BAAMA EDUCATIONAL MEETING MTC/ABAG OAKLAND CA January 30, 2013 3MAPS SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES GIS PROTOCOL GIS Software: Digital Parcel Map Content: GIS 3MAPS Application ESRI ArcView Marin MAP BSI JAN2014 Dennis H. Klein GISP AICP (Inactive) PE (Inactive) Boundary Solutions, Inc. Mill Valley, CA 415-381-1750 www.boundarysolutions.com
BACKGROUND. It all started with a literature search by the Mill Valley Affordable Housing Committee to find a GSI method that would enable its new Housing Element to promote income inclusion so the town would not go gated.
BACKGROUND. It all started with a literature search by the Mill Valley Affordable Housing Committee to find a GSI method that would enable its new Housing Element to promote income inclusion so the town would not go gated. HUD/DOT/EPA SIX LIVABILITY PRINCIPLES 1. Provide more transportation choices 2. Promote equitable, affordable housing 3. Enhance economic competitiveness 4. Support existing communities 5. Coordinate and leverage federal policies and investment 6. Value communities and neighborhoods
BSI is Liebniz to Santa Cruz County s Newton Matt Price, SC GIS Manager, produced this WALK MAP in 2008
MILL VALLEY, CA
MILL VALLEY, CA 3MAPS ½ Mile Radius Struck Around EVERY Parcel in The town to determine Walkability
MILL VALLEY, CA 3MAPS What s Your WALK? TRANSIT? SOLAR?
MILL VALLEY, CA 3MAPS What s Your WALK Relative number of Amenities within ½ mile of a parcel
MILL VALLEY, CA 3MAPS What s Your TRANSIT Within ½ Mile of Bus Station/Bus Stop YES/NO
MILL VALLEY, CA 3MAPS What s Your SOLAR Relative Solar Panel Return-on-Investment
HUD/DOT/EPA SIX LIVABILITY PRINCIPLES Until 3MAPS was introduced by the Mill Valley Affordable Housing Committee, the word Sustainable was yet to appear anywhere in the DRAFT General Plan 3MAPS rated every parcel for compliances with the 6 Livability Principles 3MAPS turned heads, this won t be so bad Led to town embracing Sustainable Community principles despite a heavy gated yet? sentiment going in
MILL VALLEY, CA 3MAPS Statute within Adopted 2040 General Plan Housing Element
MILL VALLEY, CA 3MAPS Statute within Adopted 2040 General Plan Housing Element
MARIN: PROXIMITY TO TRANSIT
MARIN: PROXIMITY TO TRANSIT
MARIN: AMENITIES/DESTINATIONS LAYER
½ MILE BUFFER OF ANMENITIES PARCEL CENTROIDS
½ MILE BUFFER OF ANMENITY S PARCEL BOUNDARY
MARIN: WALK MAP - BUFFERED AMENITY CENTROIDS
MARIN: WALK MAP - BUFFERED AMENITY CENTROIDS
WALK MAP FROM BUFFERED AMENITY BOUNDARIES
MARIN BAYSIDE CORRIDOR WALK MAP ENLARGED FAIRFAX SAN ANSELMO NAVADO ROSS KENTFIELD MILL VALLEY SAN RAFEAL NORTHGATE SAUSALITO
FRESNO: PROXIMITY TO TRANSIT
FRESNO: PROXIMITY TO TRANSIT
FRESNO: PROXIMITY TO AMENITIES
½ MILE BUFFER OF ANMENITY S PARCEL BOUNDARY
FRESNO: WALK MAP-BUFFERED AMENITY BOUNDARIES
FRESNO: WALK MAP FRESNO CITY METRO
CURRENT SITUATION SEAMLESS USA: DATA INEQUALITY PRICE < $500 PRICE > $500 NO MAP
3MAPS SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES PROTOCOL 3,242 ESRI Open ArcView Records, Marin MAP Public BSI JAN 2014 SEAMLESS USA: END GAME Domain Current County Maps SEAMLESS USA: DATA INEQUALITY
California Supreme Court Sierra Club Vs. Orange County Ruling widespread and devastating to the public's right to know The ramifications of removing GIS parcel data from the public domain are far-reaching and may cause unanticipated consequences the public effect of exempting this data from the Public Records Act (PRA), may be widespread and devastating to the public's right to know the operations of all its government agencies
California Supreme Court Sierra Club Vs. Orange County Ruling checks against the arbitrary exercise of official power Implicit in the democratic process is the notion that government should be accountable for its actions In order to verify accountability, individuals must have access to government files Such access permits checks against the arbitrary exercise of official power and secrecy in the political process
California Supreme Court Sierra Club Vs. Orange County Ruling writings of public agencies shall be open to public scrutiny In adopting the Public Records Act (PRA), the Legislature declared that The people have the right of access to information concerning the conduct of the people s business, and therefore, the writings of public officials and agencies shall be open to public scrutiny
IAAO Magazine Open Records Article Study2 Open Record Counties Tax Base Growth 24% Faster NO MAP Counties Add Map Tax Base Growth 74% Faster SOURCE: IAAO Magazine, Broad Use for Digital Parcel Maps and Property Tax Base Growth, Dennis H Klein, GISP, AICP, PE: March 2009 * Subsequent records are too skewed by The 2008 Real Estate Bust to be useful
Between Club and Carrot All Counties go Open Records PRICE > $500
CLIMATE CHANGE REVERSED!? SUSTAINBLE COMMUNITIES / EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES SUCCESSFUL Remember when the War on Climate Change was won by just establishing broad consensus on just 3 messages INDUSTRY Invest in the cores and corridor and make a killing LOCAL GOVERNMENT Fast track highly walkable deals near transit with most liberal treatment to max investment attractiveness supported by a SC/EC National Parcel Layer With the Court Ruling as Club and IAAO findings as Carrot, universal open records follows, expediting development process THE AMERICAN PEOPLE Change what people want to believe from it is good that the three income groups live 30 miles apart to it is good that we are all back together again
CLIMATE CHANGE REVERSED!? SUSTAINBLE COMMUNITIES / EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES SUCCESSFUL In a discussion with Fred Vogler, MarinMap Manager, we discovered together that this approach holds the possibility of government getting out of the alternative site business which are typically seen only as targets for NIMBY zeal. Instead, government gets more into the information dissemination business, enabling market have its way with us, in this case, incrementally for the better, toward a, drive less, less traffic, lower carbon footprint settlement pattern. PREDICTION: Sustainable Communities will happen one deal at a time, on one parcel at a time, MILLIONS OF TIMES!