Delegates Quarterly MeetingSwansboro - October 19-20, 2011

Welcome and Program UpdateMark Sutherland, Vice PresidentNorth Carolina's Eastern Region

Agenda – Day OneMeeting Agenda: Day 1

Welcome and Program Update Presentation and Delegate Discussion

Richard Woodruff, DPA, AICP, Jacksonville City Manager Comparative Communities: Southwest Florida and Eastern North Carolina

Break (Cash Bar) Dinner Delegate Discussion and Networking

Agenda – Day OneProgram Update THE GOOD NEWS:

HUD Sustainable Communities Grant

Comparative Communities Study Defense Logistics Initiative

NCER, NCSE, Carteret, Lenoir, Onslow, Jones, DOT

Sentinel Landscapes Program MCIEAST, NC Farm Bureau, ADFP, NCSU, NCFFEC, NCFSWC

Director of Communications

Agenda – Day OneProgram Update

FOR DISCUSSION:

Attendance (90% minimum) Need to resume recruiting in some counties

Retain Format (Overnight?)

Review Working Group Progress Further need to consolidate?

Agenda – Day OneSession IV Objectives

1. Settle on “Envision 2050” Event

2. Solidify Delegate Roster

3. Discuss / Refine Communication Strategy

4. Refine Working Group Agendas & Resources

5. Review HUD Grant – Plans “A” & “B”

Agenda – Day OneComparative Communities

Regions that at one time looked like eastern NC, but no longer do so

Previously agriculture and/or military economies that met the sea

Shifting from anecdotal to analytical

Bottom Line: This study forms the basis of our model “alternative future scenarios” for the

October 2012 “Envision 2050” Exercise

ComparativeCommunities

8 8

Northeast SC

Northwest FL

Southeast SC

Southeastern NC202,667

2010

Not confined to New Hanover CountyPender & Brunswick among 100 fastest growing counties in the US

ComparativeCommunities

Commonalities• The Tipping Point – Improved Access (Roads)• Growth tripled projections (or more)• Workforce generally displaced

• Increased commute times, congestion• Effects felt two counties away (schools, housing)

• Loss of working lands• Exceeded locally available water resources• Loss of military or reduced training capacity• General loss of open space• Not all bad – just not anticipated

• Some planned / reacted better than others

Comparative Communities: Southwest Florida & Eastern North Carolina

Richard Woodruff, DPA, AICPCity Manager, Jacksonville NC

Comparative Communities:Southwest Florida & Eastern North Carolina

*Planning for the Future:Nicety or Necessity?

Richard Woodruff, DPA, AICPCity Manager, Jacksonville NC

* This is a separate brief that can be found at http://www.nceastmgtf.com/studies-analyses-briefs

Delegate Discussion and Networking

Envision 2050

What are our regional anchors?

What threatens them?

What tools does the region have to protect them?

Delegates Quarterly MeetingSwansboro - October 20, 2011

Reports from theWorking Groups

Sustaining Military Readiness

Housing

Regional Water Resources

Open Space

Sustainable Corridors

Renewable Energy

Reports from Working GroupsFocusing on Timeline Leading to

Envision 2050 Working Group’s Priority Concerns Partners Describe Nature of Deliverables

Input to Envision 2050 Educational Programs / Material Other?

Resource Needs Working Group Progress

PlanIt EAST Updates Visit to Flint Hills Regional Council

Mark Seitz, Pender County

HUD Grant Application Status Carron Day, Program Manager

Communications Strategy James Jarvis, Director of Communications

Deliverables Mark Sutherland, Program Director

Application Submitted on October 6th 37 Letters of Support

Sustainable Communities Grant

Application Submitted on October 6th 37 Letters of Support 3 Year Work Program

Foundation Studies Regional Plan Development Implementation On-going Outreach & Capacity Building

Sustainable Communities Grant

Request: $2,000,000 46% Match (NC $90,000/3 yrs, NCER - $411,800) $1,600,000 Federal Support

Application Status What’s Next

Sustainable Communities Grant

Reaching Delegate ConsensusPlanIt EAST: Envision 2050

Timeline

Location Alternatives

Envision 2050

N D J F M A M J J A S O N D

PlanIt EAST Quarterly Meetings X X X XData Collection/AnalysisAlternative ScenariosCommunity OutreachEnvision 2050 Program/TrainingEnvision 2050 Event

Envision 2050 Chair/Co-Chairs Data Collection/GIS Strategic Partnerships Finance/Sponsorship Visioning Exercise Leader Communications/Outreach

Identifying and Engaging the Region’s Leadership Engaging the Community

Envision 2050 - Leadership

Wrap Up

Next PlanIt EAST Meeting January 18-19, 2012 Duplin (Wallace) Mad Boar / Holiday Inn Express