TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE- DISTRICT LOCAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (DLTA) |
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Sustainable Development/Land Use |
District Local Technical Assistance (DLTA)
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The District Local Technical Assistance program, funded statewide at $2 million for FY 2010-FY 2011by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the legislature, allows Regional Planning Agencies to provide much needed planning assistance to their member communities. This funding allows SRPEDD to assist cities and towns with projects that address one or more of the State Sustainable Development Principles and/or support the collaboration among communities to develop shared land use objectives. This funding is also to be used with municipal partnerships that encourage municipalities to work together to achieve and/or enhance cost-effective service delivery or create and sustain ongoing collaboration/consultation on issues affecting the municipalities.
Sustainable Development/Land Use
Traditional planning work with an emphasis on sustainability.
Examples of work in this area would include:
- Bylaw/ordinance preparation and implementation for open space residential/cluster zoning, low impact development, transit oriented development, workforce housing districts;
- Permitting procedures to implement prompt and reliable permitting;
- Master plan elements;
- Corridor analyses, especially for multiple communities.
Massachusetts Sustainable Development Principles
Collaborations among municipalities in the areas of cost effective municipal service delivery or planning and development issues. Examples of work in these areas would include:
- Shared services and staff positions;
- Cooperative agreements/collaboration among communities, regional 911 service, joint purchasing, operating budget management (such as energy cost control, staffing, benefits) and other municipal activities that can be delivered more efficiently at a regional level.
DLTA Notification - November 2008
DLTA Second Notification - March 2009
DLTA Notification - March 2010