Public Vision SessionsOctober 7 – October 17, 2013

Topics

What is Vibrant NEO 2040?

What has happened so far?

Where are we today?

What is the Proposed Regional Vision?

Q&A

WHAT IS VIBRANT

NEO 2040?

What is Vibrant NEO 2040?

A regional visioning

and decision-making

framework for

Northeast Ohio

Creating a more vibrant, resilient, and

sustainable region

• Northeast Ohio Sustainable Communities

Consortium (NEOSCC)

Regional, county, and local government

Non-profit and private sector

• Supported by team of local and national

experts

• Northeast Ohio residents—all of you!

Who is Vibrant NEO 2040?

A Year of Learning

LEARN ACT

Build Capacity

2013 Beyond

WHAT HAS

HAPPENED SO FAR?

Technical Workstream Areas

STRONG ECONOMIC

BASE

Community-Focused

Economic Development

Strategies

COMMUNITIES

Equitable Housing Access

and Quality

ENVIRONMENTS

Built Environment and

Natural Systems

CONNECTIONS

Regional Mobility and

Transit Options

QUALITY CONNECTED

PLACES

Place Based Community

Design and Integrated Capital

Investment Strategies

ENGAGEMENT

DATA/GIS

cat.neoscc.org

NEO Conditions and Trends Platform

• 31 Findings

organized under

5 Themes

• Developed by

NEOSCC’s 5

Workstreams

Vibrant NEO 2040 Implementation Products

DASHBOARD Measuring progress and

inspiring us toward our

goals.

TOOL KIT &

BEST PRACTICES Implementing and sustaining

the vision across the region.

POLICY

RECOMMENDATIONS Supporting and advancing

our vision and goals.

PILOT PROGRAMS Proving and highlighting

our vision and goals.

Four action products to

turn our vision into reality

“Where are we

headed currently?”

“What are the

possibilities?”

“Where do we

want to go?”

Open Houses

July 29 – Aug 2

August - DecemberMay - JulyJanuary - April

The Scenario Planning Process

Vision Sessions

Oct 7 – Oct 17aWorkshops

April 30 – May 1

Regional

VisionInitiation and

“Trend” Scenario

Alternative

Scenarios

BASED ON EXISTING TRENDS

2040

WHERE ARE WE

TODAY?

Vision Development Schedule

Proposed

Regional Vision

September October November

Public ReviewFinal Regional

Vision

We are here!

The vision shown today is a draft

We need your feedback!

Vibrant NEO

2040: A Vision & Framework

for Our Future

Data

Vibrant NEO 2040 Material Outputs

Work

Products

Software

• History

• Current Conditions

• Trends

• Scenarios

• Vision,

Recommendations,

and Guidelines

WHAT IS THE

PROPOSED

REGIONAL VISION?

What is the Regional Vision?

• An aspirational future for Northeast Ohio, built upon public

engagement, and accompanied by a set of

recommendations and tools to help make it a reality

• Vision elements:

• Objectives

• Maps

• Indicators and targets

• Recommendations

How did we make the vision?

Objective

Findings

Values

Regional

Vision

• Workstreams

• Regional Analysis of

Impediments to Fair

Housing Choice

(Regional AI) & Fair

Housing and Equity

Assessment (FHEA)

• Conditions & Trends

• Scenarios

• Statistically Valid Surveys

• Workshops

• ImagineMyNEO

• Open Houses

• On-going Outreach

OBJECTIVES

Vision Objectives

Overarching theme: promote

investment in our established

communities

Vision ObjectivesVision Objectives

Protect our soil, water, air, and

ecologically sensitive areas

Improve our regional fiscal

health

Vision Objectives

Develop our regional economy

with accessible employment

opportunities

Vision Objectives

Enhance our regional

transportation network

Vision Objectives

Cultivate and celebrate our local

assets and places of public

value

Vision Objectives

Expand our parks and open

space network

Vision Objectives

Preserve our prime farmland

Vision Objectives

Where are we currently

heading as a region?

• Increasing

abandonment in

urban areas

• New dispersed

development at

edges of metro

areas on land that

is currently

agricultural or

undeveloped

• Increasing

distance between

people and jobs

• Limited

transportation

options other than

personal vehicles

Where are we currently

heading as a region?

Where do we want to be in 2040?

• Strengthen

established

communities

• Diversity of

neighborhoods

and place types

• Diversity of

transportation

options

• Reinvest in

legacy cities and

established towns

and villages

• Preserve

agriculture and

natural character

of rural

landscapes

3 Themes

Strengthen Established

Communities

Current Trend: Outward MigrationResults:• Increasing abandonment risk

• Mounting infrastructure costs

• Rising transportation costs, increased

distances, fewer transportation options

(other than car)

Current trends will result in declining fiscal health

across the region

-0.3%

Public Feedback

Polling Question: We should invest in existing

communities to create new jobs and housing

Outward vs Inward Development

Dispersed vs Compact Development

Community Categorization by Growth Patterns

Legacy Cities (Pre 1910)Akron, Canton, Cleveland, Elyria, Lorain, Warren,

Youngstown

1st Ring Suburbs (1910-1959)Cleveland Heights, Wickliffe, Sheffield, Parma, Mogadore, East

Canton, Howland, etc.

2nd Ring Suburbs (1950-1969)Orange, Eastlake, Norton, Fairlawn, Boardman,

Liberty, North Olmstead, etc.

Outer Ring Suburbs (1970-present)Bainbridge, Avon, Westlake, Twinsburgh, Bazetta, etc.

Established Cities & Towns (varies)Medina, Painesville, Ravenna, Wooster, Niles,

Ashtabula, Kent, Oberlin, etc.

Rural Townships (varies)Parkman, Wellington, Westfield, Hiram, Wyndham,

Saybrook, Jackson, Gustavus

Place Types

City

Community Categorization by Growth Patterns

Legacy Cities (Pre 1910)Akron, Canton, Cleveland, Elyria, Lorain, Warren,

Youngstown

1st Ring Suburbs (1910-1959)Cleveland Heights, Wickliffe, Sheffield, Parma, Mogadore, East

Canton, Howland, etc.

2nd Ring Suburbs (1950-1969)Orange, Eastlake, Norton, Fairlawn, Boardman,

Liberty, North Olmsted, etc.

Outer Ring Suburbs (1970-present)Bainbridge, Avon, Westlake, Twinsburgh, Bazetta, etc.

Established Cities & Towns (varies)Medina, Painesville, Ravenna, Wooster, Niles,

Ashtabula, Kent, Oberlin, etc.

Rural Townships (varies)Parkman, Wellington, Westfield, Hiram, Wyndham,

Saybrook, Jackson, Gustavus

95% 91%

86%

Workshop Map Activity

Public Feedback

Local Examples

2040: A Diversity of Strong Communities

• Encourage infill

and reinvestment

in Legacy Cities

and existing towns

and villages

• Customize

strategies based

on local

challenges

• Expand compact

housing options

• Provide a range of

housing types, but

account for the

long-term costs of

building and

maintaining them

HOW DO WE GET THERE?

Sample Recommendations

• Promote infill development in established cities and towns

• Develop a robust network of regional centers connected by

multimodal corridors

• Maximize investment in existing roads before building new

ones

2040: A Diversity of Strong Communities

2040: Strategic Nodes

Sample Recommendation:

Coordinate regionally on remediation, preparation, and

marketing of industrial sites

2040: A Diversity of Strong Communities

HOW DO WE GET THERE?

Increase

Transportation Choice

Current TrendsOutward migration + dispersed development results in increased distance

between people, jobs, and other destinations

Of NEO residents spend

>25% of their income on

transportation

(15% is considered

affordable)

In average daily

vehicle miles traveled

per capita since 1990

Sources:

Costs: H+T Affordability Index - http://htaindex.cnt.org/map/

VMT: Ohio Department of Transportation, Division of Planning, Office of Technical

Services. (1990-2011). Daily vehicle miles traveled reports

(http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Pages/DVMT.aspx

People are spending

more money on

transportation . . .

. . . and more time in

their cars

Meanwhile, the

density of new

dispersed

development is too

low to support public

transit service,

increasing

reliance on

cars

Public Feedback

Ideal Community Character ResultsTransportation Investment

Local Example

• Expand public transit

network

• Improve coordination

between transit

investments and land

use

• Focus major

developments

around transit nodes

• Provide for all

modes: vehicles,

public transit,

walking, and

bicycling

2040: Connected Communities

HOW DO WE GET THERE?

Expanded Public Transit Network

2040: Connected Communities

HOW DO WE GET THERE?

Expanded Public Transit Network

2040: Connected Communities

Sample Recommendations

• Enhance and integrate regional public transit services

• Make walking, biking, and transit better and more

accessible mobility choices

• Develop a robust network of regional centers connected

by multimodal corridors

2040: Connected Communities

HOW DO WE GET THERE?

Preserve and protect

natural resources

Open space conservation has been

increasing in the region . . .

Dispersed development away from existing

communities creates significant impacts on

water quality and valued rural landscapes

29% of

Ohio’s

principal

streams and

large rivers

are impaired

for aquatic

life*

*http://www.epa.ohio.go

v/portals/35/tmdl/2010Int

Report/Section_B.pdf

Public Feedback

Environmental Regulations

ImagineMyNEO Priorities

Local Examples

2040: Robust Open Space Networks

• Expand existing

open space

network:

• Large

protected

areas

• Riparian

corridors

• Scattered

conservation

&

neighborhood

parks

• Greenway network

links communities,

park resources,

and Lake Erie

Sample Recommendations

• Develop a regional approach to knowledge sharing,

coordination, and action on water and soil resources

• Introduce ecological functions to vacant and

underutilized urban land as well as public land where

such treatments are effective and appropriate

• Partner with individual landowners and organizations to

secure ecologically and agriculturally valuable land for

future use

2040: Robust Open Space Networks

HOW DO WE GET THERE?

Vibrant NEO 2040: Proposed

Regional Vision

How will your feedback be incorporated?

• Gauge of overall support…critical for regional leadership

buy-in

• Revise objectives and recommendations

• Fill in potential gaps

• New connections with individuals and organizations

“Where are we

headed currently?”

“What are the

possibilities?”

“Where do we

want to go?”

Open Houses

July 29 – Aug 2

August - DecemberMay - JulyJanuary - April

The Scenario Planning Process

Vision Sessions

Oct 7 – Oct 17aWorkshops

April 30 – May 1

Regional

VisionInitiation and

“Trend” Scenario

Alternative

Scenarios

Vision, Framework and Products

Presentation

MPO/COGS 12/2 – 12/12

NEOSCC Board Mtg 12/17

THANK YOU!