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What’s New in Growth Management?

What’s New in Growth Management?. Office of Policy Planning Department of Transportation. Transportation Highlights. Shortens the time between new development and construction of needed transportation facilities Concurrency Redefined Strengthened Concurrency Exception Requirements.

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What’s New in Growth Management?

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  1. What’s New in Growth Management? Office of Policy Planning Department of Transportation

  2. Transportation Highlights • Shortens the time between new development and construction of needed transportation facilities • Concurrency Redefined • Strengthened Concurrency Exception Requirements

  3. Transportation Highlights • Strengthens Capital Planning and Programming • Local growth plans must be financially-feasible • Closer link to MPO planning and priority process • Plan for it • Demonstrate you can pay for it

  4. Transportation Highlights • Provides funding to address backlogs and future growth needs • Funding from General Revenue and Documentary Tax Revenues • Proportionate Fair-Share Mitigation

  5. 2005 2005 2006 2006 2007 2007 2008 2008 2009 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011 2012 2012 Transportation Concurrency Redefined Within 3 years of CO Certificate of Occupancy Non-FIHS Facilities in-place or under Construction Former Law Construction Approval FIHS Facilities in-place or under Construction Within 5 years of CO Certificate of Occupancy Current Law Construction Approval Facilities in-place or under Construction Within 3 Years of building permit

  6. Transportation Funding Plus…. • Recurring and Non-Recurring Funding • $575 millionnon-recurring from General Revenue (FY 05-06) • $542 millionrecurring from Documentary Stamps • Additional Funding for Existing Programs • Strategic Intermodal System • County Incentive Grant Program • Small County Outreach Program • State Infrastructure Bank

  7. New Transportation Programs • “New Starts” Transit Program • Transportation Regional Incentive Program (TRIP)

  8. Strategic Intermodal System (SIS)Funding Policies • Project Selection Criteria • Needed SIS projects • Link to growth management objectives

  9. Why Emphasize Regional Planning? • Growth of Urbanized Area Boundaries Across County Lines • Emerging Regional Economies • Transportation Systems Must be Able to Respond

  10. Transportation Regional Incentive Program (TRIP) Overview • Program Purpose • Provide an incentive for regional planning • Leverage investments in regionally-significant transportation facilities (roads and public transportation) • 50/50 Match Program • Up to 50% of non-federal share of project costs for public transportation projects

  11. Transportation Regional Incentive Program Partnerships

  12. Regional partners must develop a regional plan that… Designates regionally-significant facilities Includes project priorities Projects must be linked to growth management Included in the local government capital improvements element (for concurrency) Long-term concurrency management system (where significant backlogs exist) Local governments must adopt DOT Level of Service standards Transportation Regional Incentive Program Regional Transportation Plans

  13. Regional Visioning Initiatives as of January 2007

  14. “New Starts” Transit Program • Program Purpose • Assist local governments in the development of fixed guideway and bus rapid transit projects • Use state funds to leverage local revenues and secure federal discretionary funding • Eligibility • Major new transit capital projects in metropolitan areas • Support local plans to direct growth where desired • Funding • New statewide revenues • Matching program to leverage local and/or federal funds

  15. Other Transportation Program Funding • State Infrastructure Bank (SIB) • $100 million appropriated in FY 05-06 • Small County Outreach Program(SCOP) • Resurfacing, capacity or safety improvements to county roads • 75%/25% state/local match • March- District solicit projects • Selection in October • County Incentive Grant Program(CIGP) • All counties eligible • State Highway System, including transit projects • Match is now 50% of project costs • July- Projects solicited from counties; • Projects selected by October

  16. How to Access Transportation Funds • Annual 5-year Work Program Process • Major projects (SIS and arterial roads, public transportation) • Based on Statewide/MPO/County Priorities • TRIP (Regional road and public transportation projects) • Based on Regional and DOT District priorities

  17. The Trouble With Our Highways “Congestion in many cities has reached the saturation point. Thousands of miles of roads that were once considered excellent are now considered inadequate for the traffic using them.” Source: Report to the Legislative Council Covering Florida’s Primary Roads September 1, 1954

  18. For more information visit the website: www.dot.state.fl.us For Information on the TRIP Program, visit the website: www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/TRIP Or contact Brian PessaroOffice of Policy Planning(850) 414-4816 SUNCOM 994-4816 17

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