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How We Shall Live in Volusia County?. Florida Department of Community Affairs June 16, 2007 Charles Gauthier, AICP. DCA Leadership Team. Secretary Tom Pelham Assistant Secretary Mike Richardson Charles Gauthier, Director Division of Community Planning
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How We Shall Live in Volusia County? Florida Department of Community Affairs June 16, 2007 Charles Gauthier, AICP
DCA Leadership Team • Secretary Tom Pelham • Assistant Secretary Mike Richardson • Charles Gauthier, Director Division of Community Planning • Mike McDaniel, Chief of Comprehensive Planning • James Stansbury, Regional Planning Administrator • Shaw Stiller, General Counsel • Sheri Coven, Intergovernmental Affairs
Major Planning Challenges • Urban Policy: Infill, redevelopment and proportionate fair-share mitigation • Rural Policy: Rural Development and Future Road Corridors
Comprehensive Plan Review Review Considerations • Protection of Natural Resources • Urban Form / Urban Sprawl • Public Facilities
Future Growth and Demographics Florida Growth 18 million in 2005 23 million in 2020 29 million in 2040 36 million in 2060 43 million in 2080 51 million in 2100
Central Florida 2005-2060 Source: Adapted from 1000 Friends of Florida, Florida 2060
People Turning 65 Each Year Source: US Census Bureau – 65+ in the United States: 2005; Wan He, Manisha Sengupta, Victoria A. Velkoff, Kimberly A DeBarros. December 2005.
“Traditional” Households on the Wane Household Type 1960 2000 2040 HH with Children 48% 33% 27% Single-Person HH 13% 26% 30% Source: Arthur C. Nelson, Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech, adapted from Census data.
Growth Management Responsibilities • Capital Improvement Elements • Water Supply Work Plans • Public School Concurrency
Capital Improvement Element • Achieve and maintain level of service standards • What does this mean? • Annual update to Capital Improvement Schedule • What if a local government is late? • Data and analysis • What is required?
School Concurrency • Local governments must adopt school concurrency during 2008 • Interlocal Agreement • Public School Facilities Element • Intergovernmental Coordination Element • Capital Improvements Element • Annual Update to Schedule of Capital Improvements
School Concurrency Technical Assistance • Methodologies for Level of Service • Guidelines for Proportionate Share • Best Planning Practices • Model Ordinance • Model Agreement
School Concurrency Technical Assistance • Funding for Interlocal Agreements • Pilot Communities • Walton County • Hillsborough County • Sarasota County • St. Johns County • Lake County • Indian River County • Funding for School Concurrency
Water Supply Work Plans • Ten year work plans must be adopted within 18 months of the update to the regional water supply plan • Work plan must address public, private and regional water supply facilities, including alternative water supply sources • Local government adoptions due from December 2006 to August 2008
Rural Land Stewardship • 500,000 acres of anticipated Rural Land Stewardship Proposals • Farmton proposal would include 43,973 acres in Volusia County and 10,364 acres in Brevard County • Transfer of development rights with enhanced credit to protect agricultural and natural resource areas
Rural Land Stewardship • DCA “may” authorize a county to establish a RLSA • Pre-Notification Conference • County’s Letter of Intent • Site Visit • Post-Notification Conference • DCA’s written response to county’s letter of intent • Comprehensive plan amendment
Rural Land Stewardship • DCA will initiate rule-making • Rule development workshop: • July 19, 2007: 10:00 AM at USF Lakeland Campus; Lakeland Technology Building Auditorium
2007 Florida Legislature • HB 7203 • Definition of Financial Feasibility • Extra Year on Capital Improvement Element • Future land use map amendments within urban service areas • Expanded opportunity for transportation concurrency exception areas • DRI pipelining
2007 Florida Legislature • HB 7203 (cont.) • Airports exempt from transportation concurrency • Concurrency backlogged districts • School concurrency mitigation • Three year DRI extension • Plan amendment review pilot project
2007 Florida Legislature • HB 985 • Public / private partnerships • Transportation concurrency incentives • Construction aggregate materials • HB 1375 • Expedited review for affordable housing • Certain counties: adequate sites for affordable housing
Future Legislation? • Secretary Pelham is interested in more significant changes in 2008 • Streamline statute? • One size does not fit all? • Urban policy? • Rural policy? • Citizen participation?
Governor’s Initiatives • Open Government and Public Records • Plain Language • Customer Service • Focus on People