SET GOALS. MEASURE PROGRESS. IMPROVE YOUR COMMUNITY. STAR Community - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

SET GOALS. MEASURE PROGRESS. IMPROVE YOUR COMMUNITY.

STAR Community Rating System The STAR Community Rating System (STAR) is the nation’s only comprehensive framework and certification program for measuring local quality of life and sustainability. STAR was built by and for local governments and the communities they serve.

STAR MEMBERS STAR MEMBERS INCLUDE 100 JURSDICTIONS (62 CERTIFIED), INCLUDING… LOCAL JURISDICTIONS MAJOR CITIES City of Baltimore Seattle Washington, DC Atlanta City of Frederick Houston (not Fairfax, not PrGeorge’s) Las Vegas Los Angeles Portland COUNTIES Raleigh Broward County FL Austin Memphis-Shelby County TN Louisville King County WA Cambridge MA STAR-certified communities Communities using STAR or pursuing certification

PURPOSE 1 2 3

INTRODUCTION: STAR FRAMEWORK FRAMEWORK USAGE STAR provides both a framework and a formal certification. It expands on our benchmarking efforts by capturing not just outcome measures, but also “action” measures to track adoption of best practices. COMPONENTS STAR is a menu: communities decide which “Table of Elements for Gov’t” measures to submit for verification.

MCG HAS COLLECTED DATA ON WORK OF DEPTS: HHS EXAMPLE Ty Type Descripti tion on Mont ntgomery C y Count nty R Result  Montgomery County ranked second in nation for Demonstrate that the County is a Top US Outcome & SAFETY Performer in regards to mortality indicators HS-2:O-1 both male and female life expectancy  3 top performers (Montgomery General, Shady Demonstrate that at least one hospital in the Outcome county is recognized as a top performer by the Grove Adventist, Washington Adventist) in a HEALTH HS-2:O-4 Joint Commission combined 18 categories Food security and assistance: Decline in “Food Outcome  8.3% (2012)  7.9% (2013)  7% (2014) Insecurity Rate” HS-4:O-2 Use a performance management system to  HealthyMontgomery platform monitor and improve health services and Action www.healthymontgomery.org programs that promote positive health HS-2:A-8  CountyStat HHS Dashboard outcomes and expand access to health care montgomerycountymd.gov/countystat/department/hhs HS-2+4: Conduct a community needs assessment to  Healthy Montgomery 2016 Community Needs Action Health & identify priority service needs and resources, EE-5:A-2 Assessment Safety including the needs of priority population  Montgomery County Food Council Report Assess local food system Action mocofoodcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/MoCo-Food-Access- HS-4:A-1 Report-2015.pdf  Enterprise Integrated Case Management (EICM) Implement information technology solutions Action system to improve client support services and EE-5:A-5 datasmart.ash.harvard.edu/news/article/montgomery-county-maryland- management enterprise-integrated-case-management-487

SAMPLE STAR MEASURES LINKED TO WATER QUALITY Ty Type Descripti tion on Green Demonstrate that 35% of the jurisdiction’s land area has designated green Infrastructure stormwater infrastructure providing bioretention and infiltration services Green Infrastructure Assess the state of the jurisdiction's urban forest Green Include evaluation of green infrastructure potential during early site reviews Water Infrastructure of proposed developments and subdivisions Quality Adopt land use regulations that establish appropriate Natural Resource Related wetland, stream, and shoreline buffer widths and adjacent Protection land uses STAR Actions Water in the Demonstrate a local Watershed Vulnerability Index of less than 70 Environment Water in the Demonstrate that all non-industrial water bodies are swimmable and Environment fishable during 90% of days in the past year Adopt a watershed management plan that integrates natural water Water in the bodies with human water use and addresses inputs and outputs of the Environment water systems

A pla platform for national l rec ecognit ition as a a lea leader er in in sustain inability Broward County, FL developed a 4-STAR Broward Branding Toolkit to educate community partners and local leaders on how to leverage the STAR rating to increase economic development opportunities .

Valuable B e Benchmarking T g Tool to to Compare o oursel elves es a against o t other er j jurisdicti tions

Valuable B e Benchmarking T g Tool Ex: Las Cruces, NM Education, Arts & Community total Score

Infor orms Strategic ic P Prior oritie ies, P Plans and c cohes esive v e vision - Ex Ex: L Lee ee C County ty, F FL “Complete L e Lee” e” – Fir irst S Sustain inabil ilit ity P Plan lan

Informs S Strategic Prio iorit ities, Plan lans an and coh ohesive v vis isio ion Cities like Tucson, AZ; Washington, DC; and Indianapolis, IN have incorporated STAR’s evaluation measures into adopted General Plans, Sustainability Plans, and Annual Reports.

SUCCESS STORY: SOCIAL EQUITY ASSESSMENT IN SEATTLE DESCRIPTION SOCIAL EQUITY + ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY Seattle used STAR’s methodology to conduct a deep dive on the area they scored lowest on: social equity. The resulting report provides a more robust approach for CountyStat’s community analytics effort, including by incorporating the emerging practices of “opportunity mapping” and assessing “equitable access to foundational community assets.”

COMMUNITY INDICATORS 2.0: TOOLS AND INSIGHTS FOR ACTION TRANSLATE STAR INDICATORS INTO INTERACTIVE TOOLS BY LEVERAGING AND BUILDING FROM RECENT INNOVATIONS ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE DIVERSITY EXPLORER PEDESTRIAN SAFETY BICYCLE STRESS MAP ZONING EXPLORER VULNERABILITY INDEX TREE CANOPY

ANTICIPATED BENEFITS AND NEXT STEPS BENEFITS PROCESS FOR IMPLEMENTATION DEP Director and CountyStat Manager select STAR to inform County benchmarking efforts Opportunity to become the Help integrate principles of first 5-star county (or one of sustainability into 21 st the first 4-star counties); gain century community planning MCG CAO briefing and independent, external efforts; STAR metrics endorsement recognition as an all-around measure progress against best practice community plans and initiatives Outreach to internal and external partners Enable County to “connect Objective, unbiased insights the dots” across agencies on County’s relative and between government Data collection (and verification) performance to help inform from departments, agencies, and efforts and community priorities (ex: social equity in community partners outcomes Seattle) Formal certification and follow-up with stakeholders to create plans and actions