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| San Joaquin Valley Regional Blueprint |  |
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Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Transportation and Land Use Scenario Wrap-up Workshop at the Visalia Convention Center on April 15th. Approximately 100 Tulare County residents voted on what the County's growth footprint and transportation should look like in 2050. The polling data collected at the event will be coming soon. |
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| What is the Blueprint? The Tulare County Association of Governments (TCAG) is one of eight Councils of Government that will collaboratively develop the San Joaquin Valley Regional Blueprint. In conjunction with Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, and Stanislaus Councils of Government, the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District and the Great Valley Center, TCAG will be establishing the valley-wide fifty-year vision that the Blueprint is to represent. Three quality of life outcomes, called the 3Es, are stated goals for the Blueprint: a prosperous economy, a quality environment, and social equity. The 3Es are goals we think we can achieve as a valley by integrating our respective local plans in transportation, housing, land use, environmental resources, infrastructure, and other services into a cooperative valley-wide document. With grant funds now totaling approximately $5.9 million, over $5 million from Governor Schwarzenegger’s office and $750,000 from the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, the Blueprint is a regional planning effort that takes into account all of the changes that we are likely to see in the valley over the next fifty years. Using a bottom-up approach, TCAG will utilize valuable public input and facilitate dialogue among communities, cities,and counties. The Blueprint’s plans for accommodating future growth and improving quality of life will be designed for implementation at the local level. "Our fifty year vision process will provide our cites and communities a guide to planning, managing growth, and resource protection for three generations through public and private participation, collaboration, and partnership,” stated Ted Smalley, Executive Director of TCAG. This process has already begun and will continue through 2009. For further information, comments, or questions, please contact: TCAGBlueprint@co.tulare.ca.us
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