Tucson Solar Village DESIGN-L Delphi Questionaire
For all of you in DESIGN-L interested in the challenges of developing an
actual
"eco-village", here is your once in a decade opportunity to help us think
through the final pre-construction phase of the Tucson Solar Village Program.
The Tucson Solar Village is an ongoing program sponsored by the Tucson-Pima
County Metropolitan Energy Commission and the City of Tucson to demonstrate
that
communities can be designed, built, marketed and lived in, in a more
sustainable
manner by:
1- Greatly increasing the efficiency of how energy, water and other resources
are used;
2- Significantly reducing our impact on the natural environment;
3- Providing a lifestyle rich in variety, opportunities, amenities and sense
of
community;
4- Reducing dependence upon public services for transportation, security and
other infrastructure.
This starts a 10-week intensive planning effort with the objective of
developing
a Comprehensive Implementation Strategy for approval by City and State
governments with assurance of cooperation by all parties involved. This
process
has four parts:
1- A Delphi process with 3 successive questionnaires to identify critical
implementation issues and strategies;
2- Two workshops to help analyze the results of the Delphi process and
integrate
them into a comprehensive plan;
3- Critical review and comment which will include local, state and national
experts; and
4- Public Forum for final review and information-sharing.
The Metropolitan Energy Commission is seeking your thoughtful assistance to
help
achieve its dual goals of successful development of Civano and transfer of
those
concepts to the larger community.
Please take a few moments, focus on the need to bring the vision of the Solar
Village into reality from a development perspective, and answer the attached
questionnaire. This first questionnaire is intended to be very general and
somewhat open-ended. The succeeding two questionnaires will incorporate
responses from the previous ones and will become more detailed and specific.
Please E-mail or fax your responses in time to be received by Tuesday, August
16, 1994 to:
Robert Cook, Acting Chair, Solar Village Steering Committee, Tucson-Pima
County
Metropolitan Energy Commission
E-mail: BCook@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or FAX (602) 748-4754
For any other information, I can be reached by voice mail at: (602) 748-4743
or
s-mail: P.O. Box 41144 Tucson AZ 85717
Your responses, together with those of other participants, will help form the
basis of a second questionnaire which will be sent to you about August 20,
1994.
Thank you very much for your participation.
PROJECT STATUS
From its inception, The Solar Village has been a cooperative effort between
the
public and private sectors on many levels. There are several phases to the
project.
PHASE 1 ended in the Spring of 1992 with the preparation of a Master
Development
Plan for Civano, an 820 acre mixed use community for 5600 people within the
City
of Tucson. This development plan, together with appropriate zoning, was
approved unanimously by the Mayor and Council and subsequently formally
adopted
by the Arizona State Land Department, which owns the property as part of the
State Urban Lands Trust. The adopted documents include Covenants, Conditions
and Restrictions (CC&Rs) which guide the future design and decision-making
regarding physical development and future governance of the land. General
performance targets for resource efficiency and amenities include areas such
as
energy demand, water consumption, solid waste flows, affordability,
landscape/land use, job-creation/employment oppportunities, and sustainable
transportation in the village. This
plan and public involvement process was awarded the "Best Project of 1992" by
the Arizona Planning Association.
PHASE 2 is soon ending with the preparation of a series of performance
standards
which will guide the design and development of all buildings within Civano.
PHASE 3 is beginning now with detailed implementation planning to assure
Civano's successful development and ways to expand its concepts and vision to
the broader community. Because the Solar Village concept departs from
conventional approaches to development, there are many issues which still need
to be resolved in order to achieve its potential.
Currently, the Arizona State Land Department is preparing a final appraisal
for
Civano based upon the land value, the adopted Master Development Plan, the
current zoning, and the completed Performance Standards. This appraisal is
currently scheduled to be finalized by
December, 1994. Within six months after this date, a public auction can be
held
if the State Land Department chooses.
The Metropolitan Energy Commission is particularly concerned with fostering
-Continued building of consensus and cooperation between the public and
private
sectors at all levels,
-Active participation by forward-thinking, energetic, enthusiastic and
pro-active community
leaders, and
-Recruitment and selection of developers and builders who understand and are
committed to the
same vision.
THE TUCSON SOLAR VILLAGE PROGRAM COMPREHENSIVE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY
DELPHI QUESTIONNAIRE: CYCLE 1, GENERAL QUESTIONS
This is the first cycle of a 3-cycle Delphi process to identify key issues and
strategies preparatory to planning Phase 3 of the Solar Village Program,
leading
to construction. We are interested in your creativity and judgement and are
looking for good ideas. All responses will be confidential and none will be
associated with a name or organization. Please respond to be received by
Tuesday, August 16. Thank you very much.
1. The Civano project of the Tucson Solar Village proposes to bring together
the
best and most recent developments in many fields. What distinquishing
features
or innovations to make this special and attractive would you most like to see
in
such a development?
2. The challenge of implementing this innovative land development project
requires a well thought-out approach. What set of activities are most needed
to
assure Civano's success and accomplish such goals as you identified in
question
1? (To answer this you might consider, for example, technology, marketing,
financing, and other feasibility issues)
3. The Solar Village Program also seeks to bring the benefits of Civano to all
of Tucson. What are the most important aspects of Civano that you think could
and should be implemented in the community at large?
4. Considering your responses to both questions 2 and 3, how can we bring
together the best people with the right resources to get the job done?
5. What questions should be included in the next two cycles of the
questionnaire?
For all of you in DESIGN-L interested in the challenges of developing an
actual
"eco-village", here is your once in a decade opportunity to help us think
through the final pre-construction phase of the Tucson Solar Village Program.
The Tucson Solar Village is an ongoing program sponsored by the Tucson-Pima
County Metropolitan Energy Commission and the City of Tucson to demonstrate
that
communities can be designed, built, marketed and lived in, in a more
sustainable
manner by:
1- Greatly increasing the efficiency of how energy, water and other resources
are used;
2- Significantly reducing our impact on the natural environment;
3- Providing a lifestyle rich in variety, opportunities, amenities and sense
of
community;
4- Reducing dependence upon public services for transportation, security and
other infrastructure.
This starts a 10-week intensive planning effort with the objective of
developing
a Comprehensive Implementation Strategy for approval by City and State
governments with assurance of cooperation by all parties involved. This
process
has four parts:
1- A Delphi process with 3 successive questionnaires to identify critical
implementation issues and strategies;
2- Two workshops to help analyze the results of the Delphi process and
integrate
them into a comprehensive plan;
3- Critical review and comment which will include local, state and national
experts; and
4- Public Forum for final review and information-sharing.
The Metropolitan Energy Commission is seeking your thoughtful assistance to
help
achieve its dual goals of successful development of Civano and transfer of
those
concepts to the larger community.
Please take a few moments, focus on the need to bring the vision of the Solar
Village into reality from a development perspective, and answer the attached
questionnaire. This first questionnaire is intended to be very general and
somewhat open-ended. The succeeding two questionnaires will incorporate
responses from the previous ones and will become more detailed and specific.
Please E-mail or fax your responses in time to be received by Tuesday, August
16, 1994 to:
Robert Cook, Acting Chair, Solar Village Steering Committee, Tucson-Pima
County
Metropolitan Energy Commission
E-mail: BCook@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or FAX (602) 748-4754
For any other information, I can be reached by voice mail at: (602) 748-4743
or
s-mail: P.O. Box 41144 Tucson AZ 85717
Your responses, together with those of other participants, will help form the
basis of a second questionnaire which will be sent to you about August 20,
1994.
Thank you very much for your participation.
PROJECT STATUS
From its inception, The Solar Village has been a cooperative effort between
the
public and private sectors on many levels. There are several phases to the
project.
PHASE 1 ended in the Spring of 1992 with the preparation of a Master
Development
Plan for Civano, an 820 acre mixed use community for 5600 people within the
City
of Tucson. This development plan, together with appropriate zoning, was
approved unanimously by the Mayor and Council and subsequently formally
adopted
by the Arizona State Land Department, which owns the property as part of the
State Urban Lands Trust. The adopted documents include Covenants, Conditions
and Restrictions (CC&Rs) which guide the future design and decision-making
regarding physical development and future governance of the land. General
performance targets for resource efficiency and amenities include areas such
as
energy demand, water consumption, solid waste flows, affordability,
landscape/land use, job-creation/employment oppportunities, and sustainable
transportation in the village. This
plan and public involvement process was awarded the "Best Project of 1992" by
the Arizona Planning Association.
PHASE 2 is soon ending with the preparation of a series of performance
standards
which will guide the design and development of all buildings within Civano.
PHASE 3 is beginning now with detailed implementation planning to assure
Civano's successful development and ways to expand its concepts and vision to
the broader community. Because the Solar Village concept departs from
conventional approaches to development, there are many issues which still need
to be resolved in order to achieve its potential.
Currently, the Arizona State Land Department is preparing a final appraisal
for
Civano based upon the land value, the adopted Master Development Plan, the
current zoning, and the completed Performance Standards. This appraisal is
currently scheduled to be finalized by
December, 1994. Within six months after this date, a public auction can be
held
if the State Land Department chooses.
The Metropolitan Energy Commission is particularly concerned with fostering
-Continued building of consensus and cooperation between the public and
private
sectors at all levels,
-Active participation by forward-thinking, energetic, enthusiastic and
pro-active community
leaders, and
-Recruitment and selection of developers and builders who understand and are
committed to the
same vision.
THE TUCSON SOLAR VILLAGE PROGRAM COMPREHENSIVE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY
DELPHI QUESTIONNAIRE: CYCLE 1, GENERAL QUESTIONS
This is the first cycle of a 3-cycle Delphi process to identify key issues and
strategies preparatory to planning Phase 3 of the Solar Village Program,
leading
to construction. We are interested in your creativity and judgement and are
looking for good ideas. All responses will be confidential and none will be
associated with a name or organization. Please respond to be received by
Tuesday, August 16. Thank you very much.
1. The Civano project of the Tucson Solar Village proposes to bring together
the
best and most recent developments in many fields. What distinquishing
features
or innovations to make this special and attractive would you most like to see
in
such a development?
2. The challenge of implementing this innovative land development project
requires a well thought-out approach. What set of activities are most needed
to
assure Civano's success and accomplish such goals as you identified in
question
1? (To answer this you might consider, for example, technology, marketing,
financing, and other feasibility issues)
3. The Solar Village Program also seeks to bring the benefits of Civano to all
of Tucson. What are the most important aspects of Civano that you think could
and should be implemented in the community at large?
4. Considering your responses to both questions 2 and 3, how can we bring
together the best people with the right resources to get the job done?
5. What questions should be included in the next two cycles of the
questionnaire?