(1) State review.
(a) Proposed Plan Distribution and Submission
Schedule. On or before the date specified in this section, each council shall
submit its proposed plan and maps required by paragraph
27E-5.004(3)(a),
F.A.C., simultaneously to the Executive Office of the Governor, state and
regional agencies, and state agency district offices with responsibility in the
subject areas addressed in the plan. One copy of the proposed plan and
associated maps shall be submitted to each of the following: Department of
Community Affairs, Department of Health, Department of Children and Family
Services, Department of Environmental Protection, Department of State,
Department of Transportation, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission, adjacent regional planning councils, metropolitan planning
organizations located within the council's boundary, and water management
districts located within the council's boundary. Three copies of the proposed
plan and one copy of the associated maps shall be submitted to the Executive
Office of the Governor. Additional copies of the proposed plan and associated
maps shall be provided upon request to any designated review agency or
interested person at a reasonable charge, not to exceed the per sheet
reproduction cost to the council. The proposed plans and associated maps shall
be submitted on or before the following dates:
Council:
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Submission Date:
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South Florida
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March 1, 1995
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Southwest Florida
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March 15, 1995
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Withlacoochee
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June 1, 1995
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Tampa Bay
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August 1, 1995
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Treasure Coast
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September 1, 1995
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East Central Florida
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January 1, 1996
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North Central Florida
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January 1, 1996
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Apalachee
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February 1, 1996
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West Florida
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February 1, 1996
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Northeast Florida
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March 1, 1996
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Central Florida
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April 1, 1996
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(b)
State and Regional Agency Review Schedule. The Executive Office of the Governor
shall have sixty (60) days from receipt of the proposed plan to review it for
consistency with the State Comprehensive Plan, Chapter 186, Florida Statutes,
and this rule. The Executive Office of the Governor shall solicit review
comments from any federal, state, regional or local agency with responsibility
in the subject areas addressed in the plan, and shall coordinate all state
agency responses to the proposed plan. Within 30 days of receipt of the
proposed plan by the Executive Office of the Governor, the state and regional
agencies referenced in paragraph
27E-5.006(1)(a),
F.A.C., shall review the proposed plan and submit comments and recommendations
to the Executive Office of the Governor. The state and regional agency review
shall be based on the standards set forth in paragraph
27E-5.006(1)(c),
F.A.C., below. The Executive Office of the Governor shall consider the comments
and recommendations of the state and regional agencies in making its decision
as to the proposed plan's consistency with the State Comprehensive Plan and the
determination of compliance with this rule. The Executive Office of the
Governor shall transmit its findings and recommendations to the council within
60 days of its receipt of the proposed plan.
(c) Standards for State and Regional Agency
Review. The proposed plan shall be reviewed for consistency with the State
Comprehensive Plan, Chapter 186, F.S., and compliance with this rule. In
addition, the state and regional agencies shall review and shall comment on
inconsistencies with other plans, policies, and statutes and identify areas
where coordination with other governmental and private actions would assist
effective application of the plan.
(d) State Findings and Recommendations
Report. The Executive Office of the Governor shall report within sixty (60)
days of its receipt of the proposed plan, the results of the state and regional
agency review and evaluation, including agency comments it elects to include,
in a Findings and Recommendations Report. The report shall set forth state,
federal, and regional comments, including proposed revisions necessary to make
the proposed plan consistent with the State Comprehensive Plan, and shall be
forwarded to all agencies which reviewed the proposed plan as well as to the
regional planning council.
(2) Local review. Concurrent with submittal
of its proposed plan for state review, the regional planning council shall also
submit a copy to all county and municipal governments within the region.
(a) In addition to submitting a proposed
plan, the council shall outline, in a cover or transmittal letter, the state
review process and the time review schedules for each county and municipal
government within the region. This outline shall stipulate that the county or
municipal government has 30 days, from the council's date of plan submission to
the Executive Office of the Governor, to provide comments to the Executive
Office of the Governor for consideration in the state review of the proposed
plan. The council shall also specify the appropriate office and contact person
within the Executive Office of the Governor to which their comments may be
submitted.
(b) In addition, a copy
of the proposed plan shall be on file for public review at the office of the
council and at each regional library in the region. Local governments shall
have sixty (60) days to provide comments to the council. The council shall
inform the local governments of this sixty day comment period to submit
comments to the council. In addition to other comments, local governments are
encouraged to identify any potential conflicts with adopted local comprehensive
plans, land development regulations, and capital improvement programs and to
recommend changes to the plan that would resolve identified
conflicts.
(3) Other
Interested Party Review. Proposed and adopted plans shall also be provided to
any interested person at a reasonable charge, not to exceed the standard per
page copying charge of the regional planning council. Other interested parties
may submit any comments to the Executive Office of the Governor as long as they
comply with the same procedures and time schedules as described in paragraph
27E-5.006(2)(a),
F.A.C.