Central Florida Regional Planning
Council
August 11, 2010
Florida
Institute of Phosphate Research
1855
West Main Street
Bartow,
Florida
9:30
a.m.
Meeting Minutes
Chairman
Jeff Carlson called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m. Norman White led the Council in prayer. The Council Pledged Allegiance to the
Flag. Roll was called and the following
members were present.
CFRPC
Chairman, Commissioner Jeff Carlson, Highlands County
Commissioner
Buddy Mansfield, DeSoto County
Jackie Tucker,
DeSoto County Gubernatorial Appointee
Commissioner
Minor Bryant, Hardee County
Commissioner
Noel Chandler, Okeechobee County
City Councilman
Clayton Williams, Okeechobee
Bill Keene,
Okeechobee County Gubernatorial Appointee
Commissioner Jean
Reed, Polk County
City Commissioner
Pat Huff, Ridge League of Cities, City of Bartow
City Councilman
Howard Wiggs, Lakeland
Linda
Pilkington, Polk County Gubernatorial Appointee
City
Commissioner Jeff Potter, Winter Haven
Missie Barletto,
South Florida Water Management District, Ex-officio
Members absent.
Vice-Chairman, Lorenzo
Dixon, Arcadia City Councilman
City Councilman
Clarence Bolin, Wauchula
City Councilman
Scott Stanley, Sebring
Andy Tuck, Highlands County School Board
Member, Highlands County Gubernatorial Appointee
Dr. Marshall
Goodman, Polk County Gubernatorial Appointee
Lynn Topel,
Florida Heartland Rural Economic Development Initiative, Ex-officio
Jason Green,
DeSoto County Planning Director, Ex-officio
Mark Hill,
Highlands County Development Services Director, Ex-officio
Bill Royce,
Okeechobee County Planning Director, Ex-officio
Tom Deardorff,
Polk County Director of Growth Management, Ex-officio
Joanne
McClellen, Southwest Florida Water Management District, Ex-officio
There were no announcements.
AGENDA
ITEM #1 COUNCIL
ADMINISTRATION
A.
June 9, 2010, Council Meeting Minutes
Chairman Carlson asked if there
were any corrections, additions, or deletions to the June 9, 2010, Council
Meeting Minutes.
MOTION
There being none, Jackie Tucker moved
to approve the June 9, 2010, Council Meeting Minutes as submitted. Pat Huff seconded.
Motion carried unanimously.
B. July Financial Report
Eva Hall, Council Finance
Director, presented the July 2010 Financial Report.
MOTION
Jeff Potter moved to accept the
July 2010 Financial Report as presented.
Noel Chandler seconded.
Motion carried unanimously.
AGENDA
ITEM #2 PUBLIC HEARING FOR OLD FLORIDA
PLANTATION DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT (DRI) - NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGE
(NOPC)
Chairman
Jeff Carlson opened the Public Hearing for the Old Florida Plantation
Development of Regional Impact Notice of Proposed Change.
Norman
White, Council Attorney, asked anyone present who intended to present factual
material at this Public Hearing to stand and be sworn in.
Pat
Steed, Council Executive Director, reviewed the Public Hearing procedures which
the Council would be using. She
explained that this project had previously gone through the DRI process, and
currently has a valid Development Order.
The applicant proposes to change the original project plans. Ms. Steed stated that a process had been
conducted which determined that this proposed change would not trigger the
Substantial Deviation process.
Gordon
Shift, Attorney for the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD),
which is the applicant, introduced their representatives and consultants that
were present to answer questions. Mr.
Shift reviewed the changes SWFWMD was proposing. The changes included: 1) increase the amount
of conservation/open space areas and decrease the area designated for
development; 2) reduce the development program allowed; 3) extend phase and
build-out dates by two years; 4) allow for DRI annual reporting requirement of biennial
rather than annual; 5) addition of proportionate share mitigation; and 6) general
updates to accommodate changes 1) thru 5).
The boundary and total acreage of the DRI property would not change. Mr. Shift concluded by requesting that the
Council recommend approval of the proposed change to the project.
Jennifer
Codo-Salisbury, Director of Planning for the Council, directed the Council’s
attention to the recommended Conditions of Approval section of the Old Florida
Plantation NOPC Staff Report, which she reviewed the specifics of each
Condition with the Council. She stated
that SWFWMD will not actually be developing this project. The intent is that the property will be
acquired by a developer at some unspecified time in the future.
Chairman
Carlson asked if there were any comments from government agencies.
There
were none.
Chairman
Carlson asked if there were any comments from the general public.
There
were none.
Chairman
Carlson closed the Public Hearing.
MOTION
Jeff
Potter moved to approve the Staff Report for the Old Florida Plantation
Development of Regional Impact Notice of Proposed Change with Conditions as
stated in the Staff Report and to include an addition for clarification of the
words “at cost of developer” to item e) referring to Proportionate Share, on
page 18 of the Staff Report. Buddy Mansfield
seconded.
After
discussion, the motion carried unanimously.
Ms. Steed stated that this Staff
Report with Conditions as approved by the Council will be forwarded to the City
of Bartow for their consideration at a meeting scheduled for September 20, 2010.
AGENDA
ITEM #3 FY 2010-2011 FLORIDA DEPARTMENT
OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (DCA) GENERAL REVENUE CONTRACT
Pat Steed stated that this is the Council’s annual contract with the State of Florida, Department of Community Affairs (DCA) for the Regional Planning Councils’ Legislative Appropriation. The Contract amount is $190,591 for FY 2010-11, which begins July 1, 2010.
MOTION
Jackie Tucker moved to approve the DCA Contract and to authorize the Chairman’s signature. Linda Pilkington seconded.
Motion carried unanimously.
AGENDA
ITEM #4 COUNCIL ANNUAL AUDIT
ARRANGEMENT LETTER
Eva Hall referred to the annual
audit arrangement letter with the NCT Group CPA’s, L.L.P. which was included in
the Council’s meeting material The fee
for the fiscal year 2009-2010 audit will be $20,350 which was the same amount
as the previous years.
MOTION
Jeff Potter moved to approve the Audit
Arrangement Letter as presented and authorize the Chairman’s signature. Clayton Williams seconded.
Motion carried unanimously.
AGENDA ITEM
#5 AWARDS AND
RECOGNITION
Pat Steed stated that the CFRPC has
received two special recognitions which reflect the dedication and leadership
of the Council’s staff. Marcia Staszko,
Transportation Disadvantaged Director, was awarded the William and Bud Bell
Lifetime Achievement Award from the Florida Commission for Transportation
Disadvantaged at their annual conference in Orlando on July13th and 14th,
2010, for her excellence in and dedication to the TD Program.
Ms. Steed stated that the Council also received
notification of a 2010 Innovations Award for the Avon Park Air Force Range
Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) from the National Association of Development
Organizations (NADO) for Intergovernmental Coordination. Helen Sears is the project manager for the
Joint Land Use Study.
AGENDA
ITEM #6 AVON PARK AIR FORCE RANGE JOINT
LAND USE STUDY (JLUS)
Helen Sears presented the results
of the Avon Park Air Force Range Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) and study
recommendations. She also presented a summary
of the next steps, including a request for authorization to submit a grant
request to the Department of Defense, Office of Economic Adjustment to assist
the participating jurisdictions in reviewing and implementing the JLUS
recommendations.
MOTION
After discussion, Pat Huff moved
to authorize staff to submit the grant request to the Department of
Defense. Bill Keene seconded.
Motion carried unanimously.
AGENDA
ITEM #7 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT
Pat Steed reported on the
following work activities.
A.
Sustainable
Communities Grants
Pat Steed stated that staff was currently
working on two Sustainable Communities grants.
The deadline is August 23, 2010. The grants are for regional planning
for sustainable communities funded jointly by HUD, EPA and DOT. These grants are set up to be administered by
either a Regional Planning Council or a Metropolitan Planning Organization. Specifically, one grant will be used for
planning for design related to high speed and commuter rail and the other is a
rural grant whose funds will be used to complete the Heartland 2060 visioning
process.
B.
Heartland 2060
Pat Steed stated that the Leadership
Team meeting at the end of August was cancelled and will be rescheduled
depending on the outcome of the Sustainable Communities Grant Applications.
C.
EAR-Based
Amendments Update
Jennifer Codo-Salisbury distributed a
list of EAR-Based Comprehensive Plan Amendments showing the jurisdictions that
the Council is working on and their schedules.
Chairman
Carlson stated that he received 11 evaluation forms from Council Members. The Executive Director received ratings of
“excellent” and “good”. He added that he
felt the Council’s Executive Director was doing a great job.
MOTION
Jeff
Potter moved to accept the Executive Director’s performance evaluation as
summarized by the Chairman. Jackie
Tucker seconded.
Motion
carried unanimously.
AGENDA ITEM #9 OTHER BUSINESS
The next meeting was scheduled for September
8, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. The location will
be announced.
There being no further business, the
meeting adjourned.
Respectfully
submitted,
__________________________________________
Jeff
Carlson, Chairman
August
11, 2010 Council Meeting Minutes