CAPE COD COMMISSIONS h a ro n Ro o n e y , A I C PP h i l D a s c o m b e , A I C PJ e n n i f e r C l i n t o n

Southeastern Massachusetts

WHERE IS IT?

15 towns of Barnstable County

Year-round Population215,885

Summer Population>500,000

Home Rule State Vote in Town MeetingGOVERNANCE

geography

• formed by glaciers• 10 miles wide/60 miles long

• 560 miles of coastline

CHARACTERISTICS

CHARACTERISTICSnatural resources

• sandy soils, dunes• scrub oak and pitch pine• salt marsh systems

CHARACTERISTICScultural resources

• Cape Cod National Seashore• Historic Districts

• Established in 1990: Cape Cod Commission Act

BACKGROUND

• Regional Planning Agency: Regulatory and Planning

HYA

NN

IS

• Charged with protecting Cape Cod’s resources

water resources

transportation

planning/community development

GIS

regulatory/legal

historic preservation

natural resources

economic development

BACKGROUND

AUTHORITY

RPP

Prepare and oversee implementation of a Regional Policy Plan

DCPC

Recommend Districts of Critical Planning Concern

DRI

Review and regulate Developments of Regional Impact

DRINKING WATER SUPPLYNITROGEN SENSITIVEFLOOD HAZARD AREASWETLANDSRARE SPECIES HABITATPROTECTED OPEN SPACEHISTORIC DISTRICTS

1 2 3 4 5

2009 UPDATE

growthpol icy

commiss ion, town act ions

reg iona l resources

min imum performance

standards

reg iona lland use

vis ion map

REGIONAL LAND USE VIS ION MAP

APPROACH TO 2015 UPDATE

Create framework for regional capital planning

Simplify regulatory review, complete RLUVM

Ease LCP process

2015 UPDATE

UPDATED REGIONAL GROWTH POLICY

CONSISTENCY WITH REGIONAL GOALS

11 of 15 towns have cert ified LCPs

benefits inc lude• development

agreements• impact fees

but some p lans outdated:what other incent ives are

needed?

INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING

what are cape cod’s

cap i ta l fac i l i t ies

needs?

t r anspo r ta t ion

was tewate r

energy

commun ica t ions

current ly town by

town

RPP

STAKEHOLDER INPUT CRIT ICAL

PAST

PRES

ENT

FUTU

RE ?

PAST

• Web-based re fe rence too l

• Disp lays h i s to r i c t rends , h igh l igh ts , and maps

PAST

• Visua l i zes key i n f ras t ruc tu re , i nd iv idua l s , i ndus t ry ove r t ime

• His to ry o f deve lopment can be inc luded in LCPs ’ town

backgrounds

Map SliderLayer and compare maps from different

time periods:• 1890 Topographic• 1910 Village Maps• 1938 – 2012

Aerials

StatisticsCompare trends:• Parcels Built• Population• Tax Rate• Assessed Value• Cattle• Sheep

Built ParcelsVisualize parcels

built by year across the region

TimelineView 200+ anecdotal

data points and photos

Map SliderGeorectified paper

maps shared by MassDOT, Cape Cod Conservation District

StatisticsCollected, analyzed annual reports back to late 19th century

Census data

Built ParcelsGIS analysis using

parcels’ “year built” feature

TimelineCollected postcards, images from various historic archives at town and state level

Trend DataUS Census

Town Annual ReportsStatscapecod.com Quotes &

AnecdotesThe Barnstable Patriot

The RegisterProvincetown

AdvocateFalmouth Enterprise

ImagesLibrary of Congress

State Library of MA ArchivesDigitalcommonwealth.org

Boston Public LibraryDennis Historical Society

Provincetown LibraryWhelden Memorial LibraryBrewster Historical Society

Town Annual ReportsHistoric & Archaeological

Resources of Cape Cod & The Islands (1986)Cape Cod &

The Old Colony (1855)

Historical AerialsMassDOT

Cape Cod Conservation District

h t t p : / / ca pec odc ommi ss i o n .o rg / c h ro no l og y /

Round Pond

Coonamessett Bogs

• Ob jec t i ve ly desc r ibes and cha rac te r i zes each

commun i ty

• Revea l s l oca l pa t te rns tha t te l l a s to ry abou t where and

how we work , l i ve & p lay

PRES

ENT

• Curren t l y , t owns a re regu la ted ‘ one s i z e fi t s a l l ’ – wan t ed t o v i sua l i z e c r i t i ca l d i ffe rences

be t ween to wns

PRES

ENT

VULNERABILITY RECREATION

DEMOGRAPHICS

DEVELOPMENT

PATTERNS

ECONOMY

1. d rop ch ips on a map o f cape cod

2. geospat ia l da ta f o r a l l 5 ca tego r i es

aggrega tedto town l eve l

3. rada r char t h igh l igh ts

d iffe rences town to town

BETA VERSION

h t tp : / / capeco dco mmiss i on . o rg / c omcha r /

FUTU

RE

• Scenar i o p lann ing too l• ‘ Pa in t ’ on the map to

see ou tcomes o f deve lopment cho ices

?

demographicseconomy

technologyenvironment

PLANNING FOR CHANGE

• Tool to inform and support policy decisions

• Helps us examine strategies in the face of uncertainty

• Process for exploring possible futures

• Ask…..”What if ?”

SCENARIO PLANNING

• Developed by Fregonese Associates• Suite of scenario planning tools• Extension to ArcMap products• Allows users to explore the effect of their

land use choices• Instantly see the effect of those choices on:

EconomyEnvironmentRegion/Municipality

ENVISION TOMORROW

Active Users: Sonoran Institute Southern California

(SCAG) Chicago (CMAP) Austin (CAPCOG) Kansas City (MARC) Fresno COG Indianapolis

(IndyCOG) Tucson AZ Portland (City and

Portland Metro) North East Ohio

ET APPLICATIONS

• Give stakeholders chance to express growth preferences

• Educate about effect of land use choices

• Reach consensus of where & what kind of development

ET GOALS

• No special

software

• Accessible

anytime

• Simplified

ET CHALLENGES

USER PROCESS

A LINKED SYSTEM OF DATA/MAPPING

Mixed Use Residential

Office

Multi-family

Small Lot Single Family

Large LotSingle Family

Conventional Single Family

BuildingPrototypes Painting

CompactMixed Use

CompactResidential

DispersedResidential

DevelopmentTypes

Indicators

PAINTING PROCESS

Select

Paint

See Changes

CUSTOMIZATION

DATA COLLECTION• Housing units and jobs• Buildable lands supply

• Vacant & Infill• Existing Uses• Environmental

constraints• Roads and Transit• Demographic and

economic data

“Where are we heading?”

SCENARIO PLANNING PROCESS

BUSINESS AS USUALWhat happens if the current trends and land use policies continue? 

TREND SCENARIO

6%

TREND SCENARIO

ESTIMATED 17,000 NEW JOBS:

18.8% INCREASE

TREND SCENARIO

POPULATION

31,000 PEOPLE:

11% INCREASE

4,806

6,536

4,388

907

Retail

Office

Industrial

Public / Civic

Hotel / Hospi-tality

68% of new development SINGLE FAMILY HOMES

TREND SCENARIO

TREND SCENARIO

– 88% of new development is owner occupied

–More than half on lots over an acre

15,987N e w h o u s i n g u n i t s

TREND SCENARIO

• Average home price for new residential homes:

$514,108

54% of units

require incomes of $150,000 or more

13a ff o r d a b l e t o

s o m e o n e e a r n i n g t h e

a v e r a g e w a g e .

• Average wage of new jobs created:

$46,000

TREND SCENARIO

“Where are we heading?”“Where are we heading?”

“What are the possibilities?”

SCENARIO PLANNING PROCESS

SCENARIO PLANNING PROCESS

SCENARIO PLANNING PROCESS

“Where are we heading?”

“What are the possibilities?”

“Where are we heading?”

“What are the possibilities?”

“Where do we want to go from here?”

SCENARIO PLANNING PROCESS

Consensus Scenario

Areas of consensus on type and location of growth

Areas for change but no consensus on type

Stakeholder 1

Stakeholder 2

Stakeholder 3

SCENARIO PLANNING PROCESS

SCENARIO PLANNING PROCESS

• Effective tools took more effort and time than expected

• Engaging stakeholders needs to be continuous – important to stay in touch even over the summer

• Older population and technology challenges

YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROWLESSONS LEARNED

YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW : A STORY OF REGIONAL PLANNINGTHANK

YOU!

• SHARON ROONEY, AICPsrooney@capecodcommission.org

• PHIL DASCOMBE, AICPpdascombe@capecodcommission.org

• JENNIFER CLINTONjclinton@capecodcommission.org

• FREGONESE ASSOCIATESwww.frego.com

YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROWFOR MORE INFORMATION

TOOLS

• Chronology, Community Characteristicswww.capecodcommission.org/blackbox

• Regional Policy Plan www.capecodcommission.org/rpp