Fort Walton Beach Ordinance — 1757 Public School Facilities Element — reading text

READING 1st 2nd ORDINANCE 1757 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA; AMENDING DIRECTIONS - THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH: 2008, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 163 OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES; PROVIDING FOR AUTHORITY; PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES ELEMENT; AMENDING THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ELEMENT TO ACCOMMODATE NEW PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES ELEMENT; AMENDING INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION ELEMENT TO ACCOMMODATE NEW PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES ELEMENT; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS AND SEVERABiliTY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Intent and Authority a. The Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation Act ( Section 163. 3161 et seq., Florida Statutes, and Chapter 9J- 5, Florida Administrative Code), require that each local government prepare and submit amendments to the comprehensive plan of the type set out in the Act. b. The City Council adopted Directions- The Comprehensive Plan of the City of Fort Walton Beach: 2008 comprehensive plan to be prepared for the City of Fort Walton Beach and has adopted such Plan by Ordinance 1401 on August 22, 2000. c. On March 20, 2008, at a duly advertised and noticed hearing, the Municipal Planning Board acting as the Local Planning Agency deliberated upon the requests for amendments as stated in this ordinance to Directions- The Comprehensive Plan of the City of Fort Walton Beach: 2008 and for transmittal to the Florida Department of Community Affairs, and made recommendations to the City Council. d. On i/ 8' , 2008, at a duly advertised and noticed public hearing, the City tl' Co nC11 considered the recommendation of the Land Planning Agency and the coordination and consistency of these amendments with the other elements of Directions- The Comprehensive Plan of the City of Fort Walton Beach: 2008, and approved such amendments for transmittal to the Florida Department of Community Affairs. e. The City Council has provided for full public participation in the comprehensive planning and amendment process and has considered and responded to public comments. Section 2. Adoption of Public School Facility Element Directions- The Comprehensive Plan. of the City of Fort Walton Beach: 2008, codified as Volume III of the Code of Ordinances of Fort Walton Beach, and originally adopted as Ordinance 1401, is amended to include and adopt the Public School Facilities Element, Element I., as follows. PUBLIC SCHOOL FACiliTIES ELEMENT Page 1 of 18 1757 Section 1.1 INTRODUCTION The 2005 Florida Leoislature adopted reauirements that strenothen the relationship between land use plannino and development. and plannino for public schools and availability of school capacity. Under the statewide schedule the Okaloosa County School Board and Fort Walton Beach must work tooether to establish school concurrency. The followino Goals present the standards with which the School Board evaluates school facilities: an inventory of existino facilities and planned future facilities: an evaluation of the school system based on these standards and determination of need: an analysis of fundino: an analysis of coordination between school plannino and local land use plannino: and Obiectives and Policies for such coordination. Section 1. 2. GOALS. OBJECTIVES AND POLCIES The Goals. Obiectives and Policies of this element are as follows: Section 1. 3. Coordinate And Maintain A Hiah Quality Education System COLLABORATE AND COORDINATE WITH THE OKALOOSA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD ( SCHOOL BOARD) TO ENSURE HIGH QUALITY PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES. WHICH MEET THE NEEDS OF FORT WALTON BEACH' S EXISTING AND FUTURE POPULATION. OBJECTIVE 1.3. 1 - COORDINATION AND CONSISTENCY CONSISTENT WITH THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE OKALOOSA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. THE CITY SHALL IMPLEMENT AND MAINTAIN MECHANISMS DESIGNED TO CLOSELY COORDINATE WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD IN ORDER TO PROVIDE CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES PROGRAMS. SUCH AS: 1. Greater efficiency for the School Board and the City by the placement of schools to take advantaoe of existino and planned roads. water. sewer. Darks. and drainaoe systems: 2. Improved student access and safety by coordinatino the School Board' s construction of new and expanded schools with the City' s road and sidewalk construction proorams: 3. The location and desion of schools with parks. ball fields. libraries. and other community facilities to take advantaoe of shared use opportunities: and. 4. The expansion and rehabilitation of existino schools so as to support neiohborhoods. Page 2 of 18 1757 Policy 1. 3. 1. 1 - Manaoe the timino of new residential and residential mixed- use development to coordinate with adeQuate school capacity. The City may use the lack of school capacity as a basis for denial of aDPlications for final subdivision plats or site plans for residential and residential mixed- use development. Adeauate school capacity shall be considered as part of the plan amendment and rezonino processes. Policy 1. 3. 1. 2 - In cooperation with the School Board and the municipalities of Cinco Bayou. Crestview. Destin. Okaloosa County. Laurel Hill. Mary Esther. Niceville. Shalimar and Valparaiso. Fort Walton Beach will implement the Interlocal Aoreement for Public School Facility Plannino for the County of Okaloosa. Florida between Okaloosa County. all leoislative bodies of the municipalities. as reauired by Section 1013. 33. Florida Statutes. includes procedures for: 1. Joint meetinos: 2. Student enrollment and population projections: 3. Coordinatino and sharino of information: 4. School site analysis: 5. Supportino infrastructure: 6. Comprehensive Plan amendments. rezonino and residential and residential mixed- use development approvals: 7. Education Plant Survey and Five- Year District Facilities Work Plan that includes the Capital Facilities Plan (Work Plan): 8. Co- location and shared use: 9. Implementation of school concurrency. includino levels of service standards. concurrency service areas. and proportionate fair share mitioation: 10. Oversioht process: and. 11. Resolution of disputes. Policy 1. 3. 1. 3 - The City shall include a representative of the School Board. appointed by the School Board. as a nonvotino member of the local planning aoency. as reQuired by Section 163. 3174. Florida Statutes. Policy 1. 3. 1. 4 - The City shall coordinate with the School Board and all applicable municipalities reoardino annual review of school enrollment Page 3 of 18 1757  projections. and procedures for annual update and review of School Board and local oovernment plans consistent with policies under Obiective G. 5. Policy G. 5. 3 of the Intercovernmental Coordination Element of the Comprehensive Plan. Policy 1. 3. 1. 5 - The City' s stratecy. in coordination with the School Board. for correctinc existino deficiencies and addressinc future needs includes: 1. Implementations of a financially feasible 5- year schedule of capital improvements to ensure level of service standards are achieved and maintained and to address any existino deficiencies and future needs. 2. Identification of adeQuate sites for funded and planned schools. 3. For potential amendments to the level of service standards shall be considered at least annually at the staff workino croup meetino to take place no later than April 15th of each year. If the School Board proposes an amendment identified throuch the financially feasible Work Plan. it shall be accomplished by the execution of an amendment to the Interlocal Acreement by all parties. The adoption of amendments must be included into the Comprehensive Plans of all local oovernments. Impact to adjacent communities shall be considered in the recommendations of the workino croup. The amended level of service shall not be effective until all plan amendments are effective and the amended Interlocal Acreement is fully executed. No level of service shall be amended without a showinc that the amended level of service is financially feasible. supported by adeQuate data and analysis. and can be achieved and maintained within the period covered by the first five-years of the Work Plan. After the first 5- year schedule of capital improvements. capacity shall be maintained in subseQuent 5- vear schedules of capital improvements and a new fifth year added. OBJECTIVE 1. 3. 2 - ENHANCE COMMUNITY DESIGN ENHANCE COMMUNITY/ NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN THROUGH EFFECTIVE SCHOOL FACILITY DESIGN AND SITING STANDARDS. ENCOURAGE THE SITING OF SCHOOL FACILITIES SO THEY SERVE AS COMMUNITY FOCAL POINTS AND SO THAT THEY ARE COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING LAND USES BY SITING SCHOOLS NEAR URBAN RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL LAND USE AND ZONING REGULATIONS TO ENSURE COMPATIBILITY. Policy 1.3. 2. 1 -- Continue to coordinate with the School Board to ensure that proposed public school facility sites are consistent with the land use Page 4 of 18 1757  cateoories and policies of the Comprehensive Plan. pursuant to the Interlocal Aoreement for Public School Facility Plannino. Policy 1.3. 2. 2 - Consistent with the Future Land Use Element. future schools shall be an allowable use in land use cateoories Educational Facilities and Mixed Use Main Street. Policy 1. 3. 2. 3 - Consistent with the Future Land Use Map, future schools will be sited as closely to urban residential areas as practical. preferably within walkino and/ or bicycle distance of the primary residential areas to be served. Policy 1. 3. 2. 4 - When considerino the acauisition and establishment of public facilities such as parks. libraries. and communities centers. the City shall. to the oreatest extent possible. select a location and/ or desion the facility in such a way that collocation of the facility with a public school is either achieved with an existino public school. or that the facility can be retrofitted for collocation with a future public school. Policy 1. 3. 2. 5 -- Consistent with Section 163. 3177. Florida Statutes. the City will include sufficient allowable land use desionations for schools proximate to residential development to meet the