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Sustainable Communities ND Association of Oil and Gas Producing Counties Annual Meeting Medora, ND October 6, 2011 Regional Planning By: Dawn Keeley, Funding Strategist
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Sustainable Communities
ND Association of Oil and Gas Producing CountiesAnnual MeetingMedora, NDOctober 6, 2011
Regional Planning
By: Dawn Keeley, Funding Strategist
HEADLINESBismarck Tribune: “Helms: Just getting started”
Williston Herald: “Williams and Mountrail Counties: No New Man Camps”
Williston Herald: “Four Semi Accidents in Four Days”
The New Yorker: “Kuwait on the Prairie”
Forbes: “Kodiak Invests Another $235 million in Bakken Acreage”
CNN Mad Money: “Double Your Salary in the Middle of Nowhere, North Dakota”
Bismarck Tribune: “North Dakota’s Second Quarter Retail Sales Grow by $1 billion: Williams trails Cass by less than $9,000”
Taking a
Rapid Development• Housing• Public Infrastructure• Health Care• Emergency Services• Private Sector
Lack of Resources• Money• Labor• Natural Resources• Manufactured
Goods
Isolated Solutions• Inefficient• Potential Conflicts
Regional Planning Process
Quantify Problems Identify Alternatives Evaluate Alternatives Recommend Solutions
DEEP BREATH
FEDERAL SUPPORT
US Department of Housing and Urban Development
for Regional Planning
“Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program”
Grants to Assist in Local and Regional Planning Initiatives
$70 Million Nationwide with $17.5M Set Aside for Rural Areas
185 Pre-Applications Submitted in August 2011
Today is the Full Application Deadline
Federal
• Housing• Land Use• Economic Development• Workforce
Development• Transportation• Infrastructure
OBJECTIVESSupport for Multi-Jurisdictional Planning Efforts which Integrate Investments in:
STATE SUPPORTfor Regional Planning
Board of University andSchool Lands Approved
$300,000 from the Energy
Infrastructure andImpact Fund
Regional CONSORTIUMRegional Partners:
REAP Investment FundND Assoc. of Oil & Gas Producing CountiesSW REAPBuilding Communities, Inc.Dickinson State UniversityMinot State UniversityWilliston State UniversityRoosevelt Custer Regional Planning CouncilSouris Basin Planning CouncilMandan, Hidasta, and Arikara Nation
Lead Applicant
Administrative PARTNERSLead Sponsors
Bakken & Three Forks FOOTPRINT
PROPOSED Project Area
KEY
County-Specific Economic Development Strategic Plans
Infrastructure Agenda Land Use Planning and Codes Entrepreneurship Initiative Scenario Planning and Catalytic
Visioning Regional Sustainability Plan
Planning Activities
County-Wide Economic Development
• Building Community-Based Economic Development Strategic Plans for Counties and Larger Communities Focused on Economic Diversification
• To be Completed in Year One
STRATEGIC PLANS
INFRASTRUCTURE AgendaBroad Analysis of Immediate
InfrastructureInvestment Needed to Preserve Short-
TermLivability and Promote Long-Term
EconomicDiversification
– Compilation of Municipal Core Infrastructure Needs and Conceptual Design and Cost Estimating Assistance on Newly-Identified Projects
– Water, Wastewater, Street/Road/Highway NeedsTo Be Completed By End of Q3
2012
Land Use Planning POLICY & CODES
Establish a Clearinghouse for Methods and Best Practices to Assist Cities and Counties Address the Immediate Rapid Growth Issues
City and County-Based Land Use Policy and Code Recommendations Designed to Develop Region-Wide Uniformity (with allowance for specific community goals and outcomes)
Entrepreneurship
• In Partnership with the Strom Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, an Effort to Gather Adequate Data to Support Entrepreneurship
• Providing Coaching to Entrepreneurs and Existing Business Leaders to Assist in Serving and Diversifying Small Businesses
INITATIVE
SCENARIO Planning
• Population >3,000
• Explore Differing Outcomes
• Alternative Scenarios Presented
• Community Determines Optimal Planning Strategy
CATALYTIC Visioning
• Opportunities Community-by-Community Basis
• Development of Conceptual Plans
• Intended to Catalyze Concept into Developable Projects
Regional
• Addressing the Six Livability Principles of the Partnership for Sustainable Communities (HUD, DOT, and EPA)
• Outline Regional Recommendations for: Provide more Transportation Choices Promote Equitable, Affordable Housing Enhance Economic Competitiveness Support Existing Communities Coordinate Policies and Leverage Investment Value Communities and Neighborhoods
SUSTAINABILITY PLAN
Regional Solution
ImplementableLocal Support
Regional SupportSpecific Solutions and Action Items
RegionalRapid Development• Housing• Public Infrastructure• Health Care• Emergency Services• Private Sector
Lack of Resources• Money• Labor• Natural Resources• Manufactured
Goods
Isolated Solutions• Inefficient• Potential Conflicts
Regional Planning Process
Quantify Problems Identify Alternatives Evaluate Alternatives Recommend Solutions
SOLUTIONS
LEAD PLANNING ConsultantsUnique Strategic Planning
Process in Three ways
1. Comprehensive: Presents 25 Options for Economic Diversification and Improved Livability
2. Objective: Assist Communities to Select their Strategies based on Logic, not just Emotion
3. Expeditious: One Productive Week to Plan; Implementation Underway Immediately
QuestionsDawn Keeley
Funding StrategistAE2S Nexus
4050 Garden View Dr. Ste 200Grand Forks, ND 58201
(701) [email protected]
www.ae2snexus.com / www.ae2s.com
