City of Santa Barbara, CA Succession Program
    Recognizing that there will be a major turnover in management in the next five to ten years, the City's Executive Management Team explored several strategies to plan for the continuation of a high performance organization through a commitment to sustained initiatives that engage outside the box thinking to attract, develop, and retain needed talent in the City of Santa Barbara.

    In the end, the team produced six strategies which form the City’s “Succession Program.”

Brownfields

Brownfields are defined as real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. In other words, brownfields are abandoned properties or contaminated sites like old gas stations and factories that impact the quality of life in every community. Environmental and health issues, as well as liability concerns create challenges for those trying to reclaim brownfields. Read more...


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Advice

Brownfield Appropriation: Moving with Efforts to Lift Prohibition on Administrative Costs Year: 2005; Pages: 3.
Institutional Control Audits; What Should They Tell Us? Year: 2005; Pages: 2.

Local Government Innovations

Little League Fields Replace Brownfields Year: 2002; Pages: 1.

Sample Government Documents

District of Columbia Brownfield Revitalization and Institutional Controls Statutes Year: 2005;
Exemplary Brownfield Redevelopment Year: 2005; Pages: 4.
Vermont Brownfields Program Statute Year: 2004; Pages: 21.
Mississippi Quitclaim DEED Year: 2004; Pages: 3.
New Jersey Brownfield and Contaminated Site Remediation Act - Innocent Land Owner Provision Year: 2004; Pages: 2.
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Reports and Articles

Using the TAG Team Approach to Approve the Quality of Life in the Community Year: 2008; Pages: 4.
Getting Smart! e-Newsletter - Topical Index Year: 2008;
Creative Approaches to Recycling Buildings Year: 2008; Pages: 5.
Attracting Development to Brownfields Sites: A Local Challenge Year: 2006; Pages: 4.
Land Use Controls Implementation Plans (LUCIPs) Year: 2005; Pages: 7.
Closing the Loop on ICs: Land Use Controls Web Ring Year: 2005; Pages: 9.
Containing the Problem: Engineering Controls and Long Term Stewardship - Station Place Case Study – Portland, Oregon Year: 2005; Pages: 14.
Land Use Control Implementation Plan: Model Framework Year: 2005; Pages: 33.
Why the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act Makes Sense: A Reply to Paul Kibel Year: 2005; Pages: 3.
Turning Your Brownfields Projects Green with EPA Dollars Year: 2005; Pages: 3.
A Shallow Fix: The Uniform Environmental Covenants Act Leaves Hard Brownfield Questions Unanswered Year: 2005; Pages: 6.
A Citizen's Guide to Understanding Institutional Controls at Superfund, Brownfields, Federal Facilities, Underground Storage Tank, and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Cleanups Year: 2005; Pages: 7.
State Brownfields and Voluntary Response Programs: An Update from the States Year: 2005;
In Search of the Institution: Institutional Controls Year: 2005; Pages: 87.
The Brownfields Equation: Making Projects Add Up Year: 2004; Pages: 9.
The Institutional Control Umbrella Year: 2004; Pages: 8.
Brownfields Redevelopment in Port Areas Year: 2004; Pages: 14.
Success for Superfund: A New Approach for Keeping Score Year: 2004; Pages: 39.
Brownfield Remediation and Redevelopment in Illinois Year: 2004; Pages: 3.
Brownfields Redevelopment: Basics for Local Elected Officials Year: 2004; Pages: 3.
Municipal Experiences with Brownfield Redevelopment Year: 2004; Pages: 3.
GIS and Brownfields: Encouraging Redevelopment, Public Involvement, and Smart Growth Year: 2004; Pages: 8.
Defunct Industrial Site Comes Alive Through Mixed-Use Design Year: 2003; Pages: 2.
Striking a Balance: Local Government Implementation of Land Use Controls, Strategies from the 2003 Brownfields Peer Exchange Year: 2003; Pages: 45.
Who's Monitoring Land Use Controls on Brownfield Sites? Year: 2003; Pages: 19.
Local Government and Community Engagement in Brownfields Redevelopment Year: 2003; Pages: 26.
GIS Mapping Brownfields in the City of Portland Year: 2003; Pages: 22.
Energizing Brownfield Projects Year: 2003; Pages: 17.
Co-location: Facilitating Revitalization Beyond Brownfields Boundaries Year: 2003; Pages: 36.
Portfields Interagency Initiative Phase 1 Year: 2003; Pages: 58.
Restorative Development: The New Growth Strategy for Communities of All Sizes Year: 2003; Pages: 4.
Using Risk Assessments and Institutional Controls as Brownfields Cleanup Tools Year: 2003; Pages: 11.
Are Mothballed Brownfields a Major Problem? Year: 2003; Pages: 7.
Brownfields News and Information Year: 2003;
Coordinating Brownfields Redevelopment and Local Housing Initiatives Year: 2003;
Connecting the Institutions in Institutional Controls Year: 2002; Pages: 5.
Guardian Trust: A Program for the Stewardship of Institutional and Engineering Controls Year: 2002; Pages: 7.
The City of Rochester's Environmental Institutional Control Process Year: 2002; Pages: 4.
Managing LUC Data at Former Navy Base Closure Sites Year: 2002; Pages: 5.
Reasonable Risk and Urban Groundwater: What Regulatory Changes Would Encourage Urban Redevelopment Year: 2002; Pages: 22.
Long-Term Stewardship and Implementation of Institutional Controls Year: 2002; Pages: 9.
Community Development through Early Transfer Year: 2002; Pages: 26.
Putting Brownfields on the Map: Using GIS to Coordinate and Facilitate the Brownfields Redevelopment Process Year: 2002; Pages: 6.
Growing Greener: Revitalizing Brownfields Into Greenspace Year: 2002; Pages: 49.
Measuring Success in Brownfields Redevelopment Programs Year: 2002; Pages: 117.
Brownfields and Utility Sites: A Primer for Local Governments Year: 2002;
Navigating the Waters: Coordination of Waterfront Brownfields Redevelopment Year: 2002; Pages: 114.
Preserving Cultural and Historic Resources through Brownfields Redevelopment Year: 2002; Pages: 4.
The Role of Institutional Controls in Brownfields Redevelopment Year: 2002; Pages: 7.
Partners in Planning: Strategies from the 2001 Brownfields Peer Exchange Year: 2002; Pages: 109.
Getting the Job Done: Strategies and Lessons Learned in Facilitating Brownfields Job Training Year: 2002; Pages: 94.
Old Tools and New Measures: Local Government Coordination of Brownfields Redevelopment for Historic and Cultural Reuses Year: 2002; Pages: 83.
Learning from Experiences: Redeveloping Brownfields in Long Island Year: 2001; Pages: 68.
New Ways to Pay for Property Redevelopment Year: 2001; Pages: 4.
RCRA Brownfields Initiative: Pilot Project 2000 Summary Report Year: 2001; Pages: 26.
Brownfields Blueprints: A Study of the Showcase Communities Initiative Year: 2001;
All Aboard For Revitalization: How Local Governments Can Restore America's Historic Train Stations Year: 2001;
Surveying the Land: Brownfields in Medium-Sized and Small Communities Year: 2001;
Righting the Wrong: A Model Plan for Environmental Justice in Brownfields Redevelopment Year: 2001;
Brownfields Redevelopment: A Guidebook for Local Governments and Communities, Second Edition Year: 2001;
ICMA Peer Brownfields Exchange: Orono, Maine, and Lockland, Ohio Year: 2001; Pages: 27.
The Oregon One Call for Brownfields Pilot Year: 2001; Pages: 5.
ICMA Brownfields Peer Exchange: Gainesville, Florida, and New Orleans, Louisiana Year: 2001; Pages: 27.
Across Local Borders: Approaches to Regional Coordination of Brownfields Redevelopment Efforts Year: 2001;
Small Spaces, Special Places: Coordination of Rural Brownfields Development Year: 2001;
Local Government Decision Tree for Brownfields Development Year: 2001; Pages: 1.
Where Do We Grow from Here? New Mission for Brownfields: Attacking Sprawl by Revitalizing Older Communities Year: 2000; Pages: 28.
Brownfields Redevelopment Case Studies Year: 2000; Pages: 47.
Brownfields 2000 Report: A Study of the Results and Financial Requirements of the Brownfields Act Year: 2000; Pages: 88.
Atlantic Steel Site Redevelopment Year: 2000; Pages: 5.
Illinois Site Remediation Program: 1999 Annual Report Year: 2000; Pages: 13.
Environmental Insurance Year: 2000; Pages: 4.
Beyond Fences: Brownfields and the Challenge of Land Use Controls (Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview) Year: 2000; Pages: 12.
Brownfield Redevelopment Year: 2000; Pages: 47.
An Assessment of State Brownfields Initiatives Year: 1999; Pages: 54.
Three-Thirds of a Vision Year: 1999; Pages: 3.
Sustainable Redevelopment of Brownfields: Using Institutional Controls to Protect Public Health Year: 1999; Pages: 16.
Recycling America's Land: National Report on Brownfields Redevelopment Year: 1999;
Putting the Pieces Together: Local Government Coordination of Brownfields Redevelopment Year: 1999; Pages: 69.
Environmental Education in Trenton Year: 1999;
Using an Old Agricultural Model for a New Industrial Program Year: 1999;
Environmental Insurance for Brownfields Redevelopment Year: 1998; Pages: 56.
Strategies for Promoting Brownfields Reuse in California: A Blueprint for Policy Reform Year: 1998; Pages: 88.
Beyond City Limits: Partnering for Brownfield Solutions Best Practices Year: 1998; Pages: 4.
Rust Busters: Putting Idle Industrial Sites Back to Work Year: 1997; Pages: 4.
Use Restrictions Key to Reclaiming Brownfields Year: 1996; Pages: 4.

Awards

2008 Community Sustainability Program Excellence Award, (populations 50,000 and greater) Year: 2008; Pages: 2.

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