2013/10/16 Council Agenda Packet

Strategy 6: Conduct Station Area Planning Station area planning is the process whereby local jurisdictions engage broad community interests to produce a unique vision for a transit community and a blueprint for regulations and investments that successfully attract residential and employment growth consistent with that vision. Each high gl capacity transit station area should have a dedicated plan, or policies within an existing plan, r,- -i addressing a comprehensive range of topic areas, including many of the recommendations in the _ __ Growing Transit Communities Strategy. Puget Sound Regional Council 6.1. Amend plans and policies to establish transit communities as a key element of the regional growth strategy to concentrate new population and employment within urban areas in centers linked by a high capacity transit network. 6.2. Develop regional guidelines on best practice in station area planning. 6.3. Amend the PSRC policy and plan review process to include guidance on station area planning. 6.4. Provide technical assistance to local jurisdictions and other agencies to support station area planning. C6.5. Create a competitive grant program to fund transit community implementation activities such as strategic O planning,code development,feasibility analyses,or predevelopment design. ,47• 6.6. Adopt criteria for transportation project funding that incentivize local adoption of station area plans that are ✓ consistent with regional guidance. a Transit Agencies CIJ -0 6.7. Participate in local station area planning as an active partner with local jurisdictions and other public agencies C and in conjunction with ongoing transit service planning. 0E 6.8. Contribute agency resources,where feasible and appropriate,to station area planning efforts. 6.9. Implement a TOD strategy that addresses long-range system expansion and service provision, station design E and access, property acquisition and disposition, partnerships with other agencies and local government, and ✓ transit-supportive uses and densities. 0 CC Local Governments 6.10.Review existing plans and policies,when they are considered for periodic update, for consistency with regional guidance on station area planning and recommendations contained in the GTC Strategy and adopt amendments to address any inconsistencies. 6.11.Adopt station area plans and/or policies for all high capacity transit communities which are expected to attract significant new population or employment growth 6.12.Use the plan development and update process to identify and address potential regulatory barriers to equitable transit community development. Priority Transit Communities for this Strategy • Transit communities with current high capacity transit service or expected within 10 years,and other regionally significant transit communities 33 The Growing Transit Communities Strategy I Public Review Draft ( May 2013