Metro - File #: 2018-0168

• File #: 2018-0168
• Type: Policy
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 3/30/2018
• In control: Planning and Programming Committee
• On agenda: 6/20/2018
• Title: CONSIDER: A. ADOPTING the Transit Oriented Communities Policy (Attachment A); and B. DIRECTING staff to develop a TOC Implementation Plan including metrics, and report back to the Board with the Implementation Plan in 18 months.
• Sponsors: Planning and Programming Committee
• Indexes: Annual reports, Budgeting, Community Transportation, First/Last Mile, Formula Allocation / Local Return, Grant Aid, Guidelines, Housing, Joint development, Local Returns, Long Range Transportation Plan, Maps, Measure M, Measure R, Partnerships, Plan, Policy, Policy Advisory Council, Program, Ridership, Safety, Transit operators, Transit Oriented Community, Transit Oriented Development, Transportation Development Act of 1971, Transportation policy
• Related files: 2018-0442

Meeting_Body
REVISED
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
JUNE 20, 2018

Subject
SUBJECT: TRANSIT ORIENTED COMMUNITIES POLICY

Action
ACTION: ADOPT THE TRANSIT ORIENTED COMMUNITIES POLICY

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
CONSIDER:

A. ADOPTING the Transit Oriented Communities Policy (Attachment A); and

B. DIRECTING staff to develop a TOC Implementation Plan including metrics, and report back to the Board with the Implementation Plan in 18 months.

Issue
ISSUE

The voter-approved Measure M Ordinance identifies "Transit Oriented Community (TOC) investments" as an eligible transportation-related use of Local Return funds. The inclusion of TOC investments is based on the success of the Metro TOC Demonstration Program. However, a formal policy does not exist. A TOC Policy (Policy) will help ensure compliance with the Measure M Ordinance and related Board-adopted Guidelines by the cities and the county. The Policy also clarifies Metro's role and commitment to leveraging transit investments to enhance and support complete communities.

The TOC Policy, included as Attachment A, was developed through an iterative review and discussion process with a working group made up of members, alternates, and delegates of the Policy Advisory Council (PAC), representing a diverse group of stakeholders (Working Group). The Policy also reflects feedback from the Board as provided at the May 16 meeting of the Planning and Programming Committee.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

Background
The concept of Transit Oriented Communities was introduced to Metro in May 2015 by Chief Executive Officer Phillip A. Washington with the development of the TOC Demonstration Program. The aim of the TOC Demonstration Program was to identify ways to look beyond individual transit oriented developments and identify how Metro could influence, implement and leverage its investments to have broader positive community impacts that increase ridership and improve quality of life. The TOC Policy is the evolution ...