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SYSTEMS PLANNING UNIT CRESSON SLOTTEN, P .E., MANAGER CSLOTTEN@A2GOV.ORG

SYSTEMS PLANNING UNIT Contact: Systems Planning City Hall - 4 th and 5 th Floor (734)794-6430 x 43701 a2gov.org/departments/systems-planning/ Long-range & strategic planning and coordination of constructed and natural infrastructure systems, through customer engagement and the development of environmentally sustainable practices.

SYSTEMS PLANNING UNIT Full-Time Staff (15) o Manager o GIS Specialist o Transportation Program Manager o GIS Analyst o Environmental Coordinator o Water Quality Manager o Energy Program Analyst o Stormwater & Floodplain Coordinator o Recycling & Solid Waste Planning o Urban Forestry & Natural Features Coordinator Coordinator o Systems Planning Engineer (2.25) o Land Development Coordinator o Systems Planning Analyst (2)

SYSTEMS PLANNING UNIT  PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT  Community participation in projects, and plan & program development Information, feedback and input • Desires, preferences, opportunities • Challenges and concerns •  Improve project team understanding of existing issues and opportunities  Ongoing involvement with the project team – ensure community values are reflected throughout the project “These people are members of the community that care about where they live. So what I hear when I’m being yelled at is people caring loudly at me.” – Leslie Knope, character on Parks and Recreation

SYSTEMS PLANNING UNIT  PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

SYSTEMS PLANNING UNIT SUSTAINABILITY FRAMEWORK CLIMATE AND ENERGY LAND USE AND ACCESS Sustainable Energy Transportation Options Energy Conservation Sustainable Systems . High Performance Buildings Integrated Land Use COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Engaged Community Clean Air and Water Diverse Housing Healthy Ecosystems Human Services Responsible Resource Use Safe Community Local Food Active Living and Learning Economic Vitality A2gov.org/departments/systems-planning/planning-areas/climate-sustainability

SYSTEMS PLANNING UNIT  ASSET MANAGEMENT When? What? ? How much?

 ASSET MANAGEMENT  Completed Asset Management Plans Urban and Community Forest Management Plan • Bridges Asset Management Plan • Pavement Asset Management Plan • Initial Water Asset Management Program •  Asset Management Plans under development Sanitary Collection System • Stormwater Management System • City Streetlights •

SYSTEMS PLANNING UNIT  CIP PROGRAM MANAGEMENT Step 1: Project Needs Step 2: Prioritize Projects Step 3: Programming Prioritiz ed Master Outside Plans Needs Requests Funding Staff Data and Availabilit Knowledge y Staffing Capacity Identify Project Needs and Enter in CIP Database

SYSTEMS PLANNING UNIT  ALTERNATIVE & ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION Pedestrian o Bicycling o Transit o

SYSTEMS PLANNING UNIT  TRANSPORTATION PLANNING  2009 Comprehensive Transportation Plan Update Population Stable (it is now growing) • Employment Growth Leading the Region • More Trips Entering Into and Leaving the City Core • Multiple Transportation Systems/Options to Provide Flexibility •  2013 Non-Motorized Transportation Plan Update Identify the Means to Establish an Environment that Supports and Encourages Safe, Comfortable and • Convenient Ways for Pedestrians and Bicyclists to Travel  Transportation Commission  Upcoming Integrated Transportation Plan Update

SYSTEMS PLANNING UNIT  RECYCLING/SOLID WASTE/COMPOST  Programs  Operations Coordination/Management In-School Education & Recycling • WeCare Organics (Compost Facility) • Workshops Advanced Disposal (Transfer Station • Student Move-Out and Landfill) •  Planning Waste Management (Commercial • Dumpster Collection Franchise) State • Recycle Ann Arbor (Interim MRF • County Operations, Recycling Collection, • Drop-Off Center, Student Move-Out) City • ARIA (Landfill Gas Recovery) •

SYSTEMS PLANNING UNIT  WATER RESOURCES  Floodplain Management  Stormwater Management Mapping MDEQ Stormwater Permit • • Flood Mitigation Plan Stormwater Rates and Credits • •  Urban Forest and Natural Features On-Site Stormwater Management • Urban and Community Forest • Studies Management Plan •  Soil Erosion/Drainage City Code Modifications • Citizen Pruner Program •

SYSTEMS PLANNING UNIT  UTILITY PROGRAMS  Master Plans  City Code Modifications  Developer Offset Mitigation  Capital Cost Recovery Charges

SYSTEMS PLANNING UNIT  UTILITY SYSTEMS MODELING  Computer Models for Each of the three City Utilities • Water Distribution System • Sanitary Collection • Stormwater System  Strategic Planning Tool  Scenario/Review Tool

SYSTEMS PLANNING UNIT  SITE PLAN REVIEWS  City Utility and Right-of-Way Impacts/Needs Sanitary Flow Mitigation •  Private Stormwater Management Including Soil Erosion & Sedimentation Control •  Floodplain/Floodway Issues  Street Tree Impacts and Needs  Landscape and Natural Features Protection  Solid Waste and Recycling Requirements

SYSTEMS PLANNING UNIT  DATA MANAGEMENT Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Data  Manage Various Organization-Wide GIS • Data Sets Utilize GIS Data for Decision Making • Infrastructure Data  Rain Gauge Data (publicly available via • website) Stream Gauge Data (publically available • via website) Fire Hydrant Flow data •