1. Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance www.waterfrontalliance.org

2. MWA’s Mission MWA is determined to transform the New York and New Jersey Harbor and Waterways to make them clean and accessible, a vibrant place to play, learn and work, with great parks, great jobs, and great transportation for all.

4. Task Forces – a history In 2007, MWA brought together task forces of leading thinkers and practitioners—many of you were a part of this process –6 Task Forces –12 Meetings –250 Alliance Partners –400 Participants –300 Ideas –6 White Papers The Waterfront Action Agenda and White Papers reflect the culmination of this process In November 2008, the Waterfront Action Agenda was unveiled to more than 500 attendees at our Annual Waterfront Conference

5. Waterfront Policy: The Waterfront Action Agenda 1.A Green Harbor 2.A Waterfront Town 3.A Well Designed Edge 4.A Working Waterfront 5.Blue Highways

6. Who is doing it? All of us! and the hundreds of Alliance Partners and others who make up the Blue Movement Implementing the Waterfront Action Agenda

7. Transforming the Waterfront 2000 2050 Task Forces Convene 2007 A short history 2000 to 2050 Today

8. Generational effort Many organizations or agencies already doing the work MWA’s role: Defining the agenda and moving it forward with others Implementing the Waterfront Action Agenda

9. Plans: Funding: Waterfront Score Card $$$$$$$$$$$$

10. Increasing Funding What do we want funding for? –Programs and policies in Harbor Recreation White Paper and Waterfront Action Agenda, the Comprehensive Restoration Plan, Waterfront Parks, Docks, and other Waterfront Access In Sum: A Fair Share for the New York – New Jersey Harbor

11. Advocacy in the Ideal World Clearly Defined Policy iiiii Legislative Strategy Advocacy Strategy iiiii Relationship Building Iii i Specific Asks Capacity

12. Advocacy in the Ideal World Clearly Defined Policy Parks Department Plans through NYC Water Trail, Action Agenda, White Papers, Strategies Legislative Strategy Advocacy Strategy Waterfront Score Card, and 2008 & 2010 Waterfront Conference Relationship Building Recreation Task Force and boating community as a constituency Specific Asks Capacity

13. Advocacy Examples NYS Transportation Equity Alliance UPROSE, Empire State Future and the Tri-State Transportation Campaign American Association of Museums Advocacy and legislative strategy for museums

14. What Can You Expect to Accomplish Today? Update Waterfront Action Agenda and Harbor Recreation White Paper Contribute to Waterfront Score Card Begin to Develop Plans for Better Funding

15. Changes and Updates to the Waterfront Action Agenda and the Harbor Recreation White Paper -- 30 minutes What issues or topic areas did the Waterfront Action Agenda not address or not address fully? Do you recommend any changes or additions to the recommendations in the Harbor Recreation White Paper?

16. Developing a Waterfront Score Card -- 40 minutes Open Discussion

17. How do we measure progress?

18. Waterfront Score Card Benchmark Funds Great LakesLISSNY/NJ Harbor General Waterfront Score Card: Federal Restoration Funds NY/NJ State Restoration Funds NY/NJ Local Restoration Funds NY/NJ Green Harbor Score Card: # of Climate Change Task Forces in NY and NJ # gallons of stormwater captured from NYCDEP pilot projects # of NYC DEP pilot projects Harbor Education Score Card: Money per kid spent on environmental education Money available from governmental sources for NYC only Money available from governmental sources for Northern NJ only

19. Plan for Improving Funding -- 60 minutes Follow up on the ideas from the Waterfront Score Card and other places about how to increase regional funding.

20. Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance www.waterfrontalliance.org

21. What you can expect from us… Meeting notes Draft Waterfront Score Card Plan for funding Upcoming meetings related to Comprehensive Waterfront Plan See the fruits of your labor at the Waterfront Conference in November 2010!

22. Thank you for coming and being part of the BLUE Movement!