A.
Coordination of planning and zoning at state, local,
regional and federal levels to incorporate environmental protection with
economic sustainability
1. Better knowledge of land resources
2. Steer development into desirable areas
3. Sustainable building practices
4. Coordination Mechanism
5. Transportation
planning consistent with development and environmental protection plans
6. Market VA’s “Quality of Life”
7. Regional open space plans
8. State-wide planning process
9. Identify framework of goals for open-space preservation and use based on environmental sensitivity at all scales of space/gov’t
10. Compensate localities which have identified greater amount of critical areas targeted for preservation for the subsequent loss in revenues
11.Encourage
eco-friendly uses
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EXISTING PROGRAMS: 1.
Outreach ·
Building America ·
Citizen Watershed
groups ·
DEQ land renewal
program ·
EDP GIS ·
Rebuild America ·
VDACS and tourism
marketing ·
Virginia Housing and
Environmental Network ·
Virginia Land
Conservation Foundation ·
Virginia Outdoors
Foundation ·
Virginia Outdoors
Plan ·
Virginia Sustainable
Futures Conference ·
2. Regulation ·
Bay Act ·
Local Zoning N/A 3. Monitoring ·
4.
Planning/coordination · CBLAD comprehensive plan requirements · PDC planning ·
5.
Research · Comprehensive Coastal Inventory –VIMS · Heritage resource identification process · VGIN N/A |
MISSING ELEMENTS: 1. Outreach · Expand outreach on brownfield redevelopment incentives ·
Expand technical
assistance and funding for local/regional planning ·
Identify/expand
incentives for smart growth 2. Regulation ·
3. Authority ·
Identify and
authorize a lead agency for coordination of planning processes ·
Enact enabling
legislation for local programs to preserve sensitive land(s) ·
Provide management
tools to local governments for control of development (e.g. impact fees) 4. Monitoring ·
Develop and maintain
a comprehensive environmental database (GIS) to support local/regional
planning 5.
Planning/coordination
· Establish effective coordination/communication between local and state governments · Support/implement comprehensive regional planning · Establish State leadership in planning through development of a state-wide planning process (conservation, preservation, water use, transportation, development) ·
Establish effective coordination between Chesapeake Bay Program and
Virginia Coastal Program 6.
Research ·
Identify customer
base for available information 7. Definition of management targets ·
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