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• • • Figure 2 -4: Open Space Design /Conservation Development Model I:uAUEli a ASSU CInIl S. 513. PUBLIC LAND USE PLANNING AND DESIGN CON, CI N Er SCNUENBAUEA. SENIOR PRINCIPAL 952 238 0831 EXT 13 OPEN SPACE DESIGN /CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT MODEL Key Objective: Win - win -win outcomes for the LGU, developers, and regulatory agencies, resulting in developments that have enduring value and preserve the local sense of place and landscape character. Community Vision And Values Must Be Clearly Defined And Used As the Basis For These Plans Parks, natural open spaces /greenways and trails are used as the primary underpinning for developing the Comprehensive Plan and related Growth Management Policies. Regulatory- Driven NATURAL /ECOLOGICAL RESOURCES INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS PARKS, NATURAL OPEN SPACE /GREENWAYS, AND TRAILS PLAN Key Strategy: Leverage LGU's regulatory capacity (as defined by traditional development track) to entice developers into a collaborative process that results in higher public values within the context of the economic viability and marketability of the development. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT POLICIES HEART OF THE MATTER LIES HERE! The greatest utility of the traditional development track is to establish the ground rules for development and then use them to entice developers into a more collaborative approach that holds greater promise for win - win -win outcomes! TWO TRACK DEVELOPMENT STRAT TRADITIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRACK Leverage Traditional Development Controls To Entice Developers into A Collaborative Track Principle -Driven OPEN SPACE DESIGN/ CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT TRACK REGULATORY AND GROWTH CONTROL APPROACH Value: • Creates baseline requirements for development • Ensures that any given development will achieve minimum public values in alignment with local regulatory authority • Sets strict controls on the rate or pace of development Challenges: • Strips out creativity due to highly scripted requirements • Imposes development risk and cost factors that have no public or private value, but still have to be accounted for in the development's economic pro forma • Regulatory requirements limit developer's incentive to provide any public value beyond the minimum Results: • Developments that meet minimal regulatory requirements • True vision of the community often not realized • Developments take on a "cookie- cutter" appearance Note that public values can go beyond natural resource based values. Examples include affordable housing, various forms of housing, architectural standards, and improvements to community infrastructure, to name a few. COLLABORATIVE AND PUBLIC VALUES - DRIVEN APPROACH Value: • Allows for more creativity in development planning • Based on development principles that define specific public values being sought consistent with the community's vision Challenges: • Requires a high degree of trust among players • Requires the city to think non - traditionally about managing development • Requires more flexibility and give and take on dty side Results: • More creative development solutions offering higher public values • Greater realization of public vision without compromising the economic viability of the development Common Park, Natural Resource /Open Space, and Trail Values* Being Sought: • Preserving natural open spaces and greenways • Preserving or enhancing the quality of local ecological systems • Establishing a privately - funded endowment program for long -term natural resources stewardship, • Managing stormwaterfimproving water quality through natural infiltration techniques • Providing public park and trail opportunities consistent with local and regional plans • Preserving the overall aesthetic quality of the area COPYRIGHT 2005 BY BAAUEA 8 ASSOCIATES. LTD, - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED OPEN SPACE DESIGN /CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT PLANNING 2 -13