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The Sacramento RegionBlueprint for the Future
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Whats the Issue?

• More than 1.7 million additional people will live
  in the Sacramento Region by 2050
• Housing needs will more than double
• Land use decisions made during the next decade
  will guide our future quality of life

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How Big is Big?
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Vehicle Minutes/Person Increase of 160 hours
annually
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How would the region change if the Base Case
Future became reality?
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Whats the Alternative?

• Sacramento Region Blueprint
• Transportation Land Use Study
• Patterned (loosely) on Envision Utah
• Designed to Touch Thousands of Citizens
• Supportive of Local Governments Role
• Long Term Impacts
• Context for Future Decisions
• Access to Planning Tools

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Blueprint Workshop Series

• Neighborhood Level
• All Jurisdictions
• 100-300 acre parcel case study
• County Level
• Planners work together to create scenarios
• Context for local work
• Regional Level
• Compile and measure alternatives
• Create mechanisms to gather preferences

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Smart Growth Principles

• Transportation Choice
• Housing Choice
• Compact Development
• Use of Existing Assets
• Mixed Use Development
• Natural Resource Conservation
• Quality Design

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County-wide Scenario Building

• Base Case first scenario
• Planners Subcommittee creating alternatives
• Public workshops will critique alternatives
• Key elements that may be considered
• less overall land consumption than Base Case
• Better jobs-housing balance
• Compact form
• Preservation of open space

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Region Wide Scenario Building

• April 30th Regional Forum
• Regional Workshops
• Electronic Town Hall
• Let all citizens weigh in on our collective
  future!

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Implementation

• Transportation Plan Linkage
• Next update will consider land use footprint
• Community Design Funds
• 500 Million Total
• 12 Million in first round

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The Blueprint Project -Critical Success Factors

• Three-tiered Workshop Structure
• Interactive Workshops
• Public / Private Partnership
• Local Government Focus / Ongoing Benefit
• Structured Outreach
• Media Engagement
• Transportation Plan Linkage
• Community Design Funds