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Current growth in population and jobs per hour in the Central Puget Sound. Source: PSRC, 2016

Opportunities/Challenges

REGIONAL OPEN SPACE STRATEGY

A collaborative effort to integrate and elevate the many activities underway to conserve and enhance the ecological, economic, recreational, and aesthetic vitality of the central Puget Sound region.

Strategy

The science & art of employing the political, social, and other forces of a region to achieve success toward a common goal

• Advance the most important actions
• Expand on analytical tools
• Improve regional decision making
• Build a regional open space system
• Build a regional community

INTEGRATE A COLLECTIVE VISION

THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES OF OUR DAY

Identify priorities and solutions where open space can play a critical role in addressing 5 key challenges

CLIMATE CHANGE BIODIVERSITY SOCIAL EQUITY HUMAN HEALTH ECONOMIC HEALTH

ENHANCE OUR COLLECTIVE IMPACT

INTERCONNECTED SYSTEMS Open Space Services

AIR FOOD ENERGY WASTE WATER SHELTER MATERIALS DISASTER MITIGATION WORK HEALTH CULTURAL EDUCATION PLAY TRANSPORT AESTHETIC COMMUNITY

If growth is the opportunity & the challenge then our solutions need to be tied to how we manage growth

Our regional growth strategy is embedded in

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• Advance the most important actions
• Expand on analytical tools
• Improve regional decision making
• Build a regional open space system
• Build a regional community

Regional Growth Strategy

• Urban Centers have

contained growth

• Transportation system linked
• No coordinated open space

network

• Regional open space system

needs to be spatialized

FINDINGS

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LOCAL PRIORITIES

STILLAGUAMISH* SNOHOMISH Winter 2015 CEDAR/SAMMAMISH Scoping Completed 2010 KITSAP* GREEN/DUWAMISH Winter 2015 PUYALLUP/WHITE Completed Summer 2014 NISQUALLY* CLOVERS/ CHAMBER*

Weave together watershed priorities

SNOHOMISH KITSAP KING PIERCE

REGIONAL VISION

• This “VISION” is a MOCK-UP
• It provides an EXAMPLE of the physical

parameters of what a full regional open space system might look like

• And how it would be USEFUL at a regional scale
• It is only a STARTING POINT to elicit comments
• and is only useful if there is a corresponding

INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK to implement it

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REGIONAL VISION

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REGIONAL VISION

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REGIONAL VISION

Insert John’s Vision Slides

Rural hamlets

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• Advance the most important actions
• Expand on analytical tools
• Improve regional decision making
• Build a regional open space system
• Build a regional community

A spatialized vision would help to:

• Prioritize activities

geographically and in time

• Focus on multiple

benefits

FINDINGS

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REGIONAL PRIORITIES

AQUATIC SYSTEMS

A-1 Continue efforts to construct setback levee(s) with shoreline restoration in lower Puyallup River. A-2 Protect the White River Corridor A-3 Coordinate the numerous shoreline restoration projects on the Duwamish and Lower Green River A-4 Coordinate stormwater management, flood surge protection and environmental enhancement efforts in the Duwamish and Lower Green Rivers A-5 Restore the lower Green River while upgrading the levees in the Kent Valley. A-6 Take land use and environmental management steps to protect water quality and habitat in the Soos Creek basin. A-7 Address development impacts to water quality around Black Diamond. A-8 Work with farmers in the Newaukum Creek basin to identify watershed friendly field drainage techniques. A-9 Restore the lower Cedar River shoreline. A-10 Take land use steps in uplands to maintain high water quality along the Cedar River

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BIODIVERSITY

B-1 Initiate a region-wide update/synthesis of existing biodiversity assessments to identify the most ecologically important areas, the relative threat to each, and the priority actions. B-2 Support the Pierce County Biodiversity Alliance efforts to implement the Lower White River Biodiversity Management Area Stewardship Plan. B-3 Support King County’s efforts to acquire and manage the Bass Lake complex

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REGIONAL VISION

AGRICULTURAL LANDS

AG-1 Initiate a Comprehensive multi- county sustainable agriculture strategy. AG-2 Initiate a comprehensive agricultural lands and aquatic systems enhancement program AG-3 Take immediate action to protect remaining agricultural land in the lower Puyallup Valley. AG-4 (Consult Forterra re: activities along the Snoqualmie). AG-5 (Consult Forterra re: activities along the Snohomish)

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FOREST LANDS

F-1 Facilitate an interagency forest management strategy. F-2 Identify strategies to manage public forests that have recently been acquired by public governments such as cities and counties. F-3 Explore issues related to public forest management through a case study of forests newly acquired by Kitsap County Parks.

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TRAILS

T-1 Connect Green River Trail and Cedar River Trail near and in Renton T-2 Connect Green River Trail. East Lake Washington Trail and the Cedar River Trail near and in Renton T-3 Continue constructing the Mountain To Sound Greenway Trail across Bellevue to and other missing sections T-4 Continue constructing the Eastside Trail T-5 Construct MTS missing link around Beacon Hill and industrial area T-6 Connect the Centennial Trail to the Snoqualmie Valley Trail. T-7 Complete missing links in the North Interurban Trail to connect Everett and Seattle T-8 Connect the Centennial Trail to the Snoqualmie Valley Trail from Snohomish to Monroe.

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REGIONAL VISION

ACTIVE LIVING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

CD-1 Address the open space deficiencies and health impacts in the lower Green River Valley. CD-2 Identify strategies for providing open space and recreation resources in rapidly growing communities. CD-3 Provide community open spaces near the Highway 99 corridor in Snohomish County. CD-4 Establish a “Greater Rainier” Coalition. CD-5 Establish a Snoqualmie Valley Coalition CD-6 Establish a Skykomish Valley Coalition. CD-7 Establish a Stillaguamish Valley coalition. CD-8 Build on the open space resources in the Hansville/Kingston/Port Gamble vicinity as a regional recreational and scenic amenity. attractions along that corridor. CD-9 Establish a “Hanging Gardens” Park in the Green River Gorge between Flaming Geyser Park and Kanaskat-Palmer State Parks .

REGIONAL PRIORITIES

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• Advance the most important actions
• Expand on analytical tools
• Improve regional decision making
• Build a regional open space system
• Build a regional community

• No common integrated data base
• Need for investment in science
• Lack of tools to support local decision

making

• Natural capital under-valued

FINDINGS

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GIS WEB PORTAL

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Nature’s Annual Economic Contribution

Central Puget Sound Open Space Valuation

Prepared by Earth Economics

http://www.eartheconomics.org/FileLibrary/file/Reports/Earth%20Economics%20ROSS%20ESV%202015.pdf

• Advance the most important actions
• Expand on analytical tools
• Improve regional decision making
• Build a regional open space system
• Build a regional community

REGIONAL DECISION MAKING

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Timothy Beatley -http://biophiiccities.org/

Instead of: What if: Planning how to fit parks into our cities? We did our planning to fit cities into the park . . .

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REGIONAL DECISION MAKING

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Instead of: What if : Focusing on the cost of green infrastructure We focused on the return

• n our investment . . .

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• Limited funding needs to be less dispersed, more

flexible, more nimble

• RFP process results in increased administrative costs;

creates competition

• Air, land, & water planning efforts need to better

connect with land use authorities

FINDINGS

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TYPICAL GREY INFRASTRUCTURE DECISION PROCESS

Washington Department of Transportation

Federal $ State $

Local Government Comp Plan Process Existing Relationship

Puget Sound Regional Council Regional Priorities

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EXISTING CONSERVATION DECISION PROCESS

$

NGOs WSDOT

Puget Sound Partnership

50+ Federal $ State $

$$

Foresters RCO WDFW

• Dept. Ag

DNR Ecology Tribal Nations NGOs NGOs NGOs NGOs Commerce Dept. Health Parks & Rec NGOs Educators Fishermen Recreation

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PROPOSED GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PROCESS

Feds Watersheds of Central Puget Sound

Puget Sound Partnership

New Non-Profit Foundation

Puget Sound Regional Council

New Non-Profit Coordinating Alliance  Advocacy Orgs  Land Conservancies  Businesses  Tribal Nations,  Corporate Orgs  Ag/Rorest Orgs  Universities  Governments – Federal, State Regional, Counties, Cities Existing Non- Governmental Organizations1

Federal $ State $

1Existing NGOs operate as usual

and still receive funding from state and federal governments.

Local Government Comp Plan Process New connection between local government and WRIA planning New Relationship $$ Existing Relationship

Tribal Nations

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• Advance the most important actions
• Expand on analytical tools
• Improve regional decision making
• Build a regional open space system
• Build a regional community

FINDINGS

• Lots of great work by

lots of great

• rganizations
• Need for more efficient

coordination

• Need to facilitate public

engagement

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COMMUNITY ALLIANCE

REI PSP EPA

Douglas Eateries

Tulalip Tribes USFS Earth Corp UW Seattle

Seattle Chambe r

RCO

Ecology

SnoCD TNC Skoko- mish Kitsap Boeing PSRC

Forterra

Kaiser TPL WEC Blue Shield

EXAMPLE COMMUNITY ALLIANCE*  Website (One Stop Shop)  Forum for Coordination  Campaign Umbrella  Integrated Locational Map  Forums, Workgroups, Summits  Communication & Support Tools 

WWC

*funded only by members Tribal Nations Counties Federal Agencies Corporate Orgs Land Conservancies Universities/Institutions Stewardship Orgs Advocacy Orgs Businesses Regional Agencies Cities Health Orgs State Agencies

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A COLLECTIVE VISION

A COLLECTIVE IMPACT

http://www.eartheconomics.org/FileLibrary/file/Reports/Earth %20Economics%20ROSS%20ESV%202015.pdf

OpenSpacePugetSound.org

 Fund PSRC  Spatialize Vision  Improve Planning Structure  Streamline Funding  Convene Stakeholders  Advance Tools

ACTIONS to Transition ROSS Strategy

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A COLLECTIVE IMPACT A COLLECTIVE VISION