An Implementation Framework for Understanding Efforts to Turn Regional Visions into Real Results

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Institutional Arrangements
The institutional arrangements refer to the delegation, distribution, or sharing of power related to growth management decision-making and implementation authority. On the Government-Governance scale to the left Government power represents planning as the exclusive domain of a state or regional public agency; Governance reflects relative degrees of delegated or shared power with smaller units of government and/or non profit and private entities.
	Participation	Characteristics	Example
Government Governance	Required	State comprehensive plan Required local plans Regional authorities	New Jersey State Planning Act Washington Growth Management Act Georgia Regional Transportation Authority
	Enabled	State-enabled or locally-initiated cooperation	California Joint Exercise of Powers Act King County/City of Seattle Transfer of Development Credits Program
	Voluntary	Voluntary association of governments Voluntary association of non-government organizations, businesses and individuals	Eastward Ho! San Diego Association of Governments Willamette Valley Livability Forum Envision Utah Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network Regional Planning Association
Programs and Processes
Each state establishes its own growth and land use laws and policies; accordingly implementation programs and processes have developed appropriate to the institutional arrangements and preferences of that state. Again, some processes rely on requirements and regulations (Government), others provide incentives and penalties, and some are voluntary (Governance).
	Participation	Process	Program
Government Governance	Required	State writes plan, local plans must be consistent State requires localities to plan, reviews, and approves plans Local/county plans required	Florida State Comprehensive Plan Oregon Senate Bills 100 and 101 Tennessee Public Chapter 1101
	Encouraged	Cross-acceptance of plans State benchmarks developed by government Statewide or local government incentives	New Jersey cross-acceptance process Oregon Progress Board (Oregon Benchmarks) Maryland Priority Funding Areas Urban Structure Program
	Voluntary	Local plans coordinate with regional plan State benchmarks developed by non-government agency	DRCOG Mile High Compact SANDAG self-certification of plans New Jersey Futures benchmark program
Tools
Tools are specific mechanisms, programs or entities used to implement regional visions and growth manage-ment plans. Participation can be required or voluntary. Examples are characterized as either regulatory or market-based.
	Characteristics	Tool	Example
	Regulatory	Inclusionary zoning Growth boundaries Revenue sharing	Below-Market-Rate Housing Program Lexington/Fayette County Urban Service Boundary Charlottesville - Albemarle County Revenue Sharing
	Market-based	Purchase of development rights Transfer of development rights Tax increment financing Location Efficient Mortgages Congestion pricing	Maryland Rural Legacy Program Pinelands Development Credits Chicago Tax Increment Financing districts Location Efficient Mortgage State Route 91, Orange County CA