1. Livable City

Goal: 1.1: Increase usage of transit and alternative modes of transportation.

1.1.1 Adopt a policy to promote a shift in transportation modes from single-occupancy vehicles to transit, bicycling, and walking by investing in bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Assess city streets to determine feasibility of bicycle infrastructure.

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2: Implement infrastructure improvements necessary to support last mile mobility.

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1.1.2 Work with the Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority (GBT) to identify and implement improvements and funding that are needed to better connect Bridgeport to the region via bus service.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	GBT, MetroCOG
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Collaborate to identify needed improvements.

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2: Establish priorities and implementation strategies.

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1.1.3 Include GBT in site plan review to make sure that project proposals enhance, and do not hinder, bus access.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	GBT
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Include GBT in Conceptual Design Review process as necessary.

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1.1.4 Work with GBT and regional municipalities to establish and support a regional bikeshare, last mile mobility program.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	MetroCOG, GBT
Timeframe	Short

1.1.5 Promote access to bus, ferry, and commuter rail and preserve easy, convenient, and seamless transitions between transit modes.,

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	GBT, Bridgeport - Port Jeff Ferry
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Construct improvements designed for federally funded Downtown Intermodal Improvements Phase II program.

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Substantial Progress
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Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Ensure timely shuttle services between modes which are separated geographically.

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Substantial Progress
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Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

1.1.6 Promote coordination among different transportation providers/regulating entities to encourage multi-modal utilization of the transportation network.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	MetroCOG
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Convene various transportation providers to explore coordination efforts.

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Substantial Progress
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2: Develop strategies for coordination.

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
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1.1.7 Work with GBT and MetroNorth to improve transportation access and service.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	GBT, MetroNorth RR
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Consult with entities to determine their requirements and constraints for service changes.

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Substantial Progress
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2: Work to improve bus transit connectivity to make it easier and faster for students to get to school

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
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1.1.8 Support improvements to fixed-route bus service through technology enhancements.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	GBT, MetroCOG
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Convene GBT and private transportation network companies to discuss collaborative possibilities for improving fixed-route bus service, as referenced in The Fourth Regional Plan.

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Substantial Progress
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1.1.9 Consider working with Bridgeport employers to offer incentives that encourage the use of transit or carpooling instead of single-occupancy vehicles for commuting.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	BRBC, DSSD
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Identify key Bridgeport employers to meet with and convene meetings to discuss openness to program.

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2: Work with employers, OPM, and transportation providers to determine approaches acceptable to all parties.

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1.1.10 Leverage on-demand technologies to improve and expand paratransit.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	MetroCOG
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Convene GBT and private on-demand services for discussion on how to collaborate to provide improved paratransit service, as referenced in The Fourth Regional Plan.

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Substantial Progress
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1.1.11 Consider an increase in freight moving to and through Bridgeport by rail, barge, or other means, and the infrastructure improvements that would be necessary to accommodate such an increase.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	CTDOT, CT Port Authority
Timeframe	Medium

1.1.12 Work with GBT and Board of Education to best support student transportation

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	BOE, GBT, Youth
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Convene discussion of parties as to issues

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2: Devise possible solutions

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1.10.1 Increase the energy efficiency of existing commercial spaces and residential units.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Develop and adopt policies, ordinances, and regulations regarding energy efficiency.

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2: Amend regulations in the next zoning rewrite.

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1.10.2 Work to reduce carbon impacts and incorporate advanced sustainable building design in new developments.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Develop and adopt policies, ordinances, and regulations regarding energy efficiency.

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2: Amend regulations in the next zoning rewrite.

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Goal: 1.2: Encourage density of development in areas that are well served by transit and are within walking distance of places of residence, employment, goods, and services.

1.2.1 Focus on redevelopment in close proximity to the Downtown Bridgeport Train Station to maximize transit-oriented development opportunities in the area.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

1.2.2 Encourage the development of housing throughout Downtown.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

1.2.3 Concentrate dense housing along commercial corridors with bus service.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Make necessary zoning modifications to allow for the development of more dense, single use (residential) projects along corridors.

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2: Invest in improvements to the public right of way along commercial corridors in order to make these areas more attractive for residential development.

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1.2.4 Work with the State, and other stakeholders, to develop strategies for improvements to the Downtown Bridgeport Train Station.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	MetroCOG, CTDOT
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Research and develop a report that summarizes potential redevelopment opportunities in proximity to the train station and proposes P3 structures for co-funding upgrades.

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2: Work with CTDOT to explore funding availability and P3 structures that could contribute capital towards train station upgrades.

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1.2.5 Construct the East Bridgeport (Barnum) Train Station.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	MetroCOG, RPA
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Identify P3 opportunities.

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2: Demolish structures on TOD site.

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1.2.6 Revise zoning in proximity of the planned East Bridgeport (Barnum) Train Station to be more supportive of the development of a mixed-use job center.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Assess zoning recommendations in Barnum TOD Plan.

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2: Draft and present zoning amendment to Planning & Zoning Commission for adoption.

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Goal: 1.3: Adopt a Complete Streets approach to transportation planning and improvements.

1.3.1 Adopt a Complete Streets policy.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF - Engineering, MetroCOG
Timeframe	Short

1.3.2 Improve the walkability of neighborhoods and connections between neighborhoods.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF
Timeframe	Short

1.3.3 Ensure adequate maintenance of sidewalks, pedestrian crossings, and pedestrian signals.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations	DPF - Engineering
Timeframe	Short

1.3.4 Create a coordinated system of bicycle infrastructure.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF - Engineering
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Assess city streets to determine feasibility of bicycle infrastructure.

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2: Implement infrastructure improvements necessary to connect trails and destinations.

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1.3.5 Improve pedestrian and bicycle wayfinding.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF - Engineering
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Develop program of consistent wayfinding throughout City.

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2: Secure funding for wayfinding program.

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1.3.6 Prioritize Safe Routes to School for lighting improvements, sidewalk repair, streetscapes, and other infrastructure improvements.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits, OPED
Timeframe	Medium

Goal: 1.4: Update zoning regulations to allow for a greater mix of uses and increased bikeability/walkability.

1.4.1 Expand the amount of land that is zoned for a mix of uses.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

1.4.2 Allow for small-batch and low-impact manufacturing in more areas throughout the city.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

1.4.3 Support the development of live-work spaces.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

1.4.4 Improve the walkability of neighborhoods and connections between neighborhoods.

Lead Organization	Neighborhood Groups
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

1.4.5 Increase the use of design guidelines and the integration of form-based zoning throughout the city.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Hire consultant to rewrite zoning regulations to include design guidelines and integrate form-based zoning.

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2: Amend permitted uses in the next zoning rewrite.

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1.4.6 Include bike storage facilities in rights of way as part of private development requirements.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Include bike storage within ROW zoning during the next zoning rewrite.

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Goal: 1.5: Encourage infill development.

1.5.1 Ensure that zoning regulations do not restrict infill development.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Review regulations to identify sections which restrict infill development.

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2: Amend those sections during the next zoning rewrite.

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1.5.2 Maintain clear and consistent permitting procedures, and ensure that these procedures are accessible and transparent to the public.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Communications Office
Timeframe	Short

1.5.3 Prioritize the remediation of brownfields by developing a goals-achievement matrix (GAM) for remediation projects.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Identify appropriate matrix criteria.

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2: Implement matrix.

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1.5.4 Provide access to high-speed internet connections to underdeveloped and vacant sites.

Lead Organization	Mayor's Office
Partner Organizations	OPED, DPF
Timeframe	Medium

1.5.5 Consider changing zoning to allow for accessory dwelling units.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Review accessory dwelling issues during the next zoning rewrite.

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1.5.6 Update the City's zoning to be more user friendly and to allow for the development of a wide variety of housing options throughout Bridgeport.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Rewrite the City's zoning code in 2019/2020 to allow for the development of a variety of housing options throughout Bridgeport.

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2: Create and promote resources that guide housing developers and homeowners through all permitting and licensing fees and processes.

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1.5.7 Consider zoning that allows for more small-batch manufacturing and other commercial uses in traditionally residential neighborhoods.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

1.5.8 Explore the feasibility and impacts of switching to a land-value based taxation system to incentivize the development of vacant or underdeveloped parcels to their highest and best use.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Tax Assessor
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Conduct a study of the feasibility and impacts of switching to a land-value based taxation system to incentivize the development of vacant or underdeveloped parcels to their highest and best use.

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2: Research and speak with other Connecticut municipalities which have implemented this taxing system.

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Goal: 1.6: Improve and expand public facilities and resources in neighborhoods.

1.6.1 Provide City resources such as parks and recreation facilities, libraries, and community centers in areas of need.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Public Facilities, DHSS
Timeframe	Medium

1.6.2 Work with the Board of Education to open schools and grounds for community use.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	BOE
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Convene discussion regarding school resources and ability for larger community usage of those resources. 2022

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2: Develop strategies to increase resource usage.

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1.6.3 Utilize vacant lots and school playgrounds to expand the public open space network.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations	BOE, Non-Profits
Timeframe	Short

1.6.4 Ensure that public facilities and new development are compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations	DPF - Engineering
Timeframe	Short

1.6.5 Use schools, libraries, and community centers as community education and gathering centers to stimulate lifelong learning and intergenerational learning.

Lead Organization	Board of Education (BOE)
Partner Organizations	Bridgeport Libraries, Non-Profits
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Convene discussion on how all facilities can become community education and gathering centers.

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2: Develop strategies to achieve goal.

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1.6.6 Consider programs which reimagine underutilized spaces and turn them into areas to play, for both temporary and permanent installations.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits
Timeframe	Medium

1.6.7 Rethink roofs as public spaces which include playgrounds, parks, farming and horticulture, wireless networking and digital infrastructure, art installations, and even goods delivery via drones.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Include design guidelines and use options for roofs in next zoning rewrite.

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1.6.8 Utilize public art to activate public spaces and encourage community participation from all age groups.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF-Parks
Timeframe	Short

Goal: 1.7: Continue improvements aimed at revitalizing the Downtown.

1.7.1 Redefine the boundaries of Downtown to include an "Expanded Downtown"

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Promote an understanding of the Downtown that would include adjacent areas, south to the University of Bridgeport, west to West Avenue, and East to Kossuth Street and Steelpointe.

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2: Identify key connections between the "Downtown Core" and "Expanded Downtown" that should be focused on for public ROW and infrastructure upgrades.

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1.7.2 Encourage mixed-use development.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Ensure zoning does not restrict mixed-use structures.

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2: Prioritize mixed-use development over single-use.

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1.7.3 Create an Arts District to establish a true geographic center for arts and culture in Bridgeport.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits, DSSD
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Convene appropriate parties to discuss district boundaries, purpose, and wayfinding.

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2: Develop strategies to create Downtown Arts District.

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1.7.4 Continue to focus on redevelopment efforts to activate vacant buildings and parcels throughout Downtown.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DSSD, Property Owners
Timeframe	Short

1.7.5 Work with property owners to improve sidewalks, plazas, and facades.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF, DSSD
Timeframe	Short

1.7.6 Encourage and support retail and services that support the growing residential base Downtown.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DSSD
Timeframe	Short

Goal: 1.8: Enhance connectivity and accessibility between neighborhoods.

1.8.1 Improve pedestrian lighting and streetscape amenities such as wide sidewalks, trash receptacles, art installations, and new coats of paint at all underpasses.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF, DSSD
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Coordinate efforts to manage the improvements.

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2: Develop implementation strategies.

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1.8.2 Rebuild the Congress Street bridge with pedestrian and bicycle amenities.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF - Engineering
Timeframe	Short

1.8.3 Create a citywide "Waterfront Pathway" as described in the Waterfront Master Plan.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Modify zoning regulations.

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1.8.4 Create the Yellow Mill Greenway, extending at least from Harding High School to the Yellow Mill Creek.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF-Parks, Grants Department
Timeframe	Short

1.8.5 Create a Green Network that enhances connectivity between parks, open spaces, and other community gathering spaces.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF, Non-Profits
Timeframe	Medium

1.8.6 Create a Multi-Use Trail Plan, designating priority routes for pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure improvements.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF-Enginering, DPF-Parks
Timeframe	Short

1.8.7 Deck over a portion of Route 8 to connect bisected neighborhoods, creating development and open space opportunities.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF, CTDOT
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Explore feasibility.

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2: Create redevelopment plan.

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Goal: 1.9: Preserve and rehabilitate historic properties.

1.9.1 Update the survey of structures eligible for listing on the National Register.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits, CT SHPO
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Secure funding and hire consultant to update list.

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2: Tie listing to GIS and make available online.

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1.9.2 Amend zoning to further protect structures deemed eligible for National Register listing.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	CT SHPO
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Discuss model regulations with CT SHPO.

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2: Amend regulations.

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1.9.3 Invest in renovations and rehabilitations to preserve the character of historic buildings and districts in Bridgeport.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	CT SHPO, Grants Department
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Identify historic building and structures in need of renovation and rehab based upon NPS National Register and CT SHPO inventories.

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1.9.4 Prioritize adaptive reuse of historical buildings that are vacant or falling into disrepair.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Develop prioritization matrix.

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2: Market priority properties for development.

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1.9.5 Ensure active participation in historic district commissions.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Goal: 1.1: Improve sustainability and energy efficiency of existing buildings and new construction.

1.1.1 Adopt a policy to promote a shift in transportation modes from single-occupancy vehicles to transit, bicycling, and walking by investing in bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Assess city streets to determine feasibility of bicycle infrastructure.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Implement infrastructure improvements necessary to support last mile mobility.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

1.1.2 Work with the Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority (GBT) to identify and implement improvements and funding that are needed to better connect Bridgeport to the region via bus service.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	GBT, MetroCOG
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Collaborate to identify needed improvements.

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2: Establish priorities and implementation strategies.

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Substantial Progress
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1.1.3 Include GBT in site plan review to make sure that project proposals enhance, and do not hinder, bus access.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	GBT
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Include GBT in Conceptual Design Review process as necessary.

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Substantial Progress
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1.1.4 Work with GBT and regional municipalities to establish and support a regional bikeshare, last mile mobility program.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	MetroCOG, GBT
Timeframe	Short

1.1.5 Promote access to bus, ferry, and commuter rail and preserve easy, convenient, and seamless transitions between transit modes.,

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	GBT, Bridgeport - Port Jeff Ferry
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Construct improvements designed for federally funded Downtown Intermodal Improvements Phase II program.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Ensure timely shuttle services between modes which are separated geographically.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

1.1.6 Promote coordination among different transportation providers/regulating entities to encourage multi-modal utilization of the transportation network.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	MetroCOG
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Convene various transportation providers to explore coordination efforts.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Develop strategies for coordination.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

1.1.7 Work with GBT and MetroNorth to improve transportation access and service.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	GBT, MetroNorth RR
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Consult with entities to determine their requirements and constraints for service changes.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Work to improve bus transit connectivity to make it easier and faster for students to get to school

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

1.1.8 Support improvements to fixed-route bus service through technology enhancements.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	GBT, MetroCOG
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Convene GBT and private transportation network companies to discuss collaborative possibilities for improving fixed-route bus service, as referenced in The Fourth Regional Plan.

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Substantial Progress
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Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

1.1.9 Consider working with Bridgeport employers to offer incentives that encourage the use of transit or carpooling instead of single-occupancy vehicles for commuting.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	BRBC, DSSD
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Identify key Bridgeport employers to meet with and convene meetings to discuss openness to program.

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Substantial Progress
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Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Work with employers, OPM, and transportation providers to determine approaches acceptable to all parties.

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Substantial Progress
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1.1.10 Leverage on-demand technologies to improve and expand paratransit.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	MetroCOG
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Convene GBT and private on-demand services for discussion on how to collaborate to provide improved paratransit service, as referenced in The Fourth Regional Plan.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

1.1.11 Consider an increase in freight moving to and through Bridgeport by rail, barge, or other means, and the infrastructure improvements that would be necessary to accommodate such an increase.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	CTDOT, CT Port Authority
Timeframe	Medium

1.1.12 Work with GBT and Board of Education to best support student transportation

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	BOE, GBT, Youth
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Convene discussion of parties as to issues

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2: Devise possible solutions

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Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

1.10.1 Increase the energy efficiency of existing commercial spaces and residential units.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Develop and adopt policies, ordinances, and regulations regarding energy efficiency.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Amend regulations in the next zoning rewrite.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

1.10.2 Work to reduce carbon impacts and incorporate advanced sustainable building design in new developments.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Develop and adopt policies, ordinances, and regulations regarding energy efficiency.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Amend regulations in the next zoning rewrite.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 1.11: Enhance the resiliency of Bridgeport's neighborhoods.

1.11.1 Encourage the creation of neighborhood-specific coastal resiliency plans that embrace broad City policy goals while recognizing the unique assets and importance of each waterfront neighborhood.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	NRZs
Timeframe	Medium

1.11.2 Identify and restrict development in high risk flood plains.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF - Engineering
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Review 2019 Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan for recommendations.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Incorporate restrictions into the next zoning rewrite.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

1.11.3 Consider the removal of existing development and infrastructure within high risk flood plains.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Long

Actions:

1: Convene appropriate parties to discuss benefits/detriments of structure/infrastructure removal.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Develop policies and prioritized strategies to address desired outcomes.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

1.11.4 Plan for long-term adaptation through changes in zoning regulations and building codes.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Building Department, Zoning Department
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Research model building code and zoning regulations which accommodate flood zone adaptation.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Adopt codes and ordinances in consultation with model codes, CT-DEEP and State resiliency experts.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

1.11.5 Implement phased-in, long-term adaptation plans for existing development within flood zones.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF - Engineering
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Implement phased-in, long-term adaptation plans for existing development within flood zones.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Amend regulations in the next zoning rewrite.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

1.11.6 Support the Rebuild by Design: Resilient Bridgeport/Natural Disaster Resilience Competition project efforts to create a comprehensive flood protection system throughout the South End neighborhood.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF, WPCA
Timeframe	Short

1.11.7 Support the Lower West End Coastal Resiliency Planning Study recommendations and strategies.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF, WPCA
Timeframe	Short

Goal: 1.12: Proactively manage the city's automobile transportation network.

1.12.1 Assess infrastructure needed to accommodate electric vehicles, shared car services, and autonomous vehicles.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF - Engineering, DPF-Roadways
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Identify and convene appropriate stakeholders and experts to discuss the variety of infrastructure requirements and priority locations for improvements to ¬†accommodate increases in electric vehicles, ride-sharing services, and autonomous vehicles.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Produce a report that discusses the potential accommodations identified by the group that can guide future decisions related to transportation infrastructure.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

1.12.2 Evaluate on-street parking needs throughout the city to determine usage and needs.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF - Engineering
Timeframe	Medium

1.12.3 Implement a resident parking permit program.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF - Engineering, Police Department
Timeframe	Short

1.12.4 Implement an effective Parking Authority to address parking needs on-street and off-street.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF, CAO's Office
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Convene parties to identify parameters of Parking Authority.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Adopt appropriate policies, ordinances, and regulations to implement Parking Authority.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

1.12.5 Consider offering incentives to shift riders to on-demand service to get to the train station instead of building more parking facilities.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	BRBC, DSSD
Timeframe	Medium

1.12.6 Create a network of charging stations throughout the city for electric vehicles.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations	AAA
Timeframe	Medium

Goal: 1.13: Build a new train station in East Bridgeport (also called "Barnum Station") with accomodations for high speed trains to stop.

1.13.1 Secure funding for the construction of the East Bridgeport Train Station (also called "Barnum Station")

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	MetroCOG, RPA
Timeframe	Short

1.13.2 Revise zoning in proximity of the planned East Bridgeport train station (also called "Barnum Station") to encourage the development of a mixed-use, transit oriented district.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Revise zoning in proximity of the planned Barnum Station to encourage high job and residential density development in proximity of the train station.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Adopt design standards for the district that minimize conflict with existing communities and establish an identifiable aesthetic for new construction, including any improvements to the right of way.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

1.13.3 Encourage the marketing of 889 Barnum Ave as a development site for institutional or corporate campus development, with an emphasis on creating a regional job center.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Create a strategy for advertising 889 Barnum as a potential development site for an institutional or corporate campus that considers widely-used corporate and institutional site selection criteria.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2. Robust Economy

Goal: 2.1: Reduce the tax burden on residents by growing the grand list, attracting new businesses, growing existing businesses, and encouraging corporate citizenship.

2.1.1 Streamline the City's business permitting and licensing processes to be efficient, effective, and expeditious.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

2.1.2 Streamline the City's land use development process to be efficient, effective, and expeditious.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Analyze current land use development approvals process and identify existing inefficiencies.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Work with land use development approvals departments and commissions to develop a comprehensive and complimentary permitting process.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.1.3 Work with local banks and Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) - such as Capital for Change - to promote existing small business lending and micro-lending programs.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	CDFIs
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Create an inventory of lenders and programs.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Provide inventory on City website and provide brochures in appropriate City offices.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.1.4 Promote Opportunity Zone investment in Bridgeport by supporting the efforts of regional partners.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	CT-DECD, BRBC
Timeframe	Short

2.1.5 Promote market available commercial and industrial properties by utilizing the Connecticut Economic Resource Center (CERC) Sitefinder and similar resources.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	CERC
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Promote market available commercial and industrial properties by utilizing the Connecticut Economic Resource Center (CERC) Sitefinder and similar resources.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.1.6 Support MetroCOG's efforts to establish a Regional Economic Development District (REDD) with a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) and federal designations that will be eligible for US Economic Development Administration funding.

Lead Organization	MetroCOG
Partner Organizations	OPED
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Conduct a meeting with MetroCOG to establish status; provide assistance to MetroCOG if needed.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.1.7 Implement a "Contract with the City" for businesses receiving City incentives that specifies requirements such as a local hiring minimum as a condition of the benefits.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with City departments including the Small and Minority Business Office and community organizations to determine a set of principles for the creation of "Contracts with the City."

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.1.8 Establish Tax Increment Finance Districts in areas targeted for new development.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

2.10.1 Work with the Board of Education to expand occupational and vocational education programs to better prepare students for jobs or specialized higher education programs.

Lead Organization	Board of Education (BOE)
Partner Organizations	OPED
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Convene a meeting between the City, the BOE, Universities and related non-profits to discuss ways to collaborate, and to identify gaps.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.10.2 Work with local universities to improve conduits from Bridgeport schools to the universities and to develop and expand programs that contribute to a skilled and capable labor force.

Lead Organization	Board of Education (BOE)
Partner Organizations	Higher Education Institutions
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Convene a meeting between the City, the BOE, Universities, and related non-profits to discuss ways to collaborate, and to identify gaps.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.10.3 Work with State technical schools to ensure efficacy of programs, and space to accommodate student population.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Techinical Schools
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Invite CTECS to a semi-annual meeting of Bridgeport precision manufacturing businesses, engineering, machinist, and other related local higher education programs and OPED to discuss ways to collaborate, and to identify gaps.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.10.4 Promote increases in continuing adult education opportunities.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	Workforce Development Board, OPED
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Reach out to adult education services to discuss collaboration for expansion, including the provision of City-owned space, like libraries and community centers, for class space.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.10.5 Ensure education opportunities are available for the reentry population.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	BOE, Reentry Programs
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Engage with REO in the US Department of Labor to advise on increasing opportunities for reentry employment within the public workforce system.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Work with employment and workforce development non-profits to assist in expanding services and resources available to reentry job seekers.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.10.6 Engage private companies in establishing training and apprenticeship programs.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	BRBC
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with the BRBC, chambers of commerce, and other business organizations to open communication with local technical schools and higher education institutions regarding internship and apprenticeship.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.10.7 Work with existing labor force development organizations like Career Resources to promote and expand programs that connect the labor force with training opportunities.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Workforce Development Board, Technical Programs
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Meet with organizations to understand their programs and existing limitations.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Work with oganizations to identify areas that the City can assist in.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 2.2: Continue the redevelopment of Bridgeport's Downtown as a transit-oriented hub for commercial, retail, and entertainment activity to supplement a growing high-density residential neighborhood.

2.2.1 Continue to focus on redevelopment efforts to activate vacant buildings and parcels throughout Downtown.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DSSD
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Engage property owners/managers to temporarily activate vacant spaces.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Complete redevelopment of Downtown.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.2.2 Focus on high density redevelopment which includes housing across varied price points within a half-mile radius of, and along connected transit routes to, the Downtown Bridgeport Train Station.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Identify general boundaries for the priority TOD zone.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Ensure zoning encourages housing development in prioritized areas during the next zoning rewrite.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.2.3 Promote the continued growth of arts and small-batch manufacturing in the Downtown.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DSSD, Arts Groups
Timeframe	Short

2.2.4 Implement a Tax Increment Finance District in the expanded Downtown.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with a consultant to create the required TIF District Master Plan.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Obtain necessary approvals from city and state bodies to designate a TIF District

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.2.5 Revise regulations to allow temporary and alternative uses on the ground floor.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DSSD
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Change zoning regulations to allow for temporary and alternative uses on the ground floor in DVD districts, during the 2019/2020 zoning rewrite.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 2.3: Leverage the inherent economic value of the waterfront.

2.3.1 Prioritize development of Waterfront Master Plan Opportunity Sites.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Focus environmental assessment and remediation on Opportunity Sites.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Focus acquisition efforts on Opportunity Sites.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.3.2 Reclaim underutilized and vacant properties along the waterfront.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with property owners to obtain ownership of vacant and underutilized waterfront properties where financially feasible.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Conduct eminent domain on priority properties with uncooperative owners.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.3.3 Support deepwater port uses that are environmentally sound.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Port Authority
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Consider environmental impacts when evaluating port development proposals.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.3.4 Implement recommendations of the 2017 Waterfront Master Plan which include increasing access to the waterfront and establishing a waterfront pathway.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Create a waterfront zoning district that requires the creation of public access and a pathway when developed.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Continue working with DEEP and other state organizations to implement Connecticut's Coastal Management Program.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.3.5 Expand the existing intracity water taxi system in Bridgeport.

Lead Organization	Port Authority
Partner Organizations	Harbormaster, OPED
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Work with waterfront property owners and the current water taxi operator to plan for the expansion of intracity water taxi services when demand justifies the investment.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.3.6 Attract a regional high-speed ferry stop in the Bridgeport Harbor.

Lead Organization	Port Authority
Partner Organizations	Harbormaster, OPED
Timeframe	Long

Actions:

1: Complete the design and construction of a high-speed ferry terminal in Bridgeport.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Work with State of Connecticut Departments, MetroCOG, and other agencies to identify strategies for developing regional high speed ferry service that includes a stop in Bridgeport Harbor.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 2.4: Increase the growth of neighborhood commercial centers and corridors.

2.4.1 Encourage the establishment of Business Improvement Districts throughout the City, including the Hollow neighborhood and the East Main St, Connecticut/Stratford Ave, Madison Ave, Wood Ave and Fairfield Ave corridors.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Neighborhood Groups
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with NRZs and businesses to determine interest in the creation of BIDS and identification of neighborhood business leaders.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Provide assistance by researching processes and providing initial start-up capacity to create BIDs.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.4.2 Ensure that zoning allows for as-of-right infill development for appropriate densities and uses to support increased commercial activity around neighborhood centers and corridors.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

2.4.3 Work with community and business organizations to promote the unique identities of neighborhood districts.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Neighborhood Groups, Chamber of Commerce
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Develop branding and marketing materials to promote areas.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 2.5: Encourage development of brownfields and other underutilized or vacant properties.

2.5.1 Improve the City's approach toward preparing brownfields for development by creating and utilizing a goals-achievement matrix (GAM) to prioritize remediation projects.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Create and utilize a goals-achievement matrix (GAM) to prioritize brownfield remediation projects throughout the city.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.5.2 Explore the creation of a Brownfield Land Bank, pursuant to CT Public Act 17-214, to acquire, manage, clean up, and reposition brownfield sites for redevelopment on behalf of the City.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	CT-DECD, MetroCOG
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with the Connecticut DECD to analyze the potential costs and benefits of a local or regional Brownfield Land Bank for the City of Bridgeport.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Coordinate with MetroCOG and surrounding towns to analyze the feasibility of combining a regional Brownfield Land Bank with a potential regional land trust.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.5.3 Explore the feasibility and impacts of switching to a land-value based taxation system to incentivize the development of vacant or underdeveloped parcels to their highest and best use.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Tax Assessor
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Conduct a study of the feasibility and impacts of switching to a land-value based taxation system to incentivize the development of vacant or underdeveloped parcels to their highest and best use.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.5.4 Support the continued environmental clean-up and reuse of the Remington Woods/Lake Success Property in ways that advance the conservation of, and access to, this urban forest.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Property Owners, Environmental Non-Profits
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Revise zoning to better protect the urban forest and provide incentives for conservation on the property.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.5.5 Support the redevelopment of the former Remington Arms property on Barnum Avenue and the Bridgeport Brass industrial condominiums on Housatonic Avenue.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Property Owners
Timeframe	Short

Goal: 2.6: Continue to promote the growth of the arts and entertainment industry that includes an economically viable local arts and culture industry.

2.6.1 Support entertainment venues with public investment in adjoining public spaces (e.g. Improve lighting and facilitate public art in the public right of way).

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with entertainment venue operators to identify the infrastructure improvements that would most support their operations.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Develop strategies and priorities for implementing improvements.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.6.2 Enhance connectivity between important entertainment, recreation, and arts venues (e.g. Facilitate improvements to underpasses in Downtown).

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DSSD
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with entertainment venue operators to coordinate public infrastructure investments to meet City design standards and achieve connectivity goals with any infrastructure improvements.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.6.3 Explore the viability of an arts and culture liaison within the City to enhance coordination with local artists and cultural groups.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Mayor's Office, Non-Profits
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Explore the viability of an arts and culture liaison within the City to enhance coordination with local artists and cultural groups.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.6.4 Work with the arts community to establish an Arts & Culture Commission.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Mayor's Office, Non-Profits
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with the arts community to establish an Arts & Culture Commission.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.6.5 Work with the arts community to identify and facilitate development in Arts Districts to encourage the growth of existing centers for arts and culture in Bridgeport.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with the arts community to identify and facilitate development in Arts Districts to encourage the growth of existing centers for arts and culture in Bridgeport.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.6.6 Establish a Percent for Art program to fund public art and support the local arts community.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Establish a Percent for Art program to fund public art and support programs that support the local arts community.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 2.7: Better leverage the economic benefits of anchor institutions in Bridgeport.

2.7.1 Help to implement the RPA Anchor Opportunity Network Strategy Action Plan (2018).

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	RPA, MetroCOG
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Convene a meeting with the regional planning organizations.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Identify implementation actions for the City with input from the regional planning organizations.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.7.2 Increase coordination among and between local anchor institutions (higher education, hospitals, major land holders, and financial institutions) and the City to improve mutual understanding of business plans and operating environments.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Anchor institutions
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Convene City and anchors in both group meetings and one-on-one meetings to learn more about each other.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Convene regular meetings to maintain communication and relationships.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.7.3 Support anchor institutions with public investment in infrastructure improvements and adjacent public space improvements.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Work with anchor institutions to identify the infrastructure improvements that would most support their operations.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.7.4 Enhance connectivity between anchor institutions and centers of activity, commerce, and transportation through public investment and public-private partnerships.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Anchor Institutions, DPF - Engineering
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Work with anchor institutions to coordinate public infrastructure investments to meet City design standards and achieve connectivity goals with any infrastructure improvements.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.7.5 Explore incentive programs to encourage anchor institution employees to live in Bridgeport.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Anchor Institutions
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Conduct a study of tax incentives, fee reductions, or other incentives to encourage anchor institution employees to live in Bridgeport.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Encourage anchor institutions to adopt policies that incentivize their employees to live in Bridgeport.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.7.6 Explore incentive programs to encourage anchor institutions and their employees to use Bridgeport businesses for goods and services.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Anchor Institutions, Chamber of Commerce
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with anchor institutions to identify areas where the City might be able to provide incentives in exchange for commitments to use Bridgeport businesses for goods and services.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Encourage anchor institutions to adopt policies that incentivize their employees to use Bridgeport businesses for goods and services.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 2.8: Support the growth of innovative and start-up businesses.

2.8.1 Support the growth of ‚Äòsmall-batch' manufacturing businesses.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Change zoning regulations, where appropriate, to allow for small-batch manufacturing, including artist studios, as-of-right.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.8.2 Promote flexible space development opportunities through changes in zoning regulations.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Update zoning to allow for mixed industrial uses and building practices that allow for the development of flexible spaces with multiple uses.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.8.3 Increase coordination with, and the promotion of, existing business incubation centers.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Chamber of Commerce
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Convene a semi-annual meeting of Bridgeport business incubators, University Business and Entrepreneurship programs, business groups, and OPED to discuss the state of entrepreneurship, incubators, and new developments that might be promoted.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.8.4 Support the development of live-work spaces.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Change zoning regulations, where appropriate, to allow for the development of live-work spaces as-of-right.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.8.5 Coordinate with entrepreneurship programs in higher education institutions and other programs supporting entrepreneurship.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Higher Education Institutions, Chamber of Commerce
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Convene a semi-annual meeting of Bridgeport business incubators, University Business and Entrepreneurship programs, business groups, and OPED to discuss the state of entrepreneurship, incubators and new developments that might be promoted.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Submit annual questionnaire to the entrepreneurships regarding the business conditions in Bridgeport and any programmatic challenges; follow up with a meeting.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.8.6 Support Bridgeport Innovation Place initiatives not otherwise mentioned.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Bridgeport Innovation Place Team
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Coordinate with the Bridgeport Innovation Place team during implementation of the POCD to make sure the City is assisting with BIP implementation.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 2.9: Promote the growth of the advanced manufacturing industry.

2.9.1 Promote partnerships with local academic technical programs at Housatonic Community College, the University of Bridgeport and other institutions to grow the labor force for advanced and precision manufacturing.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Technical Schools, Higher Education Institutions
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Convene a semi-annual meeting of Bridgeport precision manufacturing businesses, engineering, machinist, and other related local higher education programs and OPED to discuss potential coordination.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.9.2 Promote infill redevelopment by new manufacturing businesses.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	BEDCO
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Ensure that bulk zoning regulations allow for the development of new manufacturing businesses where desired.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.9.3 Change zoning regulations to allow for small-batch and low-impact manufacturing in more areas throughout the city.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Identify new areas throughout the city where small-batch, low-impact manufacturing uses may be complimentary; update zoning to allow those uses.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 2.1: Maintain a labor force that can support the growth of new businesses and industries in the city.

2.1.1 Streamline the City's business permitting and licensing processes to be efficient, effective, and expeditious.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

2.1.2 Streamline the City's land use development process to be efficient, effective, and expeditious.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Analyze current land use development approvals process and identify existing inefficiencies.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Work with land use development approvals departments and commissions to develop a comprehensive and complimentary permitting process.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.1.3 Work with local banks and Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) - such as Capital for Change - to promote existing small business lending and micro-lending programs.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	CDFIs
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Create an inventory of lenders and programs.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Provide inventory on City website and provide brochures in appropriate City offices.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.1.4 Promote Opportunity Zone investment in Bridgeport by supporting the efforts of regional partners.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	CT-DECD, BRBC
Timeframe	Short

2.1.5 Promote market available commercial and industrial properties by utilizing the Connecticut Economic Resource Center (CERC) Sitefinder and similar resources.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	CERC
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Promote market available commercial and industrial properties by utilizing the Connecticut Economic Resource Center (CERC) Sitefinder and similar resources.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.1.6 Support MetroCOG's efforts to establish a Regional Economic Development District (REDD) with a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) and federal designations that will be eligible for US Economic Development Administration funding.

Lead Organization	MetroCOG
Partner Organizations	OPED
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Conduct a meeting with MetroCOG to establish status; provide assistance to MetroCOG if needed.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.1.7 Implement a "Contract with the City" for businesses receiving City incentives that specifies requirements such as a local hiring minimum as a condition of the benefits.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with City departments including the Small and Minority Business Office and community organizations to determine a set of principles for the creation of "Contracts with the City."

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.1.8 Establish Tax Increment Finance Districts in areas targeted for new development.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

2.10.1 Work with the Board of Education to expand occupational and vocational education programs to better prepare students for jobs or specialized higher education programs.

Lead Organization	Board of Education (BOE)
Partner Organizations	OPED
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Convene a meeting between the City, the BOE, Universities and related non-profits to discuss ways to collaborate, and to identify gaps.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.10.2 Work with local universities to improve conduits from Bridgeport schools to the universities and to develop and expand programs that contribute to a skilled and capable labor force.

Lead Organization	Board of Education (BOE)
Partner Organizations	Higher Education Institutions
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Convene a meeting between the City, the BOE, Universities, and related non-profits to discuss ways to collaborate, and to identify gaps.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.10.3 Work with State technical schools to ensure efficacy of programs, and space to accommodate student population.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Techinical Schools
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Invite CTECS to a semi-annual meeting of Bridgeport precision manufacturing businesses, engineering, machinist, and other related local higher education programs and OPED to discuss ways to collaborate, and to identify gaps.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.10.4 Promote increases in continuing adult education opportunities.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	Workforce Development Board, OPED
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Reach out to adult education services to discuss collaboration for expansion, including the provision of City-owned space, like libraries and community centers, for class space.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.10.5 Ensure education opportunities are available for the reentry population.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	BOE, Reentry Programs
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Engage with REO in the US Department of Labor to advise on increasing opportunities for reentry employment within the public workforce system.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Work with employment and workforce development non-profits to assist in expanding services and resources available to reentry job seekers.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.10.6 Engage private companies in establishing training and apprenticeship programs.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	BRBC
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with the BRBC, chambers of commerce, and other business organizations to open communication with local technical schools and higher education institutions regarding internship and apprenticeship.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.10.7 Work with existing labor force development organizations like Career Resources to promote and expand programs that connect the labor force with training opportunities.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Workforce Development Board, Technical Programs
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Meet with organizations to understand their programs and existing limitations.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Work with oganizations to identify areas that the City can assist in.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 2.11: Support housing development and housing reinvestment as a strong contributor to Bridgeport's economy.

2.11.1 Update the City's zoning to be more user friendly and to allow for the development of a variety of housing options throughout Bridgeport.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Rewrite the City's zoning code to allow for the development of a variety of housing options throughout Bridgeport.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Create and promote resources that guide housing developers and homeowners through all permitting and licensing fees and processes.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.11.2 Streamline the City's housing development permitting and licensing processes to be efficient, effective, and expeditious.

Lead Organization	Mayor's Office
Partner Organizations	OPED
Timeframe	Short

2.11.3 Encourage the integration of subsidized housing within mixed-income communities, with the goals of improving quality of life for residents and stimulating residential construction. ¬†

Lead Organization	Park City Communities
Partner Organizations	OPED
Timeframe	Short

2.11.4 Pursue policies that encourage the economic viability of developing market-rate housing without government subsidy.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: As part of project evaluation, ensure that the interest that the City has in encouraging market-rate development is accounted for.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Maintain regular contact with local real estate developers and request assistance in evaluating the market to identify and track the economic factors preventing market rate development from being viable in Bridgeport. 2020.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.11.5 Work with non-profit organizations and lending partners to increase lending and ensure equal access to home mortgages.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits, Lenders
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Convene appropriate parties to identify barriers, real and perceived, for lenders and for borrowers.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Develop strategies to remove barriers and increase lending and equal access to home mortgages.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 2.12: Promote the growth of the energy industry in Bridgeport, with a focus on green energy generation.

2.12.1 Prioritize the purchase of energy generated by local, green energy suppliers to meet municipal energy demands.

Lead Organization	Sustainability Coordinator
Partner Organizations	OPED
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Establish a policy that memorializes the City's preference for purchasing power from local green energy suppliers whenever possible.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.12.2 Explore the feasibility of committing to a 100% green energy consumption policy.

Lead Organization	Sustainability Officer
Partner Organizations	OPED
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Assemble city experts and local partners to conduct a study and subsequent report on the feasibility of committing to a 100% green energy consumption policy.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.12.3 Work with existing energy generators to support the generation of green energy in Bridgeport.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Energy Companies
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Engage with the energy generation companies in the City to understand their business challenges and assist where possible in promoting their growth in Bridgeport.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.12.4 Continue to assist in the growth of energy co-generation initiatives, energy improvement districts (EIDs) through regulatory reform, and guidance regarding existing regulations.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Sustainability Coordinator
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Create a strategy for marketing co-generation opportunities and opportunities for business development in EIDs to guide outreach.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Actively recruit co-generation and clean energy industry businesses to Bridgeport.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 2.13: Increase the marketing of business and real estate development opportunities in Bridgeport.

2.13.1 Develop a marketing and branding campaign for Bridgeport

Lead Organization	Communications Office
Partner Organizations	OPED
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Develop a marketing and branding campaign for Bridgeport for 2020.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Update marketing and branding campaign at least every 5 years beginning from 2020.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.13.2 Increase promotion of development incentive programs such as Bridgeport's Opportunity Zones, Enterprise Zones, and Tax Incentive Development Program.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	BRBC, BEDCO
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with BRBC, Business Organizations, DSSD to promote existing business incentive programs in Bridgeport.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.13.3 Attend various business forums and conferences throughout CT and North America to promote Bridgeport and develop business contacts.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	BRBC
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Organize regional entities to jointly attend various business forums and conferences.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.13.4 Work with banks to reduce their inventories of forclosed housing.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Banks
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Meet with banks to discuss approaches for helping them reduce their inventories of foreclosed housing.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 2.14: Regain commercial airline service at Sikorksy Airport and continue to support corporate, private, and general aviation.

2.14.1 Make safety improvements to Sikorsky Airport as recommended by the 2019 Airport Master Plan and the 2015 GBRC Regional Transportation Plan.

Lead Organization	Sikorsky Airport
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Make safety improvements to Sikorsky Airport as recommended by the 2019 Airport Master Plan and the 2015 GBRC Regional Transportation Plan.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.14.2 Maintain the existing pavement, utilities, equipment, and building infrastructure by performing necessary rehabilitation or upgrades.

Lead Organization	Sikorsky Airport
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Maintain the existing pavement, utilities, equipment, and building infrastructure by performing necessary rehabilitation or upgrades.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.14.3 Develop new aeronautical and aviation-support facilities.

Lead Organization	Sikorsky Airport
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Develop new aeronautical and aviation-support facilities.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 2.15: Lead the effort to build a new train station in East Bridgeport ("Barnum Station") with accomodations for high speed trains and position the area for redevelopment.

2.15.1 Secure funding for the construction of the East Bridgeport Train Station (also called "Barnum Station")

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	MetroCOG, RPA
Timeframe	Short

2.15.2 Revise zoning in proximity of the planned East Bridgeport train station (also called "Barnum Station") to encourage the development of a mixed-use, transit oriented district.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Revise zoning in proximity of the planned Barnum Station to encourage high job and residential density development in proximity of the train station.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Adopt design standards for the district that minimize conflict with existing communities and establish an identifiable aesthetic for new construction, including any improvements to the right of way.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.15.3 Encourage the marketing of 889 Barnum Ave as a development site for institutional or corporate campus development, with an emphasis on creating a regional job center.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Create a strategy for advertising 889 Barnum as a potential development site for an institutional or corporate campus that considers widely-used corporate and institutional site selection criteria.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 2.16: Review how State PILOT programs impact Bridgeport's tax base and address the challenges of tax-exempt properties.

2.16.1 Work with Bridgeport's legislative delegation to lobby the State for full payment of existing PILOTs and consideration of other policies that would allow Bridgeport to increase compensation for State imposed forgone property taxes.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Legislative Delegation
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with Bridgeport‚Äôs legislative delegation to lobby the State for full payment of existing PILOTs and consideration of other policies that would allow Bridgeport to increase compensation for State imposed forgone property taxes.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.16.2 Track the amount and percentage of agreed upon PILOT payments that are received by the City annually.

Lead Organization	Finance Department
Partner Organizations	OPM
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Track the amount and percentage of agreed upon PILOT payments that are received by the City annually.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2.16.3 Consider additional City policies that could reduce burden of foregone tax revenues and are allowed by State statute.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Finance Department, OPM
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Consider additional City policies that could reduce burden of foregone tax revenues and are allowed by State statute.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3. Equitable City

Goal: 3.1: Institute policies that encourage a diversity of housing types across neighborhoods to maximize choice for people of all economic and social circumstances.

3.1.1 Stabilize housing cost by supporting the development of new units for sale and rent at all price points.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

3.1.2 Encourage mixed-income housing development near transportation resources and job centers to reduce the commuting burden and promote integrated communities.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Develop City policy to require mixed-incomes in housing developments.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Ensure zoning standards accommodate denser housing options near transportation resources and job centers during the next zoning rewrite.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.1.3 Support the preservation of existing subsidized housing units and the integration of subsidized housing units within mixed-income developments.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Park City Communities
Timeframe	Short

3.1.4 Ensure high quality of subsidized housing units throughout the city.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Health & Fire Departments, Park City Communities
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with Park City Communities to develop strategies to routinely and consistently inspect every rental unit to ensure minimum standards are met.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Resume consistent Housing Code and Fire Marshall inspection of all rental units, beginning with subsidized units.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.1.5 Work with MetroCOG and surrounding towns to promote a regional approach to the provision of affordable housing.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	MetroCOG
Timeframe	Short

3.1.6 Coordinate with housing advocates and related Non-Profits to explore interest in establishing a Community Land Trust.

Lead Organization	MetroCOG
Partner Organizations	Supportive Housing Works, OPED
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Identify and convene a meeting of housing advocates and related Non-Profits to explore interest in establishing a Community Land Trust.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Research best practices in Housing Land Trusts.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.1.7 Continue to support the use of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME, and Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTCs) to rehabilitate housing.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

3.10.1 Provide translation and interpretation services at City offices that engage with the public.

Lead Organization	Chief Administrative Office (CAO)
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Provide translation and interpretation services at City offices that engage with the public.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: This can be through staff or a paid translation service such as¬†those used by Optimus Health.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.10.2 Train City employees that regularly engage with the public to demonstrate competence in interacting with people with limited English proficiency.

Lead Organization	Human Resources
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Develop an employee training policy for those who regularly engage with the public to ensure competence in interacting with people with limited English proficiency.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.10.3 Continue to provide print and digital materials in languages commonly spoken in Bridgeport.

Lead Organization	Chief Administrative Office (CAO)
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Continue to provide print and digital materials in languages commonly spoken in Bridgeport.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: All departments should have access to written / digital translation services.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 3.2: Ensure that all residents have an opportunity to thrive economically.

3.2.1 Increase resident access to living wage employment opportunities.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Small & Minority Business Office
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Work with City departments including the Small and Minority Business Office and community organizations to determine a set of principles for the creation of "Contracts with the City" - that include local hiring minimums- for businesses that receive public assistance.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Develop business attraction and development policies which include consideration of preference of the types of jobs and salaries being created.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.2.2 Provide opportunities for residents at all income levels to access the education and/or training necessary to enter skilled jobs.

Lead Organization	WorkPlace
Partner Organizations	HCC / UB / Sacred Heart, Non-Profits
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Reach out to adult education services to discuss collaboration for expansion, including the provision of City-owned space, like libraries and community centers, for class space.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Work with employment and workforce development non-profits to assist in expanding services and resources available to reentry job seekers.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.2.3 Partner with and support the expansion of existing programs that foster financial empowerment and job training for people with disabilities.

Lead Organization	Kennedy Center
Partner Organizations	Goodwill, Non-Profits
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Work with employment and workforce development non-profits to assist in expanding services and resources available for people with disabilities.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.2.4 Partner with and support the expansion of programs to encourage youth-empowerment through career education and financial literacy to generate upward mobility, reduce child poverty, and break poverty cycles.

Lead Organization	Board of Education (BOE)
Partner Organizations	Library, Non-Profits
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Collaborate with the BOE to identify resources for introducing more career education and financial literacy programs into the curriculum.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Collaborate with the Bridgeport libraries and community centers to identify resources for introducing more career education and financial literacy after-school programs.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.2.5 Provide adequate support to Bridgeport's self-employed, start-ups, and other small businesses.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Small & Minority Business Office, Bridgeport Innovation Places Group
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Create resources that guide businesses through the City's permitting and licensing processes

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Convene a semi-annual meeting of Bridgeport business incubators, University Business and Entrepreneurship programs, business groups, and OPED to discuss the state of entrepreneurship, incubators, and new developments that might be promoted.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.2.6 Take measures aimed at reducing the existing wealth gap between residents and¬†neighborhoods, and between Bridgeport and the region.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Small & Minority Business Office, BOE
Timeframe	Medium

3.2.7 Work towards increasing wages in lower-wage occupations.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Work with Council to advocate for adopting a citywide livable minimum wage.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.2.8 Work with housing non-profits to promote and expand the City's first-time homebuyer program.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Assess existing program to determine effective means of developing a more robust program.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.2.9 Work with non-profit organizations and lending partners to increase lending and ensure equal access to home mortgages.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits / Banks, Communty Groups / Faith Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Convene appropriate entities for discussion on equal access to home mortgages.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Develop strategies to increase lending.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.2.10 Work with local universities to relieve housing demand pressures caused by students in Bridgeport's neighborhoods.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Sacred Heart / UB / Fairfield U
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Meet with each university to discuss their student housing¬†issues and policies and City's issues.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Develop shared strategies to address issues.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 3.3: Encourage growth and development that is sensitive to the potential for gentrification.

3.3.1 Encourage the development of mixed-income communities.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

3.3.2 Enact anti-displacement policies, such as eviction and foreclosure prevention, and homeownership support, to ensure future development does not price out existing communities.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits¬†
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Develop policies to support eviction and foreclosure prevention to mitigate impacts of gentrification on existing residents.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Create and fill a full time Fair Housing staff position.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.3.3 Work with housing non-profits to promote and expand their homeowner foreclosure prevention program.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Bridgeport Neighborhood Trust, Non-Profits
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Assess existing program to determine effective means of developing a more robust program.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.3.4 Explore the feasibility of establishing a Housing Trust Fund to maintain affordable housing.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Supportive Housing Works, Partnership for Strong Communities
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Research successful programs in comparable cities.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Research and report on the feasibility and desirability of establishing a Housing Trust Fund or Land Trust.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.3.5 Promote inclusive growth strategies that address the racial, income, health and educational disparities in Fairfield County that impact residents in the Bridgeport region.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DHSS, Members of ODFC
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Work with the State, state-wide policy organizations, local policy/advocacy organizations to address the widening opportunity gap which negatively impacts the region economy and disproportionally affects minority, low-income and disadvantaged households.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Develop appropriate policies and strategies to narrow opportunity gaps.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 3.4: Ensure that everyone has access to infrastructure necessary to support a high quality of life including public transportation, and parks and recreation centers.

3.4.1 Establish and enforce basic quality of life standards across all of Bridgeport's neighborhoods.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Community Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with community leaders to establish a "Bridgeport Bill of Rights" that is an agreement with the City outlining basic quality of life expectations for all neighborhoods.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Develop a guide document of basic standards and ensure every City department understands their role in maintaining the document.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.4.2 Improve the walkability of neighborhoods and connections between neighborhoods.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Public Facilities
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Identify major barriers that exist between neighborhoods and potential gateways to be focused on for improvement, with the help of community leaders.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Create a connectivity plan to establish connections between neighborhoods through improvements to the public right of way and new infrastructure where necessary.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.4.3 Work with GBT and Metro-North to improve transportation access and service.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	MetroCOG, GBT / MNR
Timeframe	Short

3.4.4 Provide City resources such as parks and recreation facilities, libraries, and community centers in areas of need.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Public Facilities, DHSS
Timeframe	Short

3.4.5 Ensure that public facilities and new development are compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations	DPF - Engineering
Timeframe	Medium

Goal: 3.5: Ensure that Bridgeport's economically disadvantaged neighborhoods are not disproportionately impacted by environmental hazards and climate change.

3.5.1 Support the Rebuild by Design: Resilient Bridgeport/Natural Disaster Resilience Competition project's efforts to create a comprehensive flood protection system throughout the South End.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF, WPCA
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Continue to facilitate meetings between the design team and relevant City departments as design is finalized and becomes a construction project.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Facilitate permitting.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.5.2 Prioritize the creation of neighborhood-specific coastal resiliency plans for economically disadvantaged neighborhoods.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	NRZs
Timeframe	Short

3.5.3 Require hazard mitigation plans for all plants, factories, and industrial uses that are either in a FEMA flood zone or handling toxic materials.

Lead Organization	EOC
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

3.5.4 Work with CT DEEP and local operators of Title V air emission source facilities to assure that local facilities are in compliance or actively taking measures to comply with air quality standards.

Lead Organization	Sustainability Coordinator
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Work with CT DEEP and local operators of Title V air emission source facilities to assure that local facilities are in compliance or actively taking measures to comply with air quality standards.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 3.6: Provide quality education opportunities for all schoolchildren and adults interested in completing or furthering their education.

3.6.1 Expand and improve on early childhood education by providing quality Pre-K and educational childcare opportunities.

Lead Organization	Board of Education (BOE)
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits
Timeframe	Short

3.6.2 Provide career-oriented educational and extra-curricular activities through public schools, libraries, and community centers.

Lead Organization	Board of Education (BOE)
Partner Organizations	Bridgeport Libraries, Non-Profits
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Convene a meeting between the City, the BOE, Universities and related non-profits to discuss ways to collaborate, and to identify gaps.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Collaborate with the BOE to identify resources for introducing more career education and financial literacy programs into the curriculum and expand programs in libraries and community centers.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.6.3 Improve school facilities through capital investments to address the capacity and functionality of public schools.

Lead Organization	Public Facilities
Partner Organizations	BOE¬†
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Develop maintenance and capital improvement schedule for each facility.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.6.4 Increase science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) learning opportunities.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	BOE, Higher Education Institutions
Timeframe	Short

3.6.5 Work with local colleges to expand scholarship and financial assistance programs for Bridgeport residents.

Lead Organization	Board of Education (BOE)
Partner Organizations	Higher Education Institutions
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with local colleges to expand scholarship and financial assistance programs for Bridgeport residents.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.6.6 Foster community-based learning for adults and the reentty community.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits, Bridgeport Libraries
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Reach out to adult education services to discuss collaboration for expansion, including the provision of City-owned space, like libraries and community centers, for class space.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 3.7: Ensure that the City's governance is equitable.

3.7.1 Ensure transparency in municipal planning and decision-making processes.

Lead Organization	Chief Administrative Office (CAO)
Partner Organizations	OPED
Timeframe	Short

3.7.2 Ensure that explanations of important municipal processes are accessible to the public and can be easily understood.

Lead Organization	Chief Administrative Office (CAO)
Partner Organizations	OPED
Timeframe	Short

3.7.3 Evaluate programs and practices to ensure compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act that prohibits exclusion, denial of benefits, or discrimination under any program or activity based on gender, race, color, or national origin.

Lead Organization	Chief Administrative Office (CAO)
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Dedicate a staff position to audit programs and services in every department to ensure full accessibility and usage of programs and services.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.7.4 Ensure planning and decision-making processes include under-represented communities.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Ensure planning and decision-making processes include under-represented communities.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.7.5 Encourage diverse participation, with a focus on disadvantaged communities, in City government and on its boards and commissions.

Lead Organization	Mayor's Office
Partner Organizations	CAO, OPED
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Encourage diverse participation, with a focus on disadvantaged communities, in City government and on its boards and commissions.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Create policies that promote the identification of, and active outreach to, under-represented communities for various decision making and planning processes in the City.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.7.6 Empower and allow for marginalized and underserved communities to make impactful decisions towards their future.

Lead Organization	Mayor's Office
Partner Organizations	OPED, DHSS
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Provide specialized information and opportunities¬†to marginalized and underserved communities¬†to afford them the ability to make impactful decisions towards their future through community organizations.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Explore the feasibility of making educational presentations to the community about the technical aspects of government decision-making, including: budgets, capital plans, grant requirements, constraining federal or state regulations, etc.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.7.7 Improve government efficiency and consistency to improve equity for employees and the public.

Lead Organization	Chief Administrative Office (CAO)
Partner Organizations	Mayor's Office, ITS
Timeframe	Short

Goal: 3.8: Ensure that the City's employees, teachers, and public safety personnel are socially engaged with the community.

3.8.1 Encourage City employees to live in Bridgeport.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Explore the feasibility of employing strategies to encourage City employees to live in Bridgeport, including housing and tax-incentives.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Examine the costs and benefits of a resident requirement for some or all City employees and produce a report or memo.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.8.2 Provide opportunities for City employees to engage with the community outside of their professional roles.

Lead Organization	Mayor's Office
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Provide opportunities for City employees to engage with the community outside of their professional roles.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Develop a program which allows employee groups to volunteer a certain number of hours per year to specific non-profit organizations or programs.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 3.9: Protect vulnerable populations such as the economically disadvantaged, racial and ethnic minorities, those with alternative lifestyles, low-income children, the elderly, the homeless, and those with chronic health conditions including severe mental illness.

3.9.1 Ensure that the public safety system actively protects vulnerable populations and addresses issues that disproportionately impact those populations.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	Police / Fire / EMS, Non-Profits
Timeframe	Medium

3.9.2 Provide services and community spaces for LGBTQ+ community.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Work with regional non-profits and activist organizations to plan for expanded services and spaces for the LGBTQ+ population in Bridgeport.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.9.3 Improve immediate response to homelessness and eliminate long term homelessness by ensuring that all people experiencing homelessness are placed in housing within 30 days.

Lead Organization	Opening Doors Fairfield County
Partner Organizations	Supportive Housing Works, Members of ODFC
Timeframe	Medium

Goal: 3.1: Ensure that City services are accessible to residents and visitors with limited English proficiency.

3.1.1 Stabilize housing cost by supporting the development of new units for sale and rent at all price points.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

3.1.2 Encourage mixed-income housing development near transportation resources and job centers to reduce the commuting burden and promote integrated communities.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Develop City policy to require mixed-incomes in housing developments.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Ensure zoning standards accommodate denser housing options near transportation resources and job centers during the next zoning rewrite.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.1.3 Support the preservation of existing subsidized housing units and the integration of subsidized housing units within mixed-income developments.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Park City Communities
Timeframe	Short

3.1.4 Ensure high quality of subsidized housing units throughout the city.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Health & Fire Departments, Park City Communities
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with Park City Communities to develop strategies to routinely and consistently inspect every rental unit to ensure minimum standards are met.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Resume consistent Housing Code and Fire Marshall inspection of all rental units, beginning with subsidized units.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.1.5 Work with MetroCOG and surrounding towns to promote a regional approach to the provision of affordable housing.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	MetroCOG
Timeframe	Short

3.1.6 Coordinate with housing advocates and related Non-Profits to explore interest in establishing a Community Land Trust.

Lead Organization	MetroCOG
Partner Organizations	Supportive Housing Works, OPED
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Identify and convene a meeting of housing advocates and related Non-Profits to explore interest in establishing a Community Land Trust.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Research best practices in Housing Land Trusts.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.1.7 Continue to support the use of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME, and Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTCs) to rehabilitate housing.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

3.10.1 Provide translation and interpretation services at City offices that engage with the public.

Lead Organization	Chief Administrative Office (CAO)
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Provide translation and interpretation services at City offices that engage with the public.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: This can be through staff or a paid translation service such as¬†those used by Optimus Health.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.10.2 Train City employees that regularly engage with the public to demonstrate competence in interacting with people with limited English proficiency.

Lead Organization	Human Resources
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Develop an employee training policy for those who regularly engage with the public to ensure competence in interacting with people with limited English proficiency.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.10.3 Continue to provide print and digital materials in languages commonly spoken in Bridgeport.

Lead Organization	Chief Administrative Office (CAO)
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Continue to provide print and digital materials in languages commonly spoken in Bridgeport.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: All departments should have access to written / digital translation services.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 3.11: Provide residents with access to services throughout their life.

3.11.1 Provide culturally appropriate services to youth, seniors, and families with young children.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	Service Providers
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Provide telephone based translation services; make available at all City offices that regularly engage with the public.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.11.2 Provide residents of all ages opportunities to connect and participate in community life and to engage in positive social and civic activities.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	DPF-Parks
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Provide community-center based educational programs and activities.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Expand recreation programs for youth and adults.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

3.11.3 Use schools and libraries, in addition to community centers, as community education and gathering centers to stimulate lifelong learning and intergenerational learning.

Lead Organization	Board of Education (BOE)
Partner Organizations	Bridgeport Libraries
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Meet with Bridgeport Schools and Bridgeport Library to establish potential for the use of schools and libraries as community centers.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 3.12: Incorporate equity considerations into decision-making across sectors and policy areas in the City.

3.12.1 Ensure that City and State policy-makers are informed about the health, equity, and sustainability consequences of various policy options during the policy development process.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DHSS, Mayors Office
Timeframe	Short

3.12.2 Work with the local communities and the Small and Minority Business Department to identify a list of equity experts who can be provide opinions on the equity impacts of proposed policies and present salient equity information that is relevant to other departments.

Lead Organization	Mayor's Office
Partner Organizations	Community Groups, SMB
Timeframe	Short

4. Healthy Community

Goal: 4.1: Connect residents to health care resources in the city and region.

4.1.1 Support the success and expansion of the collective impact approach to community well-being through coordination with health and social service agencies.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Coordinate with local and regional health and social service agencies to support the collective impact approach to community well-being, by providing guidance, filling in gaps and providing political support when necessary.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.1.2 Provide culturally competent guidance to residents regarding health care resources available to all literacy levels, including those with or without insurance, those with Medicare or Medicaid, and undocumented residents.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

4.1.3 Facilitate informed decision making by working with health advocacy agencies and organizations to making health information more accessible and empower residents to consume health information.¬†

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	PCAG
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with health advocacy and community organizations to empower residents through healthcare education and resource provision.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.1.4 Promote access to and utilization of preventative care services.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Include preventative care section in the health resources guide.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Discuss with BOE the inclusion of preventative care information and methods in health and life skill related curriculum.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.1.5 Work with health care providers to improve access to prenatal care.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	Women's Services Organizations, Healthcare Providers
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Work towards increasing information provided to women about obtaining health care coverage that includes coverage for maternity and newborn care services, including pregnancy related Medicaid.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Meet with health care providers to discuss barriers to prenatal care access and identify solutions.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.1.6 Work with immigrant advocacy organizations to improve undocumented resident access to health care.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Work with immigrant advocacy groups and in preparation of health resources guide to ensure inclusion of resources available to undocumented residents.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Work with immigrant advocacy groups to identify distribution methods and partners that could help connect undocumented residents to the health resources guide.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.1.7 Ensure that local healthcare providers are providing services aligned with the needs of the community.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	Healthcare Providers, Community Groups
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Meet with health care providers to discuss the potential for an outreach campaign that allows for community members to ask questions and provide feedback to both the City and healthcare providers.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.10.1 Prioritize Safe Routes to School for lighting improvements, sidewalk repair, streetscapes, and other infrastructure improvements.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF, BOE
Timeframe	Medium

4.10.2 Ensure that the public safety system actively protects vulnerable populations and addresses issues that disproportionately impact those populations.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	Police / Fire / EMS, Non-Profits
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Convene public health and safety leaders to discuss¬†needs of vulnerable populations.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Develop methods for public safety system to protect and serve the vulnerable population.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.10.3 Continue to partner with neighborhood, community, and faith groups, like the NRZs, to create community policing groups, and/or neighborhood block watches.

Lead Organization	Community Organizations
Partner Organizations	Police Department
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Identify areas in need of community policing and/or block watches.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Provide support necessary to establish these programs.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.10.4 Foster a healthy relationship between residents and police by providing transparency in policing decisions, opportunities for community feedback, and opportunities for police personnel to voluntarily engage with the community outside of their professional roles.

Lead Organization	Police Department
Partner Organizations	Community Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Establish an acceptable forum for community input¬†to Police Department¬†policies and decisions.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Identify opportunities for police personnel to effectively engage with the community outside of their professional roles.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.10.5 Encourage community policing efforts throughout Bridgeport's neighborhoods.

Lead Organization	Police Department
Partner Organizations	Community Organizations
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Identify areas that would benefit most from community policing.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Work with community and faith-based groups to support introduction of community policing to the area.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.10.6 Participate in the Vision Zero campaign to reduce traffic related injuries and fatalities.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations	OPED
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Adopt strategies of Vision Zero as part of the Complete Streets program.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.10.7 Require hazard mitigation plans for all plants, factories, and industrial uses that are either in a FEMA flood zone or handling toxic materials.

Lead Organization	EOC
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Goal: 4.2: Promote a well-connected and coordinated public and private healthcare system that includes ancillary health organizations.

4.2.1 Encourage the creation of a community healthcare network that expands healthcare services for low-income and uninsured residents.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Meet with the DHSS, Bridgeport Prospers, and community healthcare providers to discuss the creation of a community healthcare network that expands healthcare services for low-income and uninsured residents.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Determine how the City can provide resources to assist with the creation of a community healthcare network.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.2.2 Create and disseminate a consolidated list of local healthcare service providers, and plan for maintenance of the resource list.¬†

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Create and disseminate a consolidated list of local healthcare service providers, and plan for maintenance of the resource list.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.2.3 Work with local employers to provide incentives for making healthy lifestyle decisions, including increased physical activity.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	PCAG, CT-DPH
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Work with local employers in Bridgeport to encourage increased incentives for healthy lifestyle choices through their organizations.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Seek out and pursue grants at the State and Federal levels that could bolster the incentive programs of employers.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.2.4 Work with local stakeholders to collect and analyze community health data based on Healthy People 2020 Leading Health Indicators and produce a community health assessment.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Identify community partners and City departments to assist with data collection.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Work with local stakeholders to collect and analyze community health data based on Healthy People 2020 Leading Health Indicators and produce a community health assessment.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.2.5 Create and implement a 3-year community health improvement plan for Bridgeport.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Create and implement a 3-year community health improvement plan for Bridgeport.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.2.6 Increase the number of Bridgeport health and social service agencies that have adopted and taken steps to implement National Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) Standards.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Conduct an assessment of the status of CLAS standard adoption by contacting health and social service agencies.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 4.3: Ensure residents are connected with adequate social services to serve their needs.

4.3.1 Conduct an audit of existing social services, both public and private, and identify areas of need.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Conduct an audit of existing social services, both public and private, and identify areas of need.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.3.2 Encourage the creation of a centralized network of private and public social advocacy and service groups.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	PCAG
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Outline role of centralized network.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Convene appropriate entities to participate.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.3.3 Create and disseminate consolidated list of local social service providers.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

4.3.4 Provide multilingual guidance that is culturally appropriate, understandable by those of all literacy levels, and created with concern for native speakers to residents regarding social service resources.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Provide multilingual written material for visitors to DHSS, and have linguistic services available.

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.3.5 Expand childcare and youth services such as day care services, Pre-K and after-school programs. Make the services more available to residents of all income levels.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	BOE, Non-Profits
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Meet with Bridgeport Schools and local providers to identify feasibility of expanding childcare and youth services.

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 4.4: Reduce sexually transmitted disease and teen pregnancy in Bridgeport.

4.4.1 Offer evidence-based health education every year in Bridgeport middle and high schools.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: In cooperation with experts and non-profit advocacy groups, work with the BOE to encourage evidence-based health education every year in Bridgeport middle and high schools.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.4.2 Work with community service providers to identify and/or develop evidence-based health education programs for teens and young adults.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with community service providers to identify and/or develop evidence-based health education programs for teens and young adults. Those programs can be incorporated into health education within Bridgeport Schools or provided via those providers.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Work with Grants department to seek funding to support this activity within the DHSS.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.4.3 Increase the number of people, of all genders, who participate in teen pregnancy prevention and healthy sexual relationship evidence-based programs in school or via community healthcare and social service providers.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: In cooperation with experts and non-profit advocacy groups, work with the BOE to encourage evidence-based health education every year in Bridgeport elementary, middle, and high schools.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.4.4 Increase formal linkages between youth-serving partners and community based clinical services to provide quality youth-friendly health services.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Convene a meeting between youth-serving partners and community based clinical service providers to discuss strategies for providing quality youth-friendly health services

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.4.5 Collaborate with Board of Education, health and social service providers to create a visible and effective community-wide teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease prevention initiative.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Collaborate with BOE, health providers and social service providers to create a comprehensive strategy for a citywide teen-pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease prevention initiative.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 4.5: Ensure that residents have access to healthy locally grown foods.

4.5.1 Lower the barriers to entry in Bridgeport for people who want to produce and/or sell healthy foods and create economic incentives for businesses to do so.¬†

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits
Timeframe	Medium

4.5.2 Expand role of farmers markets and mobile markets as sustainable food sources.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	OPED, Bridgeport Farmers Market Collaborative + Food Policy Council
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with Bridgeport Farmers Market Collaborative to discuss ways to expand and increase the number of farmers markets.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.5.3 Ensure that healthy food options are available in Bridgeport schools at all points of food distribution, including school lunch, vending, snack shops, and bake sales.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	BOE, Non-Profits
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Work with BOE to ensure that healthy food options are available in Bridgeport schools at all points of food distribution, including school lunch, vending, snack shops, and bake sales.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.5.4 Increase awareness of fresh food outlets offering healthy, fresh food in Bridgeport.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	Food Policy Council, Non-Profits
Timeframe	Short

4.5.5 Increase awareness of, and access to, programs like the USDA WIC and SNAP programs.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with community groups, healthcare and social services providers and the BOE to increase awareness of USDA WIC and SNAP programs.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Work with health advocacy organizations to find or create guides for accessing USDA WIC and SNAP programs.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.5.6 Facilitate collaboration with healthy food providers to include SNAP coverage.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	OPED
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Identify areas of city that lack access to healthy food via SNAP coverage.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Identify providers of health foods that do not participate in SNAP program; encourage and assist those providers in participating in SNAP.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.5.7 Support the success and expansion of urban gardens throughout the city.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DHSS, Non-Profits
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Create a City staff position tasked with managing and expanding the city's urban gardens.

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Provide education and technical assistance to urban gardeners.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.5.8 Revise zoning ordinance to include sustainable urban agriculture regulations.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Revise zoning ordinance to include sustainable urban agriculture regulations.

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.5.9 Increase education and awareness on sustainable agriculture within the city.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	Food Policy Council
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Work with local urban gardens and BOE to find ways to use urban gardens as a learning tool.

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Work with local urban gardens, communications and healthcare non-profits to increase advertisement of sustainable agriculture opportunities in Bridgeport.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.5.10 Enhance community well-being through productive landscapes.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DHSS, Food Policy Council
Timeframe	Medium

Goal: 4.6: Support the needs of all residents to live in a clean environment.

4.6.1 Strengthen the City's anti-blight efforts by expanding on currently offered CDBG funded small loan program for building repairs.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DHSS, Non-Profits
Timeframe	Medium

4.6.2 Reduce the number of homes with lead hazards, with a focus on those that house lower income households and households with children.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	OPED, Non-Profits
Timeframe	Short

4.6.3 Develop and conduct a city-wide anti-litter campaign and prioritize the removal of litter and debris from public and private property. ¬†

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Create more employee capacity to continue to carry out and expand on the existing anti-litter campaign, "Park City Pickin' It Up."

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Work with community organizations to increase community support for, and assistance with, implementation of "Park City Pickin' It Up."

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.6.4 Encourage a street or block adoption program to keep streets clean and presentable throughout the year.¬†

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Evaluate and report on the potential of a street or block adoption program, through consultation with community organizations and fiscal impact analysis.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.6.5 Assist residents and businesses in the disposal of bulk waste.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Provide a list of bulk waste pick-up services on City website.

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Explore benefits of providing limited bulk waste pick-up for residential properties.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.6.6 Consider implementing a plastic bag ban.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Create a report on the viability of a plastic bag ban in Bridgeport to be presented to the City Council.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.6.7 Work with local universities to enforce housing codes and improve communication with students and property owners in adjacent residential neighborhoods.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with local universities to enforce housing codes and improve communication with students and property owners in adjacent residential neighborhoods.

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 4.7: Actively manage noise pollution within the city's neighborhoods and residential areas.

4.7.1 Regularly enforce municipal noise ordinances.

Lead Organization	Bridgeport Police Department (BPD)
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Regularly enforce municipal noise ordinances.

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.7.2 Reduce noise impacts of commercial operations on residences and other noise sensitive uses.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: As part of the land development approvals process, require commercial uses to present a noise analysis with zoning approval applications. NEPA can be used as a guide.

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.7.3 Ensure that cumulative noise impacts do not exceed health-based safety margins.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Utilize NEPA noise analysis standards in the evaluation of zoning approval applications.

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.7.4 Use traffic calming and traffic management techniques to reduce vehicular noise impacts.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations	OPED
Timeframe	Medium

Goal: 4.8: Protect and improve air quality.

4.8.1 Work with CT DEEP, CT Department of Housing, and local operators of Title V air emission source facilities to assure that local facilities comply with, or actively taking measures to comply with, air quality standards.

Lead Organization
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Request briefing from CT DEEP on compliance status of facilities.

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.8.2 Continue to reduce carbon dioxide and other noxious emissions to improve air quality.

Lead Organization
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Work with City Engineering Department and Bridgeport Schools to identify measures that can be taken to reduce emissions from City and School buildings.

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.8.3 Prioritize planting of trees in areas of greatest need as identified in the UVM Spatial Analysis Lab Tree Canopy Assessment Report for Bridgeport and The Nature Conservancy's Eco-Urban Assessment.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations	OPED
Timeframe	Ongoing

Actions:

1: Prioritize planting of trees in areas of greatest need as identified in the UVM Spatial Analysis Lab Tree Canopy Assessment Report for Bridgeport and The Nature Conservancy‚Äôs Eco-Urban Assessment.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.8.4 Promote policies that encourage a shift in transportation modes away from single occupancy vehicles.

Lead Organization	Mayor's Office
Partner Organizations	OPED, DPF - Engineering
Timeframe	Medium

4.8.5 Collaborate with Greater Bridgeport Transit to continue improving vehicle fuel-efficiency.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	GBT
Timeframe	Ongoing

Actions:

1: Work with GBT to request grant funding for upgrading fleet on an ongoing basis.

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.8.6 Replace municipal automobile fleet with alternative fuel and fuel-efficient vehicles.

Lead Organization	Chief Administrative Office (CAO)
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Long

Actions:

1: Commit to replacing all City vehicles with alternative fuel or hybrid vehicles.

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.8.7 Collaborate with local and regional organizations to educate residences and businesses on energy efficient practices for their homes and buildings.

Lead Organization	Sustainability Coordinator
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with BRBC and community non-profits to disseminate information about home and business energy efficiency best practices.

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 4.9: Protect and improve water quality.

4.9.1 Take measures necessary to ensure water standards comply with state minimum requirements for habitat, fishing, and recreational uses.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Port Authority, Harbor Commission
Timeframe	Medium

4.9.2 Manage stormwater runoff through installation of green infrastructure, including green roofs, rain gardens, and bioswales.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations	DPF
Timeframe	Short

4.9.3 Expand community outreach to ensure all residents are aware when water quality warnings are issued.

Lead Organization	EOC
Partner Organizations	DHSS
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Ensure that water quality warnings from the State continue to be distributed to the DHSS and EOC.

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Collaboration between EOC and the DHSS to utilize EOC's public notification infrastructure when sending out water quality alerts.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 4.1: Ensure that residents feel safe in the community.

4.1.1 Support the success and expansion of the collective impact approach to community well-being through coordination with health and social service agencies.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Coordinate with local and regional health and social service agencies to support the collective impact approach to community well-being, by providing guidance, filling in gaps and providing political support when necessary.

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.1.2 Provide culturally competent guidance to residents regarding health care resources available to all literacy levels, including those with or without insurance, those with Medicare or Medicaid, and undocumented residents.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

4.1.3 Facilitate informed decision making by working with health advocacy agencies and organizations to making health information more accessible and empower residents to consume health information.¬†

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	PCAG
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with health advocacy and community organizations to empower residents through healthcare education and resource provision.

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.1.4 Promote access to and utilization of preventative care services.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Include preventative care section in the health resources guide.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Discuss with BOE the inclusion of preventative care information and methods in health and life skill related curriculum.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.1.5 Work with health care providers to improve access to prenatal care.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	Women's Services Organizations, Healthcare Providers
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Work towards increasing information provided to women about obtaining health care coverage that includes coverage for maternity and newborn care services, including pregnancy related Medicaid.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Meet with health care providers to discuss barriers to prenatal care access and identify solutions.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.1.6 Work with immigrant advocacy organizations to improve undocumented resident access to health care.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Work with immigrant advocacy groups and in preparation of health resources guide to ensure inclusion of resources available to undocumented residents.

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Work with immigrant advocacy groups to identify distribution methods and partners that could help connect undocumented residents to the health resources guide.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.1.7 Ensure that local healthcare providers are providing services aligned with the needs of the community.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	Healthcare Providers, Community Groups
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Meet with health care providers to discuss the potential for an outreach campaign that allows for community members to ask questions and provide feedback to both the City and healthcare providers.

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.10.1 Prioritize Safe Routes to School for lighting improvements, sidewalk repair, streetscapes, and other infrastructure improvements.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF, BOE
Timeframe	Medium

4.10.2 Ensure that the public safety system actively protects vulnerable populations and addresses issues that disproportionately impact those populations.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	Police / Fire / EMS, Non-Profits
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Convene public health and safety leaders to discuss¬†needs of vulnerable populations.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Develop methods for public safety system to protect and serve the vulnerable population.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.10.3 Continue to partner with neighborhood, community, and faith groups, like the NRZs, to create community policing groups, and/or neighborhood block watches.

Lead Organization	Community Organizations
Partner Organizations	Police Department
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Identify areas in need of community policing and/or block watches.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Provide support necessary to establish these programs.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.10.4 Foster a healthy relationship between residents and police by providing transparency in policing decisions, opportunities for community feedback, and opportunities for police personnel to voluntarily engage with the community outside of their professional roles.

Lead Organization	Police Department
Partner Organizations	Community Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Establish an acceptable forum for community input¬†to Police Department¬†policies and decisions.

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Identify opportunities for police personnel to effectively engage with the community outside of their professional roles.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.10.5 Encourage community policing efforts throughout Bridgeport's neighborhoods.

Lead Organization	Police Department
Partner Organizations	Community Organizations
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Identify areas that would benefit most from community policing.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Work with community and faith-based groups to support introduction of community policing to the area.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.10.6 Participate in the Vision Zero campaign to reduce traffic related injuries and fatalities.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations	OPED
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Adopt strategies of Vision Zero as part of the Complete Streets program.

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.10.7 Require hazard mitigation plans for all plants, factories, and industrial uses that are either in a FEMA flood zone or handling toxic materials.

Lead Organization	EOC
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Goal: 4.11: Ensure that the City's employees, teachers, and public safety personnel model healthy behavior for the rest of the community.

4.11.1 Expand on "Lead by Example" health initiatives and incentives for City employees and the general public through the Department of Health and Social Services.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	Benefits Office
Timeframe	Short

4.11.2 Increase education on the benefits of physical activity and provide incentives for physical activity among City staff.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	Benefits Office
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Build upon successes of previous education and incentive programs.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Develop new programs.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.11.3 Identify health-based educational and skill-building opportunities for City employees, teachers, and public safety personnel which count towards any existing professional development or continuing education requirements.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Contact national health organization to find overlaps in professions.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Work to identify continuing education¬†opportunities to promote locally.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 4.12: Improve access to physical and recreational activities for residents of all ages and capabilities.

4.12.1 Improve and expand bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure throughout the city.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DHSS, Public Facilities
Timeframe	Short

4.12.2 Increase access to public parks and recreational spaces in high-need communities.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Public Facilities, DHSS
Timeframe	Medium

4.12.3 Improve programming at public parks and other public recreation spaces to better serve the needs of the community.

Lead Organization	Parks Department
Partner Organizations	DHSS, Non-Profits
Timeframe	Short

4.12.4 Leverage the physical and mental health benefits of natural resources in areas of high impact, like schools and in-patient healthcare facilities.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	DPF, Non-Profits
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with environmental non-profits, BOE, healthcare facilities and others to encourage increased tree planting and other greening strategies.

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.12.5 Create a centralized information tool that provides residents with easy to access information about passive and active recreational opportunities.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations	Parks Department / Mayor's Office, Non-Profits
Timeframe	Short

Goal: 4.13: Prepare for potential public health emergencies.

4.13.1 Prepare a comprehensive all-hazards public health emergency management plan for acute crises such as the outbreak of infectious disease and extreme weather events.

Lead Organization	EOC
Partner Organizations	DHSS, OPED
Timeframe	Short

4.13.2 Maintain updated plan for coordination between the City DHSS and the Emergency Operations Center to utilize community notification system in the case of health emergencies.

Lead Organization	EOC
Partner Organizations	DHSS
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Review coordination plans for emergency alerts during public health crisis scenarios on a regular basis.

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 4.15: Encourage risk-reduction strategies related to substance use among residents of all ages.

4.15.1 Identify opportunities to prevent addiction and other potential harms associated with substance use and abuse.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	RYASAP
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Convene appropriate entities to discuss issues.

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Develop strategies to address issues.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.15.2 Offer evidence-based health education every year in Bridgeport elementary, middle, and high schools, which addresses substance use and abuse.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	RYASAP, BOE
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Develop age-appropriate educational program and materials.

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Present annually to youth.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

4.15.3 Work with community partners to increase community awareness about tools available to manage substance abuse addiction.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	RYASAP, Non-Profits
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Prepare list of tools available.

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Develop marketing strategy.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 4.16: Incorporate health considerations into decision-making across sectors and policy areas in the City.

4.16.2 Identify a list of experts who can advise on the health impacts of proposed policies and present public health information that is relevant to other departments.

Lead Organization	Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
Partner Organizations	OPED
Timeframe	Short

5. Values Nature

Goal: 5.1: Protect and restore natural habitats.

5.1.1 Provide adequate land use restrictions on sensitive natural habitats.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Create zoning overlays for sensitive natural habitats.

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.1.2 Protect natural biodiversity through enhancement of native vegetation and removal and control of invasive species in City parks and open space.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits
Timeframe	Medium

5.1.3 Educate residents about the value of Bridgeport's natural habitats and biodiversity and encourage enhancement through native vegetation cultivation, paired with invasive species control and removal.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with partners to develop educational materials for residents about native species cultivation and invasive species control/removal

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.10.1 Add environmental learning to the school curriculum.

Lead Organization	Board of Education (BOE)
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Board of Education and non-profit organizations coordinate to identify resources for assisting with the inclusion of environmental learning in school curriculums.

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
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5.10.2 Incorporate educational components into the design of new parks and rehabilitation of existing parks.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits, BOE
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Utilize expertise of national non-profits to identify most appropriate educational components to consider.

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Add educational component to RFPs for the design of new parks and rehabilitation of existing parks.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.10.3 Utilize Bridgeport's existing natural resources to create nature-based learning programs.

Lead Organization	Board of Education (BOE)
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Meet with Bridgeport Schools to identify opportunities for nature-based learning programs.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 5.2: Restore and protect the city's waterfront and waterbodies.

5.2.1 Take measures necessary to ensure water standards comply with state minimum requirements for habitat, fishing, and recreational uses.

Lead Organization	WPCA
Partner Organizations	DPF, CT DEEP
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Identify areas of concern and contributing factors.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Develop strategies to address concerns.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.2.2 Continue to control combined sewer overflows and implement the Long Term Control Plan, particularly through Low Impact Development (LID) and Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI).

Lead Organization	WPCA
Partner Organizations	Engineering, OPED
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Hold a bi-annual meeting between OPED, WPCA, and Engineering to monitor progress of Long Term Control Plan.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Develop and implement strategies to address issues.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.2.3 Continue to work with DEEP to obtain grant and loan funding from the Connecticut Clean Water Fund to reduce combined sewer overflows.

Lead Organization	WPCA
Partner Organizations	Central Grants
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Conduct bi-annual check with DEEP regarding available grants and loans from the Connecticut Clean Water Fund.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Apply for funds as necessary to reduce overflows.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.2.4 Continue to work with neighboring municipalities to implement the recommendations of the Pequonnock River Watershed Based Plan, The Rooster River Watershed Based Plan, and the Ash Creek Estuary Master Plan.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Identify a lead party in each impacted municipality who is involved in land use planning.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Coordinating with MetroCOG, hold an annual meeting with the lead party of each municipality, and representatives of each watershed and estuary plan, to report on progress and prioritize annual initiatives. 2020

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.2.5 Continue building regional partnerships to develop a multi-partner initiative to restore and redevelop the Yellow Mill Channel.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Office of the Mayor, Sustainability Coordinator
Timeframe	Short

5.2.6 Reduce stormwater runoff and pollution on waterfront properties.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations	OPED, OPED - Inland Wetlands
Timeframe	Short

5.2.7 Require riparian buffers and/or dedicated open space along tributaries that lead to Long Island Sound.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Create zoning overlay along Long Island Sound and tributaries requiring open space and riparian buffers.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Implement open space buffers on city owned properties adjacent to the Long Island Sound and tributaries.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.2.8 Work with property owners to permanently protect more sensitive portions of their properties with conservation easements and/or the purchase/donation of development rights.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	TNC / TPL
Timeframe	Short

5.2.9 Incorporate additional Low Impact Development (LID) standards into the City's zoning code.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Engineering
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Ensure Low Impact Development (LID) standards aligned with best practices for urban centers are included during the next zoning rewrite.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.2.10 Maximize resilience of coastline through living shoreline and other restoration projects to protect residents and property while increasing biodiversity.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	MetorCOG, Non-Profits
Timeframe	Short

5.2.11 Establish a stormwater utility to implement stormwater impact fees, with provisions for stormwater runoff reduction through green infrastructure installations.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Engineering, WPCA
Timeframe	Short

5.2.12 Manage stormwater runoff through installation of green infrastructure, including green roofs, rain gardens, and bioswales.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Ensure Stormwater Management Manual is up-to-date and stresses green infrastructure options.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Ensure the next zoning regulation rewrite includes clear language on green infrastructure options.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 5.3: Protect and expand the city's urban forest.

5.3.1 Amend the zoning code to require street tree planting and public ROW landscaping for new development proposals.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Amend the zoning code to require street tree planting and public ROW landscaping for new development proposals.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.3.2 Prioritize planting of trees in areas of greatest need as identified in the UVM Spatial Analysis Lab Tree Canopy Assessment Report for Bridgeport and The Nature Conservancy's Eco-Urban Assessment.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Meet with Groundworks Bridgeport, The Nature Conservancy, and DPF to prioritize tree planting areas

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.3.3 Work in partnership with organizations such as Groundwork Bridgeport and The Nature Conservancy to leverage their capacity and resources to plant new trees and maintain and protect the urban forest.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Meet with Groundworks Bridgeport, The Nature Conservancy, and DPF to create a tree planting plan and annual targets

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.3.4 Work in partnership with the owner of the Remington Woods/Lake Success Property, together with interested conservation groups such as the Trust for Public Land, to advance the environmental clean-up and reuse of this site in ways that may advance the preservation of, and public access to, the urban forest in this area.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Property Owner, Non-Profits,
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Maintain communication with property owner on remediation efforts and site reuse ideas.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Convene discussion with conservation groups and property owner regarding additional reuse options.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 5.4: Improve existing parks and open space network to ensure that functional open space is accessible to residents of all neighborhoods.

5.4.1 Ensure that the allocation of new park amenities is guided by need as described in the Parks Master Plan.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Develop matrix or checklist to assist with determination of priorities.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.4.2 Implement a ‚Äòparks without borders' approach to create a connected system of green spaces and greenways that extends beyond the parks.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations	OPED, Non-Profits
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with DPF and non-profits to create a greenways and open space plan for the city.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Include ROW design guidelines within zoning regulation in the next rewrite.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.4.3 Improve conditions of, and access to, existing green spaces and parks.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations	OPED, Non-Profits
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Conduct an inventory of parks and open spaces in high-need areas to determine infrastructure improvement needs.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Work with NRZs and non-profits to increase capacity to maintain neighborhood parks and open spaces.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.4.4 Utilize vacant lots and school playgrounds to expand the public open space network.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations	OPED, BOE
Timeframe	Medium

5.4.5 Provide incentives for the provision of publicly accessible open space in new developments or redevelopments.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF¬†
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Update the zoning code to include incentives for the provision of publicly accessible open space in particular zones in the next zoning rewrite.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.4.6 Increase the number of urban gardens throughout the city.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits, Community Groups
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Using the 2019 Urban Agriculture Master Plan, introduce new gardens in appropriate areas.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.4.7 Work to improve fiscal sustainability of parks maintenance by exploring ways to increase revenue generation from parks.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations	OPED, Non-Profits
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Research various means for improving fiscal sustainability of parks.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Consider partnering with local businesses to provide food and beverages within the parks.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.4.8 Consider Parks Standards set in Parks Master Plan when planning new parks and open space.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Continue to use the Parks Master Plan Concept Plans as guides for redevelopment of specific parks.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 5.5: Ensure that the parks and open space system is well funded and supported.

5.5.1 Create a coalition of environmental advocacy groups and non-profits to support mutual goals of open space preservation and development.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF, Non-Profits
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Coordinate with environmental advocacy groups to identify important stakeholders.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Convene a meeting to discuss future collaboration in Bridgeport.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.5.2 Foster the creation of "Friends Of" groups for Bridgeport's parks to enhance funding, programming, and community input for use of the parks.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF, Non-Profits
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Work with neighborhood organizations like NRZs to coordinate with environmental advocacy coalitions (from strategy 1) to advise on the creation of "Friends of" groups.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.5.3 Activate ancillary partners, such as arts and culture groups and the health department to be advocates for the parks system.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DHSS, Non-Profits
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Conduct a forum with arts and culture groups and City departments with the goal of identifying opportunities for those groups and departments to become advocates for the parks system.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 5.6: Continue to reduce carbon and greenhouse gas emissions.

5.6.1 Promote a shift in transportation modes from single-occupancy vehicles to transit, bicycling, and walking by investing in bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations	OPED, DHSS
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Commit to a goal of reducing the amount of single-occupancy vehicle trips in Bridgeport and implementing bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure as part of all transportation projects whenever feasible.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Install bicycle infrastructure throughout city.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.6.2 Collaborate with Greater Bridgeport Transit to transition to fuel-efficient vehicles, low-emission vehicles.

Lead Organization	Greater Bridgeport Transit
Partner Organizations	OPED
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Coordinate with GBT to identify funding sources for conversion to fuel-efficient, low-emission vehicles.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.6.3 Replace municipal automobile fleet with alternative fuel and fuel-efficient vehicles.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations	OPM
Timeframe	Short

5.6.4 Educate residences on energy efficient practices for their homes.

Lead Organization	Sustainability Coordinator
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with community non-profits and national resources on home energy efficiency to distribute educational materials to residents.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.6.5 Coordinate with Park City Communities to enhance energy efficiency of existing housing, and to ensure energy efficiency of newly constructed units.

Lead Organization	Sustainability Coordinator
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Coordinate with Park City Communities to identify existing drivers of inefficiency and strategies for retrofitting existing units to increase efficiency.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Encourage Park City Communities to set a goal for a minimum efficiency standard for all new units, which will be reviewed regularly to keep pace with technology improvements.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.6.6 Coordinate with local businesses to increase energy efficiency in their buildings and operations.

Lead Organization	Sustainability Coordinator
Partner Organizations	OPED
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Ensure that the City has up-to-date information about available Federal, State, and non-profit programs for enhancing the energy efficiency of businesses.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Look into the feasibility of establishing local incentives for businesses that commit to certain levels of energy efficiency.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.6.7 Commit to increasing energy efficiency in the buildings and operations of the City.

Lead Organization	Sustainability Coordinator
Partner Organizations	DPF, Office of the Mayor
Timeframe	Short

Goal: 5.7: Continue to shift towards clean and renewable energy sources.

5.7.1 Track the City's energy usage and establish targets for renewable energy use.

Lead Organization	Sustainability Coordinator
Partner Organizations	Office of the Mayor, CAO
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Convene multiple city departments, as well as renewable energy experts, to determine a reasonable goal for transitioning the City to obtaining more energy from renewable sources.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Create a phasing plan for achieving the determined goal within a set period of time.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.7.2 Continue implementation of BGreen 2020 Energy Improvement District to foster renewable electricity generation projects.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	BEDCO, Sustainability Coordinator
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Meet with the City's Sustainability Coordinator to identify status of implementation and implementation needs.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.7.3 Support the creation, development, and expansion of recycling, green industrial, renewable energy, and energy cogeneration businesses in the existing eco-technology business cluster, and where appropriate, in other areas of the City.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	BEDCO, Sustainability Coordinator
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Coordinate with BEDCO and existing business leaders in the eco-technology industry to determine how the City can foster local growth in the industry.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.7.4 Support state funding efforts for solar thermal energy and fuel cell technology with the continued expansion of the Bridgeport Thermal Energy Project with NuPower.

Lead Organization	Sustainability Coordinator
Partner Organizations	OPED
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with the State Delegation and NuPower to lobby the State government for continued support of businesses working on fuel cell energy generation, district heating/cooling projects, and micro-grids.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.7.5 Encourage the private use of renewable energy sources through tax subsidies and incentives.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Sustainability Coordinator, OPM
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Meet with OPM to identify tax subsidies and incentives that could be employed.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 5.8: Enhance resilience against impacts of coastal storms and climate change.

5.8.1 Encourage the creation of neighborhood-specific coastal resiliency plans that embrace broad City policy goals while recognizing the unique assets and importance of each waterfront neighborhood.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	MetroCOG, Resilient Bridgeport, NRZs
Timeframe	Medium

5.8.2 Require hazard mitigation plans for all plants, factories, and industrial uses that are either in a FEMA flood zone or handling toxic materials.

Lead Organization	EOC
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

5.8.3 Restrict development in high risk flood plains.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Engineering
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Review 2019 Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan for recommendations.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Incorporate development restrictions into the next zoning regulation rewrite.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.8.4 Participate in FEMA's Community Rating System (CRS) program of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations	OPED
Timeframe	Short

5.8.5 Support the Rebuild by Design: Resilient Bridgeport/Natural Disaster Resilience Competition project efforts to create a comprehensive flood protection system throughout the South End neighborhood.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF, WPCA
Timeframe	Short

5.8.6 Support the Lower West End Coastal Resiliency Planning Study recommendations and strategies.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF, WPCA
Timeframe	Short

Goal: 5.9: Increase sustainable practices in business and development.

5.9.1 Encourage the creation of green jobs to facilitate sustainable economic growth.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Sustainability Coordinator, BEDCO
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Conduct meeting with representatives of local green industries to identify opportunities for expanding green jobs.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.9.2 Incentivize green building practices for new developments, and weatherization and retrofits on existing buildings.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Sustainability Coordinator, Engineering / Building Dept.
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Expand the incentives for green building practices found in the DVD zones to all city zones.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Incentivize weatherization in new construction and retrofitting by reducing permit costs for improvements that increase building efficiency.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.9.3 Require hazard mitigation plans for all plants, factories, and industrial uses that are either in a FEMA flood zone or handling toxic materials.

Lead Organization	EOC
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Goal: 5.1: Connect education to nature.

5.1.1 Provide adequate land use restrictions on sensitive natural habitats.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Create zoning overlays for sensitive natural habitats.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.1.2 Protect natural biodiversity through enhancement of native vegetation and removal and control of invasive species in City parks and open space.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits
Timeframe	Medium

5.1.3 Educate residents about the value of Bridgeport's natural habitats and biodiversity and encourage enhancement through native vegetation cultivation, paired with invasive species control and removal.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with partners to develop educational materials for residents about native species cultivation and invasive species control/removal

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.10.1 Add environmental learning to the school curriculum.

Lead Organization	Board of Education (BOE)
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Board of Education and non-profit organizations coordinate to identify resources for assisting with the inclusion of environmental learning in school curriculums.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.10.2 Incorporate educational components into the design of new parks and rehabilitation of existing parks.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits, BOE
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Utilize expertise of national non-profits to identify most appropriate educational components to consider.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Add educational component to RFPs for the design of new parks and rehabilitation of existing parks.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.10.3 Utilize Bridgeport's existing natural resources to create nature-based learning programs.

Lead Organization	Board of Education (BOE)
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Meet with Bridgeport Schools to identify opportunities for nature-based learning programs.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 5.11: Minimize the generation and environmental impacts of solid waste.

5.11.1 Consider implementing a plastic bag ban.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Work with the city attorney, state departments, and the community ¬†to determine the feasibility of a plastic bag ban in Bridgeport.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

5.11.2 Consider implementing a composting pilot program.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations	OPED, Non-Profits
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Work with the DPF and the community to determine the feasibility of a composting program.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Develop a composting pilot program.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 5.12: Incorporate sustainability considerations into decision-making across sectors and policy areas in the City.

5.12.1 Ensure that City and State policy-makers are informed about the health, equity, and sustainability consequences of various policy options during the policy development process.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DHSS, Mayors Office
Timeframe	Medium

5.12.2 Work with the Sustainability Coordinator to identify a list of experts who can provide opinions on the sustainability impacts of proposed policies and present salient information that is relevant to other departments.

Lead Organization
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Medium

6. Regional Center

Goal: 6.1: Commit to playing a leadership role in convening and facilitating the regional policy discussion and commit resources to supporting and advocating for a regional policy agenda.

6.1.1 Collaborate with organizations, institutions, and other stakeholders in the Greater Bridgeport Region.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	RPA, MetroCOG
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Facilitate Regional Leadership Assembly working groups and annual convening.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Work with legislators to prepare and advocate for legislation that supports implementation of Bridgeport's policy objectives.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

6.1.2 Work with MetroCOG to convene key Greater Bridgeport regional leaders to understand shared goals and collaborate to establish shared action strategies for housing policy, transportation policy, food security, environmental policy, and cost-sharing.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	MetroCOG, RPA
Timeframe	Short

6.1.3 Work with RPA to establish an Anchor Network throughout Southwestern Connecticut.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	RPA, UB, HCC, Bridgeport Hospital, St. Vincent's Medical Center
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Convene anchor institutions.

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Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Establish strategies.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

6.10.1 Continue to expand micro grids and district heating programs.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Meet with City Engineering Department to receive briefing on the status of this effort.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

6.10.2 Promote increased colocation of recycling, green industrial and energy cogeneration businesses in the Eco District Business Park.

Lead Organization	Bridgeport Economic Development Corp (BEDCO)
Partner Organizations	OPED
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with BEDCO to create a marketing strategy for the Eco District Business Park.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Consider attending trade shows to pitch available properties to businesses in the industries mentioned in the strategy.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

6.10.3 Focus on powering all public facilities with energy derived from renewable sources.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Adopt appropriate ordinances supporting renewable energy source usage.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Identify most cost-effective and efficient means for switching power to renewable sources.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

6.10.4 Improve zoning regulations to require energy efficiency and green standards in all development.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Research model zoning regulations.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Adopt amendments.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 6.2: Expand role as the lead economic development engine in the region.

6.2.1 Coordinate and communicate with MetroCOG, SCRCOG, and NVCOGCT regarding appropriate and effective economic development strategies and goals.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	MetroCOG, City of New Haven
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Convene organizational leaders.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Establish priorities and strategies.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

6.2.2 Support MetroCOG's efforts to establish a Regional Economic Development District (REDD) with a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) and federal designations (Economic Development District) that will be eligible for US Economic Development Administration funding. Work with MetroCOG and New Haven to explore the creation of a regional CEDS that integrates the Greater Bridgeport, Greater New Haven, and Lower Naugatuck Valley regions.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	MetroCOG, City of New Haven
Timeframe	Medium

6.2.3 Engage the Bridgeport Regional Business Council in implementing relevant components of the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	BRBC, MetroCOG
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Prioritize components.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Establish action strategies.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

6.2.4 Work with Connecticut Port Authority to take advantage of Bridgeport's deep-water port for commercial development. Refer to CPA's 2018 Maritime Strategy and CT-OPM's 2012 Deep Water Port Strategy Study.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Bridgeport Port Authority, CT Port Authority
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Develop strategies for development which address Bridgeport's priorities and meet goals of these plans.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

6.2.5 Focus on regional marketing of large underutilized or undeveloped sites for potential corporate campus or innovation center development. (Especially 889 Barnum Avenue and GE's Boston Avenue site)

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	BRBC, Property Owners
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Determine effective marketing strategies.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Compile necessary site data.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

6.2.6 Lead the region in the installation of high speed internet infrastructure to enhance attractiveness for business relocation.

Lead Organization	Mayor's Office
Partner Organizations	OPED, DFP
Timeframe	Short

Goal: 6.3: Enhance connections with regional institutions of higher learning.

6.3.1 Work with the region's numerous colleges and universities to identify partnership opportunities with established employers and growing startups to develop innovative projects and spur job growth.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	WorkPlace, BRBC
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Convene higher education providers and businesses for roundtable to discuss employment needs.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Facilitate regular roundtable discussions.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

6.3.2 Continue to offer Bridgeport as a laboratory for experimentation and exploration by encouraging regional colleges and universities to study Bridgeport and propose ideas for the city's physical, economic, and cultural growth.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Coordinate with higher education providers and OPED to explore opportunities.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

6.3.3 Market Tower Place at Barnum Avenue to regional colleges and universities as a potential site for a satellite campus.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Create site development options.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Meet with various institutions to pitch site.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 6.4: Expand its role as a regional center for arts and culture.

6.4.1 Work with active Bridgeport arts groups to create an Arts and Culture Commission.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	BACC, Arts Organizations
Timeframe	Short

6.4.2 Consider designating multiple arts districts throughout the city that could be targets for incentives.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	BACC
Timeframe	Medium

6.4.3 Collaborate with the Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County to promote regional arts.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	CAFC, BACC
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Convene appropriate parties.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Develop strategies to effectively promote regional arts.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

6.4.4 Work with regional arts and culture non-profits, and municipalities, to jointly apply for grants.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Facilitate meeting between Central Grants and arts and culture organizations to identify opportunities for grant applications.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

6.4.5 Support the growth of regionally significant arts and culture institutions such as the Klein, the Housatonic Museum of Art, the Barnum Museum, and the Mary and Eliza Freeman Center.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Conduct a meeting with representatives of arts and culture institutions to identify how the City can support their growth.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 6.5: Embrace the city's role as the regional transportation hub.

6.5.1 Promote access to bus, ferry, and commuter rail and preserve easy, convenient, and seamless transitions between transit modes.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	GBT, Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Co.
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Develop marketing materials promoting transportation hub.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Ensure timely shuttle services between modes which are separated geographically.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

6.5.2 Protect critical regional transportation infrastructure from coastal hazards.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Assess infrastructure resiliency.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Develop resiliency plan.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

6.5.3 Continue to promote mixed-use Transit Oriented Development.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Modify zoning regulations to support mixed-use TOD.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Ensure existing TOD plans are adhered to.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

6.5.4 Promote coordination among different transportation providers/regulating entities to encourage multi-modal utilization of the transportation network.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Convene various transportation providers to explore coordination efforts.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 6.7: Consider regional housing needs in the creation of housing policies.

6.7.1 Encourage and incentivize construction of housing in proximity of the Downtown Bridgeport Train Station as a means of providing housing that is well connected to a larger region.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

6.7.2 Initiate coordination with the Greater Bridgeport region to discuss the equitable distribution of diverse housing options.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Supportive Housing Works, Partnership for Strong Communities
Timeframe	Short

6.7.3 Consider housing affordability in the New York Metropolitan, coastal Connecticut, and greater Bridgeport regions when establishing local housing affordability goals and policies.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	Supportive Housing Works
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Convene and facilitate discussions on creating housing opportunities within the context of the New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut metropolitan region.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Continue to analyze data and economic trends.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 6.8: Develop a waterfront and open space system that is better connected to, and enjoyed by, the region.

6.8.1 Build out the Pequonnock River Trail and East Coast Greenway segments in Bridgeport and connect to surrounding communities.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

6.8.2 Develop a Parks system website, marketing materials, and signage that encourages use of the Parks system by the region.

Lead Organization	Parks Department
Partner Organizations	Non-Profits
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Develop branding and marketing strategies.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Prioritize and implement strategies.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

6.8.3 Implement recommendations of the 2017 Waterfront Plan that would expand access to the waterfront, particularly development of the citywide waterfront pathway.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Create a waterfront zoning district that requires the creation of public access and a pathway when developed. 2019 Q3

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Continue working with DEEP and other state organizations to implement Connecticut's Coastal Management Program.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

6.8.4 Promote the city's regional parks and support events that attract residents from throughout the region.

Lead Organization	Mayor's Office
Partner Organizations	OPED
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Update Parks website to¬†include links for external¬†recreational organizations.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Utilize a community-wide calendar for all parks events.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

6.8.5 Study the fiscal and environmental advantages of designating Pleasure Beach as a natural preservation area, tying into the preservation of Connecticut coastal and estuarine resources.

Lead Organization	Parks Department
Partner Organizations	OPED
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Obtain funding for study.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Conduct study.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

6.8.6 Coordinate with neighboring and regional planning bodies to advance the clean-up and reuse of the Remington Woods/Lake success property as a regional site that has a significant urban forest component.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Convene discussion with property owner and appropriate agencies regarding conservation and reuse of the site.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

6.8.7 Protect the multiple estuarine habitats of regional and State significance that exist in Bridgeport.

Lead Organization	Parks Department
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

6.8.8 Lead the creation of a Regional Land Trust.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	MetroCOG, Regional Towns
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with MetroCOG to develop goals and authority of a regional Land Trust.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Create regional Land Trust.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 6.9: Strengthen regional coastal resilience and natural hazard mitigation.

6.9.1 Support the Rebuild by Design: Resilient Bridgeport/Natural Disaster Resilience Competition project efforts to create a comprehensive flood protection system throughout the South End.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	State of Connecticut
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Continue to facilitate meetings between the design team and relevant City departments as design is finalized and becomes a construction project. 2019

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Facilitate permitting.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

6.9.2 Strategically implement recommendations of the 2014 Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan and 2019 Update.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations	OPED - Inland Wetlands
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Prioritize recommendations.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Obtain funding as necessary.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

6.9.3 Strategically implement recommendations of the 2017 Southern Connecticut Regional Framework for Coastal Resilience.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Prioritize recommendations.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Obtain funding as necessary.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

6.9.4 Collaborate with surrounding municipalities in implementation of coastal resilience and natural hazard mitigation measures.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	MetroCOG
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Working with MetroCOG, choose implementation actions.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 6.1: Assist in reducing the regional carbon footprint by continuing to lead in renewable energy generation and utilization of energy efficient infrastructure.

6.1.1 Collaborate with organizations, institutions, and other stakeholders in the Greater Bridgeport Region.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	RPA, MetroCOG
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Facilitate Regional Leadership Assembly working groups and annual convening.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Work with legislators to prepare and advocate for legislation that supports implementation of Bridgeport's policy objectives.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

6.1.2 Work with MetroCOG to convene key Greater Bridgeport regional leaders to understand shared goals and collaborate to establish shared action strategies for housing policy, transportation policy, food security, environmental policy, and cost-sharing.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	MetroCOG, RPA
Timeframe	Short

6.1.3 Work with RPA to establish an Anchor Network throughout Southwestern Connecticut.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	RPA, UB, HCC, Bridgeport Hospital, St. Vincent's Medical Center
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Convene anchor institutions.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Establish strategies.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

6.10.1 Continue to expand micro grids and district heating programs.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	DPF
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Meet with City Engineering Department to receive briefing on the status of this effort.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

6.10.2 Promote increased colocation of recycling, green industrial and energy cogeneration businesses in the Eco District Business Park.

Lead Organization	Bridgeport Economic Development Corp (BEDCO)
Partner Organizations	OPED
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Work with BEDCO to create a marketing strategy for the Eco District Business Park.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Consider attending trade shows to pitch available properties to businesses in the industries mentioned in the strategy.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

6.10.3 Focus on powering all public facilities with energy derived from renewable sources.

Lead Organization	DPF
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Adopt appropriate ordinances supporting renewable energy source usage.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Identify most cost-effective and efficient means for switching power to renewable sources.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

6.10.4 Improve zoning regulations to require energy efficiency and green standards in all development.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Research model zoning regulations.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Adopt amendments.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 6.11: Play a part in promoting regional food security.

6.11.1 Promote improved regional agricultural viability by working with regional organizations to enhance demand for locally (regionally) grown food products.

Lead Organization	Food Policy Council
Partner Organizations	DHSS
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Convene regional organizations to discuss issues.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Develop strategies to address needs.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

6.11.2 Coordinate with Greater Bridgeport municipalities to be a receiver for the transfer of development rights for the preservation of rural farmland.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Convene regional municipalities to discuss issues.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Establish mechanism to allow Bridgeport to receive transferred development rights.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Goal: 6.12: Actively promote regional cost-sharing.

6.12.1 Work with the region's municipalities, via MetroCOG, to actively identify and implement regional cost-sharing and cooperative purchasing opportunities.

Lead Organization	MetroCOG
Partner Organizations	OPED
Timeframe	Medium

Goal: 6.13: Lead the region and other Connecticut cities in addressing structural fiscal issues related to its function as a provider of regional services.

6.13.1 Work with state delegation and leaders from other Connecticut cities to promote a state tax structure overhaul to address the challenges of being reliant on property taxes for most revenue.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	CT Cities, MetroCOG
Timeframe	Medium

6.13.2 Work with state delegation and leaders from other Connecticut cities to advocate for a 100% commitment to the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) program and/or advocate for changes to state statutes that exempt state-owned and non-profit properties from local property taxes.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	CT cities
Timeframe	Short

Actions:

1: Convene CT cities to discuss issues and develop strategies.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Convene delegations to discuss issues and strategies.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

6.13.3 Work with state delegation and leaders from other Connecticut cities to advocate for changes to state statutes that would provide a local sales tax option.

Lead Organization	OPED
Partner Organizations	CT cities
Timeframe	Medium

Actions:

1: Convene CT cities to discuss issues and develop strategies.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

2: Convene delegations to discuss issues and strategies.

Initiated
Substantial Progress
Completed or Ongoing
Determined to be unnecessary or infeasible

Guiding Principle

Priority Themes

Additional Themes

Lead Organization

Timeframe

Filters

Guiding Principle

Priority Themes

Additional Themes

Lead Organization

Timeframe

1. Livable City

Goal: 1.1: Increase usage of transit and alternative modes of transportation.

Goal: 1.2: Encourage density of development in areas that are well served by transit and are within walking distance of places of residence, employment, goods, and services.

Goal: 1.3: Adopt a Complete Streets approach to transportation planning and improvements.

Goal: 1.4: Update zoning regulations to allow for a greater mix of uses and increased bikeability/walkability.

Goal: 1.5: Encourage infill development.

Goal: 1.6: Improve and expand public facilities and resources in neighborhoods.

Goal: 1.7: Continue improvements aimed at revitalizing the Downtown.

Goal: 1.8: Enhance connectivity and accessibility between neighborhoods.

Goal: 1.9: Preserve and rehabilitate historic properties.

Goal: 1.1: Improve sustainability and energy efficiency of existing buildings and new construction.

Goal: 1.11: Enhance the resiliency of Bridgeport's neighborhoods.

Goal: 1.12: Proactively manage the city's automobile transportation network.

Goal: 1.13: Build a new train station in East Bridgeport (also called "Barnum Station") with accomodations for high speed trains to stop.

2. Robust Economy

Goal: 2.1: Reduce the tax burden on residents by growing the grand list, attracting new businesses, growing existing businesses, and encouraging corporate citizenship.

Goal: 2.2: Continue the redevelopment of Bridgeport's Downtown as a transit-oriented hub for commercial, retail, and entertainment activity to supplement a growing high-density residential neighborhood.

Goal: 2.3: Leverage the inherent economic value of the waterfront.

Goal: 2.4: Increase the growth of neighborhood commercial centers and corridors.

Goal: 2.5: Encourage development of brownfields and other underutilized or vacant properties.

Goal: 2.6: Continue to promote the growth of the arts and entertainment industry that includes an economically viable local arts and culture industry.

Goal: 2.7: Better leverage the economic benefits of anchor institutions in Bridgeport.

Goal: 2.8: Support the growth of innovative and start-up businesses.

Goal: 2.9: Promote the growth of the advanced manufacturing industry.

Goal: 2.1: Maintain a labor force that can support the growth of new businesses and industries in the city.

Goal: 2.11: Support housing development and housing reinvestment as a strong contributor to Bridgeport's economy.

Goal: 2.12: Promote the growth of the energy industry in Bridgeport, with a focus on green energy generation.

Goal: 2.13: Increase the marketing of business and real estate development opportunities in Bridgeport.

Goal: 2.14: Regain commercial airline service at Sikorksy Airport and continue to support corporate, private, and general aviation.

Goal: 2.15: Lead the effort to build a new train station in East Bridgeport ("Barnum Station") with accomodations for high speed trains and position the area for redevelopment.

Goal: 2.16: Review how State PILOT programs impact Bridgeport's tax base and address the challenges of tax-exempt properties.

3. Equitable City

Goal: 3.1: Institute policies that encourage a diversity of housing types across neighborhoods to maximize choice for people of all economic and social circumstances.

Goal: 3.2: Ensure that all residents have an opportunity to thrive economically.

Goal: 3.3: Encourage growth and development that is sensitive to the potential for gentrification.

Goal: 3.4: Ensure that everyone has access to infrastructure necessary to support a high quality of life including public transportation, and parks and recreation centers.

Goal: 3.5: Ensure that Bridgeport's economically disadvantaged neighborhoods are not disproportionately impacted by environmental hazards and climate change.

Goal: 3.6: Provide quality education opportunities for all schoolchildren and adults interested in completing or furthering their education.

Goal: 3.7: Ensure that the City's governance is equitable.

Goal: 3.8: Ensure that the City's employees, teachers, and public safety personnel are socially engaged with the community.

Goal: 3.9: Protect vulnerable populations such as the economically disadvantaged, racial and ethnic minorities, those with alternative lifestyles, low-income children, the elderly, the homeless, and those with chronic health conditions including severe mental illness.

Goal: 3.1: Ensure that City services are accessible to residents and visitors with limited English proficiency.

Goal: 3.11: Provide residents with access to services throughout their life.

Goal: 3.12: Incorporate equity considerations into decision-making across sectors and policy areas in the City.

4. Healthy Community

Goal: 4.1: Connect residents to health care resources in the city and region.

Goal: 4.2: Promote a well-connected and coordinated public and private healthcare system that includes ancillary health organizations.

Goal: 4.3: Ensure residents are connected with adequate social services to serve their needs.

Goal: 4.4: Reduce sexually transmitted disease and teen pregnancy in Bridgeport.

Goal: 4.5: Ensure that residents have access to healthy locally grown foods.

Goal: 4.6: Support the needs of all residents to live in a clean environment.

Goal: 4.7: Actively manage noise pollution within the city's neighborhoods and residential areas.

Goal: 4.8: Protect and improve air quality.

Goal: 4.9: Protect and improve water quality.

Goal: 4.1: Ensure that residents feel safe in the community.

Goal: 4.11: Ensure that the City's employees, teachers, and public safety personnel model healthy behavior for the rest of the community.

Goal: 4.12: Improve access to physical and recreational activities for residents of all ages and capabilities.

Goal: 4.13: Prepare for potential public health emergencies.

Goal: 4.15: Encourage risk-reduction strategies related to substance use among residents of all ages.

Goal: 4.16: Incorporate health considerations into decision-making across sectors and policy areas in the City.

5. Values Nature

Goal: 5.1: Protect and restore natural habitats.

Goal: 5.2: Restore and protect the city's waterfront and waterbodies.

Goal: 5.3: Protect and expand the city's urban forest.

Goal: 5.4: Improve existing parks and open space network to ensure that functional open space is accessible to residents of all neighborhoods.

Goal: 5.5: Ensure that the parks and open space system is well funded and supported.

Goal: 5.6: Continue to reduce carbon and greenhouse gas emissions.

Goal: 5.7: Continue to shift towards clean and renewable energy sources.

Goal: 5.8: Enhance resilience against impacts of coastal storms and climate change.