Florida Senate - 2008 SENATOR AMENDMENT

Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 1978

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CHAMBER ACTION

Senate

Floor: WD/2R

4/29/2008 11:27 AM

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House



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Senator Bennett moved the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)

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     Between line(s) 690 and 691,

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insert:

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     (15)

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     (f) The state land planning agency may designate up to five

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local governments as Urban Placemaking Initiative Pilot Projects.

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The purpose of the pilot project program is to assist local

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communities with redevelopment of primarily single-use suburban

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areas that surround strategic corridors and crossroads, and to

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create livable, sustainable communities that have a sense of

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place. Pilot communities must have a county population of at

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least 350,000, be able to demonstrate an ability to administer

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the pilot project, and have appropriate potential redevelopment

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areas suitable for the pilot project. Recognizing that both the

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form of existing development patterns and strict application of

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transportation concurrency requirements create obstacles to such

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redevelopment, the pilot project program shall further the

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ability of such communities to cultivate mixed-use and form-based

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communities that integrate all modes of transportation. The pilot

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project program shall provide an alternative regulatory framework

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that allows for the creation of a multimodal concurrency district

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that over the planning time period allows pilot project

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communities to incrementally realize the goals of the

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redevelopment area by guiding redevelopment of parcels and

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cultivating multimodal development in targeted transitional

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suburban areas. The Department of Transportation shall provide

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technical support to the state land planning agency and the

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department and the agency shall provide technical assistance to

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the local governments in the implementation of the pilot

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projects.

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     1. Each pilot project community shall designate the

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criteria for designation of urban placemaking redevelopment areas

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in the future land use element of its comprehensive plan. Such

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redevelopment areas must be within an adopted urban service

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boundary or functional equivalent. Each pilot project community

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shall also adopt comprehensive plan amendments that set forth

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criteria for the development of the urban placemaking areas that

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contain land use and transportation strategies, including, but

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not limited to, the community design elements set forth in

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paragraph (b). A pilot project community shall undertake a

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process of public engagement to coordinate community vision,

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citizen interest, and development goals for developments within

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the urban placemaking redevelopment areas.

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     2. Each pilot project community may assign transportation

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concurrency or trip generation credits and impact fee exemptions

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or reductions and establish concurrency exceptions for

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developments that meet the adopted comprehensive plan criteria

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for urban placemaking redevelopment areas. The provisions of

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paragraph (c) apply to designated urban placemaking redevelopment

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areas.

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====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T =====

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And the directory clause is amended as follows:

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     Delete line(s) 576

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and insert:

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Florida Statutes, are amended, and paragraph (f) is added to

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subsection (15) is added to that section, to read:

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     On line(s) 24, after the semicolon,

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insert:

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creating an Urban Placemaking Initiative pilot project;

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providing criteria for such designation; requiring the

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Department of Transportation to provide technical support;

4/28/2008  7:15:00 PM     21-08897-08

CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.