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Aging in Place in Ventura County: Addressing a New Challenge 3/14/2011
Aging in Place in Ventura County:Addressing a New Challenge
Searching for Solutions to Current and Future Challenges to a Growing DemographicCase Study: City of Thousand Oaks
UP 206A: Introduction to GIS Instructor: Leo Estrada
TA: Nic Jay Aulston / Peter Capone-Newton
Presented by Dao DoanMarch 14, 2011
Sources: US Census Bureau/American FactFinder;US Dept of Labor, US Bureau of Labor Statistics (2009) Thousand Oaks Council on AgingCivic VenturesCity of Thousand Oaks GIS DeptPhotos and sketches by Dao Doan
Aging in Place in Ventura County: Addressing a New Challenge 3/14/2011
The Issues:
1. Growing Aging Population (Starting in 2012, about 10,000 people will become 65 every day)
2. Economic and Social Impactsa) Housing and Mobilityb) Servicesc) Family
3. Life Transitions
Source: Civic Ventures
Aging in Place in Ventura County: Addressing a New Challenge 3/14/2011
The Challenges:
1. Desire to age in place is high. But sprawl is unfriendly to seniors2. Urban Opportunities and Constraints3. High expenses in housing, transportation, food and health care (65% of
combined income)4. Search for and study alternatives
• Local• County• Region
The Objectives:
5. Education/Outreach6. Affect Policies:
• Housing• Land use• Mobility
The Approach:Study case studies and concepts
US Dept of Labor, US Bureau of Labor Statistics (2009)
Aging in Place in Ventura County: Addressing a New Challenge 3/14/2011
Types of transitions with impact on/by built environment:
1. Retirement (no longer needing to live near work with the freedom to act upon other values that move up in importance)
2. Changes in health status, aging changes or onset of disability3. Dissolution of a family union such as divorce or loss of spouse4. Need or desire to be geographically located next to children or family5. Financial status change
The Players:
6. Thousand Oaks Council on Aging7. Ventura County Civic Alliance (VCCA)8. Conejo Future Foundation9. Ventura County Quality of Life Task Force (professionals seeking to better design senior services for
Baby Boomers)
10. Ventura County Area Agency on Aging (VCAAA)11. Local Business Leaders and Concerned Residents
Aging in Place in Ventura County: Addressing a New Challenge 3/14/2011
Ventura County:
• Population: over 800,000• 65 and over: Close to 12%• Approximate land area: 1,850 S.M. • 10 Cities
1. Camarillo2. Fillmore3. Moorpark4. Ojai5. Oxnard6. Port Hueneme7. Santa Paula8. Simi Valley9. Thousand Oaks10. Ventura
• Case study: Thousand Oaks• Thousand Oaks Blvd• Neighborhood center
Aging in Place in Ventura County: Addressing a New Challenge 3/14/2011
The next steps as defined in prior presentation:
1. Identify poverty pockets2. Identify potential services for seniors within subject boundary 3. Identify potential opportunity for in-fill or adaptive rehab sites4. Create concept vision of future development5. Identify policies targeted for reform6. Advocate reform through public outreach
Technical steps for this presentation:
1. Clean up graphic and data presentation2. Search for and research new data to incorporate into presentation, i.e.
parcel maps and topographical maps3. Explore other features in GIS
Aging in Place in Ventura County: Addressing a New Challenge 3/14/2011
Analysis:
Senior population distribution in 3 categories:• 55-64 (second largest group)• 65-74 (smallest group)• 75 and over (largest group)There are subtle differences in population distribution, with the largest concentration of 75 and over in Thousand Oaks and Oxnard
Aging in Place in Ventura County: Addressing a New Challenge 3/14/2011
Poverty:
Although considered a relatively affluent county, Ventura is not immune to pockets of poverty level, especially among seniors, who are more dependent on access and mobility than others
Aging in Place in Ventura County: Addressing a New Challenge 3/14/2011
Case Study-Thousand Oaks
• One can observe that in some tracts some 75-and-older groups are congregated closer to town than the other two groups.
• In Thousand Oaks there are more seniors in the 55-64 group than the 65-74 or 75 and over groups.
Aging in Place in Ventura County: Addressing a New Challenge 3/14/2011
Identification of key landmarks:
• Hospital• Emergency
Response• Retail and Services• Public Transit• Civic (Library, Post
Office, DMV, City Hall, Performance Center)
City-wide Analysis:
Aging in Place in Ventura County: Addressing a New Challenge 3/14/2011
Review of poverty situation:
• There are areas of poverty concentration in more urbanized sections
• Some areas around Thousand Oaks Blvd indicate need of focus. TO Blvd is an area of opportunity
City-wide Analysis:
Aging in Place in Ventura County: Addressing a New Challenge 3/14/2011
Examples of existing amenities
Aging in Place in Ventura County: Addressing a New Challenge 3/14/2011
Primarily commercial corridor
Numerous retail and commercial services
Current Specific Plan under consideration
Opportunities for Mixed Use redevelopment
Potential densification
Proximity to various Civic and public amenities
Potential future downtown
Case study 1: Thousand Oaks Blvd
Aging in Place in Ventura County: Addressing a New Challenge 3/14/2011
Advocate change of land use policies to promote walkable neighborhoods through adaptive rehabilitation of existing building stock
Aging in Place in Ventura County: Addressing a New Challenge 3/14/2011
Aging in Place in Ventura County: Addressing a New Challenge 3/14/2011
Aging in Place in Ventura County: Addressing a New Challenge 3/14/2011
Case study 2: Newbury Park
Explore opportunities for redevelopment of in a neighborhood
Aging in Place in Ventura County: Addressing a New Challenge 3/14/2011
Aging in Place in Ventura County: Addressing a New Challenge 3/14/2011
Objective: Create model to buffer important landmarks and assess proximity of population to such landmarks. They are:
• Hospital• Emergency Response• Retail and Services• Public Transit• Civic (Library, Post Office, DMV, City Hall, Performance Center)
Modeling:
Aging in Place in Ventura County: Addressing a New Challenge 3/14/2011
• Creating Maps with data from American FactFinder (Slide 5)• Exporting/Clipping Cities of the County (Slides 5, 6, 7)• Exporting/Selecting Road attributes, Creating new layers (Slides 8, 9, 10)• Symbolizing features of population (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)• Exploring with colors and transparencies• Exploring with symbologies• Creating and symbolizing population groups (6, 7, 8)• Clipping of attributes (5, 6, 7, 8)• Selecting and extracting attributes (all spatial slides)• Selecting and symbolizing attributes (all spatial slides)• Creating new layers (all spatial slides)• Creating and dissolving buffer (9, 11, 12, 15)• Researching, obtaining and creating new topo and parcel layers (slides 11, 12, 15)• Exploring modeling (slide 18)• Made lots of and learned from mistakes (all spatial slides)
Summary of skills
Aging in Place in Ventura County: Addressing a New Challenge 3/14/2011
The End
Epilogue: The road to GISdom is littered with disastrous mistakes… but this old dog has learned new tricks…