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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLetter of Support for the Technical Assistance Grant from Smart Growth I �aF Bo2� October 20, 2014 9x �;Cq,, 1$83 .,��t Mr. Roger Millar �rN'co ° Vice President and Director Smart Growth America Leadership Institute 1707 L Street NW, Suite 250 Mayor Jeff Krauss Washington, DC 20036 Deputy Mayor RE: Smart Growth America Technical Assistance Carson Taylor Commissioners Cyndy Andrus Dear Mr. Millar, Chris Mehl 1-Ho Pomeroy On behalf of the City of Bozeman,please accept this letter as an expression of the City's strong interest in having Smart Growth America provide free technical CITY OF BOZEMAN assistance workshops to assist the City in developing its transportation performance 121 N. Rouse measurement program. P.O. Box 1230 Over the course of the last several years,the City has experienced an increase Bozeman,MT 59771 in the rate of growth. The transportation network, and past transportation planning practice has resulted in a system that is currently functional, but challenged to handle Phone: 06) 5 2 2344 the growth. As a result,the City Commission made transportation infrastructure Fax: ((406 5 82-23 4 planning one of its six priorities for the year. The timing of your technical assistance TDD:(406) 582-2301 www.bozeman.net program couldn't be better to help us address this important community issue. As this City continues to experience rapid growth, the transportation network Core Values is moving to the forefront of the community's priorities. Your program will assist us Integrity: Be honest, in developing a transportation system performance program that engages citizens, hard-working,reliable elected officials and technical staff to create a program where all participants and accountable to the understand demand and capacity within the network.A project of this type will help public. the community develop a shared understanding and goals that will address the Leadership: Take transportation network into the future. initiative,lead by example,and be open to innovative ideas. Service: Work Sincerely, unselfishly for our community and its citizens. J 5 eff Krauss Teamwork: Respect others,welcome citizen Mayor involvement,and work together to achieve the best result. si Smart Growth America Mir Tool: Transportation Performance Measurement Provider: Smart Growth America and Charlier Associates, Inc. SUMMARY This assistance provides an introduction to transportation system performance measurement and reporting. Based on broad, inclusive public conversations about desired future conditions, communities can establish objectives-driven planning, programming and design processes coupled with monitoring and reporting methods that improve the accountability and effectiveness of their transportation programs and systems. COMMUNITY BENEFITS This assistance provides recipients with an understanding of how transportation system performance can be integrated into community comprehensive planning processes to improve local self- determination and transportation agency accountability. Rather than telling citizens what they "need," TSP empowers citizens and elected leaders to take control of their transportation programs - roads and streets, transit, pedestrian and bicycle- and redeploy them as strategic tools for achieving the community's objectives for economic vitality, public health, environment, community identity, neighborhood character as well as the classic transportation objectives of access, circulation and travel. SUBJECT MATTER COVERED • Public involvement and empowerment techniques; • How to translate land use objectives into transportation performance criteria; • Techniques for integrating the modes into a common vocabulary and measurement system; • Data sources and low-cost measurement systems for tracking transportation performance; • The use of benchmarks and indicators; • Design of monitoring and reporting systems; and, • Examples of performance measures used successfully by communities and regions OUTCOMES • An engaging and enlightening evening public forum providing information about transportation performance measures and their use to guide public investment; • Answers to specific technical questions and problems; • Suggestions for low-cost ways to develop data and reporting systems; • Community members build a common vocabulary, debunk common myths, focus on shared values, build or validate common visions, and learn basic principles and practices; • Practical strategies for improving the built environment in ways that bring about increased economic vitality and greater sustainability. s ~`10 .g Assistance provided with grant support from US EPA's Office of Sustainable Communities under their Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities Program.