improved relationships with communitities.
The document summarizes a slum upgrading project in Agra, India. The project aimed to improve living conditions for slum residents through inclusive strategies like building toilets and improving access to services. Over 1,000 toilets were constructed through community participation and partnerships between government agencies, non-profits, and the private sector. As a result, slum residents saw health, income, and quality of life improvements. The project also strengthened local capacity and partnerships for continued pro-poor development efforts.
This document provides information about the development plan review process for South Tipperary County, Ireland. It explains that a development plan sets land use, amenity, and development policies for a 6-year period. It outlines what will be included in the new plan such as infrastructure, zoning, environmental protection, and development objectives. The document also describes the plan making process, the role of public consultation, and how people can get involved and make submissions.
MUNICIPAL1 City of Salem - Getting to Zero Waste, Julie RoseMassRecycleR32014
Julie Rose, City of Salem, discusses the different approaches Salem has taken to push towards zero waste. Mandatory waste reduction, trash barrel limits and more.
The American Planning Association (APA) is developing a program to designate comprehensive plans that meet certain sustainability standards. An APA task force explored using comprehensive plans as tools to help communities achieve sustainable outcomes. The APA will develop standards based on principles like livable built environments and regional resilience. Communities can apply for designation by self-assessing their plan against the standards. Trained reviewers will score plans and determine the designation level. The APA is still working out details like the application process and maintaining the standards over time. The presentation discusses similarities and differences to other certification programs and gets feedback on ensuring the criteria can apply to all community types and sizes.
Biodiversity Net Gain: the next big thing for UK nature conservation?SNC-Lavalin
Biodiversity net gain is an approach to development that leaves biodiversity in a better state overall. It uses a metric to assess the biodiversity value of a site before and after development based on habitat types, areas, and conditions. The mitigation hierarchy must be followed, prioritizing avoidance and minimization of impacts before considering offsets. While biodiversity net gain shows promise as a framework, challenges include attitudes towards offsets, limitations of the metric, and ensuring proper resourcing and implementation by local authorities. Adoption of consistent net gain policies and focus on applying the mitigation hierarchy could help address these challenges.
A presentation about comprehensive wastewater planning at the town level. Presented by Dr. Robert Duncanson, Chatham Health & Environment Director, during the Buzzards Bay Coalition's 2013 Decision Makers Workshop series. Learn more at www.savebuzzardsbay.org/DecisionMakers
This presentation was used for an in-house IRC discussion on MUS, that took place 22 June 2012. Topics: new research evidence; MUS practices and Institutional opportunities and barriers for scaling MUS.
This document summarizes a presentation given by Dr. Winston Asante of the Nature Conservation Research Centre (NCRC) on their cocoa carbon initiative in Ghana. [1] NCRC is a leading NGO in West Africa working on payments for ecosystem services and carbon projects. [2] The presentation described NCRC's work with cocoa farmer organizations funded by the Rockefeller Foundation to develop carbon methodologies and build capacity for REDD+ and carbon finance. [3] Early findings showed that legal and policy frameworks need reform to incentivize forest conservation and address land tenure issues.
richie ahuja presentation from Learning Event number 5, Session 1, Room D. What tools and policies are required to bring Food security,
adaptation, and mitigation together? From Agriculture and Rural Development Day (ARDD) 2011. Presentation: Financing Low Carbon Development in Rural India: Supporting Adaptation while mitigating climate change and poverty. Environmental Defense Fund Fair Climate Network.
Alan du Mee - CCS Public Engagement – Presentation at the Global CCS Institut...Global CCS Institute
The document summarizes the learnings from the Surat Basin CCS Project in Australia. It discusses how the project's focus has shifted from large-scale industrial CCS to a smaller demonstration project. Significant effort has been directed at stakeholder engagement and community consultation rather than technical issues. The project aims to prove CO2 storage capacity and demonstrate safe storage, while navigating challenges such as water resource concerns, consultation fatigue, and opposition groups. Benchmarking other CCS projects is helping to establish local stakeholder relationships.
Inclusion of less privileged communities as sanitation benefeciaries in the d...IRC
This document summarizes Deepthi Upul Sumanasekera's presentation on including less privileged communities in sanitation projects in Sri Lanka. It provides an overview of Sri Lanka's demographics, historical sanitation practices, current sanitation options, and national rural sanitation policy. It then describes strategies used in an ADB funded water and sanitation project to identify and support less privileged groups, such as providing full labor contributions or cash assistance from external sources. The presentation concludes that including such groups is essential but the approach must not lead to long-term dependency or social exclusion.
Participatory gis in informal settlements upgradingTakudzwa Jera
1) GIS was used to create base maps of Epworth Ward 7 in Zimbabwe through community mapping. This involved enumerating households, mapping infrastructure, and digitizing the information.
2) A series of GIS maps were produced, including land use, structures, plot sizes, building orientation, slopes, and reserves/buffer zones. These informed the creation of concept and layout plans.
3) The plans divided the ward into areas for roads, open spaces, institutions, recreation, commerce, and different residential density clusters to guide upgrading of the informal settlement.
Community Forestry International (2011) Umiam Sub-Watershed REDD+ Project, Me...theREDDdesk
Presentation from the South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change, November 2011.
http://www.cseindia.org/content/cses-south-asian-media-briefing-workshop-climate-change-2011
APA 2012 General Plan Action Plans - CincinnatiJoseph Horwedel
Cincinnati's comprehensive plan, Plan Cincinnati, aims to revitalize the city through focused investment in existing centers, improved transportation connections between centers, and strategic development of new centers. The plan establishes five initiative areas and geographic principles to guide development, and outlines implementation through short, medium, and long-term action steps and ongoing review. Cincinnati was awarded a $2.4 million grant to update its land development code to better achieve the goals of Plan Cincinnati and principles of livability, sustainability, and streamlined development processes.
2011 APA Positioning Planning Departments - San JoseJoseph Horwedel
One of three presentations made at the National Planning Conference in Boston in 2011 on Positioning Planning Departments in difficult times. This is the presentation made by Joseph Horwedel from San Jose.
APA 2013 Planning in the Shadow of Gotham (S639)Joseph Horwedel
This session considers how cities plan and succeed in the shadow of larger cities. The focus of the presentation was on the interrelations ship between San Jose and San Francisco economically and socially. It was presented at the 2013 Planning Association National Conference in Chicago.
APA 2013 Big City Directors Discuss Job Creation (S495)Joseph Horwedel
The findings of the 2012 Big City Planning Directors Institute in Cambridge focused on economic development. This is one of three presentations made in Chicago at the annual Planning Associaiton National Conference.
Emiko Thompson - Case Studies in Environmental StewardshipContract Cities
The document summarizes the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works long-term strategy for solid waste management over the next 15 years. It outlines the role of the department in advising on waste issues and implementing programs. It also discusses current waste quantities and the need for a sustainable strategy to increase diversion and utilize new technologies like conversion and waste-by-rail as existing landfill capacity will be insufficient. Key steps include disseminating environmental documents, approval by cities and the county board, and approval from the state regulator CalRecycle.
Funding our future community information session nov 2013maitlandyoursay
Council is facing a $92 million funding shortfall over the next 10 years due to rising costs and stagnant revenue growth. A 7-year special rate variation is proposed to address this by gradually increasing rates higher than the rate peg. This would allow services to be delivered as programmed and some to be enhanced. The proposal shifts more of the rate burden from businesses and farms to residents. It is estimated to increase average residential rates by $115-179 per year. Alternatives and next steps are outlined for community feedback before Council decides whether to apply to IPART.
The document provides an overview of the Cleveland Heights Master Plan presentation. It discusses the master plan process, which included public involvement through meetings and surveys. The core strategy in the plan focuses on vibrant neighborhoods, complete transportation, environmental sustainability, being business friendly, strong business districts, quality infrastructure, arts and culture, diversity and community, and health. Goals and actions are outlined for each focus area, such as developing a tiered community reinvestment area to incentivize green building and expanding the tree canopy. The presentation highlights key aspects of the plan for public review.
Dubuque, Iowa partnered with IBM to become a smarter city through cloud computing and distributed sensors. The document describes Dubuque's smarter water program which reduced water usage by 6.6% and increased leak detection eightfold through a portal providing households real-time water usage data. It also discusses how smarter electricity and travel programs could integrate all usage data to suggest community planning solutions improving quality of life.
The document discusses sustainable practices for integrated townships in Bangalore, focusing on opportunities in the residential sector for energy efficiency and renewable energy interventions. It analyzes electricity and water usage patterns in apartment complexes and outlines approaches to collect baseline energy usage data from communities to identify savings potential from measures like rooftop solar, appliance upgrades, and water recycling. The goal is to demonstrate how demand reduction and decentralized renewable energy can lower costs for residents while engaging utilities on supportive policies.
As the most-visited city in the United States, Orlando is uniquely positioned to influence environmental stewardship in communities around the world. From meeting the foundational needs of local residents to providing an enchanting tourism destination in a changing climate, we describe how to leverage local characteristics to enhance sustainable efforts.
A presentation about comprehensive wastewater planning at the town level. Presented by Dr. Robert Duncanson, Chatham Health & Environment Director, during the Buzzards Bay Coalition's 2013 Decision Makers Workshop series. Learn more at www.savebuzzardsbay.org/DecisionMakers
This presentation was used for an in-house IRC discussion on MUS, that took place 22 June 2012. Topics: new research evidence; MUS practices and Institutional opportunities and barriers for scaling MUS.
This document summarizes a presentation given by Dr. Winston Asante of the Nature Conservation Research Centre (NCRC) on their cocoa carbon initiative in Ghana. [1] NCRC is a leading NGO in West Africa working on payments for ecosystem services and carbon projects. [2] The presentation described NCRC's work with cocoa farmer organizations funded by the Rockefeller Foundation to develop carbon methodologies and build capacity for REDD+ and carbon finance. [3] Early findings showed that legal and policy frameworks need reform to incentivize forest conservation and address land tenure issues.
richie ahuja presentation from Learning Event number 5, Session 1, Room D. What tools and policies are required to bring Food security,
adaptation, and mitigation together? From Agriculture and Rural Development Day (ARDD) 2011. Presentation: Financing Low Carbon Development in Rural India: Supporting Adaptation while mitigating climate change and poverty. Environmental Defense Fund Fair Climate Network.
Alan du Mee - CCS Public Engagement – Presentation at the Global CCS Institut...Global CCS Institute
The document summarizes the learnings from the Surat Basin CCS Project in Australia. It discusses how the project's focus has shifted from large-scale industrial CCS to a smaller demonstration project. Significant effort has been directed at stakeholder engagement and community consultation rather than technical issues. The project aims to prove CO2 storage capacity and demonstrate safe storage, while navigating challenges such as water resource concerns, consultation fatigue, and opposition groups. Benchmarking other CCS projects is helping to establish local stakeholder relationships.
Inclusion of less privileged communities as sanitation benefeciaries in the d...IRC
This document summarizes Deepthi Upul Sumanasekera's presentation on including less privileged communities in sanitation projects in Sri Lanka. It provides an overview of Sri Lanka's demographics, historical sanitation practices, current sanitation options, and national rural sanitation policy. It then describes strategies used in an ADB funded water and sanitation project to identify and support less privileged groups, such as providing full labor contributions or cash assistance from external sources. The presentation concludes that including such groups is essential but the approach must not lead to long-term dependency or social exclusion.
Participatory gis in informal settlements upgradingTakudzwa Jera
1) GIS was used to create base maps of Epworth Ward 7 in Zimbabwe through community mapping. This involved enumerating households, mapping infrastructure, and digitizing the information.
2) A series of GIS maps were produced, including land use, structures, plot sizes, building orientation, slopes, and reserves/buffer zones. These informed the creation of concept and layout plans.
3) The plans divided the ward into areas for roads, open spaces, institutions, recreation, commerce, and different residential density clusters to guide upgrading of the informal settlement.
Community Forestry International (2011) Umiam Sub-Watershed REDD+ Project, Me...theREDDdesk
Presentation from the South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change, November 2011.
http://www.cseindia.org/content/cses-south-asian-media-briefing-workshop-climate-change-2011
APA 2012 General Plan Action Plans - CincinnatiJoseph Horwedel
Cincinnati's comprehensive plan, Plan Cincinnati, aims to revitalize the city through focused investment in existing centers, improved transportation connections between centers, and strategic development of new centers. The plan establishes five initiative areas and geographic principles to guide development, and outlines implementation through short, medium, and long-term action steps and ongoing review. Cincinnati was awarded a $2.4 million grant to update its land development code to better achieve the goals of Plan Cincinnati and principles of livability, sustainability, and streamlined development processes.
2011 APA Positioning Planning Departments - San JoseJoseph Horwedel
One of three presentations made at the National Planning Conference in Boston in 2011 on Positioning Planning Departments in difficult times. This is the presentation made by Joseph Horwedel from San Jose.
APA 2013 Planning in the Shadow of Gotham (S639)Joseph Horwedel
This session considers how cities plan and succeed in the shadow of larger cities. The focus of the presentation was on the interrelations ship between San Jose and San Francisco economically and socially. It was presented at the 2013 Planning Association National Conference in Chicago.
APA 2013 Big City Directors Discuss Job Creation (S495)Joseph Horwedel
The findings of the 2012 Big City Planning Directors Institute in Cambridge focused on economic development. This is one of three presentations made in Chicago at the annual Planning Associaiton National Conference.
Emiko Thompson - Case Studies in Environmental StewardshipContract Cities
The document summarizes the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works long-term strategy for solid waste management over the next 15 years. It outlines the role of the department in advising on waste issues and implementing programs. It also discusses current waste quantities and the need for a sustainable strategy to increase diversion and utilize new technologies like conversion and waste-by-rail as existing landfill capacity will be insufficient. Key steps include disseminating environmental documents, approval by cities and the county board, and approval from the state regulator CalRecycle.
Funding our future community information session nov 2013maitlandyoursay
Council is facing a $92 million funding shortfall over the next 10 years due to rising costs and stagnant revenue growth. A 7-year special rate variation is proposed to address this by gradually increasing rates higher than the rate peg. This would allow services to be delivered as programmed and some to be enhanced. The proposal shifts more of the rate burden from businesses and farms to residents. It is estimated to increase average residential rates by $115-179 per year. Alternatives and next steps are outlined for community feedback before Council decides whether to apply to IPART.
The document provides an overview of the Cleveland Heights Master Plan presentation. It discusses the master plan process, which included public involvement through meetings and surveys. The core strategy in the plan focuses on vibrant neighborhoods, complete transportation, environmental sustainability, being business friendly, strong business districts, quality infrastructure, arts and culture, diversity and community, and health. Goals and actions are outlined for each focus area, such as developing a tiered community reinvestment area to incentivize green building and expanding the tree canopy. The presentation highlights key aspects of the plan for public review.
Dubuque, Iowa partnered with IBM to become a smarter city through cloud computing and distributed sensors. The document describes Dubuque's smarter water program which reduced water usage by 6.6% and increased leak detection eightfold through a portal providing households real-time water usage data. It also discusses how smarter electricity and travel programs could integrate all usage data to suggest community planning solutions improving quality of life.
The document discusses sustainable practices for integrated townships in Bangalore, focusing on opportunities in the residential sector for energy efficiency and renewable energy interventions. It analyzes electricity and water usage patterns in apartment complexes and outlines approaches to collect baseline energy usage data from communities to identify savings potential from measures like rooftop solar, appliance upgrades, and water recycling. The goal is to demonstrate how demand reduction and decentralized renewable energy can lower costs for residents while engaging utilities on supportive policies.
As the most-visited city in the United States, Orlando is uniquely positioned to influence environmental stewardship in communities around the world. From meeting the foundational needs of local residents to providing an enchanting tourism destination in a changing climate, we describe how to leverage local characteristics to enhance sustainable efforts.
The document describes the development of a Triple Bottom Line Calculator tool to help cities evaluate capital investments. The tool calculates the economic, environmental, and social benefits of investments in areas like energy efficiency, renewable energy, transportation, and development. By inputting details of a project, the calculator can estimate outcomes such as energy savings, cost-benefit ratios, and payback periods to help cities strategically direct investments and justify decisions. The tool was created through a partnership between several cities to provide a standardized way to assess all types of benefits from capital expenditures.
The document summarizes an informational webinar for the RBC Blue Water Project 2015 Leadership Grant application. It provides an agenda for the webinar which includes introductions, a discussion on impact measurement and reporting, the online donation application, questions about the leadership grant application, and next steps. It also includes summaries of the RBC Blue Water Project, desired outcomes, and impact from 2013. Representatives from RBC and guest speakers from organizations involved in the project discuss topics like impact measurement, the application process, and examples of funded projects.
This document provides an overview of the draft City of Euclid Master Plan presentation that was given on January 10, 2018. It introduces the county planning team and outlines the master plan process, including public involvement. The presentation covered the master plan document structure with goals and actions for core strategy areas like housing, economic development, quality of life, transportation, and the environment. Specific corridors and areas were highlighted with visions, development principles, and example photos/renderings. Next steps for implementing the plan were discussed.
The meeting provided an update on the Garfield Heights Master Plan process and presented recommendations. Community engagement efforts gathered input that informed goals in areas like transportation, environment, and economic development. Recommendations included strategies for the whole community as well as targeted actions for focus areas. Feedback was sought on the recommendations through an online survey to refine the plan. The next steps will finalize recommendations, report on engagement, and identify implementation priorities.
Overview of Energy Efficieny and Conservation Block Grants for the City of Ir...ckrout
The City of Irvine will receive $2,288,000 in Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant funding to implement various energy efficiency projects. Staff have recommended funding 10 projects totaling $2,288,000, including providing seed money for a community financing incentives program, developing sustainable facilities management programs for city buildings, and installing solar panels on schools, reservoirs, and other city facilities. The funding will help Irvine meet its goals of reducing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.
This document summarizes Elizabeth Youngblood's presentation on sustainable communities and campuses programs offered by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC). It provides an overview of MassCEC's statutory mandate to advance clean energy technology, create jobs, develop workforce training, and accelerate clean energy deployment. It then describes MassCEC's innovative community programs, including the Community Energy Strategies pilot program that provided facilitation support and data analysis to help 15 communities develop clean energy plans, and the Solarize Mass program that has helped increase solar adoption in 46 communities through group purchasing. Additional clean energy options for communities are also listed.
Green Collar Workforce Development Slide ShowBob Moreo
The document discusses key considerations for developing successful green job initiatives at the local level including setting clear environmental goals, identifying in-demand job skills, engaging relevant workforce populations, implementing supportive policies and investments, coordinating education and training programs, and documenting results to gain ongoing support.
Community information session presentation final 080513maitlandyoursay
This document outlines Maitland City Council's 4-year Delivery Program for 2013-2017. It includes highlights of key initiatives and projects relating to community themes like lifestyle, the built and natural environment, economic development, and community leadership. The 2013-2014 Operational Plan allocates $104 million across these themes. A capital works program for 2013-2017 is also summarized, including major projects like pool upgrades and road works. The document introduces Council's financial sustainability challenges and options for addressing a projected $86 million deficit through service reductions or increased revenue. A community engagement process is planned to discuss the options.
The document summarizes a presentation about developing a Growth Management Strategy (GMS) for the Town of High River. The GMS will provide a roadmap for sustainable growth over the next 30 years, focusing on increasing density targets and reducing costs and environmental impacts. It discusses moving to more compact, mixed-use development compared to conventional suburban sprawl, and highlights the financial and safety benefits of higher density development. Community feedback will be gathered early in the GMS development process.
In June 2016, with the culmination of 18 months work by the the team from IIER, Imperial College, Future Earth Ltd and the Trust, we visited Accra to debut the WASH sector prototype of our modelling app at the Accra International Conference Centre, 22nd June 2016.
resilience.io is an open-source, collaborative
human, ecological, economic, resource systems, modelling platform to enable “public good”
we also showed this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGyCyxyatAQ
On Friday, July 9th, the Central Texas American Planning Association (APA) learned by the Sustainable Sites Initiative from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center's own Dr. Steve Windhager.
The goal of Sustainable Sites Initiative is to do for landscape design what LEED certification has done for building design. Under the Sustainable Sites Initiative, sites qualify for certification (1 star, 2 star, 3 star, and 4 star) based on a 250 point scale. As of June 2010, 174 pilot projects were started under the Sustainable Site Initiative.
This quick summary doesn't do Dr. Windhager's presentation justice, so check out his presentation complete with interesting facts about the ROI of urban forests and how New York street trees provide climate moderating benefits to the tune of $27.8 million.
Get more information about sustainable sites here: www.sustainablesites.org
The document discusses sustainability, climate protection, and energy initiatives in local governments in Israel. It outlines how local policies have surpassed national policies on these issues. It also describes several programs and initiatives that have promoted sustainability at the local level, including capacity building projects, commitments by cities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and the development of master plans for sustainable development by many regional authorities. Overall, the document demonstrates that Israeli local governments have progressed from reactive approaches to proactively addressing sustainability through planning, projects, and partnerships.
These slides were presented to the Council Operations, Intergovernmental Relations &
Public Transportation Committee of Cuyahoga County Council on November 21, 2023.
This document summarizes a workshop on transportation issues related to the Union Square redevelopment project in Somerville, MA.
1. Effective transportation infrastructure is critical to the future of Union Square given its existing congestion issues and plans for increased density. Existing infrastructure and transit options are underperforming.
2. Stakeholders discussed opportunities to improve bike, pedestrian, vehicle and transit movement in the area through changes like converting one-way streets to two-way, improving bike lanes and sidewalks, managing parking, and planning for the new Green Line station.
3. Redevelopment presents both challenges like narrow streets, and opportunities to streamline traffic and create new multi-modal connections depending on how transportation is integrated
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Presentation at the National Planning Conference in Atlanta introducing the Planning Agency of the Future project. This project is looking at what issues planning agencies of all sizes should be considering in the next five to ten year horizon.
The project is looking at four key themes:
Demographic shifts underway
The role of technology as a disruptive tool
21st Century Problems and 20th Century Practices
Economics 101 – The Value of Planning
The project will be completed for the 2015 National Planning Conference in Seattle and has a MindMixer site to collect input at
What are the key trends and issues that are affecting the Planning Office of the Future?
Given those trends and issues, what should the Planning Office of the Future be? We asked two questions at the session:
What are the key trends and issues that are affecting the Planning Office of the Future?
Given those trends and issues, what should the Planning Office of the Future be?
Share your ideas at NPC or online at the MindMixer Site for project at http://apa.mindmixer.com/
The document discusses the City of San Diego's process for implementing and monitoring its General Plan through an Action Plan and Monitoring Report. It provides an overview of the city and its General Plan. The Action Plan identifies specific actions to implement each General Plan policy, while the Monitoring Report assesses progress, tracks results, and informs the public and city leaders. The Monitoring Report format includes sections on key actions, progress, grants, flood maps, and housing. Case studies showcase urban agriculture and economic development programs.
LoCC Measurable Improvement in Your Development ProcessJoseph Horwedel
Presentation to the League of California Cities Planning Commissioners Institute on Measurable Improvement in Your Development Process in 2009 at Anaheim, CA. The presentation looked at common methods to assess your process, review measurement tools and look at pitfalls based on the experiences in San Jose from outside consultant reviews and on going process improvement efforts.
2011 APA Positioning Planning Deaprtments - MinneapolisJoseph Horwedel
One of three presentations made at the National Planning Conference in Boston in 2011 on Positioning Planning Departments in difficult times. This is the presentation made by Barbara Sporlein from Minneapolis.
2011 APA Positioning Planning Depts - Washington DCJoseph Horwedel
One of three presentations made at the National Planning Conference in Boston in 2011 on Positioning Planning Departments in difficult times. This is the presentation made by Harriett Tregoning from Washington D.C.
2011 APA Measurable Outcomes in Planning - MinneapolisJoseph Horwedel
One of three presentations made at the National Planning Conference in Boston in 2011 on Measurable Outcomes in Planning. This is the presentation made by Barbara Sporlein from Minneapolis.
2011 APA Measurable Outcomes in Planning - Washington DCJoseph Horwedel
This document discusses the importance of measuring outcomes and success in planning. It provides examples from the Bellevue Small Area Plan of metrics used to measure progress, including an increase in the percentage of residents living within walking distance of transportation options. The document also highlights metrics used in Washington D.C., such as increased transit and non-motorized transportation use, decreased car ownership, and population growth, to demonstrate the impact of planning policies.
Apa Measurable Outcomes in Planning 2011 San JoseJoseph Horwedel
This document discusses measuring success in city planning through key performance indicators. It suggests measuring both process targets like review cycle times as well as outcome targets like miles of trails per capita. The city of San Jose measures accessibility to amenities at the neighborhood level, such as distance to parks. Online tools can also measure neighborhood walkability. When setting targets, it is important to start with a few good measures and be aware of potential distortions. Progress should be regularly evaluated, reported to the community and elected officials, and successes celebrated. The goal is to communicate measurable outcomes that show planning is achieving its desired impact.
Freshworks Rethinks NoSQL for Rapid Scaling & Cost-EfficiencyScyllaDB
Freshworks creates AI-boosted business software that helps employees work more efficiently and effectively. Managing data across multiple RDBMS and NoSQL databases was already a challenge at their current scale. To prepare for 10X growth, they knew it was time to rethink their database strategy. Learn how they architected a solution that would simplify scaling while keeping costs under control.
Driving Business Innovation: Latest Generative AI Advancements & Success StorySafe Software
Are you ready to revolutionize how you handle data? Join us for a webinar where we’ll bring you up to speed with the latest advancements in Generative AI technology and discover how leveraging FME with tools from giants like Google Gemini, Amazon, and Microsoft OpenAI can supercharge your workflow efficiency.
During the hour, we’ll take you through:
Guest Speaker Segment with Hannah Barrington: Dive into the world of dynamic real estate marketing with Hannah, the Marketing Manager at Workspace Group. Hear firsthand how their team generates engaging descriptions for thousands of office units by integrating diverse data sources—from PDF floorplans to web pages—using FME transformers, like OpenAIVisionConnector and AnthropicVisionConnector. This use case will show you how GenAI can streamline content creation for marketing across the board.
Ollama Use Case: Learn how Scenario Specialist Dmitri Bagh has utilized Ollama within FME to input data, create custom models, and enhance security protocols. This segment will include demos to illustrate the full capabilities of FME in AI-driven processes.
Custom AI Models: Discover how to leverage FME to build personalized AI models using your data. Whether it’s populating a model with local data for added security or integrating public AI tools, find out how FME facilitates a versatile and secure approach to AI.
We’ll wrap up with a live Q&A session where you can engage with our experts on your specific use cases, and learn more about optimizing your data workflows with AI.
This webinar is ideal for professionals seeking to harness the power of AI within their data management systems while ensuring high levels of customization and security. Whether you're a novice or an expert, gain actionable insights and strategies to elevate your data processes. Join us to see how FME and AI can revolutionize how you work with data!
5th LF Energy Power Grid Model Meet-up SlidesDanBrown980551
5th Power Grid Model Meet-up
It is with great pleasure that we extend to you an invitation to the 5th Power Grid Model Meet-up, scheduled for 6th June 2024. This event will adopt a hybrid format, allowing participants to join us either through an online Mircosoft Teams session or in person at TU/e located at Den Dolech 2, Eindhoven, Netherlands. The meet-up will be hosted by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), a research university specializing in engineering science & technology.
Power Grid Model
The global energy transition is placing new and unprecedented demands on Distribution System Operators (DSOs). Alongside upgrades to grid capacity, processes such as digitization, capacity optimization, and congestion management are becoming vital for delivering reliable services.
Power Grid Model is an open source project from Linux Foundation Energy and provides a calculation engine that is increasingly essential for DSOs. It offers a standards-based foundation enabling real-time power systems analysis, simulations of electrical power grids, and sophisticated what-if analysis. In addition, it enables in-depth studies and analysis of the electrical power grid’s behavior and performance. This comprehensive model incorporates essential factors such as power generation capacity, electrical losses, voltage levels, power flows, and system stability.
Power Grid Model is currently being applied in a wide variety of use cases, including grid planning, expansion, reliability, and congestion studies. It can also help in analyzing the impact of renewable energy integration, assessing the effects of disturbances or faults, and developing strategies for grid control and optimization.
What to expect
For the upcoming meetup we are organizing, we have an exciting lineup of activities planned:
-Insightful presentations covering two practical applications of the Power Grid Model.
-An update on the latest advancements in Power Grid -Model technology during the first and second quarters of 2024.
-An interactive brainstorming session to discuss and propose new feature requests.
-An opportunity to connect with fellow Power Grid Model enthusiasts and users.
HCL Notes und Domino Lizenzkostenreduzierung in der Welt von DLAUpanagenda
Webinar Recording: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/hcl-notes-und-domino-lizenzkostenreduzierung-in-der-welt-von-dlau/
DLAU und die Lizenzen nach dem CCB- und CCX-Modell sind für viele in der HCL-Community seit letztem Jahr ein heißes Thema. Als Notes- oder Domino-Kunde haben Sie vielleicht mit unerwartet hohen Benutzerzahlen und Lizenzgebühren zu kämpfen. Sie fragen sich vielleicht, wie diese neue Art der Lizenzierung funktioniert und welchen Nutzen sie Ihnen bringt. Vor allem wollen Sie sicherlich Ihr Budget einhalten und Kosten sparen, wo immer möglich. Das verstehen wir und wir möchten Ihnen dabei helfen!
Wir erklären Ihnen, wie Sie häufige Konfigurationsprobleme lösen können, die dazu führen können, dass mehr Benutzer gezählt werden als nötig, und wie Sie überflüssige oder ungenutzte Konten identifizieren und entfernen können, um Geld zu sparen. Es gibt auch einige Ansätze, die zu unnötigen Ausgaben führen können, z. B. wenn ein Personendokument anstelle eines Mail-Ins für geteilte Mailboxen verwendet wird. Wir zeigen Ihnen solche Fälle und deren Lösungen. Und natürlich erklären wir Ihnen das neue Lizenzmodell.
Nehmen Sie an diesem Webinar teil, bei dem HCL-Ambassador Marc Thomas und Gastredner Franz Walder Ihnen diese neue Welt näherbringen. Es vermittelt Ihnen die Tools und das Know-how, um den Überblick zu bewahren. Sie werden in der Lage sein, Ihre Kosten durch eine optimierte Domino-Konfiguration zu reduzieren und auch in Zukunft gering zu halten.
Diese Themen werden behandelt
- Reduzierung der Lizenzkosten durch Auffinden und Beheben von Fehlkonfigurationen und überflüssigen Konten
- Wie funktionieren CCB- und CCX-Lizenzen wirklich?
- Verstehen des DLAU-Tools und wie man es am besten nutzt
- Tipps für häufige Problembereiche, wie z. B. Team-Postfächer, Funktions-/Testbenutzer usw.
- Praxisbeispiele und Best Practices zum sofortigen Umsetzen
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Paper Link: https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/257
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The original Czech 🇨🇿 version of the presentation can be found here: https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/hlavni-novinky-souvisejici-s-ccs-tsi-2023-2023-1695/269688092 .
The videorecording (in Czech) from the presentation is available here: https://youtu.be/WzjJWm4IyPk?si=SImb06tuXGb30BEH .
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Digital Banking in the Cloud: How Citizens Bank Unlocked Their MainframePrecisely
Inconsistent user experience and siloed data, high costs, and changing customer expectations – Citizens Bank was experiencing these challenges while it was attempting to deliver a superior digital banking experience for its clients. Its core banking applications run on the mainframe and Citizens was using legacy utilities to get the critical mainframe data to feed customer-facing channels, like call centers, web, and mobile. Ultimately, this led to higher operating costs (MIPS), delayed response times, and longer time to market.
Ever-changing customer expectations demand more modern digital experiences, and the bank needed to find a solution that could provide real-time data to its customer channels with low latency and operating costs. Join this session to learn how Citizens is leveraging Precisely to replicate mainframe data to its customer channels and deliver on their “modern digital bank” experiences.
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2. City Planning and Management
Division
Mission to “advance the practice of city planning
and management in the large-city setting."
a focus upon planning agency management,
an orientation toward big cities, and
an emphasis upon the practical over the theoretical.
11. How to Plan for Growth?
Task Force Land Use / Transportation Guidelines:
• Plan for People not just cars
• Meet the needs of business that
drive innovation
• Reduce vehicle miles traveled and
green house gasses
• Provide adequate land for new job
and housing growth
• Create walkable and bike friendly
“neighborhood villages”
• Create complete and vibrant
regional “hubs”
11
12. Growth Distribution
Growth Study Scenarios
San José 2020 (No Project)
255,550 Jobs / 82,110 Units
Scenario 1-C (Low Growth)
346,550 Jobs / 88,650 Units
Scenario 2-E (Medium Growth)
360,550 Jobs / 135,650 Units
Scenario 3-K (ABAG / High
Housing)
339,530 Jobs / 158,965 Units
Scenario 4-J (High Jobs)
526,050 Jobs / 88,650 Units
Scenario 5-H (Medium-High Growth)
431,550 Jobs / 135,650 Units
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19. Our plan for today
• Setting the stage : Why are we here
today?
• Can you measure “Good Planning”?
• What is going on already
• Tracking progress on change
20. Input Performance Targets
• Miles of trails per capita
• Books per capitia
• Traffic LOS D
• Average years staff experience
• Acres parkland per 1,000 pop
21.
22. Setting Achievable Service Targets
Don’t go looking for the perfect
performance measure. It doesn’t
exist. So, start with a good measure
or two. Identify their flaws.
Be alert for them. Can you live
with them? Make some adjustments?
Still, you’ll never eliminate all of the flaws.
Get over it.
Bob Behn, Kennedy School of Government
23. Setting Achievable Service Targets
Effective targets should
be based on:
•What the customer needs
or wants.
•What the organization
can deliver.
•Choice and consequence
balance.
•What can be tracked and
reported.
•Match phase of process.
24. CitiStat Goals:
• Accurate and Timely Intelligence Shared
by All
• Rapid Deployment of Resources
• Effective Tactics and Strategies
• Relentless Follow-up and Assessment
26. Tracking Progress: CitiStat
• Measurement against targets
• Monthly Comparisons
• Volume and percent of all activity
• Trends
27. Measuring complete neighborhoods.
Envision 2040 Plan adding measures for access to:
• Parks, trails, and open space
• Neighborhood retail, fresh foods
• Library and community center
• Faith community and non profits
• Quality schools
• Public transit
• Jobs
40. Bringing Measurement to Planning:
Dashboards
• Dashboards help staff
and managers talk
about performance
• Use customer stories
to connect staff to
service delivery
issues.
42. Assessing Your Progress
Be aware of distortions in your progress
• Targets can encourage perverse behaviors
• “Teaching to the Test”
What get measured gets done
Peter Drucker
Using outputs to measure the performance of
an agency or an individual can drive public employees
to maximize the outputs while ignoring the outcomes.
43. Communicate the Progress!!
• Talk with staff
about their results
• Publish quarterly
and annual reports
• Make sure your
elected officials
know
• Find opportunities
to celebrate
48. What is a good measure of planning?
What should we measure to show success?
Should we measure / report what we do not
control?
How do we measure long term benefits?
What level should we measure planning?
- Neighborhood, City, County?
49. San José Green Vision
Economic Growth
Environmental Stewardship
Enhanced Quality of Life
50. Progress Report
Green Vision Goal 2011 Status 2022 Target
Clean Tech Jobs 7,000 25,000
Per Capita Energy Use Reduction (%) 9.2 50
Electricity from Renewable Energy (%) 17 100
Green Buildings (million square feet) 5.4 50
Trash Diverted from Landfills (%) 71 100
Average Daily Use of Recycled Water (Million 8.1 40
Gallons Per Day)
Alternate Fuel Vehicles in Public Fleet (%) 40 100
Net New Trees 6,617 100,000
Smart Streetlights 297 62,000
Interconnected Trails (miles) 53.7 100
51. Key Accomplishments
• 3,274 solar PV systems
Seven Trees Community Center installed ~ 44.4 MW
• 5.4 million sq. ft. of
certified Green
Buildings including 1.4
million municipal sq.
ft.
• 71% overall diversion,
77% multi-family,
84% City Facilities
• Advanced Water
Treatment Facility
construction underway
52. Key Accomplishments
• General Plan
Update adopted
by Council
• 40% of City fleet
on alternative
fuel; GHG
emissions
reduced by 32%
• Awarded
contract for
2,100 streetlights
and CPUC
53. Key Accomplishments
• 60% of street tree
inventory completed
• OCF Community
Tree Nursery
• $5.4 million in
grants for bike and
pedestrian
improvements
• 5.7% increase in
Trail Count survey;
20% above national
54. 2012 Work Plan Priorities
Leading by
Example
• Village Plans and
Zoning
Ordinances
• Electric vehicle
charging stations
• “Smart” LED
streetlights
• Trails and on-
street bike
Editor's Notes
At the heart of the Plan is that the intent that San Jose become a city made up of many great places. By building a city of many great places, San Jose can be vibrant and fiscally sustainable into the future. We can become an even better place to live. We can generate more and better jobs. We can be a greener and healthier community.
San Jose has a long history of growth and change. Think about it. We started in 1777 as the first pueblo community in Spanish California.
Today, we are the Capital of Silicon Valley and the 10th largest city in the nation. San Jose’s ability to anticipate and adjust to change, to innovate, and to embrace the future has been critical.
In the last century… San Jose started as a valley of orchards and an center of agricultural Santa Clara Valley. Initially, as the City grew most rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s San Jose expanded its borders greatly by annexing land nearby. Then, starting in the mid-1970s, although our population continued to grow, we fixed our urban growth boundary so San Jose would not sprawl further into the hillsides and open space. Since then, we have been growing by filling in within our city limits. As our population increases potentially to 1.4 million people by 2040, our City’s borders will not expand. Residents want to maintain the current greenline and open space. So, Envision 2040 makes the key decision to accommodate future growth in homes and workplaces by “growing up, not out”.
As we think about San Jose’s growth in the future: Two things we know for sure. #1 San Jose’s population will keep growing. #2 Major demographic shifts will take place. In addition to strong growth in our population (just discussed), we know San Jose’s population profile will experience very significant changes. Two populations will growth the most over the next 20 years: the Baby Boomers (who will all be over 65 20 years from now) and the young adult population. The population of people in the 35-55 age group—the typical time of life for raising children—is actually projected to decrease slightly. So, as we think about the future, we need to plan not just for families with kids at home, but for city that meets the needs on older population and young adults (age 20-35)—we didn’t have to think about this so much in the past.
- The next key accomplishment was the development of a set of Land Use / Transportation Guidelines for evaluating possible growth scenarios and informing the development of goals and policies. - This slide identifies some of the basic themes from the Guidelines, but the general idea is that we should, at the end of this process, have a land use plan that contributes to the development of walkable neighborhood villages and vibrant urban locations at strategic areas throughout the City, and a plan that is environmentally sustainable, fiscally responsible, and makes prudent use of existing transit facilities and other infrastructure.
- With the Key Planning Principles and after it was determined how much total growth should be studied in each scenario, the next task was to figure out where and how the growth in each of the scenarios should be distributed. - In addition to including the jobs and/or housing growth capacity in areas already planned for growth (North San José, Downtown, specific plan areas), the Task Force identified specific Corridors and Villages, which could accommodate the remaining jobs and housing growth capacity planned in each scenario. These corridors and villages are potential growth areas that are located near existing or planned transit or other infrastructure and which include underutilized land, such as older shopping centers. - Each corridor and village is classified by proximity to existing or planned BART, Caltrain, Light Rail, Bus Rapid Transit. There are some “neighborhood villages” that have been identified, but as they are not located near major fixed transit facilities they are not anticipated for significant intensification, but they could serve as a vibrant village center within easy access of the surrounding neighborhood. - The planned and identified growth areas map and detailed tables for each of the scenarios can be found on the Envision website.
Envision 2040 Plan maximizes opportunities for job growth and makes San Jose a more significant employment center in Silicon Valley and the Bay Area. The Envision 2040 Plan identifies lands that could accommodate an additional 470,000 new jobs. Currently San Jose, has about 370,000 actual jobs 470,000 is a large and ambitious number, but people involved creating Envision 2040 thought it was important to aim high and have a lot of workplace capacity several reasons.
First, we don’t know exactly what kinds of buildings, locations, and work environments employers of various sizes will want in the future. We think it’s smart to have a lot of options available. We do know that, more and more, companies and people like the idea of being in denser environments that enable collaboration and interaction, and that are more interesting for employees. That is why North San Jose is being gradually transformed from that old kind of industrial park environment to a more interesting innovation district—where there are restaurants, cafes, shops, homes, and recreation mixed in with offices and workplaces. It is why we think some kinds of companies, including smaller software and professional services businesses, will like being in urban village-type environments.
San Jose is already one of the five greenest metropolitan areas in the nation, and we are rightly proud. This plan challenges us to retain our green lead.
In creating Envision 2040, many people said that they want to live a greener, healthier lifestyle by walking or biking more often to get places. People also said they want a more complete transit infrastructure.
Envision 2040 pushes a very bold goal to change the way we move around the city—it calls for a 40% reduction in vehicle miles travelled by each person. This means that by 2040, the average San Jose resident will be able to cut in half the number of trips they take by car. We will redesign our city, over time, so that people can get to shops, restaurants, workplaces, and services without having to always get in their car. To reduce the need to drive everywhere, Envision 2040 does three things: 1. Channels new development closer to transit stations and along major bus corridors 2. Calls for full buildout of our transit infrastructure—including bus rapid transit, BART, and light rail.
In addition the plan, supports the physical health of community members by promoting walking and bicycling as commute and recreational options, and by encouraging access to healthy foods…by including plans for farmers markets within urban villages
As you are well aware, economic growth, environmental stewardship and an enhanced quality of life for San Jose residents and businesses continue to be the cornerstones of the Green Vision. The Green Vision positions San Jose to not only lead in several areas such as clean tech jobs, energy, recycled water, and zero waste, but also to enter into strategic partnerships and access funding from federal, state and regional agencies to create local jobs.
This slide shows you where we are with respect to our 2022 targets. We have made some significant strides since last year in energy efficiency, renewable energy and green buildings. The percentage reduction in energy use has almost doubled and we have added almost 2 million square feet of green buildings. The number of clean tech jobs is significantly more than was reported last year but this is also a reflection of the more comprehensive look at sectors associated with clean tech. I do want to point out that although you don’t see an uptick in the number of smart streetlights, we awarded a contract for 2,100 lights that will be installed this year.
In 2011, Council approved an agreement with Solar City to install solar on City facilities. We are currently working with SolarCity on the first four sites: Kelley Park, Muni Water Offices, PAL Sports Center, and the South Service Yard and continue to complete evaluation of other community center and library sites for the next round of installations. In total, over 3,200 solar PV systems have been installed in San Jose, with a total capacity of over 44 MW. San José continues to have one of the highest number of solar installations in California and the nation. We now have over 5.4 million square feet of certified green buildings of which 1.4 million square feet is municipal buildings. San José also continues to have the highest diversion rates in the nation including a 71% overall diversion, 77% multi-family, 84% City Facilities. We also entered into partnerships with Zero Waste Energy Development and Harvest Power on waste to energy projects. Over 10 miles of new recycled water pipes have been installed and various facility improvements are underway including construction of the Advanced Water Treatment Facility. Photo Captions: ABOVE: Seven Trees Community Center and Branch Library BELOW: Recycle at Work Supplies
The Envision 2040 General Plan Update was adopted by the San José City Council on November 1, 2011. 40% of the City fleet runs on alternative fuel; GHG emissions have been reduced by 32% compared to 2003 baseline. The City continues to be a national leader in deploying “smart streetlights”. In 2011, Council awarded a contract for 2,100 streetlights and CPUC approved PG&E tariff pilot for dimmable streetlights. Photo Captions: BELOW: Airport shuttle bus fueling at Airport’s Compressed Natural Gas station.
So far 60% of the street tree inventory has been completed. In November 2011, Our City Forest, our key partner on the trees goal, opened the Community Nursery & Training Center near Guadalupe Gardens. The Nursery will create a more economically viable approach for providing quality trees, especially native trees that are not typically available. The nursery will also provide a one-stop community resource for planting and tree care education. In 2011, San Jose received over $5.4 million in grant funding for trails and on street bike and pedestrian improvements. The 2011 Trail Count survey indicated a 5.7 % increase in usage. San José continues to be 20% above the national average in terms of commuting by bike. Photo Captions: BELOW: Guadalupe River Trail between Coleman Ave and Hedding St.
As mentioned previously, the Envision 2040 General Plan update was adopted by Council in 2011. This year staff will focus on preparing Village Plans and revising the Zoning Ordinance to facilitate sustainable urban development in identified focused Growth Areas. Additionally, staff plans to develop a Council Implementation Policy for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategy. In 2012, we plan to install 52 electric vehicle charging stations primarily in downtown. We will be installing 2,100 LED streetlights with smart adaptive lighting controls and launch the first year of PG&E dimmable streetlight tariff pilot In regards to Goal 10, we will be paving the Lower Guadalupe River Trail and the Highway 237 Bikeway Trail , expanding the on-street bike network by 10 miles , and installing 500 public bike parking spaces. Photo Captions: ABOVE: Village Concept Drawing