All Responsible Growth Recommendations
Each card below represents a recommendation, which would direct you to that recommendation’s sub-page to provide you greater details. Within each card, the icons represent the recommendation’s connections towards the key issues and planning topic areas. The more icons and supporting policy buckets there are, the more transformative a recommendation. Cards with purple-colored background are identified as transformative recommendations. Recommendations with fewer elements are more focused and are still important in helping the County to move forward.
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Inclusive Economies
Complete Communities
Sustainable Infrastructure
Responsible Growth
Leading the Region
Population Stagnation
Jobs-Skills Mismatch
Housing Diversity & Affordability
Infrastructure Cost-burden
Social & Environmental Resilience
Economic Development
Housing
Land Use & Development
Open Space & Environment
Transportation & Infrastructure
Recommendation RG.31
Develop a Sustainable Communities Handbook and model ordinances to encourage sustainable design practices, such as maximizing energy efficiency; utilizing green energy; preventing habitat fragmentation; retaining / redeveloping the tree canopy; promoting stormwater retention, water conservation and building reuse; as well as maximizing inter-connectivity and utilizing public transit.
Recommendation RG.32
Encourage new conservation subdivisions and green neighborhoods to use the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design – Neighborhood Development (LEED ND) and SITES rating systems.
Recommendation RG.33
Develop an environmental zoning overlay to preserve high-quality ecological resources and habitats.
Recommendation RG.34
Prioritize integrating Complete Streets Design Standards into major street projects, ensuring that streets prioritize safe and accessible space for pedestrians, cyclists, transit riders, and drivers.
Recommendation RG.35
Partner with neighboring counties, municipalities, and regional partners to identify and prioritize regional multi-modal projects, including secure bike storage, sheltered seating, and clear wayfinding improvements.
Recommendation RG.36
Establish County-wide mode share targets for active transportation and transit use, setting specific goals for annual increases based on current baseline data.
Recommendation RG.37
Expand safe pedestrian and bicycle connectivity in low-income areas through direct funding and resources toward completing sidewalks, adding crosswalks, and installing bike lanes or shared use paths to connect residents to essential services and transit networks.
Recommendation RG.38
Prioritize investments in pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, such as sidewalks, crosswalks, bike lanes, and shared use paths, in areas with high foot traffic and limited connectivity to improve neighborhood access to transit, parks, and essential services.
Recommendation RG.39
Support the development of dedicated transit and high-occupancy vehicle lanes in congested corridors to provide alternatives to single-occupant vehicle travel.
Recommendation RG.40
Prioritize funding for implementation of safety improvements at unsafe access points, crossing conflicts and at-grade railroad crossings.
Recommendation RG.41
Develop transportation safety plan and continue to support partnerships involved with Show-Me Zero Strategic Highway Safety Plan.
Recommendation RG.42
Prioritize targeted safe routes implementation near schools, parks, and community centers, prioritizing areas with high numbers of young pedestrians and cyclists.
Recommendation RG.43
Coordinate the development of new and/or upgraded Resilience Hubs to better serve all communities in disaster and non-disaster times.
Recommendation RG.44
Maintain vacant lots and chronic dumping sites through regular mowing and cleanup. For publicly owned lots, dedicate sufficient funding to maintenance. For privately owned lots, hold owners responsible for maintaining their properties, and strategically use code enforcement to make sure problems that make properties look uncared-for are resolved.
Recommendation RG.45
Analyze the County's permitting process, including the structure of the Planning Department and Department of Transportation and Public Works - Code Enforcement, to improve efficiency and streamline review.