Title:استفاده از LEED برای توسعه محله برای تقویت پایداری شهرداری شما

۲۰۱۳-۰۶-۲۸ این وب‌کست فقط برای مشاهده در دسترس است، برای اعتبار AICP CM قابل استفاده نیست. ارائه دهندگان: کیسی استادهالتر، مارگارت بایرلی، جنی نولون بلانچارد، جان دالزل USGBC و مرکز حقوقی استفاده از زمین در دانشگاه پیس اخیراً دو منبع جدید و رایگان را راه اندازی کرده اند تا به شهرداری ها کمک کنند تا از سیستم رتبه بندی LEED برای توسعه محله برای حمایت از اهداف برنامه ریزی پایدار خود استفاده کنند. در حالی که گواهینامه تحت سیستم رتبه بندی اغلب برای پروژه های توسعه مناسب است، بسیاری از عناصر سیستم رتبه بندی می توانند به عنوان یک ابزار منبع باز برای تقویت تلاش های برنامه ریزی دولت محلی مورد استفاده قرار گیرند. این دو منبع با جزئیات فراوان روش‌هایی را که در آنها می‌توان از سیستم رتبه‌بندی برای تبدیل آن‌ها به اقدام مستقیم برای برنامه‌ریزان با نمونه‌های مطالعه موردی متعدد استفاده کرد، بررسی می‌کند.

قسمتي از متن فيلم: Hello everyone and welcome to this webcast my name is ben frost i’m the coordinator of the planning webcast series consortium it’s now one o’clock so we’ll begin our presentation shortly today we’ll have a presentation on utilizing leed neighborhood lead for neighborhood development to strengthen your municipal sustainability efforts

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Just search planning webcast on youtube and a pdf of the powerpoint will be made available on request at this time i’d like to introduce our speakers for today’s webcast moderating today’s panel is casey studhalter casey is a member of the lead for neighborhood development team at the u.s green building council working on

Market-facing efforts to assist projects pursuing certification and to increase leed nd’s reach he focuses on supporting local government use of the rating system and its use in creating affordable sustainable communities for all meg byerly is a staff attorney at the land use law center at pace law school

In white plains new york there she works on center projects related to renewable energy distressed properties sea level rise adaptation and sustainable neighborhood development she is the principal author for several center publications including the technical guidance manual for sustainable neighborhoods john dalzell leads green green building and sustainable development initiatives

At the bra boston’s planning and economic development agency including public and internal policy initiatives mr dalzell is a member of the u.s green building council board of directors where he provides perspectives on urban design city and community development to the national board he served usgbc’s lead for neighborhood development core committee

Which drafted the nd rating system as acting chair of the usgbc location and planning technical advisory group and is a founding member founding board member of the usgbc massachusetts chapter and rounding out the panel is jenny nolan blanchard who’s a staff attorney and manager of urban programs for the

Land use law center at pace law school in white plains new york where she’s also an adjunct professor ms blanchard’s work focuses primarily on the growth of urban centers working closely with cities to address obstacles to redevelopment and sustainability she has achieved designation by the u.s green building council as a leadership

In energy and environmental design lead accredited accredited professional and currently serves as the chair elect for the apa’s planning and law division casey i’m turning the presentation over to you great thank you so much ben good afternoon thank you for those great introductions and thank you most importantly for hosting us this afternoon

And to all of you out there for joining us we’re really excited to be here today to share two recently released free resources that usgbc has created in partnership with the pace university school of law really intended to help local governments leverage the lead for neighborhood development rating system

And to support local sustainability goals the agenda here this afternoon just so everyone knows what to expect we do have 90 minutes we’ll allow plenty of time for questions at the end first off i will provide a very brief introduction to the lead for neighborhood development rating system

Then i can touch on the first of three resources that we’ve created for local governments the first of which being the local government guide then i’ll hand things over to my colleague meg who can go into depth on the technical guidance manual then we’ll be able to hear a case study from john

Dolzell’s work in boston and then we’ll close out the presentation with jenny nolan providing a description of the final resource the floating zone tool ben gave some great introductions of the panel i’ll suffice to say that i’m very lucky to be joined by a great collection of experts on the topic i

Will say all of our contact information is provided at the end so please do feel free to follow up with any questions directly after the fact many of you are likely familiar to some extent with the organization the u.s green building council the variety of lead rating systems in

The market and even perhaps lead nd in particular but because our focus is on lead nd specifically and it’s nuanced applications for local government use i will provide a very brief overview of the rating system just to really set the stage for the resources themselves i’m happy to answer any technical questions

But this i don’t want to get lost too much in the details of the rating system itself the context generally speaking for the establishment of the rating system is really comes from status quo development patterns both in the u.s and increasingly around the world generally it’s believed that sprawl is

Hard to quantify but often we know it when we see it as many of you know characterized by low density single-use landscapes separated uses and increased vehicle miles traveled the source of co2 emissions coming from our development patterns really emphasizes the importance of addressing land use as a component of

Sustainability planning at the local government level approximately 38 of carbon emissions are attributed to buildings with another 30 percent coming from the transportation sector automobiles are certainly a major contributor to those transportation related emissions and that’s why development patterns that promote alternative transportation modes are really so successful at reducing carbon emissions

This chart here from a study of urban toronto shows the opportunity present to drastically lower co2 emissions just by rethinking how we design our communities the typical suburban development represented on the chart produces over twice the carbon emissions of a more compact development with a range of land uses

According to professor chris nelson professor at the university of utah two-thirds of the structures in the u.s that will exist in 2050 will be built between now and then i think that really emphasizes the opportunity we have to change how those structures are built and laid out and their subsequent impacts

The lead for neighborhood development rating system uh was born as a result of a partnership between the congress for the new urbanism the natural resources defense council and the u.s green building council it was first conceived in 2002 and the rating system really integrates the principles of smart growth new

Urbanism and green building into what’s the first national standard for green neighborhood development each of these three principles is really an integral part of the lead nd rating system and shown in the various credit categories which i will touch on briefly each has a unique perspective and yet

They also really reinforce each other creating a very cohesive and end product again the end result is a voluntary leadership standard for neighborhood development provides a set criteria designed to help developers and designers envision sustainable communities in terms of where they’re located how they’re designed and how they perform

All around us we see automobile dependent streetscapes like this example here from arlington virginia such development patterns really don’t create a safe pedestrian environment they really require the use of a car to fulfill even simple daily needs but the vision with lead nd is that we can

Transform a streetscape such as the one you see here and are really ubiquitous throughout our communities into something else and this second slide here is came about through a visioning exercise in the columbia pike corridor again here in arlington but it shows an economically strong vibrant streetscape

Complete with a variety of modes of transportation and really a place where many of us would enjoy working living or visiting and and communities like this this kind of transformation is really what lead nd is all about encouraging and helping to create so again the the three concepts are

Really compiled into a comprehensive rating system comprised of three major credit categories each representing its respective uh purpose like the other rating systems in the lead family lead entity is voluntary and is intended to provide recognition for developments that achieve varying levels of certification it’s comprised of a series of prerequisites and credits

Again broken into three credit categories and representing the three main focus areas but you know the one thing i want to point out is our focus here today isn’t really on the traditional use of the rating system as a certification tool but like i said i’m happy to answer any questions

If that’s helpful but our view is that lead nd is somewhat unique in that it has the potential to serve as an advocacy and planning tool as well so our focus here this afternoon will be on alternative ways to use the rating system really as a framework to support municipal sustainability efforts

At the local government level so with that in mind i would like to sort of briefly mention the three focus areas to illustrate the items addressed for those that aren’t intimately familiar with the rating system the first credit category is the smart location and linkages and it really

Boils down to where the project is built focused on selecting the best site and then building on the best portion of that site it really prizes infill locations and the protection of natural resources in the sll or smart location and linkage prerequisites preferences given to locations close to existing community

Centers sites with good transit access infill sites previously developed sites and those sites that are adjacent to existing development once the location has been selected the other prerequisites call for development to be built on the right portions of that site so that natural resources such as prime farmland

Wildlife habitat and wetlands can be protected exemptions are given for previously developed land the second credit category is the neighborhood pattern in design and that’s really focused on what is built and again that the end goal here is leading to a compact complete and connected neighborhood we’ll focus on creating something that’s

Pedestrian friendly increasing walkability providing a mix of uses and ultimately establishing diverse communities the neighborhood pattern and design credit category emphasizes compact walkable vibrant neighborhoods with good connections to nearby communities these neighborhoods provide many important benefits these include efficient use of land and infrastructure opportunities to reduce driving and greenhouse gas emissions

Conservation of resources convenient access to amenities including public transit and more opportunities to walk and bicycle the third major credit category and lead for neighborhood development is the green infrastructure and building category and this really focuses on the how how it’s built incorporates many of the traditional credits

That you would come to expect from a lead rating system focusing on energy and water use reductions but given that lead nd has that neighborhood scale it’s also expanded to look at both the building and the district scale so that incorporates a focus on stormwater management and historic reuse

The overall goal of both the prerequisites and the credits in this category focus on measures that can reduce the environmental consequences of the construction and operation of buildings and infrastructure in its traditional use as a rating system using it as a certification tool for projects containing new construction and

Major renovations lead nd was designed and to be flexible and address a number of different contexts and development types we’ve seen lead nd projects very widely in their scope and character some small infill projects qualify as do large master planned communities brownfield redevelopment can score very well as can a project adjacent to

Existing development generally speaking projects do not need to be served by transit but certainly proximity to frequent transit is rewarded in the rating system when looking at lead nd as a sustainability tool it’s important for local governments to consider the rating system is intended for individual development projects it wasn’t designed

To replace or rate a comprehensive plan or a zoning code similarly lead nd is not intended to certify an entire town county or city while applicable for redevelopment lead nd was not designed to rate existing neighborhoods with no new development either usgbc has seen an interest and a need

To be able to review small area or sector plans using the rating system framework we’ve been internally exploring some sort of review or assessment process that usgbc could potentially offer for these smaller focused plans the opportunity to encourage an integrated planning process that addresses all elements of the neighborhood scale sustainability efforts

And sets up future development to incorporate the principles is a really impactful place to engage so there’s certainly an interest an interest brewing and many discussions happening so stay tuned for those details and sort of opportunities as they arise the certification process is really more applicable to a project that’s considering pursuing certification

Generally speaking you can see the rating system aligns with typical project phasing ranging all the way from site selection through occupancy with various stages accounting for the the various levels of development there are several ways that lead nd can be used as a framework for new sustainable development

For example lead nd encourages the efficient use of infrastructure and high performance buildings which can result in reduced life cycle costs lead nd can also be used as a tool to meet greenhouse gas reduction targets and as a best practice manual for new development usgbc has produced a number of resources

To help local governments utilize the rating system and really leverage its framework while not necessarily using it as a traditional certification tool the first of these resources is the local government guide to lead nd it’s a free resource available for download on our website at usgbc.org

I’ll put the webcam the web address on the screen here in a moment the local government guide provides a great primer for how to utilize lead nd to support those local sustainability efforts it’s a great place to start for those unfamiliar with the rating system and or those

Just sort of exploring its potential applications whereas the technical guidance manual and the floating zone which we’ll be discussing in much greater detail here in a minute are more specific and provide some even greater detailed resources looking at the framework or the structure of the local government guide here just to start with

I’ll touch on a few highlights before i turn things over to my colleagues this document is broken down into four different approaches different ways to consider using lead nd again to sort of leverage your local sustainability planning efforts there are a number of case studies provided in the document again it’s

Available for free download so i encourage you to check that out the first of those categories is lead by example we really see that jurisdictions can lead by example either through direct project involvement or by setting goals and making commitments that really set the tone and expectations for future growth in the area

A variety of strategies as you can see there on the screen fall into this lead by example category and the document goes into greater detail on each of those the second category or the second approach in the local government guide looks at actions a local government might take

Really removing the barriers to future development one of the most meaningful ways to support use of lead for neighborhood development from a local government perspective is to ensure that a jurisdiction zone encodes regulations and policies are supportive of the program and its principles rather than immediately adding a new

Area of regulation a jurisdiction can take a fresh look at existing regulations to identify any possible structural barriers the third strategy available to local governments is to provide incentives many local governments have found structural and financial incentives to be an effective strategy to encourage green buildings and development structural or development incentives

Include density bonuses and expedited review or permitting which are implemented at low or no cost to government authorities and encourage developers to adopt green practices financial incentives which are not always feasible during tough economic times could include tax credits and abatements fee reductions or waivers and grants the final strategy local governments can

Use is to provide technical assistance and education sustainable development requires an integrated collaborative and interdisciplinary approach plus access to support expertise and high quality data there are a number of low or no cost ways that we’ve identified for jurisdictions to encourage developers to undertake lead nd by providing direct technical assistance and education

And again many of those are elaborated in the guide as well as supporting case studies all of the resources that we’re discussing today are all available for free download from the usgbc website the best address for the neighborhood development landing page is usgbc.org forward slash nd from there you’re able to navigate to

Information on the rating system and download any of the resources we’ve discussed here today with that i will turn things over to my colleague mate byerly to discuss the technical guidance manual okay thank you casey after a two-year process the u.s green building council and land use law center

Released the technical guidance manual for sustainable neighborhoods along with its companion neighborhood development floating zone in december 2012. we cannot have produced and released these two important resources without generous financial support from the fund for the environment and urban life of the orem foundation as well as the

Natural resources defense council and we thank both organizations heartily for their contributions the lead nd writing system is recognized as a national standard for green neighborhood design and as such provides a powerful tool that local governments can use to support and encourage sustainable development within their communities the technical guidance manual for

Sustainable neighborhoods builds on the local government guide that casey just described by drilling deep into the lead-in d rating system to demonstrate ways municipalities can integrate criteria from lead nd’s prerequisites and credits directly into local initiatives facilitating this process by presenting the information in a format that mirrors most local plans and codes

The manual sections parallel a typical municipality’s land development plan’s codes and policies it essentially reorganizes criteria from the rating systems three categories into the typical sections found in local plans and land development regulations the manual begins by presenting strategies for integrating lead nd criteria into local comprehensive plans

And special area plans followed by strategies for incorporating lead nd criteria into traditional zoning code sections and site plan and subdivision regulations as well as other land use development standards such as building codes it also introduces strategies for including the criteria and non-regulatory initiatives as well as ways to streamline the project review

And approval process and provide incentives and assistance for sustainable neighborhood development each section of the manual references the prerequisites and credits of the 2009 lead nd rating system and presents local best practice examples and detailed case studies to illustrate its recommended strategies planners can use this manual in several ways

First a municipality can use it as an evaluation tool to audit existing plans codes and policies systematically against the lead nd criteria in the manual strategies this evaluation process reveals barriers to the strategies and helps planners determine how well local initiatives promote sustainable development latel later we’ll hear oh sorry moving on

A municipality also can use the manual to create a comprehensive approach to sustainable neighborhood development by completely overhauling its land development plans regulations and policies for example cheyenne wyoming used the lead nd rating system to translate broad broad sustainability language from its comprehensive plan into its new unified development code

Which was a comprehensive revision of the city’s subdivision regulations zoning ordinance and design guidelines the udc incorporates lead nd strategies into standards for mixed-use residential commercial activity centers and employment districts and adds specifications for lot frontage setbacks building heights and lot coverage that promote walkable urban environments alternatively planners can identify

Specific neighborhoods within a community that are appropriate for sustainable development and apply the manual strategy solely to those target areas through a special area plan a new zoning district or some other mechanism such as an overlay or floating zone soon we’ll hear from john dalzell of the boston redevelopment authority about

Boston’s columbia point master plan a special area plan for the columbia point neighborhood that includes master plan requirements that align with the lead nd criteria i’ll now describe each section of the manual in more detail and highlight some of its strategies and best practice examples from across the nation to

Illustrate how planners can use the manual in their own communities i’ll begin by describing the planning section of the manual this section is organized by typical local comprehensive plan which generally includes elements for land use public facilities transportation and circulation housing civic services natural and historic resources and economic development among

Others the manual shows municipalities how to provide a planning foundation for regulatory initiatives that support sustainable development by using lead on d criteria to incorporate corresponding planning principles into appropriate comprehensive plan elements or other plans such as special area plans which are also known as small area plans master plans or specific plans

The manual does this by showing how planners can convert ld intent language and criteria into analogous planning goals and actions by intent language and criteria i’m referring to the general statement of intent and specific performance thresholds or prescriptive measures embodied in each each lead nd prerequisite and credit

The manual lists a comprehensive plan strategy for each of the typical planning elements each comprehensive plan strategy lists related lead nd prerequisites and credits presents planning goals developed using intent language from those lead nd prerequisites and credits and describes planning actions or implementation measures that derive from the specific lead id criteria

The manual includes comprehensive plan strategies to encourage sustainable land uses to apply green development principles to new and existing public facilities to provide sustainable transportation and circulation and infrastructure excuse me to create sustainable housing to provide improved access to civic waste disposal and recreational services to protect natural

And historic resources and to support green economic development initiatives although the planning section of the manual uses typical comprehensive plan elements to organize lead nd planning goals and actions into strategies a local government can choose to arrange these goals and actions in many different ways within its comprehensive

Plan or special area plans based on its unique planning objectives to illustrate i’ll describe parts of the manual’s comprehensive plan strategy for our typical land use element the land use planning strategy includes planning goals and actions to ensure appropriate locations for redevelopment and new development to promote diverse land uses

To encourage compact development to promote building at a pedestrian friendly scale to contr to construct building frontage that encourages walking to maximize solar access to encourage on-site renewable energy and to support district heating and cooling systems the land use element strategy begins by recommending planning goals and actions

To ensure future development is cited in sustainable locations these goals and planning actions derive from sll prerequisite 1 smart location and sll credit 1 preferred locations recommended planning goals include encouraging redevelopment of existing communities with infrastructure reducing vehicle trips increasing walking and bicycling reducing adverse environmental and public health effects and conserving

Natural and financial resources recommended planning actions to achieve these goals involve locating future development within sites served by existing water and wastewater water infrastructure or within a legally adopted publicly owned planned water and wastewater service area as well as locating future development on infill sites on previously developed sites on

Sites adjacent to existing street connectivity meaning a minimum number of publicly accessible street intersections per square mile and locating development on sites near transit with high transit service as well as on sites near many existing neighborhood uses other related planning actions include prioritizing public infrastructure repairs improvements and enhancements in

Existing neighborhoods with additional development capacity and incentivizing private insult development along with planning language that shows where future development should occur the land use element strategy also recommends including planning goals and actions that steer future development away from the sensitive parts of a community’s environment using planning language derived from sll prerequisites

Two through five that prioritize natural resource conservation here the recommended planning goal is to protect important natural resources from development related planning actions involve protecting habitat for imperiled species in ecological communities protecting wetlands and water bodies and protecting important agricultural soils as well as floodplains delaney’s element strategy also

Recommends planning goals and actions to encourage diverse land uses for example the strategy includes a recommended goal to group land uses in accessible neighborhoods and regional centers to reduce vehicle miles traveled and encouraged walking biking and transit use the related planning action involves allowing a variety of uses such as food

Retail community serving retail services and civic or community facilities within a walking distance of nearby residences this planning goal and action derives from npd credit 3 mixed-use neighborhood centers the final planning recommendation i’ll describe from the land use element strategy involves planning goals and actions to promote sustainable design

Standards for buildings this planning language derives from npd prerequisite one and credit one walkable streets the recommended planning goal is to promote walking by providing a safe and appealing street environment for pedestrians related actions to achieve this gold include placing principal functional building entries on front facades that

Face a public space such as a street park or plaza as well as placing building entries at frequent intervals along streets and sidewalks other planning actions include creating ground floor retail and non-residential and mixed-use projects and installing clear glass facades for ground-level retail service or trade uses further these planning actions

Prioritize limiting blank walls along building facades keeping ground level retail service and trade windows visible and unshuttered at night and building elevated finished floors for ground floor dwell residential units i’ll now turn it over to john dalzell to present a case study of boston’s columbia point master plan which

Provides a great example of how a local government can use lead nd to help create cleaning language johnny they’re having trouble hearing you forgive me all uh how is that now that’s great much better thanks it’s amazing when you turn off the mute button um thank you all let me uh jump right

Into this um columbia point came before us uh driven in part by a number of property owners having proposed significant ideas for redevelopment in the area in fact there’s probably the potential for four different lead nd projects in the columbia point master plan area today it’s a

Mix of uses in in the broad area anchored by an mbta redline uh train station that provides um quick access to downtown boston it’s also a beautiful site jetting out into boston harbor with the jfk memorial library as a sort of beacon at the tip of columbia point most of the projects are

Situated along the main arterial which you can see sort of running top to bottom in the slide the plan proposes to actually change uses that are out there now including a convention center uh kind of suburban low density office building uh boston globes uh printing operations and um

Actually a few large uh vacant sites the the city recognizing that all these projects needed to be coordinated set about working with the community to create a master plan and with a keen eye on sustainability what we decided to do was use the lead for neighborhood development rating system

Throughout the master planning process for this work we put out an rfp and hired a local planning firm with uh some various partners and in that work we actually required that they utilize the rating system throughout the process you know and and make it visible to uh the community and all the stakeholders

Participating i’m trying to there we go um relative to elite nd uh this was a a very unconventional use we had had some experience with this running lead nd in the background of other planning processes in the city so as we were moving through those would take our master plan recommendations

Uh and and screen them against the lead nd rating system seeing what kinds of things scored well but didn’t score well even things that were missed for this we also wanted to make sure that the master plan recommendations aligned with lead nd criteria because we would through our

Boston zoning code require projects of this scale to uh meet specific lead nd outcomes we also wanted to use this to promote sustainability in the area and thought that this might actually be a very different approach to the sustainability conversation with the community so we set out with some fairly

Straightforward tasks we would be evaluating the master plan its recommendations against uh meeting the prerequisites and criterias we did want to see what the aggregate score would be and we were going to use that to set a requirement for future projects so when these development projects came in

We wanted to comfortably be able to say we expect you to achieve this kind of lead nd outcome we certainly saw uh opportunity in this for improving the master plan so finding gaps or uh strengthening uh particular recommendations especially where lead indie provides a great deal

Of uh best practice and detail on what um what kinds of outcomes we were seeking and then we um uh we wanted to include specific lead nd criteria in the master plan to that point this is a page from the master plan and what you see and

I hope the graphic is clear to you is to me those are green leaves that have accompanied specific master plan recommendations um where they are green leaf they’re actually drawing directly from the lead nd rating system and we we actually found ourselves doing that quite frequently throughout the master plan recommendation and

And thought that was really a a pretty interesting outcome and these are just more uh indications of the same thing um the the work actually made very clear to us that we could very reasonably require a lead in the silver outcome of all projects going forward but that we wanted to uh

Set the have each development set its goal as at the gold level we felt very comfortable that they could achieve that too but use this kind of more conservative approach to uh uh you know set an absolute floor of lead nv silver um there were a few interesting

Takeaways from this process that i don’t think we really expected one of which is uh for those who are out there regularly doing community planning and dealing with experienced community organizations a lot of folks have come to see sustainability as meeting denser development and taller buildings

And we we faced that kind of a challenge here in boston on a regular basis what we hadn’t expected was how much of a good housekeeping seal of approval lead nd function is and so while uh i would say people had varying degrees of understanding around sustainability

Um without even debating the merits of different outcomes such as density they really saw uh following this national third party guideline as a a very legitimate evaluation of sustainability and frankly it was a real game changer for us in fact because we were recommending fairly significant development in the master plan area

Especially around the station area where there’s both infrastructure and economic forces to to make really good taller development projects the um i think the other takeaway really was on the staff side of this on the city side of this seeing how lead nd guided us uh and aided us in

Identifying gaps in our master plan in uh strengthening some of the very things we had always included um my favorite example was we we always talk about active streets um just saying that we want you know streets that will be very accommodating in pedestrians and never bothering with

Adding the kinds of details that uh lead nd provides for as as the specifics i think in this way too we we found comfort with our development partners because they were also seeing a national third party standard and as importantly they were getting the ground rules for engagement

Going forward at the beginning so we were very clear and fairly specific as to what we wanted to see around our our redevelopment goals for the area around our sustainability goals and that we were utilizing a system that they could also utilize in fact they would have to utilize but they could

Also utilize um in a way of developing their their vision their brand and using the lead md process to add value to the development planning and ultimately to the development project so with that i will pass this back to meg thanks john i have a little bit of

Background noise here that i’m hoping won’t interfere too much with what’s going on okay so i’ll begin so now i’m briefly going to present the manuals regulatory sections beginning with the section on traditional zoning code elements this section is organized by the zoning elements traditionally included in zoning codes throughout the

Country these include use density and bulk and area requirements as well as parking and loading requirements use density and bulking area requirements in traditional zoning district regulations often can conflict with the techniques involving the lead nd the manual recommends that municipalities where appropriate relax development standards to allow mixed uses greater development densities

Smaller minimum lot sizes taller buildings and reduced setbacks the manual also recommends strategies for reducing off-street parking and relocating loading docks to provide an example i’ll briefly summarize the parking and loading strategies in the manual and then present a best practice example of a community that has applied these strategies

Fixed parking ratios and loading standards often result in large off-street parking lots and structures that encourage automobile dependents as well as loading and service docks that interfere with the pedestrian realm the manual’s parking and loading strategies provide techniques for minimizing these impacts the first parking strategy advocates eliminating off-street parking minimums

Altogether where possible to provide only that parking that is absolutely necessary if parking minimums or maximums are necessary planners should apply criteria from npv credit 5 reduce parking footprint and prohibit off street service parking lots that collectively cover more than 20 percent of the total development footprint and

That are individually larger than 2 acres also parking requirements should require off-street parking to be located behind principal buildings and away from street frontage if possible planners can share use share parking to facilitate the reduced off-street parking requirements in the first strategy by allowing a reduction in the minimum parking requirement in exchange

For an adequate number of parking spaces shared between adjacent uses that have peak parking needs at different times of the day further parking requirements can explicitly permit or require shared used vehicle parking in tandem with a reduced parking requirement as an npd credit 5 these shared parking provisions should

Require a minimum amount of parking spaces dedicated for carpools or shared use vehicle vehicles that are placed within 200 feet of building entrances and marked with fines transportation demand management or tdm programs increase transportation efficiency through strategies that reduce automobile use and parking demand within a designated area

Using criteria from npd credit 8 transportation demand management municipalities can allow reduced off-street parking requirements when a developer creates a tdm program that reduces a project’s week weekday peak period motor vehicle trips by at least 20 percent compared with a baseline case tdm programs can achieve this reduction through parking cash out programs

Flex time or flexible work hours that avoid peak commute times ride sharing and a ride matching systems pedestrian and bicycle promotion policies subsidized ride home rides home for alternate transportation commuters and car free programs npd credit 5 encourages low-grade and structured parking which removes parking from the public eye

Allows the use of limited available land for pedestrian-oriented uses and decreases the visual dominance of the automobile a municipality can incentivize or when reasonable and physically possible requires structured parking in appropriate zoning districts by requiring off-street parking below grade integrated within buildings or structured ramps behind active uses and

Screen from view of the public streets such as by lining the first floor with retail uses as an mpd prerequisite one and credit one walkable streets municipalities can limit disruption to the pedestrian realm caused by loading docks and driveway access points by prohibiting dock service bays and driveway access points between primary

Structure and major streets where other location options exist finally zoning can require a minimum amount of secure enclosed bicycle storage spaces and bicycle rack parking spaces for multi-unit residential buildings retail spaces and other non-residential buildings as an sll credit for bicycle network and storage planners should require bike racks that

Are visible from any main entry located within 100 feet of main entries served with night lighting and protected from damage by nearby vehicles and should mandate that retail and non-residential buildings provide a minimum number of shower and changing facilities based on the amount of workers using the building champaign illinois urban neighborhood

Zoning districts provide a great example of some of these strategies these districts were developed using the lead nd pilot rating system design requirements for these districts limit commercial off-street parking lots to 85 of minimum parking requirements in the city’s code and prevent developments from locating commercial and multi-family residential off-street

Parking lots between the front of the building and the street also these districts require developments to share parking areas with other uses and include bicycle facility standards for office buildings of what larger than 50 000 growth square feet and non-residential commercial uses larger than 75 000 gross square feet developers must provide

Showers and locker room facilities for use by employees they must provide one locker per required covered bicycle parking space and one shower room for every five covered park parking spaces now i’ll move from talking about zoning to strategies for incorporating lean nd into fight plan and subdivision regulations this section of the manual

Focuses on incorporating site design standards related to sustainability issues into site plan and subdivision regulations and presents on-site requirements derived from lead nd criteria that municipalities can add to these regulations to facil facilitate sustainable development district-wide it begins by presenting strategies for street design and transportation these include sustainable pavement energy

Efficient traffic and street lights improved street connectivity increased transit access bicycle networks and on street bicycle parking street trees narrower street widths that enhance street streetscape wide walkable sidewalks on-street parking and lower traffic speeds and traffic calming measures next it offers storm water management and utility strategies for implementing sustainable storm water management

Infrastructure and establishing green utilities that are constructed with recycled and reclaimed materials that are energy efficient and that provide water treated for and conveyed for non-potable uses sustainable site feature strategies include water efficient landscaping site lighting that reduces light pollution protection of undisturbed impervious coverage and solar oriented blocks that maximize solar access

The manual continues with construction standard strategies to prevent soil erosion and sedimentation to preserve and protect trees and to limit construction impact zones it also includes strategies to preserve natural resources the regulatory counterpoint to the natural resource preservation planning goals and actions i mentioned before as well as strategies for placing

Conditions on site plan and subdivision approvals such as purchasing conservation easements to preserve natural resources and establishing covenants conditions and restrictions that ensure certain sustainable neighborhood characteristics in perpetuity finally the section closes with strategies for increasing on-site public open space and imposing sustainable infrastructure exceptions where appropriate

To provide a more detailed example from this manual section i’ll briefly describe the sustainable stormwater management strategy followed by a best practice example municipalities can include in their site plan and subdivision regulations a requirement that promotes on-site stormwater management systems which use vegetation and soil to minimize impervious surfaces retain

Storm water and treat runoff planters should use criteria from gib credit 8 stormwater management when drafting this amendment the regulations should require that each development project create a stormwater management plan for approval these plans should require development projects to retain on-site the total volume of rainfall that occurs during an 80th to

۹۵th percentile rainfall event through infiltration evapotranspiration or reuse using on-site solution best management practices or bmps selected from volume 5 of the washington state department of ecology’s stormwater management manual for western washington these bmps may include a minimized building footprint in impervious coverage preservation of natural areas porous pavement or pavers bio-retention

Systems rain water cisterns and vegetated filter strips among others milwaukee wisconsin provides an example of a local government that facilitated elite nd project through its small water management regulations these regulations help the brewery project elite nd pilot project achieve the maximum of five possible points under the pilot rating system the

Regulations require storm water measures for new developments developments that include mandatory reductions and runoff release rates and run up discharge quality control criteria they also require developers to prepare a storm water management plan with mandatory bmps listed within the regulations the last regulatory section of the manual presents ways municipalities can

Use supplemental development standards to enhance sustainable sustainability in neighborhoods these regulations can appear in one or more articles of the zoning code or be adopted as standalone ordinances this section also presents strategies for building and related codes the section begins by presenting strategies for creating design standards for building entrance placement ground

Floor retail transparent windows elevated finished floors and garage locations that enhance walkability these design standard strategies present specific criteria for implementing the related planning goals and actions i discussed earlier next the section presents strategies for protecting historic districts and landmarks followed by affordable housing strategies it then discusses regulations that

Control the management of construction waste and ends by presenting code elements that foster sustainability in buildings energy systems plumbing and fire safety these building energy plumbing and fire code strategies include standards for universally accessible and usable buildings green buildings generally green roofs and high reflectance roofs rain water collection devices gray water

Systems water efficient plumbing fixtures energy efficient buildings and narrow street widths and fire code standards to provide an example from this manual section i’ll discuss the affordable housing strategy in more detail and provide a best practice example housing and transportation costs consume a large portion of low and moderate

Income housing earnings to help create equitable neighborhoods municipalities can mandate the inclusion of rental and for sale dwelling units as affordable housing using criteria from npd credit for mixed and income diverse communities and sll credit 1 preferred locations which both encourage housing for households of differing incomes

Npd credit 4 awards varying amounts of points to projects that provide between 5 and 25 percent of rental dwelling units priced up to between 60 and 80 of the area median income or ami and awards points to projects that provide between five and fifteen percent of four sale

Dwelling units priced up to between one hundred and one hundred twenty percent of ami these lead nd parameters represent a national threshold that municipalities can reference and use to tailor to regional or local equivalencies if an inclusionary zoning mandate is not feasible a local government instead could adopt incentives to encourage

Affordable housing where allowed by state law this could include awarding additional density to developers who provide affordable housing units as well as waiving certain area height parking or other requirements other possible incentives include abating local taxes providing mortgage financing acquiring and disposing of property and providing infrastructure

For housing built by nonprofit and other developers under public-private partnerships nashville tennessee’s downtown code provides a great example of a zoning incentive awarded in exchange for affordable housing nashville developed the downtown code to foster sustainable neighborhoods after awarding variances for lead nd and similar projects the downtown codes bonus hype program

Allows additional building height in downtown nashville in exchange for workforce housing qualifying developments must reserve workforce housing for ownership for or rental by households with incomes below a specified percentage of ami and davidson county as determined by the city’s metropolitan development housing agency prior to final fight plan review the

Developer must execute an agreement restrictive covenant or other binding restriction on land use that preserves affordability for a required period i’ll now present a case study from mount vernon new york that provides a great example of how a local government can use lena need to evaluate a draft zoning ordinance

With the center’s help mount vernon new york is using the manual to audit a draft zoning district for an area targeted for sustainable neighborhood development mount vernon’s draft mixed use district would cover an area in the city along the mount vernon avenue corridor and southwest street this area is comprised

Of medium density commercial development that is within a half mile of the mount vernon west station on the metro north rail line currently this area is owned industrial commercial business neighborhood business and apartment house but mixed uses are not allowed across the zone and areas surrounded by residences

To describe the evaluation i’ll briefly present a few few provisions of the draft ordinance and then explain recommended changes based on the evaluation using the manual’s relevant strategies the evaluation began by considering the permitted accessory and special uses listed in the draft mixed use zone as you can see the draft included many

Residential and commercial uses already we compared these draft use requirements to manual strategy 2.1 mixed uses this strategy references criteria from npd credit 3 mixed use neighborhood centers which requires a minimum number of uses within a quarter mile walk distance of residential development and encourages a large variety of housing housing and

Proximity to employment opportunities on-site renewable resources and local food production the use requirements and the proposed mixed-use zone coincide with these recommendations to a large degree but to further the purpose of encouraging mixed uses and proximity to residences the city also should consider specifically allowing food retail such as supermarkets

Community serving retails such as clothing stores and pharmacies services such as hair care civic and community facilities such as senior care and government offices that serve the public on site live work spaces produce gardens and greening houses and on-site solar and wind energy generation systems next we evaluated the building height

Requirements in the draft mixed-use zone for two different sub-districts within the zone the maximum building height for the mx 42 sub district is 42 feet and the max building height for the mx90 subdistrict is 90 feet manual strategy 2.10 taller building heights was used to evaluate the draft building height requirements this

Strategy references criteria from npd prerequisite 1 and credit 1 walkable streets to facilitate a sense of enclosure and build a pedestrian scale that encourages walking mpd pre-requisite one requires a minimum building height to street width ratio of one to three for at least 15 percent of existing and new front street frontage

Within and bordering a project this requirement results in a minimum of one foot of building height for every three feet of street width measured from facade to facade using the provided draft zoning map and google maps we measured street widths from facade to facade for the three

Streets in the emmex or in the mixed-use zone after applying the street height after applying the height to street width ratio to these measurements we determine the preferred minimum building heights for these streets at least 21 feet from mount vernon avenue at least 38 feet from mcquestion parkway north

And at least 11 feet for southwest street all three of these building heights fall within the draft mx 42 and mx 90 maximum building height so we left this requirement as is finally we’ll take a look at the setback requirements in the draft mix choose zone these are all set at the property

Line with the exception of the rear yard which may include a buffer requirement manual strategy 2.11 reduced building setbacks was used to evaluate the draft setback requirements this strategy references criteria from npd prerequisite 1 and credit 1 walkable streets mpd prerequisite 1 and credit 1 encourage reduced property setbacks to

Facilitate a pedestrian friendly street wall sidewalk proximity and minimum property line distances to comply with them setbacks should not be more than 18 to 25 feet from property lines that interact with the pedestrian realm and should ensure building facades are within a foot of any sidewalk along mixed use and non-residential streets

The setbacks in the draft mixed us accomplish this by allowing buildings at the property line the front yard setbacks will enable building placement close to the street which free space in the rear for parking located behind or under a building to illustrate the mixed use zone evaluation process i’ve highlighted just

A few provisions for mount vernon’s drop ordnance in addition to youth density and bulk and area requirements recommend recommendations from the evaluation include off-street parking reductions in exchange for amenities and policies that will reduce parking demand as well as pedestrian-friendly design standards finally all briefly i briefly want to

Review the manual’s last two sections which cover non-regulatory initiatives municipalities can use to achieve and encourage sustainable neighborhood development techniques that they can’t or don’t want to address through regulations these initiatives include capital improvement plans as well as internal policies and municipal programs sometimes a local government wants to retrofit renovate or install

Infrastructure or facilities that will contribute to a neighborhood’s sustainability but can’t impose these costs on developers in these cases it can amend its capital improvement plan to accommodate the improvements using lead nd criteria associated with public infrastructure facilities and services these capital improvement plan strategies include prioritizing ground for brownfield cleanup and redevelopment

Improving transit facilities providing infrastructure improvements and encouraging green building techniques in public buildings in addition local governments can establish internal policies and employ non-regulatory programs to encourage sustainable neighborhood development for instance local localities can create a transportation demand management program transit pass program or vehicle sharing program they can develop a comprehensive waste

Management program that offers recycling hazardous waste composting and construction waste services they can encourage produce garden growing areas community gardens community supported agricultural programs and farmer’s markets markets that sell locally grown produce they can support infill development by prioritizing public infrastructure repairs improvements and enhancements in existing neighborhoods with additional

Development capacity and by adopting policies to incentivize private development on these types of parcels they can encourage existing building reuse by requiring the reuse of building stock structure and envelope for municipal facilities and adopting incentives to encourage private development to do the same and they can advocate increasing

Pedestrian and bicycle access to schools by working with school district planners to develop the policies that favor school location near existing and planned neighborhoods the next section of the manual describes procedures incentives and assistance municipalities can implement to support sustainable neighborhood development and lead nd projects either in conjunction

With or in lieu of the regulatory methods discussed above these technic techniques include project approve approval process streamlining and incentives and assistance programs often the local project review and approval process can be long and difficult to navigate and involves the publicly in the process to avoid process pitfalls for neighborhood developments

Municipalities can design a clear roadmap of the review process that is easy for project applicants to follow they can provide expedited review for sustainable neighborhoods sustainable development projects to help applicants save time and money they can include community outreach and involvement in project reviews to ensure the entire community community is

On board and they can implement internal project review standards to negotiate with and encourage project applicants to include sustainable development amenities during the approval process in addition to project streamlining municipalities can offer incentives and assistance to motivate developers to implement the manual strategies voluntarily first local governments can offer bonus

Zoning or density incentives in exchange for public amenities if authorized by state law they can offer tax increment financing to help fund needed infrastructure and related development costs as authorized by state statute they can award property tax abatements in exchange for sustainable amenities local governments can offer feed waivers

Reductions rebates or reimbursements for projects that exhibit sustainable features such as infill development municipalities can offer direct financial assistance to pay for features the development projects otherwise could not afford to build such as infrastructure or public open space municipal staff can offer technical assistance during the project review

Approval process as well as help with complex code issues and sustainable development techniques local governments can provide workshops educational programs and communication networks to disseminate information and educate community members and finally municipalities can offer developers online publicity as an official program participant free outdoor signage press releases competitions awards or seals of approval

Among other marketing techniques owen here we go see i’ll end by discussing oh goodness have a little trouble here we go i’ll end by discussing berkeley california’s green pathway ordinance which is a great incentive best practice example this ordinance provides expedited permitting for certain development projects within the city’s commercial downtown

Massachusetts district which includes urban design metrics from the lead nd rating system under the green pathway ordinance development projects qualified for expedited review if they exceed cdmu green building requirements and provide additional public benefits for example qualified projects must not impact historical resources must provide affordable housing and must comply with

Street wealth street wall facade standards that enhance the pedestrian realm among other requirements that concludes the technical guidance manual portion of the webcast i’ll now turn it over to jenny nolan blanchard who will present an overview of neighborhood development floating sound hi everyone so as we wrap up today i’m

Going to give a brief overview of the second resource that the land use law center created with the usgbc a model floating zone for green neighborhood development let’s make sure yep i do have control of the keyboard okay so i’m going to review with you um the five key advantages of a

Floating zone approach the basic mechanics of floating zones the legality of floating zones in the u.s and finally a breakdown of the model neighborhood development floating zone that we created communities can use a floating zone to establish a new district in a local zoning code and to invite developers who

Wish to propose projects meeting sustainability goals such as those intended for lead certification to apply to the local legislative body for the new district to map their parcels so using the floating zone mechanism in this context has five key advantages first it allows the community to memorialize green development standards

That meet local needs in a single loaning district by incorporating them as zoning standards which can be affixed to appropriate parcels second the burden of identifying the most environmentally and economically preferable sites for green development is borne by the lead nd reading system which takes environmental considerations into account and by developers who

Understand the construction costs design and markets most appropriate for these new lead nd based learning standards so in other words communities can really rely on an established tool instead of metrics to offload that regulatory burden associated with green zoning third the ordinance creates a relatively streamlined process for the developer

And community to re-zone land and secure site plan approval so using our model or using our operational ordinance communities with limited staff and resources can save a lot of time and expense of a more traditional review and revision of their zoning ordinance while still increasing their environmental sustainability likewise developers save

The time and expense involved in taking lead nd projects through the typical hurdles that they face at the municipal level while still meeting the lead nd standards and more efficiently obtaining the entitlements necessary for their certification the fourth advantage is that without such a mechanism available many developers are forced to apply for

Variances in order to obtain full entitlements for certification so by avoiding the need for variances cost developer are dramatically reduced thereby further incentivizing green development and communities avoid creating dangerous precedent for future variances and then fifth a floating zone approach when applied in low and medium density areas preserves the value of the

Increased density that’s permitted under elite nd for developers who are building the type of sustainable development desired by the community this prevents the economic windfall that results from a rezoning approach which would cause current property owners to sell their land to develop developers of sustainable projects at an inflated price

So in some our model zone is really meant for local governments that desire green development but that are faced with limited staff time and resources so they can’t necessarily implement all the techniques that meg described in the manual the floating zone approach saves a more limited municipality time and money

While still creating an incentive mechanism to further green more socially and environmentally responsible development and while still allowing the local government to have significant control over the approval process so what are the mechanics the basic mechanics of a floating zone floating zones which are typically used to incentivize a particular type of

Development are considered flexible zoning districts because of their departure from traditional euclidean zoning models and the increased flexibility that they offer to developers and to communities in the application of their standards in creating a floating zone a zone classification is first authorized for future use but it’s not actually placed

On the zoning map immediately instead developers of compliant parcels are invited to make an application to have the zone applied in a particular location so floating zones contain standards that supplant the underlying zoning they can constitute wholesale replacement of the underlying zone or they can leave in place provisions of the underlying zone

Where it’s consistent with the objectives of the floating zone a locality can apply the floating zone to a particular area either upon the petition of a developer at the local legislatures initiative or upon the recommendation of the planning board or commission upon approval the parcel is then rezoned

To reflect the new use and it becomes a small zoning district the zoning map is then amended to apply the floating zoning district to that parcel of land and the parcel’s development is then governed by the use dimensional other provisions of the floating zone now just

As a brief aside floating zoning is one of the lesser understood land techniques people often confuse it with overlay zoning to which it’s very similar but floating zones and overlay zones were originally developed for different purposes and when they’re used properly each provides a unique benefit

Or you rather a set of unique benefits that are not available from the other one so the full resource that we created the full floating zone resource that we worked on for usgbc has a broader explanation of these two techniques so you should reference that document for further information on them

And for a recommendation also on a model overlay zone developed in 2011 by criterion planners if you decide that an overlay zone is more appropriate for your community now briefly the legality of floating zones flexible zoning districts such as voting zones must be authorized under state law either under specific language in the

Zoning enabling act or under state court interpretations holding these flexible zoning districts are legal appendix a of our full resource document provides a discussion of states that specifically authorize the use of floating zones and of course you can speak with your municipal attorney to help determine whether you

Can use this technique in your state and on to our floating zone for green neighborhood development so communities can use these floating zones to memorialize lead nd or other green neighborhood development standards in a single zoning district by incorporating them as eligibility conditions and district regulations that can be affixed

To appropriate locations the model ordinance that we created establishes a new zoning district the neighborhood development floating zone or ndfc as we call it drawing on the prerequisites and credits of the lead nd rating system as green development standards under this approach developers who propose projects that they intend to

Certify under lead nd or other social standards can apply to the local legislative body for this new zoning district to match their parcels thereby removing barriers to certification within the local zoning code each section in our resource document is annotated for additional clarity so you should keep that in mind but regarding

These annotations i want to point out that there are many legal issues that communities may be concerned with with using floating zones for a single parcel such as spot zoning federal and state preemption anti-trust law violations the doctrine non-delegation all of these legal issues that you might hear discussed when you’re talking about

Using one of the lead rating systems in zoning now our annotations in our full document deal with each of these legal issues in full detail so for the purposes of this webinar and really your sanity because who wants to hear all the legal info at this point

I’m not going to discuss how our model deals with those issues but please do see the annotations in our full document for that information so i want to highlight just a few of the notable sections of the model neighborhood development floating zone i’m going to start with section 103

Which clarifies that the ndfc is a new zoning district added to the relevant title of the local zoning code and applicable to any development that complies the lead and delocational prerequisites this ensures that floating zones that the floating zone will be applied only in those neighborhoods in the community

That have existing infrastructure there are compacts in their development pattern that support transit use and connectivity to services just for example and avoid environmentally vulnerable areas it also ensures the district will not be applied in areas that are incompatible with a more sustainable pattern of land development accomplished under vmd

Such as areas where larger lots single-family homes sensitive environmental lands or fertile agricultural soils predominate so in this way the zone is self-limiting because lead nd projects typically have significantly longer entitlement and construction periods than most projects such as those obtaining certification under the lead for new construction rating system

Usgbc created a three-stage system for what an application may be submitted for certification under lead md and stage two certification requires that all land use entitlements be obtained so because the ndfc incorporates the prerequisites and the locally accepted credits of the lead and d rating system the ndfc will

Assist developers in meeting those eligibility requirements for stage two certification through showing that the zone has been mapped to the project site so it really creates that further incentive there for developers to to request to apply the zone um it doesn’t seem that the slide is advancing hold on one second

Oh there we go section 104 um section 104 just creates a pre-application process and within that any developer interested in submitting an application under the floating zone would meet with the local planner and other appropriate economic development and code enforcement staff in a mandatory war commission and this

Creates all sorts of opportunities to communicate about the desired results the parties will take this time to settle on the credits that the project is going to earn and it helps avoid a lot of you know later conflict and confusion with the project section 105 that’s sort of the key of

All this is the district standards section 105 asked the applicant to submit with their petition for rezoning the current version of the lead nd rating system under which the project will seek certification which is easily available for download on the usgcc’s website they also have to submit proof of project registration with gbci

And through section 105 the ndfc places the burden on the applicant who is requesting that the new zone be affixed to his or her land to select parcels appropriate for green development and to demonstrate that the property can satisfy the leand smart location and linkage prerequisites this approach also

Rightfully puts in the hands of the developer who again understands construction costs design and markets the responsibility of selecting a location where such development is economically feasible as opposed to a more traditional rezoning approach under which the municipality itself has to identify those appropriate areas the floating zone approach also in this

Way adapts easily to changing market conditions and similarly it automatically adjusts to future changes in lead nd without facing the legal issues that are typically presented by automatic updates of third-party standards because it’s based on the submissions of applicants who incorporate these changes into their petitions for rezoning

Under section 107 the local legislative body makes a determination as to whether the project meets the locational prerequisites this section also allows municipality to customize its district standards to the specific context and in light of a particular development project so specifically the ndis ndfc provides opportunity with each

Application for the community to exclude certain lead nd prerequisites and credits from the applicable district standards based upon contextual appropriateness this gives the local legislative body the opportunity to determine what is needed to achieve the desired level of sustainability in a given neighborhood and to eliminate credits that in the aggregate could be

Overly burdensome or burdensome or cost prohibitive for example if they would result in a project being forced to achieve the equivalence of lead platinum level certification when the applicant really intended on achieving the lower level certification and finally our final section section 108 this section establishes a separate and

Expedited process for the planning board to follow for the review of the details of an applicant’s full project proposal i do want to note that some jurisdictions don’t provide authority within the zoning process to amend site plan and subdivision standards so as any good consultant needs to tell you uh you’ll surely want

To talk to your municipal council to determine permissibility of parts of section 108 under your state law some jurisdictions may just need to take an action separate from this floating zone to achieve the effect of this section and with that i want to thank you all

And turn it back over to casey and ben for our q a period thanks very much jenny we have a number of questions from our participants some great ones and actually i’d like to start it out by asking a question and i think it was um meg

Who talked about um the affordability uh limits uh and in the targeting of i think it was between 60 and 100 of ami my question is if if a development um were proposed that targeted more deeply say to 50 ami would it not get points under the rating system for lead nd

You know casey might be might want to chime in on this one too um yeah i can jump in yeah why don’t you jump in because that’s technical to the criteria sure yeah the rating system um does certainly uh in the neighborhood pattern and design credit category specifically credit 4 provides

Points for those developments that incorporate affordability and the the points do vary based on the amount of units set aside and how deep that affordability target is so uh it’s certainly there okay we have actually we have a a comment from uh one participant uh at the beginning of the webcast i

Announced the wrong event code and the correct event code if you’re searching and need to file for aicpcm credits is 23941 and a gold star to amy danner for her awareness of that so some questions um kristen inchak asks what are some innovative or particularly effective ways that financial incentives have been

Used to encourage lead nd projects or sustainable development so can you repeat the question i’m sorry i’m sure what are some innovative or particularly effective ways that financial incentives have been used to encourage lead nd projects or sustainable development you know i think uh most of the financial incentives we’ve seen um

Have well we’ve seen a lot of direct financial assistance yeah i think i think for the most part our examples are for the financial incentives are really offering direct financial incentives so assistant so we’ve seen um municipalities um you know pay for certain infrastructure pay maybe

Pay for open public open space you know something along those lines to help elite indie projects meet the meet the criteria in the in the rating system um and the in the technical guidance manual does list um best management practices so you can go there to see um you know what we

Highlight there i don’t know them off the top of my head but you can find those specific examples in the manual okay thank you douglas melnick asks how does lead nd integrate with eco districts i can go ahead and take this one um they i think are very much complementary

Uh in many ways um you know i think there are many municipalities pursuing nd certification that are also involved with eco districts certainly they they don’t have any direct linkages to each other no credit compliance path but uh generally speaking ecodistricts is great and very applicable for existing neighborhoods and

Existing infrastructure in that context and in some ways that lead nd maybe doesn’t apply to some of those existing contexts uh so there are sort of examples where one may be more applicable than the other but we would certainly like to think that they’re complementary

This is john i just want to add a thought to that which is the portland sustainability institute lends guidance around creating eco districts one of the first activities is to identify early projects and i think elite nd screen on an eco district would be an excellent way of identifying

Some early eco-district projects so i think the the complementary aspect of these two things has a little bit more to do with say program and tool if you will eco districts perhaps being a program uh lead md being employed as a tool to identify actions to measure performance uh to recognize leadership a

Question from james garofalo and i have to preface this by asking the panel uh who who among you uh if any has read the u.s supreme court uh decision in kuns yet it’s uh came out on wednesday or i think it was wednesday of this week which is a limitation on on

Conditions of approval i’ve read a brief overview this is casey um i haven’t had a chance to read the ruling itself but certainly it’s a bit concerning yeah i think well the question then is um how if it does how will koontz affect the codification of development requirements

This this may just be too fresh to be able to answer adequately yeah i’m afraid i don’t have any um great insight i think um you know especially if the um if meg and jenny from the pace law school have a chance to review it it could be a very

Uh interesting follow-up question yeah you know i think it has a great potential to impact the use of proffers and various development agreements uh and in the you know the extent that those interface with lead nd and you know sort of the developers or sorry the municipalities are

Requiring those in order to implement some of the green infrastructure techniques in their municipalities i think that it certainly has the potential to be limiting going forward right and i would encourage um all attendees to look up uh john chavarria’s opinion op-ed piece in the new york

Times from yesterday or the day before on on koontz i think that’s valuable reading for all planners um let’s see we have another question here from lonnie dixon are these standards recommended for communities of say 100 000 populations and above i work with municipalities of 300 to 15 000 smaller communities i have

Difficulty getting communities to adopt their first zoning ordinance focused on keep it simple principles i would have a difficult time getting lead zoning principles included in most ordinances what do you think yeah we get that we we get that comment a lot and i think this manual really operates kind of

Almost like an a la carte menu and i think it’s worthwhile because it is because lead nd is recognized as national standard for how to build sustainably it’s worthwhile for any community to just flip through and and look at the different techniques and decide what might be appropriate for

Them and this is kind of it it does function as a national kind of like baseline standard they could you know if it’s appropriate we’re in their region they could bump it up a notch and make it more stringent or they could water it down a little bit if

That’s more appropriate for the community and i can’t stress enough the importance of having an upfront discussion with the community and involving everyone and talking about it um to you know find out what the concerns are you know and to make sure everyone knows what you’re talking about and everyone’s

On the same page you know the i mean the density issues and um you know some of some of the more urban features of the manual the criteria that you know that when you really dig down deep into it it’s not it can you know you can create

Something that’s very walkable and very lovely without creating new york city you know i mean you can you can it can become appropriate for a suburban setting but that’s something that we’re exploring further we want to explore further at the center how to make um you know this kind of sustainable development

Appropriate for more than just urban areas but we also want to look at rural and suburban areas so we’re exploring that but i think there are ways that all communities can use this this manual if they just take a look at it and look at disabled content spread down it

Think about how it might be appropriate for you involve everyone in the conversation yeah well here speaking here in new hampshire i’m eagerly awaiting the lead r for rural standards from andrea malcolm we have this question any recommendations for how to ensure ongoing oversight of lead nd projects after they are certified for

Example credit given for various features credit is given for various features but if they’re not maintained used properly etc by future owners or residents the project may not actually achieve energy savings and or other green benefits right i don’t know if casey might have something to say about this but you know the

Covenants and restrictions part i know a lot of a lot of features in the in a lot of criteria in the in the rating system require something put in place to preserve you know an amenity in perpetuity so i think that you know using that kind of a tool maybe during the negotiation

Process with the developer could be something that you could do but yeah that is that is an important something to think about casey do you want to add i think that’s exactly it much of the rating system is intended to require those covenants and restrictions

In such a way that going forward we have good faith that it will be maintained as intended we don’t have the authority to come back and remove plaques or or de-list the project And i mean certainly uh it would be nice uh you know as we’re considering ways to engage with existing neighborhoods to be able to incorporate some sort of performance standard that doesn’t sort of exist at the moment but as each of the credits are written the intention is such that

The the structure is put in place to ensure that that maintenance does go forward so that’s the intention and the hope so the issue is really one of municipal enforcement not by usgbc correct okay well we are now at 2 30 and uh we are out of time though there are more

Questions um so we’ll have to uh save those for another day i want to thank our panelists uh casey studhalter mig barley john dalzell and jenny nolan blanchard for this excellent presentation for those of you who are still in attendance i just want to go through a few reminders first

To log your cm credits for attending today’s webcast please go to www.planning.org forward slash cm select today’s date and then select the name of the webcast which is utilizing lead for neighborhood development to strengthen your municipal sustainability efforts also we are recording today’s session so you’ll be able to find the recording of

This webcast on our youtube channel just look up planning webcast series this concludes today’s session and i want to thank everyone again for attending

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