08-1234 Public School Facilities Element Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment

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CITY OF CASSELBERRY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS FACILITY ELEMENT CHAPTER XII - PUBLIC SCHOOLS ELEMENT A. INTRODUCTION The City of Casselberty recognizes the benefits that will flow to the citizens and students of its communities by providing adequate public school facilities in a timely manner. To this end, the Seminole County School Board, the Seminole County Board of County Commissioners and seven municipalities, including the City of Casselberry, entered into an Interlocal Agreement, which is attached as Appendix A, addressing the coordination of public school facility and comprehensive land use planning (as required by Sections 163.3177 and 1013.33 FS.). A staff working group, the School Planning Technical Advisory Committee (SPT AC), comprised of staff representing each of the signatories to the agreement was created to discuss and develop recommendations regarding the coordination of land use and school facilities planning. The specific areas of concern identified by SPT AC include population and student projections, development trends, school needs, co-location and joint use opportunities, and infrastructure improvements needed to support schools and safe student access. In addition to the SPT AC, a Public School Facilities Planning Committee (pSFPC), comprised of elected officials and their designees, was formed to review and put forward recommendations from the PT AC. The committees will meet several times annually and report to the participating municipalities, the School Board and the County as well as the general public. The meetings will be advertised to the public with an opportunity for public participation. 1. Purpose Legislation enacted by the 2005 Florida Legislature mandates a comprehensive focus on school planning by requiring local governments and school boards to adopt a school concurrency system. School concurrency ensures coordination between local governments and school boards in planning and permitting developments that affect school capacity and utilization rates. The legislation also required inclusion of a Public School Facilities Element in all Florida jurisdiction Comprehensive Plans. The City of Casselberry has a deadline of 2008 to adopt the new required element into its Plan. 2. Element Requirements With the passage of Senate Bill 360, the inclusion of a Public School Facilities Element and school concurrency are no longer optional. The following sections of Chapter 163, Part II, F.S., should be interpreted as a whole rather than individually. To implement school concurrency, local governments and school boards are required to: · Prepare a public school Interlocal Agreement and the Intergovernmental Coordination Element to include coordinated procedures for implementing school concurrency (Sections ]63.3177(6)(h)(1), )(,3.31777 F.S. and 163.318()(131, F.S.; . Adopt a Public School Facilities Element into the Comprehensive Plan (Sections 163.3180(1.1)(.1 and ]63.3177(12), F.S., and Rule 91-5.025, F.A.C); XII-l