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Preferred Scenario

The Preferred Blueprint Scenario depicts a way for the region to grow through the year 2050 in a manner generally consistent with the Blueprint growth principles. A special report, available in PDF, provides an overview of the Preferred Scenario approved by the SACOG Board in December 2004.

Preferred Scenario Map

The scenario is a result of numerous public workshops and meetings with local government staff and elected officials. It should be interpreted and used as a concept-level illustration of the growth principles. It was developed with parcel-level data and analysis to help ensure that the growth concepts were being applied in a realistic manner; however, it is not intended to be applied or implemented in a literal, parcel-level manner.

The map assumes certain levels and locations of both “reinvestment” (i.e., additional development on already-built parcels) and greenfield development (i.e., large-scale development on vacant land). The purpose of this mapping is to illustrate, generally, the amount and locations for these types of growth. It is not intended to indicate that a specific parcel should or should not be developed in a particular manner. That level of planning is the responsibility of local governments, and is beyond the specificity appropriate for regional-scale, long-term scenario planning.

Transportation projects were added to the region's road and transit systems in the development and evaluation of each of the scenarios in the Blueprint Project. The objective in each scenario was to match the transportation system with the land use parameters. While a list of projects was developed and is available for the Preferred Scenario, the purpose of the project list is to provide a generalized priority of transportation investments that fit with the location and amount of development and fit with the smart growth planning concepts.

The list of transportation projects is not a Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) for the region. The MTP is a much more detailed process currently being undertaken. In other words, the transportation system which underlies the Blueprint Map is for educational purposes, and does not reflect a policy recommendation or decision by the Board.

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The Blueprint project is a joint effort of the
Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) and Valley Vision.

Funding for the development of the Blueprint Web
site was made possible by a grant from the Great Valley Center.