Convening the Region
for 47 years
2009 Highlights
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Mission Statement
To serve our citizens and member governments by
providing a forum to foster communication,
coordination, and collaboration in identifying and
addressing issues and needs regionally.
™ Hillsborough
™ Manatee
™ Pasco
™ Pinellas
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Florida’s Only
The Regional Planning Council is recognized as
Florida’s only multipurpose regional entity that
is in a position to plan for and coordinate
intergovernmental solutions to growth-related
problems on greater-than-local issues, provide
technical assistance to local governments, and
meet other needs of the communities in each
region..……....Florida Statutes 186.502(4)1
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Convening the Region
SB 360 Workshop
Courtney Campbell Causeway
Rededication
Marquee partner
in One Bay
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Convening the Region
™ 17th Annual Future of the Region Awards
¾ MacIntosh Award
• USF Research Center
¾ Goldner Award
• Dr. Judy Genshaft
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Agency on Bay Management
™
Discussed proposed changes to the monitoring requirements
for stormwater permits and the implementation on water
quality.
™
Reviewed U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ proposed widening
of Tampa Bay Ship Channel Cut B and impacts to benthic
communities and Bay circulation.
™ Forum on oil & gas drilling in the
eastern Gulf of Mexico,
™ Reviewed the Tampa Bay National
Wildlife Refuges Comprehensive Plan
and Environmental Assessment.
™ Provided comments on two proposed
new berths at Port of Tampa requiring
significant dredging and filling of
shallow water habitat.
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Decision Support
Geographic Information System
™ Mapping and Analysis
support for One Bay
™ Assisted with
Hillsborough County
Hazard Mitigation
Analysis
™ Expansion of an
Emergency Management
Module for the Spatial
Growth Model, Decision
Support GIS
Current Trend
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One Bay
Emergency Preparedness
™ Promoted the Statewide Florida
Business Disaster Kit
¾ – www.fldisasterkit.com
™ 500,000 copies of the
official Hurricane Guide in 6
counties and in English and
Spanish.
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Emergency Preparedness
™ TBRPC is participating
in the Statewide
Regional Evacuation
Study (SRES).
™ The Tampa Bay
Catastrophic Plan:
Project Phoenix
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Emergency Preparedness
Local Emergency Planning
Committee
™ The LEPC (Local Emergency
Planning Committee) meets
quarterly.
™ HMEP Planning Team
¾ Ammonia Siren Workshops
¾ Shelter in Place
™ Three 2-day courses on the
Homeland Security
Exercise Evaluation
Program (HSEEP).
™ Facility Disaster Planning
Team
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Emergency Preparedness
Regional Domestic Security Task Force
™ Hosted Regional Domestic Security
task Force Planner
™ Facilitated RDSTF training classes
and meetings.
™ Established and maintained an
RDSTF training forum that supports
collaboration and coordination of
limited training funds.
™ Support the All-Hazards Incident
Management Team .
™ Regional Collaboration
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Economic Development
™ Economic Development
District
™ Economic Analysis
Program
™ Impacts of a Catastrophic
Event
™ Disaster Resiliency
™ Cluster and Workforce
Skills Gap Study
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Development Coordination
Local Government Comprehensive Plan Review
™ Council issued 93 local
government comprehensive
plan amendment reports
¾ 163 amendments to Future
land Use maps.
• >23,000 acres
¾ 87 text amendments
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Development Coordination
Developments of Regional Impact
™ Parrish Lakes
™ Robinson Gateway
™ Fours Corners Mines Addition
™ Mosaic/Texaco Tract
™ Wingate Creek Mine
Substantial Deviation
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Development Coordination
Intergovernmental Coordination and Review
(IC&R)
Provides a coordination mechanism for local governments of the region to comment on
development activities and programs which affect their communities
For RY2009, a total of 157
IC&R proposals were
processed, 103 were “regionally
significant” and 12 full reports
were generated.
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Bay Soundings
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4 Editions – 30,000 Circulation per Issue
8th Year of Publication!
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The Tarpon Tag
8,708 plates registered
Around $150,000 raised each year for the Bay
Over $1.15 Million raised
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Technical Assistance
Audience Response System
™ Currently, a popular technical
assistance service is the interactive
voting system
Provided ARS services to:
™Sarasota EDC
™SCOPE
™Peace River/Manasota
Regional Water Supply Authority
™PSTA Transit Workshop
™One Bay Visioning Efforts
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Congratulations
TBP Regional Leadership Cup Winner
Participation in One Bay
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What’s Upcoming in 2010?
™Project Phoenix: A Catastrophic
Plan for Tampa Bay
¾ Plan for worst case scenario
™Disaster Resiliency Study
™Industry Cluster Study and
Workforce Skills Assessment
™One Bay
¾ Implementation Summit
™Incorporate One Bay Vision into
the Strategic Regional Policy
Plan
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Annual Report
The Tampa Bay
Regional Planning
Council 2009 Annual
Report is now available
and can be
downloaded at
www.tbrpc.org.
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Convening the Region
for 47 years
Happy Holidays!
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