C7.01 - Approve Final Five Year Work Plan 2020/2021 (Operations Division)
Florida Statute requires each school district to develop and approve a district five year capital outlay work plan. The plan must be submitted to the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) annually. The plan must include a schedule of all major repairs, renovations, new planned construction projects, class size information, and the use of portable classrooms in the school district. The district must also provide projected capital outlay revenues for the five year period. The Capital Outlay Full Time Equivalent (COFTE) enrollment projections are provided by the FDOE based upon cohort projections from the annual live birth rates within the county. This year a delay caused by issues with FDOE’s Educational Facility Information System required the Districts within the State to adopt after the standard October 1st adoption date.
As required by our interlocal agreements with the local governments, after the tentative work plan was approved by the Board on July 28, 2020, the work plan was reviewed and discussed with other public agencies, including Hillsborough County, the Planning Commission and the cities of Tampa, Plant City and Temple Terrace. The Planning Commission reviewed the plan on September 14, 2020, and issued a finding of consistency with the comprehensive plan. Comments received from the reviewing agencies have been attached.
The attached work plan is presented in the Department of Education format and has been updated from the tentative plan to reflect the most current information available. Various site funds shown on the final plan have changed to reflect the 2020/2021 Public Education Capital Outlay (PECO) Funds, which for 2020/2021, no funds were allocated after the completion of the tentative plan.
The main difference from this year’s plan compared to last year’s plan is the slight increase in impact fee funds, which resulted from the adoption of an updated impact fee ordinance by the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners. As a result of COVID, the impact fee collections projections are less than originally estimated, but still higher than last year. This resulted in the advancement of more capacity projects into the first three years of the five-year plan, which assists in support ongoing growth.
The plan’s improvements are within the budgets allocated and will provide needed improvements for maintenance and additional growth. Staff is also conducting a Tindale Oliver Long Range Plan Study update that will help to identify future needs.
The District successfully completed the projects outlined in the 5-year work plan, which included both new capacity projects and maintenance projects.
The District will successfully complete the projects outlined in the 5-year work plan, which include both new capacity projects and maintenance projects.
* Construct and maintain facilities that create an environment conducive to teaching and learning
* Establish a strong foundation of financial stewardship
* Engage and communicate with families and stakeholders
Approve the final Five Year Work Plan 2020/2021.
Amber Dickerson, General Manager, Growth Management & Planning; amber.dickerson@hcps.net; 813-272-4896
The Plan identifies $834,626,847 in funded maintenance and major repair/construction projects. Additionally, $190,202,682 in new student capacity construction projects were detailed in the plan. Funding for new capacity projects will be derived from impact fee collections and include classroom additions at Spoto High School, Wimauma Elementary School, and Collins Elementary School; two new PK-8’s within the Waterset Development and in South Tampa; and a partially funded new High School “UUU”. The plan includes proportionate share mitigation to partially fund a Middle School Addition at School Sumner High School. The total five year plan budget is $1,978,908,839.