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Show re 2-9' "Regi°na' Growth: Choices for Our Future" Schematic Process Jlysis F|9U ' F|OW Diagram Trends Issues/ Opportunities Goals and Objectives Draft Alternatives Refine Alternatives Develop Evaluation Criteria Evaluation F~| Preferred / Impact I Alternative Analysis || Action Planning & Implementation In this manner, the following scenarios were decided upon: • An adopted Trend (a.k.a. "Business as Usual") scenario that extrapolated existing trends of development and urbanization. • A Build Out scenario based on existing zoning that showed the anticipated build out of existing zoning districts at maximum allowable densities. • A Centers Reinvestment and Environmental Conservation (a.k.a. "Wise Growth") scenario that represented a focus on existing urban areas. This scenario represents a merging of two previous draft scenarios, a "Compact Development" scenario and an "Environmental Preservation" scenario, which were developed from the adopted Visions and Goals. The term "compact development" refers to steering new growth into existing urban service areas to minimize costs of new infrastructure development and to more effectively utilize existing public services. By "environmental preservation", it was intended that new development avoid areas of high environmental importance, including floodplains, wetlands, steep slopes and dense natural vegetation. Although aimed at different objectives, these two draft scenarios had sufficient similarity to one another that combining them seemed a logical step. • A "Wise Growth" Build out representing complete development of the region using control totals from the build out based on existing zoning, but reallocated consistent with the "Wise Growth" scenario. It should be noted that the Impacts and Alternatives Task Force suggested that the original two alternatives (Centers Reinvestment and Environmental Conservation) be combined into one alternative to continuation of current trend forecasts and the ultimate build out of the region based on current zoning. Hence, the combinations of the two city center/environmental conservation options into one "wise growth" scenario was also then extended to its build out as an alternative to current zoning throughout the region. This action by the Impacts and Alternatives Task 2-49 |
