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What’s New
in Growth Management?
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Office of Policy Planning
Department of Transportation
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Transportation Highlights
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• Shortens the time between new
development and construction of
needed transportation facilities
– Concurrency Redefined
– Strengthened Concurrency
Exception Requirements
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Transportation Highlights
• Strengthens Capital Planning and Programming
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– Local growth plans must be
financially-feasible
– Closer link to MPO planning
and priority process
Plan for it
Demonstrate you can pay for it
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Transportation Highlights
• Provides funding to address backlogs and
future growth needs
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– Funding from General Revenue and
Documentary Tax Revenues
– Proportionate Fair-Share Mitigation
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Transportation Concurrency Redefined
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2011
2012
Within 3 years of CO
Former
Law
Construction
Approval
Certificate
of
Occupancy
Non-FIHS Facilities in-place
or under Construction
FIHS Facilities in-place or under Construction
Within 5 years of CO
Current
Law
Certificate
of
Occupancy
Construction
Approval
Facilities in-place or
under Construction
Within 3 Years of building permit
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2011
2012
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Transportation Funding
• Recurring and NonRecurring Funding
– $575 million non-recurring
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from General Revenue (FY 05-06)
– $542 million recurring from
Documentary Stamps
• Additional Funding for
Existing Programs
– Strategic Intermodal System
– County Incentive Grant Program
– Small County Outreach Program
– State Infrastructure Bank
Plus….
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New Transportation Programs
• “New Starts” Transit Program
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• Transportation Regional
Incentive Program (TRIP)
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Strategic Intermodal System (SIS)
Funding Policies
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• Project Selection Criteria
– Needed SIS projects
– Link to growth management
objectives
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Why Emphasize Regional Planning?
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• Growth of Urbanized Area
Boundaries Across County Lines
• Emerging Regional Economies
• Transportation Systems Must be
Able to Respond
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Transportation Regional Incentive
Program (TRIP) Overview
• Program Purpose
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– 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
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Transportation Regional Incentive
Program Partnerships
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Transportation Regional Incentive
Program Regional Transportation Plans
• Regional partners must develop a regional plan that…
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– 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
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Regional Visioning Initiatives as of January 2007
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“New Starts” Transit Program
• Program Purpose
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– 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
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Other Transportation Program Funding
• State Infrastructure Bank (SIB)
– $100 million appropriated in FY 05-06
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• 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
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How to Access Transportation Funds
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• 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
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The Trouble With Our
Highways
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“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
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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 Pessaro
Office of Policy Planning
(850) 414-4816 SUNCOM 994-4816
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