2016 APA Florida Project Award Winners

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SEPTEMBER 6-9, 2016 - TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER

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2016 APA FLORIDA PROJECT AWARDS AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE Cocoa Beach Evaluation & Appraisal Report and 2025 Comprehensive Plan Category: Comprehensive Plan (Small Jurisdiction) Due to changing market conditions, new growth management legislation, and a pro-growth initiative, the City of Cocoa Beach chose to overhaul its Comprehensive Plan to better reflect these local values while also addressing regional priorities and state statutes. It would now serve as a planning and growth management tool, instead of simply a compliance document. In December 2013, the City began the update process which combined technical work (using existing technical expertise and data sets) with transparent discussions (centered on briefings at monthly LPA meetings). This approach resulted in widespread community support of the 2025 Comprehensive Plan that was adopted in August 2015.

Wynwood Neighborhood Revitalization District Category: Neighborhood Planning The Wynwood Neighborhood Revitalization District (NRD 1) enhances pedestrian experiences, promotes diverse housing and funds public open space, affordable housing and centralized parking in a mixed use, 24 hour neighborhood. It uses innovative planning techniques to transition a warehouse zone into an arts and mixed use innovation district. Wynwood, a two year process that created a user friendly report from a tremendous amount of retail level stakeholder engagement, was adopted by the City of Miami in 2015. The District can be defined as “manufacturing enabled� retail uses comingling the manufacturing and sale of goods on premise.

Sustainability and Resiliency Ordinance Category: Best Practices The City of Miami Beach recently adopted a Sustainability and Resiliency Ordinance that establishes the highest standards for sustainable development in the State. It requires new development over 7,000 SF to be LEED Gold certified or International Living Future Institute certified. If certification is not achieved prior to obtaining a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy, a Sustainability Fee of 5% of the construction cost is assessed, that can be refunded within two years if certification is thereafter achieved.

The City can utilize the collected funds to undertake improvements that could increase resiliency, such as green infrastructure and environmental restoration projects.

2016 APA FLORIDA PROJECT AWARDS East Lake Parker/West North Combee Brownfields Areawide Plan Category: Best Practices The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded the Central Florida Regional Planning Council a Brownfields Areawide Planning Grant to develop an areawide plan for the blighted and heavy industrial East Lake Parker – West North Combee area (in Lakeland, Polk County, Florida). The Plan recognizes the development limitations due in part to properties considered to be brownfields while creating specific strategies to make revitalization a reality. Developed through extensive community-based involvement, local government collaboration, and partnerships with private property owners, the Plan is the foundation for future assessment, cleanup, and reuse of brownfields properties promoting areawide revitalization and economic development.

AWARDS OF MERIT Sarasota County Schools Long Range Growth Management Plan Category: Comprehensive Plan (Large Jurisdiction) Following the Great Recession, Sarasota County started to experience an economic rebound, which is especially significant in the case of educational facilities due to the State mandated standards through the Class Size Amendment legislative requirements. Sarasota County Schools worked with Tindale Oliver to prepare a long range planning study and an impact fee update study to address the following: • Timing and location of residential development in Sarasota County.

• The ability for SCS to meet future needs with capacity available at the existing schools vs. new schools.

• The influence of other school options.

• Identification of capital funding needs and options.

Community Redevelopment Plan for the Village of Mayport Category: Neighborhood Planning Along with the City of Jacksonville, community stakeholders, and the Mayport Waterfront Partnership, the VHB project team worked to expand the existing Community Redevelopment Area of Mayport Village in order to advance economic potential in the form of ecotourism and revitalize the fishing industry. Strategies included extensive research in collaboration with the community, in order to highlight historic and natural attributes that provide catalyst opportunities for future development. This context-sensitive approach was vital to preserve the environmental sensitivity which surrounds the St. John’s River Basin and to promote the fishing industry which is the livelihood of many of Mayport’s residents.

Environmental Enhancement & Preservation Overlay Category: Best Practices Lee County’s Environmental Enhancement & Preservation Overlay successfully balances the equities between private owners and the public, health, safety and welfare interests that promote the restoration of lands that were severely impacted by agricultural and mining operations.

Two developments in the Density Reduction/Groundwater Resource (DR/GR) area have implemented the Overlay that has resulted in significant land restoration in exchange for increased density. Upon the projects’ completion, 60% of all project area will be restored and preserved, flow-ways will be reconnected, and wellfields will be protected to ensure the continued availability of the county’s drinking water supply.

2016 APA FLORIDA PROJECT AWARDS AWARDS OF MERIT Land Development Code Customer Service Guide Category: Best Practices The Polk County Office of Planning and Development has prepared a customer friendly, easy to use guide to its land development regulations. The Customer Guide to the Polk County Land Development Code (LDC), available in English and Spanish, provides an infographic summary of the LDC with stylized graphics and illustrations of planning and development terms. The customer guide builds upon the recent trend to use infographics to help explain complex, technical issues. The guide was prepared in a format that is suitable for publication in a variety of print and digital media. It is intended to serve as a prototype the preparation of similar guides by other jurisdictions. All of the graphics are suitably generic, so they can be used by other jurisdictions.

The graphics and design files are available for distribution to other local governments at no cost.

Safe Streets Summit Category: Grassroots Initiatives The Broward MPO’s 2016 Safe Streets Summit brought together technical staff, community advocates, and elected officials to promote the economic, social, and health benefits of Complete Streets. Focused on the Broward region, the Summit discussed the importance of street design that focuses on the needs of all users of the road, not just vehicular traffic. The 2016 Safe Streets Summit was attended by over 200 people, and featured national experts in the fields of street design, Complete Streets policy implementation, and community development Envisioning Florida’s Future: Transportation and Land Use in an Automated Vehicle World Category: Student Project Automated Vehicles (AV) are poised to transform our cities to a level not seen since the adoption of the automobile roughly a century ago. Utilizing an innovative and collaborative visioning process, a team of faculty and students from Florida State University’s Department of Urban & Regional Planning developed a vision for the future of Florida’s communities in an AV world. This vision hopes to guide Florida’s transition to an AV world by identifying policy decisions and infrastructure investments necessary to leverage AV technology to create a transportation system that is safer and more efficient than ever before and an urban environment built upon principles of sustainability and human-centered design.

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