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Tools for Community Design and Decision Making
APA Vail Conference
September 24, 2004
Ken Snyder
PlaceMatters.com
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In our Efforts to Create Healthy, Sustainable
Communities
How Can We Help Communities Make Better Decisions?
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Decision Support System
tools
process
information
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Technology is Changing the Way We Make Decisions

• Just as technology has changed the way doctors
  treat patients.

• Planners finally have real diagnostic tools.

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GIS Helps Communities Look at Land Use and
Development Issues Across Themes
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Tools for Community Design and Decision Making
Information Resources
Visualization Tools
Impact Analysis/GIS Modeling
Process Tools Techniques
Integrated Process
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Tools for Community Design and Decision Making
Information Resources
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PlaceMatters.com www.placematters.com
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Tools for Community Design and Decision Making
Information Resources
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Photo MontageUrban Advantage
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Photo MontageUrban Advantage
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Photo MontageDover Kohl
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Photo MontageDover Kohl
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San Jose, CABascom Avenue
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San Jose, CABascom Avenue
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San Jose, CABascom Avenue
Commissioned by Joint Venture Silicon Valley
Network
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San Jose, CABascom Avenue
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Jim ConstantineLooney Risks Kiss
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Jim ConstantineLooney Risks Kiss
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Jim ConstantineLooney Risks Kiss
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SectorFiveSchneider Corp.
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Box CityCUBE
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Tools for Community Design and Decision Making
Information Resources
Visualization Tools
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INDEXCriterion
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INDEXCriterion
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INDEXCriterion
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INDEXCriterion
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INDEXCriterion
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INDEXCriterion
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INDEXCriterion
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INDEXCriterion
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INDEXCriterion
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INDEX Transit NeighborCriterion
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Paint the TownCriterion
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Split Screen Interface
CommunityViz Orton Family Foundation
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Impact Analysis
CommunityViz Orton Family Foundation
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Impact Analysis
CommunityViz Orton Family Foundation
Savings
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Open Architecture
CommunityViz Orton Family Foundation
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Latest Version of CommunityViz
Interactive Work Flow Guide makes set-up process
clear.
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Based upon existing infrastructure (size and
location)
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Place a Subdivision Plat Map anywhere in the
study area and CommunityViz computes the needs of
the proposed development and looks to see where
services are located that are of a size large
enough to extend to service subdivision
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After the needs are summarized, CommunityViz
computes the nearest distance to a service,
multiplies the length times an installed cost to
extend each type of infrastructure to the
proposed development and computes a final total.
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Move this subdivision anywhere and the costs are
recomputed to reflect the length of
infrastructure extension required and
decision-makers can get an instant estimate of
total cost to service this proposed development.
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Tools for Community Design and Decision Making
Information Resources
Visualization Tools
Impact Analysis/GIS Modeling
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Honestly, how do most of us feel about public
process
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The Democratization of Planning

• I know no safe depository of the ultimate
  powers of the society but the people themselves.
• And if we think them not enlightened enough to
  exercise their control with a wholesome
  discretion, the remedy is not to take it from
  them, but to inform their discretion.
• Thomas Jefferson - September 28,1820

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Blueprint - Five Major Phases

• Better information and tools for decision-making
• Base Case Future (released October 2002)
• Workshops now underway
• Neighborhood scale (20 cities, six counties)
• County scale (late fall, early 2004)
• Regional scale (including April 30 electronic
  town hall)
• Integration with Community Design program (500
  million)
• 5. Implementation (next MTP start mid 2004)

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PLACE3S Planning Process
Identify Existing Conditions
Project Future Trends
Analyze Alternative Futures
Create Preferred Alternative
Adopt, Implement, Monitor
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Base Case

• What would the region look like if we keep
  growing as we did in the last five years?
• Show development trends forecasted out against
  current plans.
• First develop current growth trends on parcel
  databases
• Collect the current general, community and
  specific plans and register to parcels.

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Base Case Planning Layers

• Collect local plans
• 31 General Plans - 10 paper 21 electronic
• 61 Specific Plans - 29 paper 32 electronic
• Register the plans to each Countys Parcel Layer
• Intersected Files resulted in
• Over 1 Million polygons

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Base Case - Develop Better Information and Tools
for Decision Making
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How would the region change
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Base Case 2050 Vehicle Minutes/Person Increase
of 160 Hours Annually
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Need to plan both the regional and neighborhood
levels
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Neighborhood-scale Workshops

• 30 workshops (completed 23)
• Two 100-200 acre study areas at each workshop
• One infill/redevelopment study area
• One greenfield study area
• Test drive smart growth concepts
• Real-time performance indicators
• Laptop computers
• Cell phone hook-up
• Public domain software

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W O R K S H OPS
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L A N D U S E M E N U
Land Use Types
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Retail/Multi-Family Mixed Use Transit Oriented
Development
Dwelling per Acre 41.8 Employees per
Acre 102.8 Number of Stories 3 Ground floor
Use Retail Upper Floor Use Residential Type of
Parking Structured Parking Spaces/1,000 sqft
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Stickers
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The Yuba City Infill Site
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The Yuba City Infill Site
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• These data layers allow SACOG to estimate a
  return on investment based on the change from
  existing to proposed use

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DEVELOPMENT TYPE DIALOG BOX
Physical Assumptions
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DEVELOPMENT TYPE DIALOG BOX
Fiscal Assumptions
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Using PLACE3S to Compare Alternative Planning
Scenarios

• Vehicle miles traveled and vehicle trips
• Change in walk/bike and transit mode shares
• Mobile source air emissions/energy use
• Total jobs and dwelling units
• Density by land use type
• Mix of uses
• Economic feasibility (Return on Investment)
• Match of wages and housing costs (coming)

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Listening to the CityAmericaSpeaks/Co-Vision/Opti
on FinderJuly 20, 2002
Civic Alliance Regional Plan Association
Lower Manhattan Development Corporation
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LMDC Releases 6 Scenarios for Redevelopment
Large Scale Town MeetingsAmericaSpeaks/Co-Vision
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Listening to the City Goals

• Goals
• Respond to concept plans for rebuilding World
  Trade Center
• Advise on creation of an appropriate Memorial
• Recommend solutions for rebuilding lives impacted
  by 9/11

Large Scale Town MeetingsAmericaSpeaks/Co-Vision
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Listening to the City Participants Vote
Large Scale Town MeetingsAmericaSpeaks/Co-Vision
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Listening to the City Keypad Technology
Large Scale Town MeetingsAmericaSpeaks/Co-Vision
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Listening to the City Results Displayed
Immediately

• Where Do You Live?
• Manhattan
• Brooklyn
• The Bronx
• Queens
• Staten Island
• New Jersey
• Somewhere Else in NY State
• Somewhere Else in US
• Another Country

Large Scale Town MeetingsAmericaSpeaks/Co-Vision
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Listening to the City Presentation of Scenarios
Large Scale Town MeetingsAmericaSpeaks/Co-Vision
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Listening to the City Discussions Over Scenario
Maps
Large Scale Town MeetingsAmericaSpeaks/Co-Vision
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Listening to the City Typist Enters Comments
Large Scale Town MeetingsAmericaSpeaks/Co-Vision
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Listening to the City Feedback Collected From
500 Tables
Large Scale Town MeetingsAmericaSpeaks/Co-Vision
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Listening to the City Theme Team Scans Feedback
Large Scale Town MeetingsAmericaSpeaks/Co-Vision
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Listening to the City Theme Team Synthesizes
Key Issues
Large Scale Town MeetingsAmericaSpeaks/Co-Vision
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Listening to the City Report Handed Out in the
End
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WebCouncil Co-Vision
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ESRI/BLM ePlanning
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ESRI/BLM ePlanning
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EDAW Implementation Manager
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CommunityViz Orton Family Foundation
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Selecting The Right Tools for You

• 1. Multiple Users
• 2. Interactive
• 3. High Quality Data
• 4. Adaptable
• 5. Maintainable
• 6. Local and Regional Scale
• 7. Comprehensive Issue Coverage
• 8. Short, Mid and Long-Term Effects
• 9. Integration of Issues
• 10. Visual Imagery
• 11. Accessibility/Affordability
• 12. Interconnectedness of Information and
  Communication 
• 13. Annual Report of Progress

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Decision Support Systems that Work!

• Visualize
• Quantify
• Integrate
• Create

Have Fun!
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Gianni Longos Principles of Successful Visioning
Public Driven ? legitimacy Inclusive ?
ownership Transparent ? accessible, safe and
fun Intuitive and informed ? informed
decisions Leading to implementation ? affecting
decision making
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