Infrastructure and Growth: Continued

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Infrastructure and GrowthContinued

• ESP 171 Urban and Regional Planning
• S. Handy
• 5/22/08

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Local Tools for Matching Growth and Infrastructure

• Capital Improvement Programs
• Adequate Public Facilities standards
• Traffic Impact Analyses
• Exactions

Can be used to channel growth inward! Can lead to
unintended consequences, like sprawl!
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Whos Responsible for What
 
 
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Regional Transportation Planning

• See D. Sperlings ECI165 course or my graduate
  class in the TTP program every other spring

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Transportation Planning Agencies
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SAFETEA-LU

• Safe Accountable Flexible Efficient
  Transportation Equity Act A Legacy for Users
• Authorizes 244.1 Billion in federal spending for
  surface transportation for 4 years
• Sets requirements for planning process

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Metropolitan Planning Organizations
Source Lewis and Sprague 1997
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Regional Transportation Plans

• Required for federal transportation funding
• 20 year horizon, updated every 4 to 5 years
• Contains
• Goals and objectives
• Policies and programs
• Proposed projects

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Transportation - Land Use Connections

• Transportation investments influence what kind of
  development goes where
• Land use patterns influence what kind of travel
  goes where

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Fresno Bee, March 15, 2007
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Foothill highway back on the map
The Foothill Freeway, a Highway 65 extension
that would link Exeter to Chowchilla, has been
part of the state highway system since 1959, but
only on paper. Valley lawmakers are pushing to
get the plan going again, though opponents fear
it could lead to urban sprawl.
Fresno Bee, March 15, 2007
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The T-LU Challenge

• MPOs have
• Responsibility for transportation planning
• No responsibility for land use planning!
• How can we coordinate transportation and land
  use?
• Voluntary efforts, e.g. SACOGs Blueprint
• Financial incentives, e.g. for TOD

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Water

• See ESP 198 Water and Government M. Lubell
• See also book by J. Loux

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Water Supply

• Projects State Water Project, Central Valley
  Project, Owens Valley Aqueduct, Colorado
  Aqueduct, Hetch Hetchy, etc.
• Agencies Department of Water Resources, plus
  irrigation districts, municipal water districts,
  426 mutual water companies, cities, counties

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Source http//www.opr.ca.gov/publications/PDFs/7
9515.pdf
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Source http//www.opr.ca.gov/publications/PDFs/7
9515.pdf
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Source http//www.mwd.dst.ca.us/mwdh2o/pages/abo
ut/about01.html
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The issue
Implications for local planning?
Source http//www.opr.ca.gov/publications/PDFs/7
9515.pdf
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• Dougherty ValleyContra County Supervisors
  approved plans to begin the first phase of the
  controversial Dougherty Valley development near
  Danville. Placed in undeveloped land east of
  I-680, the eventual 11,000 home development has
  been criticized for its taking of open space,
  increased traffic congestion, and strain on water
  supplies. Contra Costa Times
• Specific Plan approved and EIR certified by
  County in 1992
• Specific Plan listed EBMUD as water supplier and
  proposed annexation to district
• EBMUD objected and sued, developer sued back
• New state legislation to link land use decisions
  to water availability

Source http//www.adpsr-norcal.org/menu/News/Bul
letin/Announcements/DoughterlyValley.htm and
http//www.mattobrienphotography.com/article.html
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State Legislation

• SB 901 of 1995 local governments must consult
  with water agencies when considering approval of
  projects of more than 500 units.
• SB 221 of 2001 prohibits cities and counties
  from approving new subdivisions creating more
  than 500 new residential units unless it can be
  shown that an adequate water supply is available
• SB 610 of 2001 requires cities and counties to
  review detailed water supply assessment reports
  as part of environmental review process for
  various types of large development projects

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Issues

• Does this give water agencies de facto veto over
  new development?
• Does this mean more coordination between land use
  and water planning?

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How do we protect land and other resources
outside the boundaries?
How do we coordinate infrastructure outside the
boundaries with growth inside the boundaries?