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<br /> The region's LINK light rail investment corridors are at different stages of planning and development. The overall South
<br /> Corridor,for example, contains a portion of the rail system that has been operational since June 2009. The southern
<br /> portion of the corridor, however, has not yet begun formal planning and can benefit significantly from lessons learned,
<br /> such as the need to reach agreements with transit agencies so they acquire appropriately sized (re-developable) parcels
<br /> that can be later acquired and developed for public benefit purposes (affordable housing or economic development).
<br /> Similarly, the jurisdictions centrally involved in the East Corridor(Mercer Island, Bellevue, and Redmond)have largely
<br /> completed station area siting and route alignment planning processes, as well as extensive local planning efforts.6
<br /> However, more detailed implementation strategies are now necessary.Along the North Corridor,some construction is
<br /> underway in Seattle; however, alignment planning and station area identification still needs to take place further north.
<br /> Therefore,the specific activities in each corridor planning process under this task will differ according to local
<br /> circumstances and planning stage. Generally, however, they will consider and address land use planning,environmental
<br /> planning,transportation planning and affordable housing planning:
<br /> Land Use Planning Environmental/Other Transportation Planning
<br /> Planning Issues
<br /> • Relationship to VISION 2040 Regional • Development of detailed • Coordination of transportation and
<br /> Growth Strategy strategies to address transit agencies to ensure access,
<br /> • Overview of development opportunities environmental issues in TOD choices, and intermodal connections
<br /> • Appropriate densities, mix, distribution areas, including air and water • Local community involvement in
<br /> • Potential for inclusionary and incentive quality selecting station areas and route
<br /> zoning,transfer of development rights, • Tool box for green building and alignments that provide equity in
<br /> etc. construction techniques, connecting housing and job centers
<br /> • Preservation and rehabilitation including:sustainable design • Detailed implementation plans for
<br /> strategies for affordable housing and practices, zero-emission building multimodal connectivity to light rail
<br /> commercial space standards, energy saving stations and other transit-nodes
<br /> • Parking minimums/maximums principles, permeable pavement • Attention to transit service planning
<br /> • Surplus public land disposition for and other water management for enhanced job access, including
<br /> public benefit techniques for low-income communities
<br /> • Incentives to encourage detailed local • Processes that allow for public- • Coordinated capital funding strategy
<br /> station area planning,TOD code private partnerships for around TOD areas along each
<br /> revisions, transfers of development infrastructure to be planned, corridor
<br /> rights,electric car charging stations, phased, and funded in TOD areas
<br /> other best land use practices,etc. • Identification of specific properties Health Planning
<br /> • Other land use and zoning policies that for use as affordable/workforce • Seattle-King County and Tacoma-
<br /> promote equitable development and housing based on location criteria Pierce County Health Departments
<br /> provide opportunities to low-income and general concepts/principles to provide technical assistance on
<br /> residents and communities of color, • Alignment with priority integrating health and planning,for
<br /> such as development fee waivers, conservation areas to ensure example, through health impact
<br /> property tax exemptions, public service preservation of natural space& assessment training and/or provision
<br /> provisions,etc. important ecological functions. of customized analysis of community
<br /> • Assess tools and needs for health data.
<br /> brownfield redevelopment
<br /> Affordable Housing Planning Local governments play a vital role when it comes to housing and housing production,
<br /> and a number of tools and strategies are available to local govemments to encourage housing diversity and promote
<br /> affordability. While communities have distinct needs, many tools can be applied in a manner that is tailored to local
<br /> 6 See,e.g.,Bel-Red ConidorPlan:http://www.ci.bellevue.wa.us/pdf/PCD/Bel-Red Brochure 2.pdf
<br /> Growing Transit Communities Consortium Agreement Attachment B:Work Program
<br /> Cooperative Agreement Instrument No.WARIP0042-10
<br /> DRAFT May 13,2011
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