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I <br /> J <br /> Tow 1'� O �1�L aS�l e e Blannin Board <br /> 16 Great Neck Road North <br /> -%lashpee, Massachusetts 02649 <br /> Key challenges facing our region today: <br /> - Natural resources <br /> - Marine and fresh water quality protection <br /> - Challenges that come with rising seas, coastal storms, and warming temperatures <br /> - Addressing the housing crisis (significantly worsened), and doing it in a way that <br /> accounts for needed and planned infrastructure <br /> - Ensuring history, heritage (including architecture and growth patterns), and historic <br /> industries are preserved <br /> The Commission is hopeful that the Development Agreements and projects that come through this <br /> process will also be responding to some of these key challenges. <br /> Map Series Slides <br /> Sets the stage for growth on Cape Cod, showing development by decade. Starting in the 1950's <br /> development increased rapidly across the region. There is a slight decrease through to the present day. <br /> Ms. Senatori took the developed parcel layer and coupled it with the 40% of protected land layer, <br /> resulting in 86% of Cape Cod's land mass being already protected or already developed. We will <br /> continue to see growth, but how and where we grow is important. <br /> This data has led to the development of the Growth Policy for Cape Cod. <br /> - Found in the Regional Policy Plan. <br /> - The Commission wants to make sure to protect and preserve the region's resources <br /> while also giving focus to future growth and development. <br /> - Growth needs to be focused in centers of activity and areas supported by adequate <br /> infrastructure, guided away from areas that must be protected. <br /> - Development needs to be responsive to its context allowing for restoration, preservation, <br /> and protection of the unique resources, while promoting economic and community <br /> resilience <br /> The Regional Policy Plan also looks at the interconnected systems <br /> - Natural (wetlands and water resources) <br /> - Built (transportation networks and climate change) <br /> - Community (housing and Cape economy) <br /> Growth Policy recognizes the importance of each system and balances their impacts and functions to <br /> sustain the Cape in the long term. <br /> The 2018 Regional Policy Plan (RPP) recognizes 8 place types throughout the region: <br /> - Natural Systems <br /> - Rural Development Areas <br /> - Suburban Development Areas <br /> 2 <br />