HomeMy WebLinkAboutMetric List for SimplificationPlanning Board – Draft Community Plan Metrics
In hopes of enabling an efficient discussion of which metrics we might omit without losing the ability to measure progress toward our goals, I’ve
suggested the metrics that I believe we can live without. My intention is to offer a motion to remove all metrics indicated “strike” below which do
not receive a “keep” vote from at least two board members. Please consider bringing a printed copy with your responses to Tuesday’s meeting.
Name Description Mark's Suggestion Response Comments
1 - The Shape of the City
1-1 Citizen Survey Statistically-valid survey repeated to
monitor trends over time
Strike - Not a metric ❑ Keep this
2 - A City of Neighborhoods
2-1 Commercial
Accessibility
Percent of residents/households within
one mile of commercial activity
Would be better to state in walking
terms, e.g. "within a 10 minute walk"
2-2 Commercial
Density
Gross commercial units per acre of
commercially-zoned and developed land
by zoning district
Strike - Hopefully this will be less
important in the future as
commercial activity is more
integrated throughout the city
❑ Keep this
2-3 Commercial Nodes Total acreage of “functioning” nodes
within ‘Community Commercial Mixed
Use’ future land use designation
Strike - Acreage is an odd way to
measure commercial activity
❑ Keep this
2-4 Housing Cost
Burden
Percentage of households spending more
than 30% of income on housing costs
2-5 Housing Stock
Diversity
Square footage, number of beds, and
number of baths, normalized by taxable
market value
2-6 Intersection
Density
Trail networks may be considered in
addition to roadways
Strike – Will the public understand
what this is or why it's important?
Permeability would be better.
❑ Keep this
2-7 Population
Density
2-8 Rentals Percentage of residential units that serve
as full-time residences
Strike - How does this measure
progress? Toward which goal? ❑ Keep this
2-9 Residential
Density
Gross dwelling units per acre of
residentially-zoned and developed land by
zoning district
2-10 Walk Score Distance to amenities Strike – Same as 3-7 ❑ Keep this
3 - A City Bolstered by Downtown and Complementary Districts
3-1 Bike Score Distance to amenities Strike - Distance less important than
infrastructure, redundant with 2-1, 3-
3, 5-1
❑ Keep this
3-2 Commercial Units Number of commercial units added as
compared to overall population growth
(district vs. citywide)
Strike - What goal does this measure
progress towards?
❑ Keep this
3-3 Commute Mode
Share
Could move under Vision Theme 5
3-4 Development vs.
Redevelopment
Development within subdivisions platted
more than and less than 35 years ago
3-5 Residential Units Number of residential units added as
compared to overall population growth
(district vs. citywide)
Strike - What goal does this measure
progress towards? If affordability,
let's measure affordability.
❑ Keep this
3-6 Transit Score Distance to amenities Strike - Redundant with 2-1, 3-3, 5-4 ❑ Keep this
3-7 Walk Score Distance to amenities Strike - Redundant with mixed-use
measures. ❑ Keep this
4 - A City Influenced by Our Natural Environment, Parks, and Open
Space
4-1 Air Quality
4-2 Greenhouse Gas
Emissions
4-3 Low Impact
Development
Percentage of LID integration / expansion
as installed
Strike - Better to measure under our
stormwater plan ❑ Keep this
4-4 Park Accessibility Percentage of residents/households
within ½-mile of parks, and ¼-mile to open
space and trails
4-5 Vehicle Miles
Traveled
Per capita
4-6 Water
Consumption
Gallons per capita, per day Strike - Unclear how this ties directly
to land use.
❑ Keep this
4-7 Water Quality Strike - Unclear how this ties directly
to land use. ❑ Keep this
5 - A City that Prioritizes Accessibility and Mobility Choices
5-1 Bike Accessibility Percentage of jobs and residents within ½-
mile of an All Ages & Abilities (AAA) route.
AAA/LTS 1: protected facility or low-
speed, low volume road, e.g. buffered bike
lane, cycle track, bicycle boulevard
Note: City has existing level of traffic
stress (LTS) GIS layer
5-2 Bicycle Mode
Share
Each mode should be tracked individually
because each mode requires different
strategies
Strike - Redundant with 3-3 ❑ Keep this
5-3 Bike and
Pedestrian Safety
Annual Fatal and Severe Injuries
5-4 Transit
Accessibility
Percentage of jobs and residents within ¼-
mile of a bus route or ½-mile of a high
frequency express service route, and
excluding routes with headways greater
than 30 minutes
5-5 Transit Mode
Share
Each mode should be tracked individually
because each mode requires different
strategies
Strike - Redundant with 3-3 ❑ Keep this
5-6 Traffic Safety Annual Fatal and Severe Injuries
5-7 Walking Mode
Share
Each mode should be tracked individually
because each mode requires different
strategies
Strike - Redundant with 3-3 ❑ Keep this
6 - A City Powered by its Creative, Innovative, and Entrepreneurial Economy
6-1 Employment
Density
Total jobs per acre of developed non-
residentially zoned land
Strike - Can we hope for a future in
which no longer strictly separate
where people work from where
people live?
❑ Keep this
6-2 Job Diversity Proportion of jobs by industry (NAIC code) Strike - Weak connection to land use ❑ Keep this
6-3 Land Use
Availability
Availability of land for economic activity
based on annual land use inventory
Strike - Which land *isn't* available
for economic activity? ❑ Keep this
7 - A City Engaged in Regional Coordination
7-1 Acres Wholly
Surrounded but
Unannexed
Number of acres of annexations of land
wholly surrounded by the City but
unannexed (i.e. enclaves)
7-2 City Expansion Number of projects annexed within the
Planning Area but outside of city limits
that conform to adopted interlocal
agreements
Acres or Units would be more
meaningful
7-3 Meeting with City
of Belgrade and
Gallatin County
Planning Staff
Strike - If we need to count and
report the quantity of these
meetings, we probably have bigger
issues
❑ Keep this
7-4 Meeting with City
of Bozeman &
Gallatin County
Planning Board
Strike - If we need to count and
report the quantity of these
meetings, we probably have bigger
issues
❑ Keep this