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

basis, Okaloosa County shall establish new and review existing coordination mechanisms that will evaluate and address its Comprehensive Plan and programs and their effects on the Comprehensive Plans developed for the adjacent local governments, school board, and other units of local government providing services but not having regulatory authority over use of land, and the State, by an annual county-wide forum, joint meetings or other types of forums with other agencies. Assistance for this effort shall be requested from regional and state agencies, as needed. Policy 5. 2: On an annual basis, the School Board shall provide information from their five-year Work Plan to determine the need for additional school facilities. The School Board shall provide to the county, each year, a general education facilities report.The educational facilities report shall contain information detailing existing facilities and projected needs. The report shall also contain the School Board' s capital improvement plan, including planned facilities with funding representing the district' s unmet needs. Policy 5. 3: In order to coordinate the effective and efficient provision and siting of public educational facilities with associated infrastructure and services within Okaloosa County, the Okaloosa County Board of County Commissioners, School Board, and the municipalities of Cinco Bayou, Crestview, Destin, Fort Walton Beach, Laurel Hill, Mary Esther, Niceville, Shalimar and Valparaiso shall meet jointly to develop mechanisms for coordination. Such efforts may include: 1. Coordinated submittal and review of the annual capital improvement program of Okaloosa County, the annual Work Plan and Educational Plant Survey of the Okaloosa County School Board. 2. Use of a Site Selection Committee to coordinate review and assessment of new sites, significant renovations and potential closures of existing schools. They will consider proximity to urban residential development, land use compatibility, access management, coordinated siting of schools with parks for multi-functional use, proximity to airports, parking circulation and queuing of vehicles, environmental, archeological or historical constraints and the associated costs and expenditures of siting and developing schools with needed public infrastructure, site acquisition and development costs. Okaloosa County Goals Policies and Objectives 20 September 31, 2007 Public School Facilities Element Deliverable  3. Coordinated review of residential planned developments or mixed use planned developments involving residential development. 4. Use of a unified database including population ( forecasts of student population), land use and facilities. 5. Use of a Staff Working Group (with representative from each of the entities) that will meet at least twice annually as called by either the School Board or the County staff to review and coordinate School Level of Service standards and issues of mutual concern regarding coordination of land use and school facilities planning, including population and student growth, development trends, school needs, off- site improvements, and joint use opportunities. In addition, the group will review population and enrollment projections and updates of comprehensive and work plans as part of annual review process to assure the maintenance of the adopted LOS and financially feasibility of the CIP and Work Plan. S Okaloosa County Goals Policies and Objectives 21 September 31, 2007 Public School Facilities Element Deliverable  CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ELEMENT GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES GOAL 6:THE COUNTY SHALL ENSURE THAT FUTURE NEEDS ARE ADDRESSED CONSISTENT WITH THE ADOPTED LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Objective 6: Implement School Concurrency Manage the timing of final residential subdivision plat approvals, site plans for residential and residential mixed- use developments or their functional equivalent to ensure adequate school capacity is available consistent with adopted level of service standards for public school concurrency. Policy 6. 1: Consistent with the Interlocal Agreement, the School Board and County agree to the following standards for school concurrency in Okaloosa County: TYPE OF SCHOOL LEVEL OF SERVICE Elementary 100% of DOE permanent capacity Middle 100% of DOE permanent capacity High 100% of DOE permanent capacity Special purpose 100% of DOE permanent capacity Policy 6. 2: The County shall ensure that future residential and residential mixed- use development pays a proportionate fair share of the costs of capital facility capacity needed to accommodate new residential and residential mixed- use development and to assist in maintaining adopted level of service standards, via legally available and appropriate methods for school facilities. Policy 6. 3: The County hereby incorporates by reference the School Board' s School Facilities most current Work Plan that includes school capacity sufficient to meet anticipated student demands projected by the County and municipalities, in consultation with the School Board' s projections of student enrollment, based on the adopted level of service standards for public schools. Level of Service standards shall be applied district-wide to all schools of the same type. The County, in coordination with the School Board, shall annually update the Capital Improvements Element by adopting by reference the School Board' s financially feasible Work Plan, to ensure maintenance of a financially feasible capital improvements program and to ensure level of service standards will continue to be achieved and maintained during the five- year planning period. Y Goals Policies and Objectives Okaloosa County J 22 September 31 , 2007 Public School Facilities Element Deliverable  Policy 6. 4:The 5- year schedule of improvements ensures the level of service standards period covered for public schools are achieved and maintained within the by the 5- year schedule. After the first 5- year schedule of capital improvements, annual updates to the schedule shall ensure levels of service standards are achieved and maintained for subsequent 5- year schedule of capital improvements, by the addition of a new fifth year to address any deficiencies and to meet future needs. Policy 6. 5: Okaloosa County will update its Capital Improvements schedule on an annual basis by December 1st, of the School to incorporate the upcoming five years Board' s Capital Improvement Program. Okaloosa County and the School Board will coordinate during updates or amendments to the Okaloosa County's Comprehensive Plan and updates or amendments for long- range plans for School Board facilities. Policy 6. 6: Okaloosa County shall ensure maintenance of the financially feasible capital improvements program and to ensure level of service standards will continue to be achieved and maintained for subsequent 5- year schedule of capital improvements by the addition of a new fifth year. Policy 6. 7: 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. 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 working group meeting to take place no later than April 15th of each year. If the School Board proposes an amendment, it shall be accomplished by the execution of an amendment to the Interlocal Agreement by all parties and the adoption of amendments to the Comprehensive Plans. 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 for subsequent 5- year schedules of capital improvements. Okaloosa County Goals Policies and Objectives J 23 September 31 , 2007 Public School Facilities Element Deliverable  4. The County will collaborate with the School Board to determine the necessity to establish alternate funding sources within the next year's cycle of the Work Program and Capital Improvements schedule adoption process. Uniform district-wide concurrency standards by school type must be maintained. This policy shall not be construed to obligate or require the County to fund the School Board Work Plan: P:\ GROUP- COMP PLAN\ Public School Facilities Element\ Okaloosa County\invoice copies\ Sept31GOP. doc Okaloosa County Goals Policies and Objectives 24 September 31, 2007 Public School Facilities Element Deliverable i_ 4 West Florida a Bill Roberts, Chairman V1,-,,,-, —' wg f- . Bill Dozier, Vice Chairman 0 gyl 5' z Terry A. Joseph, Executive Director A;.0 g r.,71 pi 1 g t ik ea:giv r,, CNu1c g To: Okaloosa County Growth Management Department 1804 Lewis Turner Blvd. Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547 From: Bruce Stitt, Division Director 1- 800- 226- 8914 ext. 223