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What’s New in Growth Management?

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Transportation Highlights

• 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

– 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

– Funding from General Revenue and Documentary Tax Revenues

– Proportionate Fair-Share Mitigation

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Transportation Concurrency RedefinedTransportation Concurrency Redefined

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Transportation Funding• Recurring and Non-

Recurring Funding

– $575 million non-recurring 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

• Transportation Regional Incentive Program (TRIP)

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Strategic Intermodal System (SIS) Funding Policies

• Project Selection Criteria

– Needed SIS projects

– Link to growth management objectives

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Why Emphasize Regional Planning?

• 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– 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…

– 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– 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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• 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

Other Transportation Program Funding

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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

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The Trouble With Our The Trouble With Our HighwaysHighways

““Congestion in many cities has Congestion in many cities has

reached the saturation point. reached the saturation point.

Thousands of miles of roads that Thousands of miles of roads that

were once considered excellent were once considered excellent

are now considered inadequate for are now considered inadequate for

the traffic using them.”the traffic using them.”

Source: Report to the Legislative Council Source: Report to the Legislative Council Covering Florida’s Primary RoadsCovering Florida’s Primary Roads

September 1, 1954September 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 PessaroOffice of Policy Planning

(850) 414-4816 SUNCOM 994-4816