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Policy Plan
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Transportation |
Public Facilities and Services FOOTNOTES [1] Fiscally/financially constrained means that the LRTP must compare the estimated revenue from existing and proposed funding sources that can reasonably be expected to be available for transportation projects, to the estimated costs of constructing, maintaining, and operating the total transportation system over the period of the plan. [ BACK ] [2] Capital improvements are physical assets constructed or purchased to provide, improve or replace a public facility and which are large scale and high in cost. The cost of a capital improvement is generally nonrecurring and may require multi-year financing. A capital improvements budget is the set of capital improvements put into dollars and cents terms, indicating the prorated amount to be expended for each project listed over a multi-year period, and including the projected sources of revenue. [ BACK ] [3] Transportation Disadvantaged means those persons who because of physical or mental disability, socio-economic status, or age are unable to transport themselves or to purchase transportation and are, therefore, dependent upon others to obtain access to health care, employment, education, shopping, social activities, or other life-sustaining activities. [ BACK ] [4] Transit-friendly means an environment around a transit stop or station that supports pedestrian and transit use. This is done by providing for a mix of land uses in a safe, clean, vibrant, and active place. [ BACK ] [5] Congestion pricing means charging a price to use highways that is high at peak hours and lower or non-existent at off-peak times. [6] Planned development means new development that is in accordance with an adopted comprehensive plan. [ BACK ] [7] Ill-timed addresses two trends: 1) the construction of public facilities which facilitates the premature or poorly planned conversion of rural land to other uses; and 2) the necessary public facilities and services to maintain level of service standards not being available when the impacts of development occur. [ BACK ] [8] Sprawling development means scattered, untimely, poorly planned development in urban fringe and rural areas. These patterns are typically manifested in one or more of the following ways: leapfrog development; ribbon or strip development; and large expanses of low-density, single-dimensional development. [ BACK ] [9] Capital improvements are physical assets constructed or purchased to provide, improve or replace a public facility and which are large scale and high in cost. The cost of a capital improvement is generally nonrecurring and may require multi-year financing. A capital improvements budget is the set of capital improvements put into dollars and cents terms, indicating the prorated amount to be expended for each project listed over a multi-year period, and including the projected sources of revenue. [ BACK ] [10] Adequate means having sufficient capacity in our water, sewer and roadway systems to accommodate the needs of the region’s existing and future populations, or meet a required level of service standard. [ BACK ] [11] Level of service standards are qualitative ratings of the effectiveness of a facility or service to meet the public demand. They indicate the extent or degree of service provided by, or proposed to be provided by a facility based on and related to the operational characteristics of the facility. Level of service standards indicate the capacity per unit of demand for each public facility. [ BACK ] [12] Natural systems mean regularly interacting and interdependent components of air, water, land and biological resources. [ BACK ] [13] Best management practices are a pollution control system, or combination of systems, that improve water quality conditions for surface or groundwater bodies by dealing with runoff (nonpoint sources of pollution). [ BACK ] [14] Conservation design practices incorporate the conservation of land, natural features, and open space into the project design, resulting in substantial natural systems protection that would not be possible under traditional zoning and subdivision standards. Conservation design practices include shared driveways, stormwater runoff reduction, relaxed setback standards, smaller lots, and cluster housing. [ BACK ] [15] Environmentally sensitive building practices typically involve fewer materials, less energy consumption, less pollution, less natural habitat loss and better indoor air quality. [ BACK ] [16] Green infrastructure is a connective network or functional patchwork of greenspace that sustains the diversity and quality of natural systems, and that contributes to the health, economic vitality, and quality of life for communities and people. [ BACK ] [17] Greenspace is
land that is in its undeveloped, natural, or restored state. [18] Capital improvements are physical assets constructed or purchased to provide, improve or replace a public facility and which are large scale and high in cost. The cost of a capital improvement is generally nonrecurring and may require multi-year financing. A capital improvements budget is the set of capital improvements put into dollars and cents terms, indicating the prorated amount to be expended for each project listed over a multi-year period, and including the projected sources of revenue. [ BACK ] [19]
Mixed-use development refers to development with more than one type
of use (such as office, retail, residential, entertainment, cultural,
recreation, etc.), all of which are physically and functionally integrated
and are mutually supporting. [20] Transit-friendly development is a mix of residential, retail, and office uses that is accessible to transit service and encourages walking and bicycling in the community. [ BACK ] [21] Affordable housing, as defined by HUD, is housing, either ownership or rental, for which a household pays no more than 30 percent of its gross annual income. [ BACK ] [22] Subsidized housing refers to housing where the rents are partially paid through government subsidies. It includes housing owned by housing authorities, Section 202 housing for the elderly, Section 811 housing for people with disabilities, project-based HUD-assisted housing, and Housing Choice Vouchers. The Housing Choice Voucher (sometimes called Section 8) is a tenant-based rental subsidy. The tenant qualifies for the subsidy based on family income and then finds a private rental unit in the neighborhood of their choice. [ BACK ] [23] Cincinnati USA Partnership is a public / private initiative facilitated by the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, and designed to provide a unified image for the Cincinnati USA region, which is a three state, 15 county (OKI’s 8 counties plus 7 others) area with more than 200 local units of government. Focusing on regional challenges to economic growth, the Partnership is an attempt to bring together the fragmented, diverse players from around the Tri-state to stimulate growth on a regional scale. The Partnership’s program of work includes: business attraction, retention and expansion; regional marketing; workforce development; and new business development initiatives. [ BACK ] [24] Clusters refer to concentrations of companies and industries in a geographic region that are interconnected by the markets they serve and the products they produce, as well as by suppliers, trade associations and educational institutions. Clusters capitalize on an industry’s strengths, assets and potential. [ BACK ] [25] Multipliers indicate the total impact on the local economy that can be expected from a change in a given economic activity. [ BACK ] [26] Performance provisions are enacted to ensure that foregone revenues and expenditures resulting from tax incentives (abatement, exemptions, credits, or grants) are recaptured if terms of the agreement are not met, such as failing to deliver on jobs, wages, or capital investment. Performance provisions are also referred to as clawback, reimbursement, or recapture provisions. [ BACK ] [27] Sprawling development patterns means scattered, untimely, poorly planned development in urban fringe and rural areas. These patterns are typically manifested in one or more of the following ways: leapfrog development; ribbon or strip development; and large expanses of low-density, single-dimensional development. [ BACK ] [28] Mixed-use
development refers to development with more than one type of use (such
as office, retail, residential, entertainment, cultural, recreation, etc.),
all of which are physically and functionally integrated and are mutually
supporting.
[29] Capital improvements are physical assets constructed or purchased to provide, improve or replace a public facility and which are large scale and high in cost. The cost of a capital improvement is generally nonrecurring and may require multi-year financing. A capital improvements budget is the set of capital improvements put into dollars and cents terms, indicating the prorated amount to be expended for each project listed over a multi-year period, and including the projected sources of revenue. A capital improvements program (CIP) is the proposed schedule of future capital improvement projects listed in order of construction priority together with cost estimates and the anticipated means of financing each project. Included are all major projects requiring the expenditure of public funds, over and above the annual local government's operating expenses, for the purchase, construction, or replacement of physical assets needed for the functioning of the community. [ BACK ] [30] Green infrastructure is a connective network or functional patchwork of greenspace that sustains the diversity and quality of natural systems, and that contributes to the health, economic vitality, and quality of life for communities and people. [ BACK ] [31] Mixed-use
development refers to development with more than one type of use (such
as office, retail, residential, entertainment, cultural, recreation, etc.),
all of which are physically and functionally integrated and are mutually
supporting. [32] Transit-friendly development is a mix of residential, retail, and office uses that is accessible to transit service and encourages walking and bicycling in the community. [ BACK ] [33] Brownfields are abandoned, idled, or underutililzed properties where use considerations are complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. [ BACK ] [34]
Innovative street design means a design for new construction,
reconstruction, resurfacing (except for maintenance resurfacing),
restoration, or rehabilitation of a roadway which may take into account: a)
the constructed and natural environment of the area; b) the environmental,
scenic, aesthetic, historic, community, and preservation impacts of the
activity; and c) access for other modes of transportation including walking
and biking. Innovative street design may deviate from traditional roadway
design standards and guidelines while at the same time maintaining safety
margins.
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No foreign policy - no matter how ingenious - has any
chance of success if it is born in the minds of a few and carried in the
hearts of none. HENRY KISSINGER I never had a policy; I have just tried to do
my very best each and every day. Community COMPASS Participants Other Plans (local, countywide, state) Community COMPASS Publications
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