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4/18/2016 Outline  Gateway Corridor overview  Comprehensive Planning 101  Review each element and draft recommendations Saint Paul-Ramsey County Community  Discussion Health Services Advisory Committee  Next steps March 2, 2016 Gateway Corridor Bus Rapid Transit Routing to be Determined 1

4/18/2016 What do we want the future to look Public Health and Planning like?  Shared Language • Public Health • Land Use • Planning • Built Environment Importance of the Built Environment  Definition • The human ‐ made space in which people live, work, and play on a day ‐ to ‐ day basis.  Built Environment and Health 2

4/18/2016 What is land use? Change Over Time Change Over Time 1990 2010 1990 2010 3

4/18/2016 Who determines land use? Comprehensive Plans  Local Governments  The foundation for local planning as it acts as an outline of the community's vision and • Cities • Counties priorities.  Minnesota Statute 462.357: “For the purpose of  Long range plan for land use and development promoting the public health, safety, morals, and in a community general welfare , a municipality may by ordinance • Anticipating change over the next 20 years regulate on the earth's surface, in the air space  Guide decision making above the surface, and in subsurface areas …” Plan Elements Health in Comprehensive Plans Health Outcomes Built Environment Comprehensive Plans Health Determinants • Heart Disease • Land Use • Opportunities for • Injury • Housing Physical Activity • Diabetes • Access to Health • Transportation Supportive • Stroke • Capital Facilities Resources • Depression • Natural • Jobs, services, etc • Stress Environment • Risk of Physical Injury • Health Disparities • Economic • Natural Development • Cancers Environment • Asthma • Parks and • Social Recreation Environment (etc…) 4

4/18/2016 Health in Comprehensive Plans Comprehensive Planning Timeline  Final plans due to Metropolitan Council by December 31, 2018  Comprehensive planning begins with the US Census  Planning is happening now Health Impact Assessment Update Connectivity  Health elements Provide convenient and • Connectivity • Housing reliable ways to walk or bike • Jobs to basic needs and services • Safety  Community input  Vision statements  Draft recommendations 5

4/18/2016 Community Input Why it Matters to Health  Desire for sidewalks and bicycle routes  Access to basic goods and services  Safe places to walk and bike • Impacts to socioeconomic status and physical, social, and mental health  Safety • Discussed in more detail in Safety section Connectivity Assessment Draft Recommendations  Bike and walk scores for Gateway  Grid Street Network communities • Accessibility  Development patterns ‐ parking assessment • Efficient • Reliable 6

4/18/2016 Draft Recommendations Housing  Provide bike lanes and sidewalks Increase housing options for all • Physical activity ages and income levels in the • Promote a safe environment Gateway Corridor station areas • Enhanced sense of community  Development patterns Community Input Why it Matters to Health  Desire for affordable housing for all ages and  Socioeconomic status income levels • Lack of insurance • Food insecurity  “It is difficult to remain healthy if basic needs for food and shelter are not met. Struggling • Lack of proper health care financially to pay rent leads to fewer funds for  Unstable housing conditions healthy foods, less time to exercise and leads to significant emotional stress which, in turn, leads • Quality of life to higher levels of morbidity and mortality.” • Stress and depression –Community Representative 7

4/18/2016 Housing Assessment Draft Recommendations  Affordable housing conditions  Assess housing needs  Range of housing options • Households spending more than 30% of their income on housing • Modify land use plans  Progress towards regional housing goals  Focus housing near stations  Housing cost burden • Transportation costs 2 nd biggest budget item for  Density most families Jobs Community Input  Jobs at the Gateway Corridor stations provide Increase the number and variety an incentive to use transit services of jobs available within the  Important that entry ‐ level and living ‐ wage Gateway Corridor jobs are situated around stations 8

4/18/2016 Why it Matters to Health Jobs assessment  Socioeconomic status  Unemployment and underemployment in Gateway cities • Similar to housing  Lack of insurance  Industrial diversity  Food insecurity  Poverty  Lack of proper health care  Projected employment growth  Job instability  Transit access to jobs • Physical and mental health  Economic development initiatives Draft Recommendations Safety  Increase transit connections to jobs Create safe places for • Affordable, reliable way to get to work walking and bicycling, while  Support new jobs and businesses at station areas reducing crime 9

4/18/2016 Community Input Why it Matters to Health  Importance of safely traveling to and from  When designed well, spaces can help meet stations and other local destinations biological, social, and economic needs of the population. • Need for complete and well ‐ maintained sidewalks, well ‐ lit streets • Spaces prevent injury and crime • Easy access between housing, retail, services, and • Promote health behaviors jobs Safety Assessment Draft Recommendations  Crime prevention  Good design  Safety while traveling • Creates safer and welcoming spaces • Sidewalk network • Promote physical activity • Bicycle network  Crime Prevent through Environmental Design • Complete streets • Deterring criminal behavior through design • Maintenance of bike/ped facilities decisions • Street safety • Lighting 10

4/18/2016 Crime Prevention through Draft Recommendations Environmental Design  Lights  Natural surveillance  Sidewalk network  Safe crossings HIA Next Steps Discussion  Finish Analysis  Reactions? Questions?  Finalize Recommendations  Did you learn anything new?  Draft and Release Report  Do you agree with the draft recommendations?  Are there obvious exclusions?  General comments? 11

4/18/2016 Thank you! Stephanie Souter, Washington County Public Health Stephanie.Souter@co.washington.mn.us 651 ‐ 430 ‐ 6701 Hally Turner, Washington County Public Works Hally.Turner@co.washington.mn.us 651 ‐ 430 ‐ 4307 12