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

libraries, and other community facilities to take advantage of shared use opportunities; and, 4. The expansion and rehabilitation of existing schools so as to support neighborhoods. Policy PS- 1. 1. 1:Manage the timing of new residential and residential mixed- use development to coordinate with adequate school capacity. The County may use the lack of school capacity as a basis for denial of applications for final subdivision plats or site plans for residential and residential mixed- use development. Adequate school capacity shall be considered as part of the plan amendment and rezoning processes. Policy PS- 1. 1. 2: In cooperation with the School Board and the municipalities of Cinco Bayou, Crestview, Destin, Fort Walton Beach, Laurel Hill, Mary Esther, Niceville, Shalimar and Valparaiso, Okaloosa County will implement the Interlocal Agreement for Public School' Facility Planning for the County of Okaloosa, Florida between Okaloosa County, all legislative bodies of the municipalities, as required by Section 1013. 33, Florida Statutes, includes procedures for: Okaloosa County Goals Policies and Objectives 3 September 31, 2007 Public School Facilities Element Deliverable  1. Joint meetings; 2. Student enrollment and population projections; 3. Coordinating and sharing of information; 4. School site analysis; 5. Supporting infrastructure; 6. Comprehensive Plan amendments, rezoning 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, including levels of service standards, concurrency service areas, and proportionate fair share mitigation; 10. Oversight process; and, 11. Resolution of disputes. Policy PS- 1. 1. 3: The County shall include a representative of the School Board, appointed by the School Board, as a nonvoting member of the local planning agency, as required by Section 163. 3174, Florida Statutes. Policy PS- 1. 1. 4: The County shall coordinate with the School Board and all applicable municipalities regarding annual review of school enrollment projections, and procedures for annual update and review of School Board and local government plans consistent with policies under Objective 1, Policy 1. 6 of the Intergovernmental Coordination Element of the Comprehensive Plan. Policy PS- 1. 1. 5: The County' s strategy, in coordination with the School Board, for correcting existing deficiencies and addressing 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 existing deficiencies and future needs. 2. Identification of adequate sites for funded and planned schools. Okaloosa Countyy Goals Policies and Objectives 4 September 31, 2007 Public School Facilities Element Deliverable 1  3. For potential amendments to the level of service standards shall be considered at least annually at the staff working group meeting to take place no later than April 15th of each year. If the School Board proposes an amendment identified through the financially feasible Work Plan, it shall be accomplished by the execution of an amendment • to the Interlocal Agreement by all parties. The adoption of amendments must be included into the Comprehensive Plans of all local governments. Impact to adjacent communities shall be considered in the recommendations of the working group. The amended level of service shall not be effective until all plan amendments are effective and the amended Interlocal Agreement is fully executed. No level of service shall be amended without a showing 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- year schedules of capital improvements and a new fifth year added. Objective PS- 1. 2: Enhance Community Design Enhance community/ neighborhood design through effective school facility design desi 9 andsiting 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 assure compatibility. Policy PS- 1. 2. 1: Okaloosa County will continue to coordinate with the School Board to assure that proposed public school facility sites are consistent with the land use categories and policies of the County Comprehensive Plan, pursuant to the Interlocal Agreement for Public School Facility Planning. Policy PS- 1. 2. 2:. Consistent with Policy 10. 18 of the Okaloosa County Future Land Use Element, " future schools shall be an allowable use in all land use categories except Industrial, Recreation, Okaloosa Island and Conservation land use categories. Policy 10. 1 provides that the Land Use categories in which future schools may be located include: o Mixed Use 1 and Mixed Use 2 o Low Density Residential o Medium Density Residential o High Density Residential o Suburban Residential 0 Rural Residential Okaloosa County Goals Policies and Objectives 5 September 31 , 2007 Public School Facilities Element Deliverable  o Urban Mixed Use o Rural Mixed Use o Natural Resources Development Areas o Commercial o Institutional o Agricultural o The Land Development Code may include standards for schools, consistent with the local government Comprehensive Plan. Policy PS- 1. 2. 3: Consistent with Policy 10. 18 of the Okaloosa County Future Land Use Element, " public schools are to be located in agricultural land use categories when no feasible site exists in nonagricultural categories, due to prohibitive land costs or location of available sites, and when necessary to service student populations in rural areas that are mainly located in agricultural areas. If no feasible site exists in nonagricultural categories, then a public school should be located in a portion of the agricultural FLUM category that is as close as possible to urban residential areas, and the land use on the site should be changed subsequently to an " Institutional" or other appropriate FLUM category. The local Comprehensive Plan intends for future schools to be sited as closely to urban residential areas as practical, preferably within walking and/ or bicycle distance of the primary residential areas to be served. Public schools are to be located in agricultural land use categories only when no feasible site exists in nonagricultural categories, or when necessary to serve student populations in rural areas mainly located in agricultural areas:" Policy PS- 1. 2. 4: Consistent with Policy 10. 18 of the Okaloosa County Future Land Use Element, " when considering the acquisition and establishment of public facilities such as parks, libraries, and communities centers, then County shall, to the greatest extent possible, select a location and/ or design the facility in such a way that collocation of the facility with a public school is either achieved with an existing public school, or that the facility can be retrofitted for collocation with a future public school. Policy PS- 1. 2. 5: Consistent with Section 163. 3177, Florida Statutes, the County will include sufficient allowable land use designations for schools proximate to residential development to meet the projected needs for schools. Policy PS- 1. 2. 6: The policy of the School Board, all the Cities and Towns and the County is to reduce hazardous walking conditions consistent with Florida' s safe ways to school program. The County, in coordination with the School Board, shall coordinate with the TPO Long Range Transportation Plans to ensure funding for safe access to schools including: development of sidewalk inventories and list of priority projects coordinated with the School Board recommendations and assuring these recommendations are addressed over the planning period. Okaloosa County Goals Policies and Objectives 6 September 31 , 2007 Public School Facilities Element Deliverable  Policy PS- 1. 2. 7: The County and School Board will jointly determine the need for and timing of on- site and off-site improvements ( including water, sewer, roads and drainage) necessary to support each new school or the proposed renovation, expansion or closure of an existing school, and will enter into a written agreement as to the timing, location, and the party or parties responsible for constructing, operating and maintaining the required improvements. Policy PS- 1. 2. 8: The County and the School Board will work to find opportunities to collaborate on transit and bus routes to better serve citizens and students including providing bus stops near proposed school sites during the final approval process. Objective PS- 1. 3: Sustainable Design Encourage sustainable design and development for educational facilities. Policy PS- 1. 3. 1: Coordinate with the School Board to continue to permit the shared- use and co- location of school sites and County facilities with similar facility needs, according to the Interlocal Agreement for Public School Facility for Okaloosa Planning County, Florida, as it may be amended. Coordinate in the location, phasing, and design of future school sites to enhance the potential of schools as public recreation areas. Policy PS- 1. 3. 2: Encourage the School Board to use sustainable design and performance standards, such as using energy efficient and recycled materials, to reduce lifetime costs. Policy PS- 1. 3. 3: Okaloosa County will continue to coordinate efforts to build new school facilities, and facility rehabilitation and expansions, to be designed to serve as and provide emergency shelters as required by Section 163. 3177, Florida Statutes. Okaloosa County will continue to fulfill the requirements of Section 1013. 372, Florida Statutes, such that as appropriate new educational facilities will serve as public shelters for emergency management purposes and shall coordinate with the School Board regarding emergency preparedness issues and plans. Objective PS- 1. 4: School Capacity It is the objective of Okaloosa County to coordinate petitions for changes to future land use, zoning, final subdivision plats and site plans for residential and residential mixed- use development with