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2011 Award Winners
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SCAG, along with the California Environmental Protection Agency - Air Resources Board, hosted over 600 awardees, sponsors and guests at the 5th Annual Compass Blueprint Recognition Awards Program [video] on May 5, 2011 at SCAG’s annual General Assembly and Regional Conference in La Quinta, California. Compass Blueprint Awards were presented to nine organizations in recognition of projects that demonstrate excellence and achievement in the four key elements of Compass Blueprint planning: Livability, Mobility, Prosperity and Sustainability. Jump to: |
Watch the videos produced for the awards program and top winners!The 2011 Awards go to...
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President's Award for Excellence City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
The Vision for the 30/10 Plan is transformative – the rail network in our region’s metropolitan area could double in 10 years! The benefits would be far-reaching. The backbone of Metro’s system is its rail lines and Bus Rapid Transit. The system provides frequent, rapid service that connects from the center of LA to many different outlying neighborhoods. The concept of the 30/10 Plan is to use the funding for these projects, which will be collected over the next 30 years from the Measure R Sales Tax, as collateral for long-term bonds and a federal loan so the projects can be built much faster. Areas around each of Los Angeles’ rail and BRT stations will become ideal places to leverage Metro’s investment in its transit infrastructure through the Sustainable Transit Communities (STC) Program. |
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Sustained Leadership City of Fullerton
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Visionary Planning for Mobility Award City of Santa Ana
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Visionary Planning for Sustainability Award
City of West Hollywood
The West Hollywood Climate Action Plan (CAP) is an example of how a community can implement all four Compass Blueprint principles through a multi-disciplinary and comprehensive program that promotes sustainability. The CAP makes clear the critical links between land use and mobility, tying transit-supportive mixed-use and infill development to meaningful reductions in GHG emissions. The CAP also seeks to improve quality of life for all community members and to enhance West Hollywood as a model of livability and walkability. Importantly, it provides an action framework to engage all segments of the City – residents, property owners, and businesses – to work together to achieve plan goals. Lastly, the City of West Hollywood’s Climate Action Plan demonstrates the ability of even a small city to effectively contribute to global environmental solutions at the local level, using creative programs tailored to its specific setting and needs. |
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Visionary Planning for Prosperity Award City of San Bernardino
San Bernardino Energy Efficiency Pilot Project, which is a component of Sustainable San Bernardino, is designed as a model local program that creates green jobs, lowers building energy costs, and reduces pollution and carbon emissions through the installation of energy efficiency and renewable energy measures in existing buildings from every sector of the local economy. The Program creates new jobs and provides resources for training for individuals seeking to gain employment as auditors, retrofitters, solar installers and other green occupations. San Bernardino’s Energy Efficiency Program is a project of the City of San Bernardino, Southern California Association of Governments, Green Valley Initiative and several community partnerships. Developed with the assistance of Southern California Edison and the Gas Company, the program is designed to inform, educate, and invite property owners who wish to convert homes, offices, or business into more energy efficient structures. The program has long term benefit for the City and the region by creating a competitive advantage for future development and sustainability. |
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Visionary Planning for Livability Award City of Brawley
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Achievement in Mobility City of Long Beach
The City of Long Beach is striving to become the most bike-friendly City in America, a place where cycling is a safe, viable, and preferred mode of transportation. The City is continually making bold strides to achieve this vision through the implementation of innovative projects and programs. This Plan provides recommendations for bicycle and pedestrian improvements in the areas surrounding the City's nine (9) stations. Each of the Metro Blue Line station lacks adequate bicycle and pedestrian connectivity, underscoring the need to improve non-motorized access to facilitate use of the Metro Blue Line. The plan involved extensive public outreach, the development of access plans for each station, and the identification of top priority projects for each station. From interviews, audits, bike tours and community meetings, the Long Beach community was involved in every step of the development of this plan. |
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Achievement in Livability City of Downey
The Downtown Downey Specific Plan is intended to establish the Downtown as a vibrant urban center with dining, employment, housing, shopping, entertainment, and cultural opportunities all within a short walking distance of one another. A crucial aspect of the Specific Plan is the incorporation of a Park-Once Strategy designed to get residents out of their cars, and walking to reach multiple destinations within one trip, thereby reducing the dependence on automobiles. A major recommendation to reinforce this strategy is the relocation of the Downey Depot Transit Center from the edge of the project area to a more prominent, central location in the Downtown. The relocation will increase visibility and facilitate a more direct connection with the Lakewood Metro Green Line station located just south of the Specific Plan area. Since adoption of the Specific Plan in September of 2010, the Downtown has experienced transformation and growth with the opening of Porto’s Bakery, a new Fresh N’ Easy market, the approval of a 50 unit affordable apartment complex, and the rehabilitation of an existing, gateway commercial center. Another 25 unit affordable condominium project is being considered in the Downtown core, Downey Avenue at Third Street. These redevelopment projects serve as catalysts and impel City leaders to move forward with other objectives including relocation of the transit center and creation of a central gathering space for the community. |
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Achievement in Prosperity City of Los Alamitos
The Los Alamitos Commercial Corridors Plan analyzes the City of Los Alamitos’ two most significant corridors and identifies opportunities to capitalize on the forthcoming Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) routes and stations, stimulate new private investment and redevelopment, and create a new downtown for its residents. Roadway and streetscape designs were generated to narrow the City’s primary north–south corridor to create a walkable and multimodal environment that can still efficiently convey auto traffic. The project also coordinates plans between the City and OCTA and identifies location and design considerations for two BRT stations in Los Alamitos. Over a dozen fiscal and economic development strategies are explored to fund improvements and enhance economic activity along the corridors. Other components of the project include commercial design guidelines, city branding, capital and circulation improvements to enhance pedestrian and bicycle movement, and land use and zoning recommendations to consolidate parcels and stimulate private reinvestment. The Plan also created a complete set of Commercial Corridor Design Guidelines that addresses eleven different aspects of a commercial development’s structure, appearance, layout, and function. The City plans on adopting these guidelines as part of a future specific plan and/or as separate citywide guidelines. |
City of Rialto
Addressing Foreclosure Crisis and Stabilizing Neighborhoods
This program has been significant in helping residents in the City of Rialto achieve the following improvements: promote the redevelopment and revitalization of residential neighborhoods; preserve and stabilize residential neighborhoods; provide housing needs for low and moderate income households and for minority groups; provide educational course on buying and owning a home; stabilize local property taxes and receive reimbursement and other funds for costs incurred; and provide for rehabilitation of homes to address health and safety issues and utilize green technology. In 2011, the City of Rialto still faces a number of abandoned homes. However, there is a greater stability of neighborhoods compared to 2008 for the residents of Rialto.
City of Redlands
Bonus Amenity and Transfer of Development Rights Framework: Transferring Development from Greenfields to Infill
The City of Redlands, with its historic downtown core and outlying undeveloped lands, provides a remarkable opportunity to combine the land conservation goals of a transferable development rights (TDR) program and the urban infill goals of transit-oriented development (TOD). This TDR Program would be implemented through a Bonus Amenity Menu in TOD Areas that gives local governments the ability to conserve greenfields and open space while promoting development in targeted areas. TDR utilizes private funding to conserve open space, and can be included in a TOD incentive zoning regulatory framework that uses performance standards to ensure that planned station areas evolve into walkable, livable neighborhoods.
