HOMELESS FAMILY STRATEGY

Mayor Schell's Zero Homeless Family Strategy



Mayor Schell's Zero Homeless Family Strategy

Introduction

This discussion will make use of the Case Study titled Mayor Schell's Zero Homeless Family Strategy. The discussion will analyze four policy choices of Mayor Schell that are a part of the strategy for the homeless and elaborate upon the pre-Implementation and Design Strategies of Mayor Schell. The discussion will also interpret four practical outcomes of his choices and subsequently reconstruct four steps taken by Mayor Schell to re engineer the program in order to fit the original objectives. The discussion will come to a concluding note by analyzing four reasons for the importance of conducting assessments prior to the new program implementation.

Discusson & Analyses

Some of the district plans include design guidelines chosen by residents to preserve the character of their neighborhoods. They will become the basis for design review, now required for all multi- family and mixed-use projects. Wish lists Neighborhood wish lists vary from one plan to another. There are the "plain vanilla" priorities: preserve and spruce up neighborhood parks, add pedestrian amenities, encourage the mixed-use development. For some, the focus is culture and the arts. For others, it is economic development. Still others have jumped in with both feet, seizing the opportunity to define their own urban village. Pike/Pine, a hip, young neighborhood just up the hill and across Interstate 5 from the convention center, is one of the (Oschinsky, 2009). As a part of its plan, the neighborhood will apply for approval of its own zoning overlay, a historic conservation district that will provide incentives for the preservation of existing structures and encourage the addition of housing above storefronts. Members of the planning group are aggressive about preserving affordable housing.

Among the strategies they have proposed: creating urban land trusts to ensure that rental prices do not rise out of reach of their neighbors. In Belltown, north of the Pike Place Market, residents and land owners hired a team that included public artists and landscape architects to redesign several blocks of Vine Street, a long corridor that runs from Seattle Center to the uplands along the bay (Zielenbach, Voith & Mariano, 2010). They envision a pedestrian streetscape that includes colourful alleys, miniature gardens, and sculpted hillside terraces. The ambitious plan, now ready for city approval, would direct storm water into a landscaped filtration system that would release into Elliott Bay. Belltown and other neighborhoods benefited from professional planning services. Each community got $80,000 to hire consultants to guide it through the planning and review process-- and beyond, if desired. The results, say the consultants, have been mixed.

Since 1990, the population of the three counties along this section of the interstate has grown by over a quarter of a million people. By 2020, the area is likely to see a million more--a 35 percent population increase--bringing the total to nearly four million, according to the Puget Sound Regional Council. Seattle alone has added close to 30,000 in this decade and is likely to see over ...