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Page 12 of,19 Develop recommendations and guidance for local comprehensive plan updates, including progress in meeting housing goals, monitoring and reporting (May 2011–September 2013) • Task B2.9: Develop draft and final evaluation reports on outcomes, including Equity Network sub-grants and participation in corridor compact efforts (September-December 2013) Metrics and Results: Quarterly and monthly meetings of corridor task forces; agreement on more specific equitable TOD principles; existing conditions reports for corridors; progress reports; broad community acceptance of unique visions and roles for corridor station areas; understanding of gaps and limitations in local development regulations; local commitments to regulatory and other changes to facilitate TOD; and corridor-based compacts;changes to local zoning codes and development regulations. ELEMENT C:CATALYST DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS Meeting the goals and objectives of VISION 2040 and the Partnership for Sustainable Communities requires a tremendous amount of commitment and creativity at the local level. Current economic and fiscal conditions have constrained the ability of local governments and their partners to develop and approve innovative projects. Demonstration projects can serve as tangible, proven models for how to effectively and efficiently achieve economic, housing, transportation, and environmental objectives simultaneously. Demonstration of new techniques and approaches can provide lessons for others, reduce risk, and catalyze additional beneficial development in specific neighborhoods. Grant funds in this proposal will leverage local resources, and support detailed pre-development planning,environmental review, and policy changes to catalyze redevelopment in two high-priority, regionally significant multimodal transit hubs. Task Cl: Northgate TOD Catalyst Investment Strategy(North Corridor). King County is uniquely positioned to implement a catalytic project of regional significance in Seattle's 500-acre Northgate Regional Growth Center,one of the 27 designated regional centers intended to accommodate a significant amount of growth.The City of Seattle has adopted targets to accommodate approximately 86,000 housing units and 150,000 jobs citywide over the next 25 years. The City's success in attracting that growth to its six designated Regional Growth Centers will help ensure we meet VISION 2040 goals. The Northgate TOD Catalyst Investment Strategy will combine workforce TOD housing,enhanced multimodal access for regional transit users, and a range of pedestrian and bicycle improvements to fully integrate the site into the City's larger growth strategy for the transformation of Northgate into a full-fledged urban center. This will also directly support regionally adopted growth management plans that emphasize high-density, transit-supported mixed-use growth centers. In partnership with the City of Seattle, Sound Transit, Seattle Housing Authority, North Seattle Community College (NSCC), and other key public agencies, King County Department of Transportation will lead pre-development and conceptual design work within the grant period. This window of opportunity is aligned with the critical path set by Sound Transit's Northgate Station design completion in the next two to three years, right-of-way acquisition, construction beginning in 2016, as well as the City's efforts to rezone the Northgate Regional Growth Center to higher densities in support of new light rail service. By seizing the opportunity to meet multiple Sustainable Communities objectives,the Northgate TOD Investment Strategy will address:the region's affordable housing needs (particularly in this higher-priced north Seattle submarket); a commitment to integrated neighborhood-scale development; improved environmental performance(e.g., improved Thornton Creek water quality); and dramatic mobility improvements and regional accessibility benefitting the transit-dependent community college population (NSCC)and retail/service workers in the Northgate area. King County is working with Public Health Seattle-King County to explore the potential to employ Health Impact Assessment(HIA) methodologies to assess potential TOD impacts (e.g., safe, healthy and affordable housing, safe and accessible pedestrian linkages, noise and air quality)on public health outcomes. Future development at Northgate is likely to include over 500 units of housing. Based on recent surveys of the residents of the adjacent Thornton Place development—which has over 150 rental units and 150 for sale units—many of the Growing Transit Communities Consortium Agreement Attachment B:Work Program Cooperative Agreement Instrument No.WARIP0042-10 DRAF I.May 13,2011