www.livabilitylane.org

What is the Lane Livability Consortium?

Participating AgenciesCity of EugeneCity of SpringfieldLane CountyLane Transit DistrictLane Council of GovernmentsHousing and Community Services Agency of Lane County St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane CountyEugene Water & Electric BoardCentral Lane Metropolitan Planning OrganizationOregon Department of TransportationUniversity of OregonUnited Way of Lane County

A coalition of 12 entities including local government, regional planning, nonprofit, and educational agencies and organizations.

Formed to apply for and manage the implementation of $1.45 million HUD Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant.

With direction from participating agencies, the Consortium is carrying out a collection of initiatives to advance issues of regional importance.

Federal Partnership for Sustainable Communities

DOT, HUD, and EPA formed Partnership for Sustainable Communities to find ways to advance and leverage efforts of three agencies.

Organized around six livability principles

Sustainable Communities grant is signature effort. Lane County is one of 74 grantees

Grant award comes with access to multiple sources of technical assistance

Our region also has “preferred sustainability status” for other grant programs under the PSC umbrella

Central Lane Community Context

Largest metro area between Portland and San Francisco

Regional center for government, health care, education, business, retail, human services, culture, and entertainment

Strong community vision for how to grow and development.

Overall decline of economic

base and the result is fewer living wage jobs for residents

One in five households live in poverty.

Changing Community Conditions

Demographic and socioeconomic shifts including growing diversity and aging population

Diminishing governmental, nonprofit, and private resources

Dynamic interagency working environment but with a history of partnerships

Rapid changes in state and federal policies, programs and resources

Regional Plans - Frameworks for Action

Local plans are tied directly or indirectly to statewide planning goals and federal resources

Plans collect and analyze community needs and data, identify community goals, establish key policies, and prioritize use of resources

Dynamic local environment for how we do planning

Strategic Approach for use of Grant Funds Support efforts of existing

agencies and interagency forums.

Use grant resources to gain a better 50,000 foot view of work across agencies.

Advance previously identified priorities and pressing needs.

Identify new opportunities and creative spaces for collective impact among multiple agencies.

Focus on core areas of housing, transportation, economic development, and public health

Strategically connect use of federal resources from multiple agencies

Housing

Transportation

EconomicProsperity

Public Health

Lane Livability Consortium Focus Areas

Seven Primary Focus AreasFinding creative spaces to build cross-sector interagency collaborations and capacityBaseline Assessment of plans, public engagement, and dataConsider ways to better align plans and develop a better understand how plans translate into investments and actionIdentify and fill “plan gaps” in community resiliency, economic prosperity, public health, and equityDevelop tools for enhanced decision making processesAdvance catalytic projectsBuild web-based resource for partners

Finding New Spaces for Interagency Collaboration and Capacity Building

Clear but Flexible StructureMOU and Funding agreements in place for all consortium members.Work guided by a Project Management team and as well as the entire Consortium meetings.

Many LeadersMany different partners lead specific tasks while other participated as supporting team members.

Broad and Creative EngagementMany other partners engaged through specific tasks. Frequent use of key informant interviews, workshops, and small group sessions.Frequent use of Technical Assistance offered through HUD to build local knowledge and capacity.

Baseline Assessment of Plans and Engagement

Assessment of Regional PlansCreate a road map of existing plans, assessment framework for comparing plans, identification of synergies and gaps, and core area reports.

Public EngagementAssess current public engagement methods for existing plans.Engage Latino people to better understand how best to involve them, understand their needs, and identify appropriate indicators.

Data Inventory and PlanDevelop a better understanding of how data and analyses need to evolve to support planning and decisionmaking.

Explore Alignment of Plans and Moving Plans to Action

Integration and Alignment of PlansExplore how a revised Metro Plan may evolve to adapt to new planning paradigms and address objectives shared by Springfield, Eugene, and Lane County.

Better Understand how Plans translate into ActionCapital Improvement Plans and agency budgeting processes frequently determine whether or not plans move forward. This project will create a better understanding how long-range plans are carried into shorter range capital improvement plans and budgets and potential synergies.

Lane County

Springfield

Eugene

Fill Content Gaps in Existing Plans

Community Vulnerability AssessmentAssess impacts of natural hazards/disasters and climate change to community-wide systems.

Integrating Health into PlanningIntegrate health needs and impacts into community plans.

Equity and Opportunity AssessmentExplore issues of equity, access, and opportunity through use of data, analysis, and engagement.

Advance Economic ProsperityCreate new partnerships to identify and analyze local industry clusters and identify ways to support those clusters

Develop Tools for Enhanced Decisionmaking

Regional Scenario PlanningExpand regional scenario planning conducted under HB 2001 to include consideration of health, equity, and economic prosperity impacts.

Using Triple Bottom Line to inform ProjectsWill result in general methods and tools any jurisdiction can use to make cost-effective and transparent decisions to advance community goals.

Using Triple Bottom Line to Inform PlansDevelop and apply a triple bottom line framework to development of the Eugene Transportation System Plan.

Advance Catalytic Projects

Create a Comprehensive Approach for the Franklin CorridorDevelop a stronger collective vision for the future of the Franklin Corridor with stronger connections among its transportation, land use, parks, housing, and other elements.

Advance Brownfields RedevelopmentForm coalition to successfully make case for $680,000 brownfields assessment grant from the Environmental Protection Agency.

Manufacturing Communities PartnershipEconomic cluster work created basis for MCP application to EDA

Create a web-based resource for

local partners – www.livabilitylane.org Create a collection of tools and resources for community partnersThe Livability Lane website and toolkit include a wealth of information including:All reports and products developed through the Sustainable Communities grantAccess to a searchable database of community plansSummaries of key findings Collections of other reports, websites, and resources according to nine topic areas www.livabilitylane.org