Florida Senate - 2019 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 7068
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Floor: 3/AD/2R .
04/23/2019 12:08 PM .
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Senator Lee moved the following:
1 Senate Substitute for Amendment (979880) (with title
2 amendment)
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4 Delete lines 133 - 268
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6 (k) Protection or enhancement of primary springs protection
7 zones and farmland preservation areas designated within local
8 comprehensive plans adopted under chapter 163.
9 (2) The program is composed of all of the following
10 corridors:
11 (a) Southwest-Central Florida Connector, extending from
12 Collier County to Polk County.
13 (b) Suncoast Connector, extending from Citrus County to
14 Jefferson County.
15 (c) Northern Turnpike Connector, extending from the
16 northern terminus of the Florida Turnpike northwest to the
17 Suncoast Parkway.
18 (3)(a) Projects undertaken in the corridors identified in
19 subsection (2) are tolled facilities and approved turnpike
20 projects that are part of the turnpike system, and are
21 considered as Strategic Intermodal System facilities.
22 (b) During the project development phase, the department
23 shall identify opportunities to accommodate or colocate multiple
24 types of infrastructure-addressing issues, such as those
25 identified in subsection (1), within or adjacent to the
26 corridors.
27 (c)1. During the project development phase, the department
28 shall utilize an inclusive, consensus-building mechanism for
29 each proposed multi-use corridor identified in subsection (2).
30 For each multi-use corridor identified in subsection (2), the
31 department shall convene a corridor task force composed of
32 appropriate representatives of:
33 a. The Department of Environmental Protection;
34 b. The Department of Economic Opportunity;
35 c. The Department of Education;
36 d. The Department of Health;
37 e. The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission;
38 f. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services;
39 g. The local water management district or districts;
40 h. A local government official from each local government
41 within a proposed corridor;
42 i. Metropolitan planning organizations;
43 j. Regional planning councils; and
44 k. Other appropriate conservation or community not-for
45 profit organizations as determined by the department.
46 2. The secretary of the department shall appoint the
47 members of the respective corridor task forces by August 1,
48 2019.
49 3. Each corridor task force shall coordinate with the
50 department on pertinent aspects of corridor analysis, including
51 accommodation or colocation of multiple types of infrastructure,
52 addressing issues such as those identified in subsection (1),
53 within or adjacent to the corridor.
54 4. Each corridor task force shall evaluate the need for,
55 and the economic and environmental impacts of, hurricane
56 evacuation impacts of, and land use impacts of, the related
57 corridor as identified in subsection (2).
58 5. Each corridor task force shall hold a public meeting in
59 accordance with chapter 286 in each local government
60 jurisdiction in which a project within an identified corridor is
61 being considered.
62 6. To the maximum extent feasible, the department shall
63 adhere to the recommendations of the task force created for each
64 corridor in the design of the multiple modes of transportation
65 and multiple types of infrastructure associated with the
66 corridor. The task force for each corridor may consider and
67 recommend innovative concepts to combine right-of-way
68 acquisition with the acquisition of lands or easements to
69 facilitate environmental mitigation or ecosystem, wildlife
70 habitat, or water quality protection or restoration. The
71 department, in consultation with the Department of Environmental
72 Protection, may incorporate those features into each corridor
73 during the project development phase.
74 7. The Southwest-Central Florida Connector corridor task
75 force shall:
76 a. Address the impacts of the construction of a project
77 within the corridor on panther and other critical wildlife
78 habitat and evaluate in its final report the need for
79 acquisition of lands for state conservation or as mitigation for
80 project construction; and
81 b. Evaluate wildlife crossing design features to protect
82 panther and other critical wildlife habitat corridor
83 connections.
84 8. The Suncoast Connector corridor task force and the
85 Northern Turnpike Connector corridor task force shall evaluate
86 design features and the need for acquisition of state
87 conservation lands that mitigate the impact of project
88 construction within the respective corridors on:
89 a. The water quality and quantity of springs, rivers, and
90 aquifer recharge areas;
91 b. Agricultural land uses; and
92 c. Wildlife habitat.
93 9. Each corridor task force shall issue its evaluations in
94 a final report that must be submitted to the Governor, the
95 President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
96 Representatives by October 1, 2020.
97 10. The department shall provide affected local governments
98 with a copy of the applicable task force report and project
99 alignments. Not later than December 31, 2023, a local government
100 that has an interchange within its jurisdiction shall review the
101 applicable task force report and its local comprehensive plan as
102 adopted under chapter 163. The local government review must
103 include consideration of whether the area in and around the
104 interchange contains appropriate land uses and natural resource
105 protections and whether the comprehensive plan should be amended
106 to provide such appropriate uses and protections.
107 (4)(a) Project construction in any corridor identified in
108 subsection (2) is not eligible for funding until submission of
109 the final report of the corridor task force for that corridor
110 required in subsection (3) and completion of 30 percent of the
111 design phase of any project within a corridor identified in
112 subsection (2), except for project phases that are under
113 construction or for which project alignment has been determined.
114 (b) Subject to the economic and environmental feasibility
115 statement requirements of s. 338.223, projects may be funded
116 through turnpike revenue bonds or right-of-way and bridge
117 construction bonds or financing by the Florida Department of
118 Transportation Financing Corporation; by advances from the State
119 Transportation Trust Fund; with funds obtained through the
120 creation of public-private partnerships; or any combination
121 thereof. The department also may accept donations of land for
122 use as transportation rights-of-way or to secure or use
123 transportation rights-of-way for such projects in accordance
124 with s. 337.25. To the extent legally available, any toll
125 revenues from the turnpike system not required for payment of
126 principal, interest, reserves, or other required deposits for
127 bonds; costs of operations and maintenance; other contractual
128 obligations; or system improvement project costs must be used to
129 repay advances received from the State Transportation Trust
130 Fund.
131 (c)1. Projects undertaken under this section are subject to
132 the department’s delegated responsibilities under s. 334.044(34)
133 for environmental review, consultation, or other action required
134 under any federal environmental law applicable to review or
135 approval of such projects. For projects that do not receive
136 federal aid or projects that do not require federal action, the
137 department must perform a project evaluation that considers the
138 following:
139 a. Project purpose and need;
140 b. An alternatives analysis;
141 c. Existing conditions of the project area and potential
142 impacts or enhancements the project may have on social,
143 economic, cultural, natural, and connectivity issues and
144 resources;
145 d. Anticipated permits identified during the project
146 development and environmental study;
147 e. Opportunities for stakeholder and regulatory agency
148 coordination; and
149 f. Public and agency comments and coordination.
150 2. At a minimum, for projects constructed under this
151 section, decisions on matters such as corridor configuration,
152 project alignment, and interchange locations must be determined
153 in accordance with applicable department rules, policies, and
154 procedures.
155 3. To the greatest extent practical, corridor
156 configuration, project alignment, and interchange locations
157 shall be designed so that project rights-of-way are not located
158 within conservation lands acquired under the Florida
159 Preservation 2000 Act as established in s. 259.101, and the
160 Florida Forever program as established in s. 259.105.
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163 And the title is amended as follows:
164 Delete lines 32 - 47
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166 Legislature by a specified date; requiring the
167 department to provide affected local governments with
168 a copy of the applicable task force report and project
169 alignments; requiring a local government that has an
170 interchange within its jurisdiction to review the
171 applicable task force report and its local
172 comprehensive plan by a specified date; providing
173 requirements for the local government review;
174 providing specified requirements that must be met
175 before project construction in any identified corridor
176 is eligible for funding; providing exceptions to such
177 requirements; authorizing sources of funding for the
178 projects; authorizing the department to accept certain
179 donations of land for the projects; requiring that
180 certain toll revenues from the turnpike system be used
181 to repay advances received from the State
182 Transportation Trust Fund; providing requirements for
183 the department relating to certain delegated
184 responsibilities; requiring the department to perform
185 a specified project evaluation on certain projects;
186 requiring that certain decisions on projects be
187 determined in accordance with applicable department
188 rules, policies, and procedures; providing design
189 requirements for corridor configuration, project
190 alignment, and interchange locations; authorizing the