SARA MYERSON Director of Planning Boston Planning ... · planning for equitable growth troubling...

Director of PlanningBoston Planning & Development Agency

SARA MYERSON

IMAGINE BOSTON 2030 September 2014 – July 2017

BOSTON’S GROWTH

Population Growth Job Growth Demand for work space

Demand for Housing

BOSTON’S GROWTH

Population Growth Demand for work space

Demand for Housing Job Growth

BOSTON’S GROWTH

Population Growth Demand for work space

Demand for Housing Job Growth

BOSTON’S GROWTH

Population Growth Demand for Housing Demand for work space

Job Growth

Taking Action

Enhance Neighborhoods

Encourage a Mixed-use Core

Expand Neighborhoods

Create a Waterfront for Future Generations

Generate Networks of Opportunity: Fairmount Corridor

A. Investments and policies to assure affordable housing

A. City-catalyzed investments around busy transit stops

A. Improved connections, frequency, and user experience on the Fairmount/Indigo Line

A. Support of local businesses, artists, and entrepreneurs

A. Foster the creation of an arts & innovation district with artist housing and resources

A. Investments in green and active corridors

Enhance Neighborhoods: Upham’s Corner

PLANNING FOR EQUITABLE GROWTH

TROUBLING PROBLEM OF SUCCESS

CAN OUR CITIES BE TRULY EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE IN THE

FACE OF NEWFOUND POPULARITY

❖ HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS – EXACERBATING

POLARIZATION BY GEOGRAPHY

❖ REPERCUSSIONS ACROSS THE BOARD

❖ WE IGNORE ALL OF THIS AND TAKE OUR SUCCESSES FOR

GRANTED AT OUR PERIL

❖ IS THIS INEVITABLE? WHAT CAN BE DONE TO COUNTER IT?

❖ THINGS THAT GOVERNMENT CAN DO?

❖ WHAT CAN THE PRIVATE SECTOR CONTRIBUTE?

❖ LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER

Unintended consequences : a great reversal

1970 2005

Transit deserts

Public Health weighs in Heart stopping ‘Hoods”

Another way in Helsinki

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Citywide Planning for Equitable GrowthMartha Welborne, FAIA

ULI Fall Meeting 2018

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Median Area Income Levels

Source: Los Angeles Times; US Census (2000); SCAG LADCP

Key:

High ( > $75k)

Mid ($50-$75k)

Low ( < $50k)

No data

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Rail System – before Measure R (2008)

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Metro Rail System – Measure R Expansion (post 2008)

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Metro Rail System – Measure M Expansion (post 2016)

Next stop: Transit Oriented Communities

Jenna HornstockExecutive Officer, Transit Oriented CommunitiesOctober 9, 2018

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Transit Oriented Communities (TOCs)are places (such as corridors and neighborhoods) that, by their design, allow people to drive less and access transit more.

A TOC maximizes equitable access to a multi-modal transit network as a key organizing principle of land use and holistic community development

Transit Oriented Communities - Definition

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Transit Oriented Communities - Definition

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How can Metro help cities realize TOCs?

The Four “Ps”

1. Policies

2. Programs

3. Projects

4. PROCESS IS KEY

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Policies: Metro’s Equity Platform

Access to opportunity: a core concept to public decision-making, public investment, and public service• Vast disparity exists in LA County among

neighborhoods and individuals:➢ To seize opportunity – jobs, housing,

education, health, safety;➢ To improve their circumstances to do so.

• Transportation is an essential lever to enable that access.

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Multi-point Equity Platform built around four pillars:

I. Define and Measure

II. Listen and Learn

III. Focus and Deliver

IV. Train and Grow

Policies: Metro’s Equity Platform

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• Joint Development (JD) is the real estate management program through which Metro collaborates with qualified developers to build transit-oriented developments on Metro-owned properties.

• JDs are opportunities to leverage public land assets to demonstrate the principles of TOCs.

Metro Programs: Joint Development

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• Portfolio-wide goal to have 35% of housing units built on Metro-owned property be “affordable” defined as 60% AMI or below.

• Allow for ground rent discounting (up to 30%) to support affordable housing on Metro-owned land.

Metro Programs: Joint Development Affordable Housing Policies

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• Metro Affordable Transit Connected Housing (MATCH) Loan Program - $9M investment for affordable housing near transit.

• Top loss loans for preservation of existing affordable housing predevelopment activities for new development.

• Expected to leverage up to $75M in contributions from foundations, community development finance institutions (CDFIs), and traditional banks.

Metro Programs: MATCH

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Metro Programs: Business Interruption Fund

Metro’s Goal: Help small “mom and pop” businesses continue to thrive

throughout construction and post construction.

Program Overview

> Program authorized by Metro Board of

Directors

> Program launched April 2015

> Provides financial assistance to qualifying

“mom and pop” businesses directly

impacted by Metro transit rail construction

along three project areas:

> Little Tokyo area and 2nd/Broadway

segment of the Regional Connector

> Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project

> Purple Line Extension, Phase 1

> Maximum grant amount $50,000 annually

Program Stats At-a-Glance > More than $5M grants approved

> More than 200 grants awarded

> 165 Small “mom and pop” grantees

Program RequirementsTo learn more visit metro.net/bif

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Projects: Blue Line First/Last Mile Plan

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• First-of-its-kind for Metro

• Exploratory process

focused with outreach

and plans driven by

Community Based

Organizations

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Blue Line First/Last Mile PlanCBOs Team Members

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• CBO-led engagement

• Executed FLM methodology

• 22 station area walk audits

• 11 innovative community

events featuring:

• Community bike rides

• Giveaways

• Live DJs and live painting

by artists

• Pop-up and interactive

elements

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Projects: Blue Line First/Last Mile Plan

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Projects: Willowbrook Rosa Parks Station

Existing Conditions

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Projects: Willowbrook Rosa Parks Station

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Projects: Willowbrook Rosa Parks Station

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Projects: Willowbrook Rosa Parks Station

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Projects: Mariachi Plaza

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Projects: Mariachi Plaza

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Projects: Mariachi Plaza Development Guidelines

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Projects: Mariachi Plaza Conceptual Design

Project:

• 60 total residential units:

✓ 28 for families earning 50% Area Median Income (AMI)

✓ 30 for transitional youth at 30% AMI

✓ 2 for management

• 6,340 sq. ft. for locally-serving businesses

• 2,035 sq. ft. Mariachi cultural center

• 6,000 sq. ft. community garden

Developer: East Los Angeles Community Corporation

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Thanks…and see you on Metro.