A Road Map for Natural Resource Integration

1
A Road Map for Natural Resource Integration
Land Use Plans
EconomicEnvironmentalSocial

• Permit Decisions

Watershed Plans
A Road Map for Sustainability
2
A Road Map for Natural Resource Integration
Land Use Plans
EconomicEnvironmentalSocial

• Permit Decisions

Watershed Plans
A Road Map for Sustainability
3
A Tool Box for Integrating Permitting and
Watershed Plan Decisions
Land Use Plans

• Permit Decisions

Watershed Plans
4
Tool Box for Integrating Plans Permits

• Integration Tools
• Decision Report
• Mitigation Market
• One-Stop Website

5
A Tool Box for Streamlining Planning Decisions
Land Use Plans

• Permit Decisions

Watershed Plans
6
Tool Box for Integrating Land Use Plans
Watershed Plans

• Integration Tools
• Scenario Planning
• Water-balance Modeling
• Charrettes

7
Value-added Benefits

• Economic
• Faster decisions
• Environmental
• Better decisions
• Social
• Planning and permitting decisions serve the same
  social objectives.

8
Plan/Permit Integration ToolDecision
Reports

• Goal Making better and faster permit decisions
• Key Questions
• What information is needed for permit decision?
• What structure is needed to effectively share
  information?

9
Decision Report 3 Step Process
Step 1 Make Decision Information Transparent
10
Decision Report - Steps 2 and 3

• Step 2
• Resource Agencies respond to Step 1 information
  in writing and shows work
• Step 3
• WSDOT responds to Resource Agency comments in
  writing and shows work

11
A Decision-Making Structure Transparent,
Collaborative, Efficient
Document Project Decisions
12
Plan/Permit Integration Tool Mitigation
Market
13
Key Questions

• How can watershed plans be used to make better
  and faster mitigation decisions?
• What information is needed to make a mitigation
  decision?

14
ApproachPlans PROJECTS Permits

• 15 development projects (sending sites)
• Submitted by Cities, County
• 56 mitigation projects (receiving sites)
• Submitted by restoration interests
• Multiple listing service

15
Mitigation MarketStep 1 Search for Mitigation
Provide the information necessary to make a
decision
16
Dating Service Search Results
Provide the information necessary to make a
decision
17
Mitigation MarketStep 2 Evaluate Sites
Provide the information necessary to make a
decision
18
Step 3 Field Analysis

• Choose most promising mitigation sites
• Sites that meet permit objectives and watershed
  objectives
• Evaluate sites in field
• Select mitigation

19
One Stop Permits Clark/Vancouver
Integration Tool

• One Stop permit website
• Background
• Funded by 2006 State Legislature
• Create fully operational website
• Use Oregon (Bridge)/Washington work

20
Key Questions

• Can permitting process be defined and
  standardized?
• What are the impacts of a (specific) development
  activity?
• What are the actions needed to avoid, minimize,
  and mitigate the impacts of that activity?

21
One Stop - Approach

• Define information needs for specific development
  activities for each permit.
• Use web-based database to supply information
• Application questions
• GIS layers
• other data
• Integrate with Clark/Vancouver data

Defining and standardizing the permit process
22
One Stop Products

• Decision Report2
• Agency approved performance standards to avoid,
  minimize, mitigation actions for specific
  development activities
• Mitigation Market
• Identify mitigation that meets agency approved
  permit and plan objectives

Defining and standardizing the permit process
23
Phase 1 Goals (July-December 2006)

• Final performance standards
• Local Habitat and Wetland Permits
• Draft performance standards
• JARPA (state and federal) permits
• Design and build one-stop website

24
Phase 2 Goals (2007)

• Enter into programmatic permit
• Create revolving fund to systematically acquire
  mitigation sites
• Meet development needs
• Implement watershed plan
• Streamline other JARPA permits
• (final performance standards)

25
A Road Map for Integrating Natural Resource
Management
Land Use Plans
A Tool Box for Streamlining Plans

• Permit Decisions

Watershed Plans
26
Tool Box for Integrating Land Use Plans
Watershed Plans

• Integration Tools
• Scenario Planning
• Water-balance Modeling
• Charrettes

27
Nookachamps BasinProject Area
28
Scenario Planning

• Long Term Population Forecast
• 3 Sub-basin Population Allocation (Density)
  Options
• 4 Water Resource Management Options
• 2 County-wide Population Allocation Scenarios

29
Water Balance Modeling Summer Flows
Balance Natural and Built Environment Needs
30
The Charrette
Facilitating Multi-Objective Decision-Making
31
A Road Map for Natural Resource Integration
Land Use Plans
Scenario Planning

• Permit Decisions

Watershed Plans
One-stop Website
32
A Road Map for Natural Resource Integration
Land Use Plans
Decision SupportTool Box

• Permit Decisions

Watershed Plans
Decision SupportTool Box
33
Questions? More Information?
AWCJackie White 360 753-4137JWhite_at_awcnet.org
HDR Engineering Rick Anderson 360.570.4401
Rick.Anderson_at_hdrinc.com
WSACMaureen Morris 360 753-1886mmorris_at_wacount
ies.org