THE TOMORROW PLAN Steering Committee November 17, 2015
Agenda Call To Order • Introductions • Approval of Agenda • REPORT: Committee Structure Update • REPORT: 2015 Accomplishments • REPORT: 2016 Priorities • REPORT: Speaker Series • REPORT: Local Government Trainings • REPORT: Preferred Sustainability Status Update • Other Non-Action Items of Interest to the Committee • VOTE: Next Meeting Date • Adjournment •
Report and Discuss COMMITTEE STRUCTURE
Committee Structure Steering Committee • – Meets 2 times/year – Overall policy direction and guidance Implementation Committee • – Meetings 6 times/year – Communicate, strategize, and support efforts
Report and Discuss 2015 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Goal 1 Accomplishments Downtown Walkability • – Funds allocated and consultant selection underway for study – Pilot program implemented Mayors’ Challenge for Safer People, Safer Streets • – Speaker event in March with Jeff Speck and Mayor Cornett – Model Complete Streets policy drafted by MPO • Windsor Heights and West Des Moines adopted policies in 2015; others to follow – Wellmark Foundation Mini-Grants program administered
Goal 1 Accomplishments Better Streets for People • – Transportation performance metric-tracking implemented – Partnership’s Transit Task Force convened – MPO Transportation Funding Task Force convened – Stand Up for Transportation Day event held Others • – Congestion Management Process update underway – Broadband efforts underway – Drake class developed model policies, including parking
Goal 1 Accomplishments Others (cont.) • – Nodes & Corridors efforts • Des Moines Transit Oriented Development ordinance funding secured • Norwalk node plan underway • Historic West Des Moines Plan (Valley Junction) plan underway • Windsor Heights design standards and development reviews – Freight Rail Port site development – operator close to being selected – Freight container study with ISU’s CyBiz lab
Goal 2 Accomplishments Regional Water Trails Plan • – Funding received from Iowa DNR; planning underway Greenway Inventory • – Data collected about ownership, soils, parks, trails, slope, etc. – Working to prioritize gaps to better connect greenway system Watershed Management Plans • – 3 WMAs established (Fourmile, Walnut Creek, Mud/Camp/Spring Creek) – 2 more being created (North/Middle Rivers) and Beaver Creek – Council of WMA’s convened
Goal 2 Accomplishments Others • – Clive Greenbelt plan – Green streets efforts in Johnston and Des Moines
Goal 3 Accomplishments Home Repair Program • – Healthy Homes Program initiated in the East Bank neighborhood Evaluated Housing Policies • – Housing Matters symposium held in April – EPA technical assistance received; workshop held in Urbandale in August Others • – Art on DART buses – MPO Smart Trips pilot program to support alternate transportation trips
Goal 3 Accomplishments Others (cont.) • – Open street events held – Partnership for a Hunger Free Polk County launched – Dallas County health dept. efforts in Waukee to map access to food
Goal 4 Accomplishments Regional Parks & Rec coordination • Comprehensive plans underway • – Des Moines, Pleasant Hill, Polk City, Windsor Heights, Clive MPO communications initiative and speaker series • Drake Law School and GDMP Model Ordinances project • Ongoing Capital Crossroads work •
Report and Discuss 2016 PRIORITIES
In groups, identify… Activities planned already • Other initiatives should the region take on • – Identify who should lead Prioritize list • Report out •
Report and Discuss 2016 SPEAKER SERIES
2015 Speaker Series
Proposed Topics for 2016 • Transportation – Walkability – Nodes & Corridors – Transit Oriented Development – Parking • Neighborhood Development
Proposed Topics for 2016 • Water – Developing Recreation on Waterways – Water Quality • Energy • Social Equity • Sharing Economy • Food insecurity
Next Steps: 2016 Speaker Series • Identify scheduled speakers from partner organizations • Develop “menu” of additional options for partner organizations to consider • Book speakers • Develop communications plan and materials
Report and Discuss LOCAL GOVERNMENT TRAININGS
Local Government Trainings – Wichita State University • WSU received EPA grant for sustainability-related trainings – WSU targeting Des Moines due to Tomorrow Plan success • Trainings offered – Sustainability 101 – Storytelling Workshop – Rate Setting and Financial Planning for Your Utility • No cost to host training; $25 per participant
Report and Discuss PREFERRED SUSTAINABILITY STATUS UPDATE
Preferred Sustainability Status • Reminder: Metro area has Preferred Sustainability Status with HUD, DOT, EPA, and other agencies due to The Tomorrow Plan • Status lasts through September 2016 • Recent applicant: – Iowa Economic Development Authority – Application to HUD under Disaster Relief Act for the National Disaster Resilience Competition, including Raccoon River
Ever mindful of future generations, we collaborate across political boundaries to achieve social, economic, and environmental resilience for Greater Des Moines Altoona • Ankeny • Bondurant • Carlisle • Clive • Dallas County • Des Moines • DART • Grimes • Johnston • Mitchellville Norwalk • Pleasant Hill • Polk City • Polk County • Urbandale • Warren County • Waukee • West Des Moines • Windsor Heights
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