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March 14, 2003
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STATE AND FEDERAL HIGHLIGHTS
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GRANTS, FUNDING, & RFPS
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REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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FAPA/AICP NEWS, INFORMATION &
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FAPA MEETINGS AND OTHER EVENTS
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The governors of Georgia,
Alabama, and Florida have agreed that their states
will not sue each other for at least four months
over metro Atlanta's water supply. In the
meantime, they personally pledged to negotiate
their states' long-standing feud over sharing the
waters of two major river basins. That would move
the five-year effort to reach a settlement in the
TRI-STATE WATER WAR to a higher level. The
complete news article is posted to the on-line
version of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution at
www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/metro/0203/25water.html.
NEWS FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
COMMUNITY AFFAIRS:
*The Division of
Community Planning’s website has THREE NEW PAGES
concerning Coastal Redevelopment and Hazard
Mitigation, Military Base Encroachment,
and
Springs Protection. Please
see:
www.dca.state.fl.us/fdcp/DCP/coastredevhazmat/index.htm;
www.dca.state.fl.us/fdcp/DCP/militarybase/;
and
www.dca.state.fl.us/fdcp/DCP/springs/index.htm.
*The
Division of Community Planning’s teams have
REORGANIZED. See
www.dca.state.fl.us/fdcp/DCP/RegionalReviewStaff/review.htm
for a map of the new team assignments and name of
the team leaders.
*The DIRECTORY OF
PLANNING OFFICIALS is posted on line at
www.dca.state.fl.us/fdcp/DCP/publications/2003DPOfortheweb.pdf.
*The
2002 OPTIONAL SECTOR PLAN ANNUAL REPORT to the
legislature is available on line at
www.dca.state.fl.us/fdcp/DCP/sectorplans/Sectorannreport12-20-02.pdf.
*The Division of Community Planning has
begun posting SCHOOL INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
CONSISTENCY FINDINGS on line at
www.dca.state.fl.us/fdcp/DCP/PlanProcessing/noiorcpage.cfm.
This is the same page where you will find recent
Notices of Intent and Objections, Recommendations
and Comments reports.
The Department of
Environmental Protection gave notice of rule
development, and five workshops, in preparation
for rulemaking to establish TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY
LOADS for Lake Lafayette, Fenholloway River,
Orange Creek Basin, Lake Apopka, Upper Ocklawaha
Chain of Lakes area, Ocklawaha River and several
tributaries to Lake Okeechobee. To view the notice
and obtain further information, go to
tlhora6.dep.state.fl.us/onw/publications/8-NRM62-304GR1-3-7-03-Internet.pdf.
The
Florida Department of Transportation’s Public
Transit Office, recently announced that Version
2003 of the FLORIDA TRANSIT INFORMATION SYSTEM
(FTIS) is available for download at:
www.eng.fiu.edu/LCTR/Ftis/ftis.htm. This version
includes the new 2001National Transit Database
(NTD) released recently by the Federal Transit
Administration. In addition, the Department has
added select census 2000 data (income, employment,
etc.), aerial photos for all transit service
areas, and various new features, including quick
peers selection and statistical functions. For
more details on new features in this version
please check out the following link:
www.eng.fiu.edu/LCTR/Ftis/Version2003.htm. If you
have any questions, send an email to gana@fiu.edu
or ike.ubaka@dot.state.fl.us.
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ATTENTION FAPA LEGISLATIVE
WORKSHOP ATTENDEES: Please provide us with your
feedback regarding FAPA’s 2003 Legislative
Workshop, held February 19-20, 2003 in
Tallahassee. This brief survey will assist us in
making next year’s workshop even better. To
complete the survey, click on the link at the
bottom of this section, or go to
temp.visplan.com/events/survey_legis_2003.asp.
CALL
FOR PRESENTATIONS for the September 3-6, 2003 FAPA
Conference at the Breakers is now posted on the
FAPA website at www.floridaplanning.org.
Presentation topics include: water/environment;
new towns/redevelopment; practical and
professional skill development; and hot issues,
such as addressing the true cost of development,
disaster and security planning, growth management,
and schools. All proposals and questions should be
directed to Garrison@palmbeach.k12.fl.us.
DEADLINE: March 15, 2003.
AICP
Candidates—don’t forget to register for the Sun
Coast Section’s AICP Exam Prep Seminar, April
11-12, 2003 in historic Ybor City. For more
information, go to
www.floridaplanning.org/whats_new.htm or contact
Wiatt Bowers at (813) 282-7275, ext.
380.
AICP Study Group information remains
posted on FAPA’s website at
www.floridaplanning.org/events/aicp/aicp_2003.htm
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Job Marts Posted since
February 28, 2003:
Development Services
Director (Bay County Board of
Commissioners)
Planner (City of
Palmetto)
Planning & Zoning Manager (Bay
County Board of Commissioners)
Planner (Asset
Property Disposition, Inc.)
Planner (City of
Port St. Lucie)
Visit
www.floridaplanning.org/jobs2.asp for salaries,
descriptions, minimum requirements, and
application deadlines.
Despite widely
predicted resistance from much of the building
industry and some municipal leaders to
California's new law (AB857), under which the
state will give infrastructure funding priority to
jurisdictions that promote infill development,
higher residential densities and farmland
protection, many planners, farmers and
environmentalists place their hopes for better
state growth management on strong support from
Governor Gray Davis, whose director of planning
and development Tal Finney says about the law,
''More than ever, the dollars have to follow the
policies'' of smart growth. Such financial
allocation, reports Associated Press writer Jim
Wasserman in The Sacramento Bee, is most advanced
in Maryland, whose Special Secretary for Smart
Growth Harriet Tregoning confirms director
Finney's assessment. She calls the new California
bill -- written by Democratic Assemblywoman
Patricia Wiggins and backed by urban planners,
along with the 80-partner California Futures
Network -- ''a very good idea,'' but one that
''won't work by itself,'' pointing out that
Maryland uses ''a full set of incentives'' for
growth in targeted areas, where infrastructure is
usually older, land-related processes longer and
community opposition ''more vehement.'' So far,
the writer notes, California let its 58 counties
and almost 500 municipalities ''decide how to
accommodate roughly six million new residents a
decade,'' but the new law may channel most of the
$56 billion state infrastructure dollars in the
next five years ''toward existing neighborhoods
instead of new ones.'' -- The Sacramento Bee
1/18/2003
Source: Smart Growth Online
On
January 14, 2003, the 1st District Court of
Appeals, in Alachua County v. Florida Rock
Industries, Inc., ruled that once property was
annexed into the city, the county lost its right
to enforce its developer’s agreement with the
owner. (_ S2d_5 03)
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FAPA CHAPTER AND SECTION
AFFAIRS:
March 14, 2003: FAPA Committee
Meetings and Executive Committee Meeting in
Orlando.
March 29-April 2, 2003: APA
National Conference in Denver, Colorado. Go to
www.planning.org/2003conference/ for registration
and program information. TODAY IS THE LAST DAY FOR
ON-LINE REGISTRATION.
April 11-12, 2003:
Sun Coast Section’s annual AICP Exam Prep Seminar,
Hilton Garden Inn, Ybor City; $150 registration;
sponsored by Mark Bentley, Esq., AICP of Gray,
Harris & Robinson, P.A. and PBS&J. For
registration information, contact Wiatt Bowers at
(813) 282-7275, ext. 380, or go to
www.floridaplanning.org/whats_new.htm#prep
May 8-10, 2003: FAPA Committee Meetings
(first day, if needed) and FAPA Executive
Committee Retreat in the Tampa/St. Petersburg
area.
June 20, 2003: FAPA Executive
Committee meeting to adopt budget, strategic plan,
and legislative platform in
Gainesville.
September 3, 2003: Executive
Committee Meeting (Palm Beach) in conjunction with
the FAPA Annual Conference. Details to
follow.
September 3-6, 2003: FAPA Annual
Conference at the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach.
Information coming soon!
OTHER SCHEDULED
EVENTS:
March 19 and April 9, 2003: EAR
WORKSHOPS at the Tampa Bay Regional Planning
Council; go to
www.dca.state.fl.us/fdcp/DCP/Workshops/waterschoolearworkshops.htm.
April 21-22, 2003: Artful Business—A Forum
on ARTS-BASED DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES; Sponsored by
the University of Florida’s College of Design,
Construction, an Planning; Doubletree Hotel &
Conference Center, Gainesville; to register or for
more information, go to
www.doce-conferences.ufl.edu/urban/
May
6-7, 2003 and June 3-4, 2003: BUILDING CONSENSUS
SOLUTIONS TO FLORIDA’S PUBLIC PROBLEMS; sponsored
by the Florida Conflict Resolution Consortium and
cosponsored by FAPA; four day training series to
enhance your professional and institutional
capacity for resolving problems; Turnbull
Conference Center, 555 West Pensacola Street,
Tallahassee; for more information, contact the
Florida Conflict Resolution Consortium at (850)
644-6320 or visit their website at
consensus.fsu.edu.
May 8-11, 2003: 2003
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAW SECTION SPRING
MEETING; American Bar Association; Don Cesar Beach
Resort & Spa; St. Pete Beach, Florida. Meeting
sessions include topics on land use, growth
management, farming, and the environment. For more
information or to register, go to:
www.abanet.org/statelocal/springmtg03.html or
contact Lisa Allen at the American Bar
Association, (312) 988-5649.
May 18-21,
2003: Transportation Research Board STATEWIDE
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING CONFERENCE in the Florida
Keys. Contact: Kimberly Fisher at kfisher@nas.edu
or go to
www4.nationalacademies.org/trb/calendar.nsf for
further information.
May 29-30, 2003: DCA’s
2003 GROWTH MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP; FSU Center for
Professional Development, Tallahassee; cosponsored
by the Florida Regional Councils Association and
FAPA. Continuing Professional Development Credits
will be available. More details TBA.
June
9-13, 2003: GOVERNOR’S HURRICANE CONFERENCE, Tampa
Convention Center. For Conference Information
please call: (727) 944-2724, (800) 544-5678 or
visit the conference website at: www.flghc.org.
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