B7.05 - Approve the Proposed Proportionate Share Development Mitigation Agreement for Girl Scout Camp (PI# 5076 and School Concurrency #701) (Operations Division)

In 2008, each of the four local governments in Hillsborough County, in conjunction with the School Board, adopted school concurrency programs.  A school concurrency program is designed to ensure that adequate school facilities are in place or under construction within three years of the impact of new residential development.  The Hillsborough County Public Schools' (HCPS) school concurrency system tracks future residential growth and its impact on school capacity to ensure the District is able to maintain the adopted level of service (LOS). The LOS in Hillsborough County is that schools will not exceed 100% of the Florida Inventory of School Houses (FISH) capacity.

If the impact of a new residential development causes a school to exceed the adopted LOS and no adjacent school has capacity to accommodate the projected new students, a proportionate share development mitigation agreement may be entered into by the School District, local jurisdiction, and developer.  This agreement requires the developer to pay to construct the new school capacity needed to meet the LOS in order to move forward with their development proposal.

This agreement includes a single phase to construct 99 single-family detached units. The project is expected to generate nine middle school students. Adequate school capacity for these students is not available within the Barrington Middle School attendance boundary (concurrency service area), where the project is located, or within the adjacent concurrency service areas. Additionally, school capacity will not be in place within three years after the approval of the proposal. As a result, this proportionate share mitigation agreement is needed to allow the residential project to move forward.

Florida Statute and the Interlocal Agreement (ILA) provides for a proportionate share mitigation agreement as a mechanism for developers to meet the required LOS.

Per Florida Statute and the ILA, the School Board has approved previous proportionate share mitigation agreements that have been fulfilled by receipt of the mitigation payment.

Proportionate Share Mitigation will be paid in order to meet the level of service per the ILA.  

* Establish a strong foundation of financial stewardship

* Construct and maintain facilities that create an environment conducive to teaching and learning

Approve the Proposed Proportionate Share Development Mitigation Agreement for Girl Scout Camp (PI# 5076 and School Concurrency #701).

Amber K. Dickerson, General Manager, Growth Management, amber.dickerson2sdhc.k12.fl.us, 813-272-4896

This agreement will require the developer to pay $250,983 to the School District.