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implementation plan
Phase II of the
project involves the development of a plan
and specific tools to implement the
Blueprint for Good Growth Phase I Goals.
These tools include, for example, Adequate
Public Facility (APF) Ordinances, Area of
City Impact, Open Space Preservation
Techniques, Transit Oriented Zoning and
Transportation Corridor Overlay Districts,
Right of Way Preservation, and Access
Management.
The Consortium
has already begun discussions on Adequate
Public Facilities for roads, water, and
wastewater. The Phase II work shall address
Level of Service standards, capacity
assessment, areas and developments to which
APFs will apply, timing of APF
determination, opportunities for
public/private partnerships, techniques to
mitigate inadequate public facilities, and
methods to allocate and monitor service
capacity.
The Phase II
Implementation Plan development process is
expected to continue through 2007.
committee membership
Committee Membership - A list of the
Steering and Technical Committee Members
background and history
Communities in Motion/Blueprint Project
Video
Designing a Future-Part I (.avi format -
30MB)
Designing a Future-Part II (.avi format -
31MB)
Because Ada County is a
desirable place, it has largely boomed since
the late 1980s. People and businesses want
to be here to enjoy the climate, the
outdoors, and the economic opportunities
found in Ada County. The attraction fueled
the record population growth and development
that made the Boise metropolitan area the
seventh-fastest growing region in the United
States through the 1990s.
Across the nation, examples can be found of
once-thriving communities falling victim to
their own success, now choked by gridlock
and pollution, rampaging sprawl, and the
loss of farmland and open space.
The Blueprint
represents an unprecedented attempt to link
land use and transportation planning and
create a future Ada County that will be a
place where today’s residents want to stay
and where tomorrow’s residents will want to
come. This process we will aid Ada County
in avoiding the undesirable results of
improperly planned growth.
At the end of
this process, Ada County will have a
detailed implementation plan for creating
and maintaining the quality community we
want to share. We can assure our children
and future generation that Ada County
remains a vibrant and beautiful community –
one that has the employment, educational,
cultural and recreational amenities that we
all desire and require.
The Blueprint
for Good Growth is a collaborative
multi-jurisdictional effort intended to
coordinate land use and public facility
decisions so that growth in Ada County will
be an asset to existing residents and future
generations. The plan establishes an
overall framework for growth management in
Ada County that includes policies and
strategies that ultimately will be
incorporated into the plans, regulations and
practices of Ada County, its cities, Ada
County Highway District (ACHD) and the Idaho
Transportation Department (ITD).
The project was
initiated in summer of 2004 and the Phase I
Goals, Objectives, and Policies were adopted
by the Consortium in September 2006. The
Implementation Phase is expected to continue
through 2007. Blueprint for Good Growth,
Inc. is recognized by the IRS as 501(c)3
non-profit organization.
Key Issues
tackled by the group during the process
include:
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Land Use &
Development,
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Transportation,
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Open Space &
Agriculture Preservation,
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Environmental
Recreation,
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Business &
Economic Development, and
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Intergovernmental Coordination.
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