Montgomer mery P Planning 6/11/2020 Thrive Montgomery 2050 Planning Board Presentation-Draft Vision, Goals, Policies and Actions Thrive Montgomery 2050 – Draft Vision, Goals, Policies and Actions 1
Today’s presentation • Introduction-Context-Rationale • Framework and Vision • How Goals and Policies were developed • Community Outreach • Implementation Chapter - in progress • Next steps • Public Comments • Facilitated discussion of key themes of the Plan Thrive Montgomery 2050 – Draft Vision, Goals, Policies and Actions 2
Introduction-Context-Rationale Thrive Montgomery 2050 isn’t about reinvention. It’s about adapting to new realities and shifting the way we think about how the county should grow. Economic Disruption Economic Disruption Technological Innovations Technological Innovations Regional + National Competition – Artificial Intelligence – Higher Living Cost – High Debt – Autonomous Vehicles – Ride Location Preferences Sharing – Social Media – Online Retail Social Change Social Change Public Health – Social Isolation – Climate Change Climate Change Household Formation – Lifestyle Changes – Focus on Equity Sea Level Rise – Extreme Temperatures – Extreme Weather Events – Habitat and Demographic Shifts Demographic Shifts Natural Resource Impacts – Infrastructure Cost – Energy Increasing Diversity – Smaller Family Size – Decreasing Birth Rates – Aging Population Thrive Montgomery 2050 – Draft Vision, Goals, Policies and Actions 3
Change in County Demographics Thrive Montgomery 2050 – Draft Vision, Goals, Policies and Actions 4
Increasingly Older Population Thrive Montgomery 2050 – Draft Vision, Goals, Policies and Actions 5
More people are working at home Percentage of resident workers who work at home 9.0% 8.2% 8.0% 7.1% 6.7% 7.0% 6.2% 6.0% 5.8% 5.7% 6.0% 5.0% 3.8% 3.8% 4.0% 3.5% 3.3% 2.9% 2.9% 2.7% 3.0% 2.4% 2.0% 1.4% 1.0% 0.0% Montgomery Frederick Prince Howard District of Fairfax Loudoun Arlington County County George's County Columbia County County County County 1990 2016 Thrive Montgomery 2050 – Draft Vision, Goals, Policies and Actions 6 6
Housing Growth Not Meeting Needs of Growing Population Montgomery County Building Permits 12,000 1,200,000 10,000 1,000,000 8,000 800,000 Average since 1980: 4,300 Population Average since 2010: 2,700 Units 6,000 600,000 4,000 400,000 2,000 200,000 0 - 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 1-unit 2-units 3-4 units 5+ units Population Source: 1960 -2010 US Census, 2016 American Community Survey, 1-year estimate, Census Bureau Building Permits Thrive Montgomery 2050 – Draft Vision, Goals, Policies and Actions 7
County is mostly built out Man-made constraints Environmental constraints Utility Sites WSSC Hydrological Transmission Lines Streams Transportation Infrastructure Wetland Buffers Metro Erodible soils Rail Parks & Biodiversity areas State Roads Agricultural Reserves Federal Highways Special Protection Areas Government Ownership Forest Conservation Easements Rustic Roads & Public Education Historic Preservation Qualifiers TDR Exhausted Multiple owners Rockville Quarry Improvement Value >2 Land Value Regulated Affordable Housing, Office Buildings less than 50 years old Private Institutional Retail Buildings less than 15 years old HOA Common Ownership Single Family Dwellings Constrained area = 276,515 Acres (85%) Unconstrained area = 47,804 Acres (15%) Thrive Montgomery 2050 – Draft Vision, Goals, Policies and Actions 8
Current Land Use Thrive Montgomery 2050 – Draft Vision, Goals, Policies and Actions 9
Key Themes • Urbanism – corridors are the • Stop planning for cars future • De-pave the county • 15-minute living • Varieties of commercial uses • Active lifestyles = health • Regional solutions to problems • Social – connections of people • Diversity is our strength and places • Embrace importance of place • Housing is a right and a value • Major roads transformed into boulevards Thrive Montgomery 2050 – Draft Vision, Goals, Policies and Actions 10
Framework and Vision In 2050, Montgomery County is a web of complete communities connected by vibrant corridors . • Complete communities: Individual and unique neighborhood activity centers with a variety of housing types and price points located close to workplaces, needed goods and services, public amenities and open spaces. • Vibrant corridors: comfortable, safe corridors of multimodal transportation and services; and corridors of connecting green parks, stream valleys and trails. Thrive Montgomery 2050 – Draft Vision, Goals, Policies and Actions 11
46 Goals Long-range & broad impact we want to accomplish 150+ Policies Guidance for future planning & development 210+ Actions Specific, tangible implementation activity Thrive Montgomery 2050 – Draft Vision, Goals, Policies and Actions 12 12
How Thrive Montgomery 2050 Goals, Policies & Actions developed Engagement Analysis •Data & background research • Community members & stakeholder organizations between •Collaborative Montgomery Planning June 2019 & spring 2020 & Parks staff working groups •Montgomery County & State of •Technical studies: Maryland partner agencies o Housing Needs Assessment o Technical Advisory Group o Transportation scenarios analysis o One-on-one meetings o Residential Capacity Analysis o Trends Report & other studies Thrive Montgomery 2050 – Draft Vision, Goals, Policies and Actions 13
Montgomery Planning Thrive Montgomery 2050 Spring 2020 Distance Engagement Performance Thrive Montgomery 2050 – Draft Vision, Goals, Policies and Actions 14
Ask Me Anything Virtual Town Halls Real-time chat function with questions and answers. Phone line call in accessibility. Español live translation for first three events with English translation for last event with Vice Chair Fani-Gonzalez. Thrive Montgomery 2050 – Draft Vision, Goals, Policies and Actions 15
Spring 2020 Digital Advertising Performance (as of 6.8.20) • 10,917 Total Clicks • 748,803 Total impressions Impressions are the number of times your content is displayed, no matter if it was clicked or not. Thrive Montgomery 2050 – Draft Vision, Goals, Policies and Actions 16
Virtual Community Chats The community is invited to learn more about policy recommendations through a virtual deeper dive on Thrive Montgomery 2050 topics hosted by the working groups. Thrive Montgomery 2050 – Draft Vision, Goals, Policies and Actions 17
Housing Day – June 24 • Social Media Campaign focused on housing issues and ideas. • Twitter Town Hall with Lisa Govoni takeover of @montgomeryplans. • Pints with a Planner with Casey Anderson and Lisa Govoni on Housing Attainability. Thrive Montgomery 2050 – Draft Vision, Goals, Policies and Actions 18
Coming soon: Implementation Chapter • Discuss tools for implementing General Plan • Additional land use, facility, infrastructure plans & studies • Capital improvements process • Zoning & other regulatory tools • Set priorities for the short, medium, and long-term • Identify coordinating agency roles and responsibilities • Approach to developing metrics Given the scale & duration of the General Plan, Implementation Chapter will not include a cost/benefit or fiscal impact analysis Thrive Montgomery 2050 – Draft Vision, Goals, Policies and Actions 19
Next Steps Issues Report Presented to the Planning Board on February 27th Draft Vision and Goals Presented to the Planning Board on April 16th We are Draft Vision, Goals, Policies and Actions here Planning Board presentation on June 11th Working Draft Plan September 2020 Planning Board Review + Transmittal October 2020 – March 2021 Council Review + Approval April 2021 - TBD Thrive Montgomery 2050 – Draft Vision, Goals, Policies and Actions 20
Public Comments Thrive Montgomery 2050 – Draft Vision, Goals, Policies and Actions 21
A Plan to Thrive (start of the facilitated discussion) Thrive Montgomery 2050 – Draft Vision, Goals, Policies and Actions 22
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