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COMMISSION AGENDA
ITEM D
REGULAR X
CONSENT
INFORMATIONAL
September 14. 1998
Meeting
REQUEST: The Community Development Department - Planning Division requests the
Commission review its membership on the East Central Florida Regional
Planning Council.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this Agenda Item is to review the City's benefits from membership
on the Regional Planning Council. Questions have been raised recently as to
whether the benefits received reflect the annual fees paid by the City for
membership on the Council.
APPLICABLE LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY:
The provisions of 185.504(1) F.S. which state: "A regional planning council shall be created in
each of the several comprehensive planning districts of the state. Only one agency shall exercise
the responsibilities granted herein within the geographic boundaries of anyone comprehensive
planning district."
The provisions of 186.504(2) F.S. which state: (a) Representatives appointed by each of the
member counties in the geographic area covered by the regional planning council. (b)
representatives from other member local general-purpose governments in the geographic area
covered by the regional planning council. (c) Representatives appointed by the Governor from
the geographic area covered by the regional planning council.
CONSIDERA TIONS:
· A presentation by Greg Golgowski, Interim Executive Director, East Central Florida
Regional Planning Cuncil, will be made at the Commission meeting.
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. Past actions by the Regional Planning Council that afIect(ed) the City: Review of the
proposed Comprehensive Plan in 1992; Review of the City's proposed large scale plan
amendments; preparation of the Regional Policy Plan; provision of technical assistance;
cross-acceptance negotiation process between local governments on disputed matters.
· The annual dues paid by the City to the Regional Planning Council in 1997 were $ 6,883.
FUNDING:
Annual membership dues to the Regional Planning Council are paid from the General
Fund.
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Commission review the information and provide
direction to staff the Commission deems appropriate.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Letter from the Regional Planning Council dated September 23, 1997 to the
Mayor.
2. Copy of check from the City to the Regional Planning Council dated
October 22, 1997 for annual dues.
3. Letter from the Regional Planning Council dated July 13, 1998 to the Mayor.
COMMISSION ACTION:
East Central Florida
REGIONAL
PLANNING
COUNCIL
Council Chairman
lorry Wholey
Clerk of Courts
Osceola County
Vice Chairman
Evelyn Smith
Commissioner
City of Eustis
Secretary- Treasurer
Carole Barice
Governor's Appointee
Seminole County
Executive Director
Aaron Dowling
The Council's mission is to
take a leadership role in
representing identified
regional resources and
Interests through a strategic
planning program;
develop and maintain a
regional data system;
provide coordination and
assistance to governments
at all levels; develop a
shared vision of the
region's future; and
coordinate the region's
resources and energies to
achieve common goals.
SeNing Brevard,
lake, Orange, Osceola.
. Seminole and Volusia
counties and the 67 cities
in the East Central
Florida region.
1011 Wymore Rood
Suite 105
Winter Pork, Florida
32789-1797
Phone 407 . 623 , 1075
Fox 407 , 623 . 1084
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East Central Florida Regional
Planning Council, Annual Assessment
Dear Mayor Partyka:
This is to advise you that the Regional planning Council established
assessment rates for FY'98 at its July 16, 1997 meeting.
All rates are on a per capita basis and use the latest official population
estimates developed by the University of Florida. The following is a
breakdown of rates for your unit of government based on applicable program
areas:
Per Capita
Program Area Geographic: Area Rate Assessment
A. Base Rate All Members .15 $3,972
B. Affordable Housing All Members .02 529
C. Te<;:hnical Assistance All Members .04 1,059
D. OSO(MPO Special Or, Sem, Osc .03 794
E. Strategic Planning All Members .02 529
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As in previous years, payment is due in full as of October 1, 1997.. If you have any
questions regarding this matter, please contact me.
:We look forward to your continuing membership and another productive and mut,ually
. beneficial year of our association. ..
Sincerely,
Aaron M. Dowling
Executive Director
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C. Commissione'r John Langellotti
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Ea.rt Centrol Florida
.REGIONAL
PLANNI.NG
COUNCIL
CouncIl Cholrmon
Larry Whaley
Clerk ot Courts
OSceo{o County
Vice Chairman
Evelyn Smith
Vice MOYOr
Ci/v or Eu5tis
Secretory-Treasurer
CorOle 1l0rICe
Governors Appoinl~
SemInole CounlY
Acting
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to 101<.9 0 leadership
role In representing
Identified regional
resource~ 01'1<1 Inter~l$
through a s1rateglc
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develop and mainlain
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coordination and
as~lslonce to
gov",rnmcnls at all
levels; develop .J
shared vision 01 the
reglOl\'S luluro; and
coordinate the
region'S rcsourCGS and
energies to achieve
common goals.
SC1VIng Orcvard. lake.
Orange. Osceolo,
Seminole and Volu$io .
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67 clffes In the
East Centrol Flor'ldo
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July 13, 1998
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Honorable Paul 'Partyka
Mayor, City of Winter Springs
1126 East S.R. 434
Winter Springs; fL 32708
-Dear ~ayor Partyka:
.In recent weekS, several member local governments have caH~ OUl: offices as part of
their budget preparation process and requested their.FY 1298-2.9 Council assessment.
On June 24, the East Central FIo'rida Regional Planning Co\iric.il adopted its budget
for the coming fiscal year and so I can now give you a finn figure to work with.
The Council has been taking a hard look at its mission and the scope of its ongoing
work program in the last few months, with an eye toward making the agency as
responsive as possible to the diverse needs of its member cities and counties. TIle
very ,suc~essful Regional Summit held on June 5 was the focal point of this iriitial
work and will serve as the point of departure for a continuing re-engineering of the
agency during the coming year.
In an effort to hold the line on dues during this period, the budget that the Council
adopted keeps the per capita member dues assessment rate for its core activities at
the same level as the past year and has not included any additlonal special project
assessments. This has resulted in what we hope you will agree are only nominal
increases that reflectpopul~tion growth. The member govemments of Orange,
Seminole and Osceola counties actually saw a decrease over last year's.levels in
most cases due to the dropping of. a:MPO special assessment that had been paid in
prevIOUS years.
Your member dues assessment for the coming year is presented in bold type in
Column G of the attached table. Our adopted budget is also enclosed. .
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Please note that the ECFRpC's fiscal year begins on July 1. 'I'herefore, the FY '99
assessment ii payable as of J uI Y 1, 1998. We realize that your rlSca] year begins on
October I,. and that this payment may not be compatible with the limitations of your
CUlTent budget. Rowever,your timely SUpport is critical to the stability of OUr
financial situatiou. We therefore ask that your payment be Illade as close to the
~~beginnin~ of Our year as you can make it,
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It is clear that the conununities of ounegion are getting closer together all the time
and that OUr conunon interests are getting mOte numerous. We're anxious ro provide
you wIth aU the support we can in meeting the challcnges "'e \'!>lIectivcly face and
appreciate the sUPPOrt and visiou that you have shown in .patUcipating in OUr
programs dUring thc past year. Please feel free to call on me at 407/623-1075, exl.
349 with any questions on thc assessIllent or to review ideas on how We can Serve
you better.
Sincerely yours,
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Gregory GOlgowski, AlCP f)l[:)
Acting Executive Director ~
c: Ronald McLemore. City Manager
Tom Gomes, Director of Community Development
Ed Martinez, Commissioner
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FY 99 Local Ass_essment Revenue AdoQted_Budq~
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7 Altamonte Springs 39,153 9,005 9,005
8 Apopka 20,373 4,686 4,686
9 Cassclbcay 24,552 5,647 5,647
10 Clennont 7,582 1,744 1,744
II Cocoa 17,744 4,081 4,081
.12 Daytona Beach 64,138 14,752 14,752
13 Dcltona 58,434 13,440 13,440
14 :Edgewood 1,534 1,000 1,000
15 Eustis 14,631 3,365 3,365
16 IndiaIaotic 3,043 1,000 1,000
17 Kissimm.ee 38,787 8,921 8,921
18 Lady Lake 12,383 2,848 2,848
19 Lake Buena Vista 23 1,000 1,000
20 Leesburg 15,409 3,544 3,544
21 Mait:land 9,892 2,275 2,275
22 Mount Dora 8,628 1,984 1,984
230coce 20,560 4,729 4,729
24 Orlando 176,373 40,566 40,566
25 Sanford 35,529 8,172 8,172
26 Umatilla 2,434 1,000 1,000
27 Wmt<< Gardea 12,738 2,930 2,930
28 Winter Springs 27,466 6,317 6,317
(4,192)
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(1,146)
(578)
(732)
(44)
(1,145)
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(296)
(578)
(5,194)
(1,058)
(372)
(794)
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4,108
4,915
1,744
4,081
14,752
13,440
956
3,365
1,000
7,776
2,848
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3,544
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1,984
4,151
35,372
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41,931 1,385
202,165 (17,334)
36,328 (7,440)
75,677 1,948
93,656 1,488
9,932
5,006
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1,677
4,111
14,673
12,914
1,163
3,286
1,235
9,926
2,826
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3,531
2,566
1,951
5,008
45,012
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1,195
3,227
6,883
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A credit ha..~ not yet beeo authorized for Orange o,unty.
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Eis('.alY~ar 99 "&onos.edRcyenue Rud.get
Federal Revenues
DCA (Federal Coastal Zone Mgmt Act)
Total Federal Revenues
State Revenues ,,_ ..
DCA (DR! BaselSRPPILGCP)
DCA (Emergency Assistance)
DCA (HMEP 97 carryover and 98 contract)
DCA (Hurricane Evacuation Study)
DCA (Hurricane Sheller Survey)
DCA (Rurrie<me Behavioral Survey & Sludy)
Total State Revenues
~caI Revenues
Member Assessments (Details on next page)
DR! m:s
MPO Funding
Planning Challenges
Clermont
Edgewood
Eustis
Longwood
Interest
ResetVe5
Sales (Publications/GIS Maps)
Pension Fund Forfeitures
Total Local Revel1.ucs
Consultants
UCF-Hurricane Study
Huuicane Traffic Model
Hurricane Hu.crEwro Model
Hurricane Shelter Assessment
Total CousoltantsJState Re,'cnues
End of Yea l'
FY98
Totals
Proposed
FY99
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666,220
180,000
2,500
5.000
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20,000
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858,720
136,550
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248,728
40,909
12,800
27,480
329,917
688,976
215.696
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4.500
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55.870
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FiscaLYear 99 Pr~po.s.eQEXDenditu~~
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Personnel..Nwnber of Stafr 19.1 19.0
Salaries & Wages (permanent) 186,180 760,833 .26734
Fringe Benefits (Pc.nnanent & Iul.crns) 178.000 179.623 -9386
Intecns-UCF CoOp Program 17,000 20,960
Outside Temporary. ScrviGeS 48~OO 5,000
Unemployment 7.500 5,000
Total Personnel 1,037.180 ---.. - 971,416 -36120
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Annual Audit 13,500 15,000 7000
Computer Ops (General) 23,72S 7.500
Dep(eciatiorl!Usc Charge 14.600 8,000
Equipment (General) 13,105 8,930.
Equipment MaintonancelR.entaI 900 750
Equipment Lease Taxes 1,050 750
Gl'3phicslOutside. Printing 30,225 22,000
Insurance 5,000 4,.500
Int a'<:St 1,800 1,.500
C",grrl CO!!!'..se! 40.000 35.000 SOOO
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120,000 98.400
-~~T~1ning 6,000 4,000
-'-.~~~~,,~ & CoIIlUlunications 9.500 9.500 /000
'M1V",! 27.350 25,000 3000
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Total Overhead 444,853 437,295 29724
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ECFRPC Staff Proposal
To
The ECFRPC Blue-Ribbon Committee
East Central Florida Regional Planning Council
July. 1998
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East Central Florida
Regional Planning Council
Purpose and Programs
1 . The Regional Summit was explicit in identifying what the RPC is not:
A staff-driven agency
An agency for approving/denying DRIs or Comp Plans
A state ag~ncy
Part of DCA
A regulatory agency
A regional government
An independent authority
2. The Regional Summit ic;1entified specific regional planning activities that
suggested the RPC should be the following:
A public-private partnership
A convener for bringing community leaders and citizens together to address
challenges that cut across communities
A collective voice to focus priority attention on the overall health and
welfare of the region, as opposed to anyone part or interest
A body of reg/ona/leaders committed to strengthening the regional decision-
making abilities of their communities in order to: 1) take advantage of
regional opportunities before they are lost and 2) prevent regional threats
from erupting into crises
3. In response to this role, and to undertake the types of activities identified
at the Regional Summit. the following five general functions are proposed
for the RPC.
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Regional Partnering
There are a number of active single-purpose agencies in the region, each
charged with representing a specific regional interest. These include airport
authorities, water management districts, transportation organizations,
economic development commissions, and housing coalitions. There are also
many civic and business organizations that are involved in regional level
activities. Together these agencies and organizations provide a substantial
part of the capacity of this region to deal effectively with particular
economic, social and physical challenges. For that reason, this function is
designed to make regional cooperation and collaboration as important and
visible as the challenges they can address. This function can encompass a
wide range of activities, including examining the roles, responsibilities and
relationships of regional agencies and offering recommendations for
improving regional coordination. Other activities might involve holding annual
or semi-annual regional summits to discuss issues of regional significance;
developing regional leadership classes for local and state officials', business
and civic leaders and citizens to explore issues of regional governance;
celebrating successful examples of regional cooperation: and promoting
regional civic journalism.
Strategic Visioning
Without a shared vision of the region's future - energetically communicated
and strategically integrated into regional scale activities, the ability of the
region to organize a coordinated response to regional challenges is severely
handicapped. This Strategic Visioning function involves developing a
consensus vision for the region's future and identifying strategies that can
be prioritized and collectively pursued. A process for undertaking these
activities is presented in the ECFRPC's document, Taking the Next Step
(adopted in June 1998). A strategic vision can provide the foundation on
which to base other RPC activities and offers a beneficial reference point
for the many local, regional and state activities in the region..
Regional Initiatives
As a coordinating body of regional leaders, the Regional Planning Council is in
a unique position to proactively identify and organize a response to regional
challenges (opportunities or problems).
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Specific initiatives undertaken by the RPC will depend on the degree of
regional leadership exercised by Council members and its ability to take
advantage of conditions as they converge to create challenges. Once again,
the examples of possible RPC activities are wide ranging. They might include
examining the land use - transportation relationship in an effort to ascertain
whether different regional land use patterns can reduce the demand for new
highways and associated funding shortfalls documented in the MPOs' long-
range plans. Other examples might include forming partnerships with the
Tampa Bay RPC to jointly provide support for the Olympics bid. Emerging
issues that may effect the region's future and vision of that future could
also be examined. One such issue might be the future of information
technology infrastructure, and its potential to effect regional growth and
physical and economic development activities, particularly along the I-4
corridor. The RPC could also initiate actions to address intergovernmental
conflicts before they became insurmountable problems and costly legal
debates.
Coordination
No other agency is set up to bring together all of the stakeholders involved
in plans or projects, or to review all components of a plan or project in a
comprehensive and holistic manner. This means that through its various
review functions, the ECFRPC has in place a structure for coordinating
regional activities. The types of activities that fall under the purview of
regional reviews are wide-ranging, and they include plans, programs and
projects of regional authorities, local governments, state and federal
agencies, and private development.
The primary purpose of reviews is to identify conflict and incon5istency
between these entities, and using the Strategic Vision as a guide, offer
recommendations for their resolution. Regional reviews, such as DRls
therefore become a means of advancing the regional vision, rather than
getting tangled in the minutiae of site plan reviews. The cooperative
solutions that come out of such reviews can be significant, as shown by
inter-county payments for road improvements developed through sevel'al
recent DRI reviews.
Reviews also provide a means for monitoring progress toward achieving the
strategic vision, as well as feedback on its implementation.
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Advocacy
This function involves the ECFRPC representing regional interests to various
entities and organization outside the region. The RPC can serve as a
comprehensive advocate for total community goals, including its various
components. Examples of activities include: developing a regional agenda for
the state legislative session; lobbying federal and state agencies for funding
on behalf of regional stakeholders; and representing local interests to the
Florida Department of Community Affairs on comprehensive plan matters.
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Council Restructuring
The intent of restructuring is to develop a regional planning council capable
of providing a high level of regional leadership, consistent with its
recommended role and functions. A restructured Council should result in an
agency with the following characteristics and capabilities:
Focus on regional governance issues
Action-oriented
Regularly identify challenges and promptly work toward addressing
them
Responsive to the communities and citizens of the region
Inherently cooperative in nature
Statutory Mandate
Two-thirds (2/3) of the Council members are currently required by state
statute to be local elected officials. State statute also requires that one-
third (1/3) of the members be appointed by the Governor.
Restructuring Proposal
It is recommended that Council membership consist of the following:
Two (2) elected officials from each county will be appointed to the RPC,
consisting of the chairman of the BCC, and a county commissioner.
The mayor from each city with a population of 150,000 be appointed to the
RPC.
. Each League of City appoint a member to the RPC. The appointment shall
consist of the current League chairman, or in the case of more than one
appointment (e.g., Tri-County League) the chairman and a mayor from a
member city.
Gubernatorial members will be appointed to fill positions dedicated to
specific regional interests in the private and nonprofit sector. The RPC will
work with the Governor's Office to fill these positions with individuals who
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are recognized leaders in business, education, health, communications,
transportation, and finance.
Breakdown: Twenty-seven (27) Total Members
Twelve (12) county members
One (1) member for cities with a population over 150,000
Five (5) League of Cities representatives
One (1) Brevard
Two (2) Tri-County (Orange, Seminole and Osceola)
One (1) Lake
One (1) Volusia
Nine (9) Gubernatorial Appointees
Membership
There are no staff recommendations related to membership, although there
- are a number of issues to be considered as part of a restructuring program.
Examples include the following:
Mandatory vs. Voluntary Membership
State Funding Obligations for Gubernatorial Appointees
Annual Contracts or Participation Agreements between RPC and
Member Local Governments '