1. Principals Meeting September 18, 2006
Principals Meeting
September 18, 2006

2. Today’s Agenda Principals Work Group Meetings
Today’s Agenda
Principals
Work Group Meetings
Regional Partners Meetings
Schedule
Regional Perspectives
Consultant Introduction
Scenario Planning: INDEX

3. Principals Who Roles & Responsibilities
Principals
Who
Principal sponsors, primary funding agencies and supplementary funders
Roles & Responsibilities
The Principals are asked to provide guidance and recommendations during plan development
The Principals are also asked to review and make recommendations on presentations and process prior to the larger Regional Partners meetings

4. Working Groups
Who
Technical representatives of SPC members, primary funding agencies and supplementary funders, and other organizations as determined in regulation
Roles & Responsibilities – Asked to provide technical review and comment on plan components
Financial Resources
Forecasting and Modeling
Transportation Strategies
Economic Development Strategies

5. Regional Partners Who Roles and Responsibilities
Regional Partners
Who
Representatives of identified agencies and organizations who have an interest in, are impacted by, or have impact on regional development issues
Roles and Responsibilities
The Regional Partners group will come together to provide insight and input at key Plan milestones throughout the process.
scenario development, review and recommendation

6. Company Current Date Title SPC 9/14/2006
Project Region Draft Sched O+2

7. Schedule – Where we have been Plan Technical Work
Schedule – Where we have been Plan Technical Work
Software/Product Analysis
Scenario Planning Software
Member Plan Analysis
County and Partner Strategic and Comprehensive Plans
Community & Economic Development
Transportation

8. Schedule – Where we have been Initial Public Input
Schedule – Where we have been Initial Public Input
Project Region TIP Workshops
10 public workshops
Participation: 800 plus
Surveys; Oral Testimony; Written Testimony; Interactive Kiosk; Web surveys.
Sustainable Forums & Smart Growth Conference
6 meetings
Participation: 200 plus
Brainstorming; Interactive discussion & voting
Project Region Economic Development Workshops
11 public workshops
Participation: approximately 200
Brainstorming; Interactive discussion and voting.

9. Schedule – Where we are going Meetings
Schedule – Where we are going Meetings
Principals
Three Meetings
Private, Public, Civic, Philanthropic representatives
Review Project Region status
Work Groups
Over 100 invited participants
Technical assistance in plan development
Regional Partners
Three meetings
Approximately 1000 invited participants
The Partners group will come together to provide insight and input at key Plan milestones throughout the process:
scenario development
scenario review
scenario recommendation

10. Schedule - Where we are going Scenario Work
Schedule - Where we are going Scenario Work
Scenario Development
Members’ work and plans
Work Group contributions
Partners’ work
INDEX
Public Outreach
Present scenarios for public discussion
Preferred Scenario

11. Schedule – Where we are going Technical Completion
Schedule – Where we are going Technical Completion
Regional Transportation Plan
Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy
Project Detail
Technical/Legal Compliance
Air Quality
Financial Constraint
Environmental Justice
Etc.

12. Schedule – Where we are going Plan Adoption
Schedule – Where we are going Plan Adoption
No later than June 30, 2007
SPC full Commission official adoption.

13. Regional Perspectives Introduction
Regional Perspectives Introduction
Compilation of what we know about the region; trends, plans and work programs.
Based on:
review of plans, and strategies at the state, regional and local levels
public comment from various meetings hosted or co-hosted by SPC

14. Regional Perspectives Some Sources
Regional Perspectives Some Sources
Commonwealth’s Transportation and Land Use for Economic Development Initiative
Allegheny Conference on Community Development
Keystone Principals for Development
County and City comprehensive, or strategic plans.
SPC 2030 Long Range Transportation and Development Plan
Regional Transit Vision
Transit Agencies’ Strategic Plans and Studies
Transportation Management Associations’ Strategic Plans
PennDOT Districts’ Business Plans
Governor's Transportation Funding and Reform Commission

15. Regional Perspectives Some Sources
Regional Perspectives Some Sources
Public comment via:
Project Region Transportation Workshops
Project Region Economic Development Workshops
Transportation Improvement Program public meetings
Sustainable Pittsburgh Regional Forums and Smart Growth Conference
SPC Project Region Interactive Survey

16. Population
The estimated population loss for the region from 2000 to 2005 is 1.8 %.
The majority of the population loss is in Allegheny County.
The only counties with projected population increases are Butler and Washington

19. Per Capita Income
The lowest per capita incomes are found near the center city and in the river valleys.
The “adjacent to core” suburbs show higher per capita incomes.
The per capita incomes begin decrease again in the rural areas of the region.

21. Employment by Sector
The three largest (non-government) employment sectors in the region are Healthcare, Retail, and Manufacturing respectively.
These three sectors comprise 33% of the regions employment.
The remaining 67% comprise 18 other sectors.

22. Employment by, Sector 2001 & 2002

23. Employment by Sector 2002

24. Regional Perspectives Project Region Interactive/Web Survey
Regional Perspectives Project Region Interactive/Web Survey
Approximately 50 presentations and 600 respondents to date.
Highlights
The majority of respondents felt it was important to improve employment opportunities, transportation and community image.
19% of respondents use transit for work commute
26% stated they would like to

25. Regional Perspectives Project Region Interactive Survey
Regional Perspectives Project Region Interactive Survey
Highlights continued
49% would like to see regional transportation investment in maintaining existing roadway and transit.
26% would like to see that investment in new facilities.
Advanced manufacturing was ranked as the best future economic opportunity for the region with 28%, followed by information/ communication services and education

26. Regional Perspectives Project Region Interactive Survey
Regional Perspectives Project Region Interactive Survey
Highlights continued
38% believed new development should be concentrated in redeveloped industrial sites
33% in downtowns and community commercial districts
69% thought public investment should be encouraged in existing older communities
24% said let the market decide

27. Regional Perspectives Smart Growth Conference
Regional Perspectives Smart Growth Conference
Smart Growth Conference- Coming Together to Revitalize Our Communities: Cross-Community and Cross-County Collaboration”
Permanent reliable funding for transportation, particularly public transportation.
Level the playing field with new incentives for reuse and redevelopment.
Promote regional governance - lack of government coordination plus fragmentation hinders redevelopment.

28. Regional Perspectives Transportation
What the practitioners say:
The transportation system should support and enhance the economy of the region and the communities within it.
The transportation system should be safe and secure
People should have access to multiple transportation modes to ensure adequate mobility for all residents of the region.
The transportation system should be designed to protect and enhance the environment.

29. Regional Perspectives Transportation
What the public says:
- The region should take an integrated approach in dealing with transportation and land use.
- The transportation system should facilitate efficient freight movement and should provide adequate intermodal freight connections.
- The transportation system needs to be actively managed and operated in order to minimize congestion and allow the system to function at its full potential.
- Preservation of the existing transportation system should be a top priority in order to protect previous public investments

30. Regional Perspectives Transportation
What the public says:
Take a “Maintenance First” approach and adequately maintain the existing transportation infrastructure
Expand infrastructure to accommodate growth
Support economic development linkages with the region’s colleges and universities
Coordinate transportation improvements on the corridor level to enhance the economic potential of the transportation system
Invest in transportation infrastructure that improves personal and freight intermodal opportunities
Preserve natural resources for tourism and preserve agricultural as a viable economy and way of life
Support a development approach that balances the types and location of development
Support revitalization of the region’s existing communities
Afford special attention to brownfield sites

31. Regional Perspectives Community & Economic Development
Regional Perspectives Community & Economic Development
What the practitioners say:
The geographic targeting of investment. – The coordinated targeting of investment in areas suitable for long term sustainability, supportive of completed and planned infrastructure investments and responsive to market realities.
Business development. - Provide the economic development infrastructure needed for entrepreneurial endeavors and more critically the infrastructure needed to retain and expand existing businesses.
Workforce Development. – Provide the essential services needed to ensure that the region has a qualified workforce to meet the needs of industries of today and industries of tomorrow.

32. Regional Perspectives Community & Economic Development
Regional Perspectives Community & Economic Development
What the practitioners say:
Community revitalization and development. – Support revitalization of the region’s existing communities and focus on initiatives that build and develop communities.
Expand and enhance tourism. – Develop a tourism and hospitality infrastructure to maximize the economic potential of the region’s multitude of historical, cultural, recreation and natural assets.
Industrial site identification and creation. – Identify and develop industrial sites to meet the site selection needs, with a particular focus on brownfield sites.
Collaboration of entities providing economic development services. – Systematic cooperation and collaboration of state, regional, and local economic development services providers.
Support growth in targeted industry sectors. – Provide the appropriate business climate and infrastructure to support identified industry sectors.

33. Regional Perspectives Community & Economic Development
Regional Perspectives Community & Economic Development
What the public says:
Three themes of comment
Transportation
Land Use
Pure Economic Development

34. Regional Perspectives Community & Economic Development
Regional Perspectives Community & Economic Development
What the public says – transportation:
Access. – Provide adequate personal and freight access employment locations, either through improving transportation opportunities to existing sites and located new sites in areas already well served.
Improved intermodal and multimodal opportunities. - Invest in transportation infrastructure that improves personal and freight intermodal opportunities.
Regional transit. – Provide an efficient and effective transit network that connects people with jobs throughout the region.
Corridor level investment for economic gain. – Coordinate transportation improvement on the corridor level to enhance the economic potential of the transportation system.
Maintenance first. – Adequately maintain the exiting transportation infrastructure to ensure employment centers are adequately served.

35. Regional Perspectives Community & Economic Development
Regional Perspectives Community & Economic Development
What the public says – Land Use
Community revitalization and development. – Support revitalization of the region’s existing communities and focus on initiatives that build and develop communities.
Balanced development approach. – Support a development approach that balances the type and location of development.
Brownfield redevelopment. – Afford special attention to well situated brownfield sites.
Preservation. – Preserve the natural resources for eco-tourism. Preserve the region’s agricultural areas as a viable economy and way of life.

36. Regional Perspectives Community & Economic Development
Regional Perspectives Community & Economic Development
What the public says - Economic Development
Regional Promotion. – Promotion of the region’s positive attributes; including cultural, recreational, and business assets.
Tourism. - Develop a tourism and hospitality infrastructure to maximize the economic potential of the region’s multitude of historical, cultural, recreation and natural assets.
Population retention and attraction. – Institutionalize programs and services to support population retention and attraction with a particular focus on young adults and immigration.
Develop industry clusters. - Provide the appropriate business climate and infrastructure to support identified industry sectors.
Expansion of infrastructure. – Expand transportation and utility infrastructure to accommodate growth.

37. Regional Perspectives Community & Economic Development
Regional Perspectives Community & Economic Development
What the public says - Economic Development
Workforce development. - Provide the essential services needed to ensure that the region has a qualified workforce to meet the needs of industries of today and industries of tomorrow.
Communications connectivity. – Develop a broadband communications infrastructure throughout the region.
Property tax reform. – Support statewide property tax reform.
Economic development linkages with Universities. – Support economic development linkages with the region’s colleges and universities, focusing on workforce, entrepreneurship, and research and development commercialization.

38. Consultant Team David Soule McCormick Taylor Michael Baker Jr., Inc
Consultant Team
David Soule
McCormick Taylor
Overall planning support
Public Involvement
Modeling/Forecasting
Economic Development Work Group support
Michael Baker Jr., Inc
Transportation Finance
Gannet Fleming
Transportation Work Group support

39. Scenario Planning
National best practice promoted and supported by FHWA
Intersection of REMI, Census, Survey Data, Comp Plans & GIS
Using county planner reviewed land cover data
Using results from Natural Infrastructure
Criterion Planners – Developed scenario planning software tools
Nationally recognized and award winning regional efforts

40. Planning Processes Using Criterion Planners: INDEX

41. Regional Plans Chicago, IL Seattle, WA Salt Lake City, UT
Regional Plans
Chicago, IL
Seattle, WA
Salt Lake City, UT
Sacramento, CA
Washington, DC
Grand Rapids, MI
Kansas City, MO
2030 Atlanta
Growth Vision
For
GRTA

42. Evaluating Scenarios With Indicators

43. Alternative Plan Scores

44. Next Steps