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Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning. Department of Community Development November 2009. Mission. Promote orderly growth and a healthy environment through planning Implement state, local growth guidelines through the Lee Plan and Land Development Code

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Strategic Planning

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  1. Strategic Planning Department of Community Development November 2009

  2. Mission • Promote orderly growth and a healthy environment through planning • Implement state, local growth guidelines through the Lee Plan and Land Development Code • Protect the public by enforcing building codes and other safety mandates • Provide courteous, timely, and efficient service to the public

  3. Service Area

  4. Organization

  5. Planning • Comprehensive Plan • Amendments • EAR – every 7 years • LPA – monthly meetings • SHIP (Affordable Housing) • Historic Preservation • Interlocal Agreements (annexation) • Demographics and research • Community Planning

  6. Zoning • Zoning applications (370 applications in FY’09) • Developments of regional impact • Planned developments • Rezonings • Special exceptions • Variances • Administrative approvals • Land Development Code • Update every two years • Public hearings • Hearing Examiner – 165 in FY’09 • Commissioners – 59 in FY’09 (21 days)

  7. Development Services • 1,200 projects in FY’09 • Development orders • Administrative approvals • Plats • Vacations (roads, etc.) • Concurrency reviews • Inspections for Certificates of Compliance – 430 • Annual Concurrency report

  8. Environmental Sciences • Review rezoning and site plans for • Impacts on wetlands • Impacts on protected plant, animal species • Permits for vegetation clearing • Dock and shoreline permits • Environmental code compliance

  9. Building Services

  10. Permitting • Construction permits • Counter operations • Intake for all applications • Online permitting • Digital records • Project documents 25,990 permits issued in FY’09 30,850 customers served at the permit counter in FY’09 65,200 phone calls in FY’09 104,436 online customers, 6.4 million Web “hits” in FY’09

  11. Plan Review 8,500 plans reviewed in FY’09 • Reviews for compliance with building codes, LDC, FEMA flood regulations Inspections • Compliance with Florida Building Code • Compliance with national minimum housing standards 50,400 building inspections in FY’09

  12. Code Enforcement • Enforce LDC and other ordinances • Lot mowing • Nuisance accumulation • Contractor licensing • 250 appearances before Licensing Board • Neighborhood outreach • Work with 21 neighborhood groups • Human Services grants • Pine Manor • Palmona Park • Charleston Park • Hearing Examiner appearances • 763 in FY’09 2,900 licensed contractors 22,400 complaints in FY’09

  13. State & County Mandates

  14. State Mandates • Building Services • FEMA (enforce flood regulations – Federal mandate) • Building and Fire Codes • State building code requires staff certification in specific areas • Planning • Comprehensive Plan • Historic Preservation • Local Planning Agency • Affordable Housing Committee • Zoning • Zoning required by state statute • Developments of Regional Impact • Land Development Code • Gasparilla Act • Development Services • Concurrency

  15. County Ordinances • Planning • Community Planning (Administrative Code) • Zoning • Land Development Code • Development Services • Land Development Code • Environmental Sciences • Land Development Code • Code Enforcement • Land Development Code • Lot Mowing Ordinance • Nuisance Accumulation Ordinance • Land Development Blasting

  16. Budget

  17. Funding • Fee Supported(Revenue Producing) • Permitting • Plan Review • Inspections • Partially Fee Supported • Development Review • Rezoning • Environmental Sciences • Not Fee Supported • Planning • Code Enforcement • SHIP (State Grant Funded)

  18. Fiscal History Community Development $31.7 $28.4 $30.2 $25.2 $23.4 $21.0 $18.4 $17.9 $16.4 $15.2

  19. Expenses

  20. Community Development Staffing 296 267 261 232 205 188 179 187 173 164 145

  21. Lee County Population (Unincorporated) 308,667 323,780 269,200 244,972 Staffing 296 205 164 145

  22. Where are we today?

  23. FY 2010 Approved Positions • 145 positions approved • 2 positions vacant • Positions by program

  24. Budget Cuts • What we’ve already done • Cut budget more than $13 million since 2007 • Reduced staff by more than half • Four reductions in force since Jan 2008 • From peak of 296 to 145 now • Increased permitting fees – June 2009 • First time in 20 years • Consolidated office space (saved $$$) • Moved Code Enforcement to Monroe Street • Reduced Building Inspections space

  25. Budget Cuts • 80 reduction in force • 12 early out • 59 held vacant, then cut • Current Budget – $17.9 million • Current positions – 145 • Positions – down 51% from 2007 peak • Fewer positions than year 2000

  26. Major Issues • Planning • EAR update due in 18 months (major task) • Implementation of HB697 • Do we update entire plan or just do the basic EAR requirements? • Implementation of DR/GR & Lehigh Acres (2-year commitment) • Community planning • Comp Plan and LDC amendments • North Fort Myers, Alva, North Olga & others • Planning staff reduced by half • Staff cross-training (zoning staff – comp plan amendments, implementation of community plans) • Possible additional budget needs

  27. Major Issues • Zoning • Zoning hearings at Hearing Examiner becoming increasingly complex; limited expertise for specialized areas • Building Services • Volatility in permitting • Declining economy • Gap in revenue and expenses • Code Enforcement • Additional issues due to economy • Rising complaints for mowing, trash • Rising expense to secure houses and pools

  28. Where are we going?

  29. Three-Year Projections

  30. Core Services & Programs • Most activities required by state • Activities not required by state • Code Enforcement • Community Planning • Lehigh Acres • Southeast Lee DR/GR • Alva • North Fort Myers • North Olga • Most committees • Land Development Code Advisory Committee (LDCAC) • Executive Regulatory Oversight Committee (EROC) • Eagle Technical Advisory Committee (ETAC) • Building Industry Oversight Committee (BIOC) • Historic Preservation – two committees (HPB) • Construction Licensing Board (CLB)

  31. Options • Reductions in programs • Community planning • Eliminate committees • Historic Preservation (already reduced) • Code Enforcement • SHIP (funding already cut by state) • Reduced level of service-permits & inspections • Additional staff reductions • Reduced hours of operation • Enhanced or new revenue • Possible Zoning, DO fee increase • Another building permit fee increase

  32. Questions and Discussion

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