Santa Rosa County Local Planning Opportunities Beckie Faulkenberry, AICP Director, Community Planning, Zoning and Development Division CSEC Meeting, November 16, 2006

Opportunities Location of Development Transportation Encroachment Housing School capacity Natural resource protection

Local Response to Opportunities Encroachment  2003 Land Acquisition Study  2003 Joint Land Use Study  Land Development Code and Comprehensive Plan Amendments  Land Acquisition Grant Projects  Formalized Intergovernmental Coordination  2006 Eglin AFB JLUS and Growth Management Study

(Local Response to Opportunities, cont.) Small Area Plans  Navarre Town Center Plan (adopted)  Bagdad Waterfronts Florida Vision Plan (adopted)  Navarre Beach Master Plan (2002)

(Local Response to Opportunities, cont.) Larger Area Plans  Pace Area Plan (underway)  Rural Development Plan (underway)  Garcon Point Protection Area (part of Comp Plan)  South End Tomorrow Plan (2003)

(Local Response to Opportunities, cont.) Workforce Housing  Housing Plan  Housing Coalition  Density Bonus  SHIP, HOME, HHRP (administered by WFRPC)  Building Industry Professionals

(Local Response to Opportunities, cont.) School Capacity  Interlocal Agreement  Coordinate on FLUM amendments  School Facilities Element and School Concurrency (2008) Technical Capacity Improvements  FIAM  Paint the Region Comprehensive Plan Opportunities  EAR due 2007  80 acre limit on small scale amendments  Large number of large scale amendments  Need for FLUM amendments to avoid sprawl and better develop corridors

(Local Response to Opportunities, cont.) Natural Resource Protection  More than 30% of wetlands in public ownership  Revised Tree Protection Ordinance (July 2003)  Nature Conservancy acquisitions of IP land  Partnerships acquiring conservation and recreation lands around NAS Whiting Field  Garcon Point Protection Area  Need for fine-tuning

(Local Response to Opportunities, cont.) Transportation  Local Plans Comprehensive Plan Better Santa Rosa Plan 10-year Transportation Plan Woodbine/Chumuckla/ 5-pts PD&E  Local Funding Transportation Impact Fees (adopted) 1¢ sales tax (not approved)