2013/05/15 Council Agenda Packet

I,. J The Growing Transit Communities Recommended Strategies and Actions fall into four groupings: The Foundation Strategies recommend a regional and local framework for ongoing work to support transit communities. Modeled on the relationships and values at the heart of the Growing Transit Communities Partnership, these strategies envision an ongoing regional effort involving diverse partners and community members in decision making and implementation at all levels. The Strategies to Attract Housing and Employment Growth recommend actions to make great urban places that are attractive to households and businesses,remove barriers to development and support development in emerging markets. The Strategies to Provide Affordable Housing Choices recommended actions to define and quantify housing needs, preserve existing and supply new housing choices, and capitalize on the value created by the private market,enhanced by transit investments, in order to achieve the broadest range of affordability in transit communities. The Strategies to Increase Access to Opportunity recommend actions to understand regional disparities in access to opportunity, identify existing and potential new resources and tools to meet community needs, and build support for equitable opportunities through education,coalitions,and leadership. i ,,. -.__ . ,-.),.:-.4i, ami �a�� aa fir v. �' Foundation � � - }> Housing Access to , Strategies (a►. i 1 Choices 'Opportunity', 1. Establish a regional 6. Conduct station area 11.Assess current and future 19.Assess community needs program to support planning housing needs in transit 20.Invest in environmental thriving and equitable 7. Use land efficiently in communities and public health transit communities transit communities 12.Minimize displacement 21.Invest in economic 2. Build partnerships and 8. Locate,design and through preservation and vitality and opportunity promote collaboration provide access to transit replacement 22.Invest in equitable 3. Engage effectively with stations to support TOD 13.Direct housing resources mobility options community stakeholders 9. Adopt innovative parking to support transit- 23.Invest in equitable 4. Build capacity for tools dependent populations access to high quality community engagement 10.Invest in infrastructure 14.Implement a TOD education 5. Evaluate and monitor and public realm property acquisition fund 24.Invest in public safety in impacts and outcomes improvements 15.Expand value capture transit communities financing as a tool for infrastructure and • affordable housing 16.Make surplus public lands available for affordable housing 17.Leverage market value through incentives 18.Implement regional fair housing assessment 6