Dr. John M. Degrove Webinar Series

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Dr. John M. DeGrove Webinar Series

2021 Florida Legislative Update IMPORTANT! Due to constraints on staff time, we only apply for professional certification credits and provide confirmation of attendance for participants who attend the live webinar, NOT those who view the recorded broadcast at a later date. 1000 Friends of Florida Building Better Communities & Saving Special Places

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Planners 1.5 AICP CM LEGAL CREDITS (#9209903) Florida attorneys 2.0 CLE credits (#2009557N), Certified Environmental Health Professionals 1.0 contact hours Landscape Architects 1.5 hours (DBPR #0012223 Provider #PVD151) Certified Floodplain Managers 1.0 CEC In the follow up email for the LIVE WEBINAR you will receive: A link to a brief survey to help us improve future webinars A certificate of attendance (see directions on next slide for Landscape Architects) Follow up survey and certificate:

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• A link to a brief survey to help us improve future webinars • A certificate of attendance (use Google Chrome to download) For Landscape Architects

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1. In the follow up email sent an hour after the live webinar you will receive a certificate of attendance 2. Use Google Chrome to download the certificate 3. Add the course number, provider number (PVD 151) and your number to the certificate 4. When the course number is available it will be posted at 1000fof.org/upcoming- webinars/credits 5. Submit the certificate yourself to DBPR

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• April 21 – Reducing the Footprint of Irrigated Landscapes in Florida’s Residential Developments • May 12 – 2021 Florida Legislative Wrap Up Support 1000 Friends!

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1. Make sure the speaker on your computer is turned on a. Adjust the volume on your computer 2. On Go-to-Webinar control panel click arrow to maximize control box a. Click on arrow by Audio box to maximize it b. Do Sound Check OR c. Switch to Phone call and it will provide you with a number and pin The PowerPoint is posted under “What’s New” at www.1000fof.org Please ask questions!

•Click on arrow at top right of your screen to maximize control panel •Click arrow next to “Questions” to maximize the questions box •Please type any questions in this box •Please refer to the slide number and/or speaker when you post your question •Please keep your questions succinct! •Staff will ask the presenters questions, as time permits Resources for the 2021 Session

• Visit 1000 Friends’ Legislative Webpage at 1000fof.org/legis/2021session • Sign up for our email alerts at 1000fof.org/alerts • Join us at our May 12 Legislative Wrap Up Webinar at 1000fof.org/upcoming-webinars • Support our work by making a donation at 1000fof.org/donate Presenters Lester Abberger Board Member Emeritus and past Chairman of 1000 Friends of Florida Chairman of the LeRoy Collins Institute for Public Policy at Florida State University Past chairman of The Trust for Public Land Florida Advisory Council, Leadership Florida, City of Tallahassee Urban Design Commission, and Florida Endowment for the Humanities, among others Serves or has served on the boards of a number of business, charitable, civic, and conservation concerns A graduate of Davidson College, where he served on the Board of Visitors Was a Knight Fellow at the University of Miami School of Architecture Paul Owens President of 1000 Friends of Florida since 2018 Represented 1000 Friends on the M-CORES Northern Turnpike Corridor Task Force Previously with the Orlando Sentinel, serving as Opinions Editor, writing extensively on growth management, environment and quality of life issues facing Florida Also served as the Sentinel’s Florida Forward Moderator, organizing and moderating public forums on topics including transportation and affordable housing Has a Bachelor of Arts in History with honors from Swarthmore College and a Master of Arts in Journalism from Stanford University Jane West Policy and Planning Director for 1000 Friends of Florida Works with citizens, providing guidance on critical growth and development issues facing communities across Florida, advocates before the Florida legislature, and coordinates legal advocacy efforts related to growth management Has practiced law for 21 years, for the past 7 years owning Jane West Law, P.L., focusing on precedent-setting public interest land use and environmental cases throughout Florida AV-rated attorney admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court, the 7th and 11th U.S. Court of Appeals and the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida Previously practiced law in Portland, Maine at Conservation Law Foundation, and Jupiter and West Palm Beach, Florida Law degree from the Shepard Broad Law Center at Nova Southeastern University and B.A.s in both International Relations and Fine Arts from the University of South Florida Haley Busch Outreach Director for 1000 Friends of Florida Promotes sustainable growth through collaboration with civic and conservation organizations Assists in planning local workshops and other informational events statewide Previously the Administrator for the Florida Conservation Coalition A founding board member of the Florida Futures Project, a statewide scholarship competition for high school seniors Graduated from Eckerd College, Phi Beta Kappa (St. Petersburg, Florida), and obtained her master’s degree of Public and Urban Policy from the University of Glasgow (United Kingdom) Lester Abberger Board Member Emeritus & Past Chair, 1000 Friends of Florida Legislative Overview

• Budget • Governor’s Proposals • Revenue Options • Leadership Priorities • Senator Simpson • Representative Sprawls Legislative Overview

• Resilient Florida • Preemption Plethora • Voting Access Issues • Cabinet Reform Proposals • Reapportionment Paul Owens President, 1000 Friends of Florida We Track Dozens of Bills During Session …

• Legislation, budget items tied to • Statewide planning and growth management • Local government home rule related to growth management, conservation • Statewide land, water protection and conservation • Transportation • We don’t take positions on every bill we track • Many don’t address our core interests • Many are mix of good and bad elements • Many evolve through legislative process Wekiva River Conservation funding and legislation Governor’s 2021-22 Budget Proposal • Includes 3rd $625 million installment of $2.5 billion first-term pledge for Everglades restoration and water quality improvement • $473 million for Everglades projects • $100 million for cost-share grants for septic conversions and upgrades, other wastewater improvements, rural and urban stormwater system upgrades • $45 million to reduce nutrient pollution in waterways through green infrastructure or land conservation

Gov. Ron DeSantis Additional conservation items in Governor’s Budget Proposal:

• 4-year, $1 billion Resilient Florida program • Providing grants to adapt “regionally significant assets” to address sea level rise, stronger storms, flooding • To be funded through bonds backed by documentary stamp tax revenue • $50 million for springs restoration (per state law) • $32 million for infrastructure improvements, resource management at state parks • $50 million for Florida Forever • Half current year’s total • Fraction of historic $300 million level 1000 Friends Conservation Priorities for 2021 Session • Lock in annual funding for conservation land protection through Florida Forever • Includes Florida Forever Priority List, Rural and Family Lands Protection Program, and Florida Communities Trust • Historic funding was $300 million; funding floor needed • Take advantage of historically low interest rates by extending bonding authority to stretch limited Econlockhatchee River dollars • Strengthen process of water protection begun in 2020’s Clean Waterways Act Some key conservation bills …

Silver Glen Springs SB 1480/HB 1173 Florida Forever Bonds

• Bills would extend bonding authority for Florida Forever from 2040 to 2054 to allow issuance of 20- year bonds • Senate sponsor is Republican chair of Environment Senator Jason Brodeur and Natural Resources Committee • House sponsor is Republican member of Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee • Senate bill through 1 of 3 committees; House bill currently stalled • 1000 Friends supports

Representative Rick Roth SB 1510/HB 1211 Land Acquisition Trust Fund

• Bills would require at least $100 million a year from the Land Acquisition Trust Fund to be spent on Florida Forever

• Both extend bonding authority Senator Linda Stewart • Senate bill bars use of the funds for agency administrative expenses • 1000 Friends advocates this bipartisan approach to set a floor for Florida Forever, but prefers return to historic funding level of at least $300 million • Bills currently stalled in both chambers

Representative Thad Altman SB 1482/HB 1177 Biscayne Bay

• Establishes Biscayne Bay Commission as coordinating clearinghouse for public policy related to Bay, surrounding areas

• Composed of representatives of state, regional, local Senator Ileana Garcia agencies, business and civic groups • Adds Biscayne Bay to impaired Florida waterways where sewage disposal without advanced wastewater treatment would be prohibited • Approved by 1 of 3 Senate committees, 2 of 3 House committees

Representative Bryan Avila SB 94 Water Storage North of Lake Okeechobee • Requires South Florida Water Management District, partnering with Army Corps of Engineers, to expedite plan for water storage north of Lake Okeechobee, part of Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) • Establishes timetable for aquifer storage and recovery wells to be operating by 2027 • Approved by 1 of 2 Senate committees • No House equivalent Sen. Jason Brodeur • Priority of Senate President Wilton Simpson SB 722/HB 333 Everglades Protection Area

• Prohibits Department of Environmental Protection from granting permits for the drilling of wells for oil or gas within the Everglades Protection Area • Bars DEP from issuing permits for or constructing Senator Ana Maria Rodriguez structures intended for the drilling for, or production of, oil, gas, or other petroleum products within the Everglades Protection Area • Up for consideration in first of 3 House committees; awaiting action in Senate committees • 1000 Friends supports

Representative Vance Aloupis Stalled Conservation Bills • SB 546: Fracking ban • Repeals of pre-emptions of local environmental ordinances • Tree trimming, pruning, removing (SB 596/HB 6023) • Plastics bans (SB 594/HB 6027) • Sunscreen bans (SB 1174/HB 6041) • Rights of nature provisions (HB 6049) M-CORES update …

Suncoast Parkway Ridge Road interchange SB 100 Highway Projects • Repeals 2019 M-CORES authorization for up to 330 miles of toll roads through western rural Florida • Redirects funding to upgrading U.S. 19 from Suncoast Parkway extension to I-10 in Madison County and widening other “arterial highways” • New toll segments remain possible • Declares extending Florida’s Turnpike to be in state’s “strategic interest” without specifying new terminus

• Commits FDOT to PDE process, report by end of 2022 Sen. Gayle Harrell More on SB 100 • Amendment approved by Senate Appropriations calls for improvements to “preserve the character” of impacted communities • Amendment also declares FDOT, FTE will consider recommendations of “any previous studies or reports relevant to the projects” • Awaiting action on Senate floor • 1000 Friends seeking floor amendments to include more details from task force recommendations, require need and feasibility to be established for all projects before construction, prevent sprawl • No House version so far M-CORES task force reports • Another priority of Senate President Simpson SB 1030/HB 763 Repeal of M-CORES Program

• Repeals Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance Program • Returns funding to general fund, where it would be available for health care, education, other non- Senator Tina Polsky transportation related expenses • Stalled in House and Senate

Representative Ben Diamond Jane West Policy & Planning Director, 1000 Friends of Florida SB 62 Regional Planning Councils

This bill seeks to dismantle all 10 of Florida’s Regional Planning Councils. No House Companion. Sen. Jennifer Bradley, R 1000 Friends Opposes HB 59/SB 496 • A repeat of last year’s SB 410 that Governor Growth Management DeSantis vetoed. • This bill would require local governments to include a property rights element in their comprehensive plans, and would make other changes to state law regarding development orders and municipal annexations. Rep. Stan McClain, R Sen. Keith Perry, R 1000 Friends Opposes HB 403/SB 266 Preemption Bill This bill would authorize Home-based Businesses home-based businesses to operate in residentially zoned areas & prevent local governments from licensing them and restrict them in regulating them in other areas besides noise, parking and waste. Rep. Mike Giallombardo, R Sen. Keith Perry, R 1000 Friends Opposes No copyright infringement intended No copyright infringement intended SB 750/ HB 337 This bill will restrict impact fees imposed by local governments and requires Impact Fees local governments to credit against collection of impact fee any contribution related to public facilities. It limits annual increases on impact fee increases; and requires specified entities to file affidavits attesting that impact fees were appropriately collected & expended. Rep. Nick DeCeglie, R Sen. Joe Gruters, R • 1000 Friends Opposes

HB 13/SB 510 • State Funds

1000 Friends Supports HB 55/SB 284 Building Design Preemption Bill This bill would bar local government design review and authority for residential building. This is NOT an affordable housing bill. Rep. Toby Overdorf, R Sen. Keith Perry, R 1000 Friends Opposes Unique Community Standard Model Home Character SB 132 Rental of Homestead Property • This bill would revise the criteria under which rental of homestead property is allowed for tax exemption purposes and not considered abandoned. Sen. Travis Hutson, R This bill would establish the Statewide Office of Resiliency within the Executive Office of the Governor and create a Statewide Sea-Level Rise Task Force. A similar bill in the 2020 session failed to become law. Sen. Ray Rodrigues, R Rep. Chip LaMarca, R

1000 Friends Supports SB 514/H 315 Office of Resiliency HB 219/SB 522 PREEMPTION BILL • This bill would preempt the Vacation rentals regulation of vacation rentals to the state, and prohibit a local law, ordinance, or regulation from allowing or requiring inspections or licensing of public lodging establishments, including vacation rentals, or public food service establishments. Sen. Manny Diaz, R Rep. Jason Fischer, R SB 88/HB 1601 This bill would Farming Operations significantly expand immunity from lawsuits for agricultural operators from damages claimed by their neighbors. Sen. Jason Brouder, R Rep. Jayer Williamson, R

1000 Friends Opposes

US Sugar SB 540 Senate Minority Supermajority Vote for Leader Gary Farmer Legislative Preemption proposes amending the Florida Constitution to require a supermajority of each house to approve a general law preempting a subject of legislation to the state. 1000 Friends Supports SB 1876/HB 421 This bill expands the scope of the Bert Government Action Affecting Harris Act, limits time Private Property Rights frames for local governments to reply to claims, provides for a prevailing party attorney fee provision against local government Sen. Ben Albritton, R Rep. Kaylee Tuck, R 1000 Friends Opposes SB 426/ HB 267 State Preemption of Seaports PREEMPTION BILL This bill preempts the ability of four local governments from regulating their seaports. Sen. Jim Boyd R Photo credit: Steve Apps 1000 Friends Opposes SB 674/H 563 Tax Exemption for This bill would authorize local governments to grant Affordable Housing ad valorem tax exemptions to properties that are used for governmental or public purpose of providing affordable housing to persons or families that meet the extremely low, very low and moderate income levels. Sen. Ana Maria Rodriguez, R Rep. Anthony Rodriguez, R SB 856/HB 839 State Preemption of Energy Preemption Bill Originally this bill sought Infrastructure to preempt to the state regulation of the construction of energy infrastructure. This would include infrastructure for oil and gas, electricity, and solar and wind but has been since amended to prevent local governments from banning gas stations. Sen. Travis Hutson, R Rep. Tom Fabricio, R SB 1274/ HB 487 Small Scale Development This bill would increase Amendments the threshold for small scale comprehensive plan amendments from 10 to 50 acres, or 100 acres for sites within rural areas of opportunity. Sen. Keith Perry, R Rep. Wyman Duggan, R 1000 Friends Opposes SB 1504/HB 1133 Coastal Construction and This bill would require DEP Preservation to issue permits for sea walls to property owners when waves come within 100 feet of their property, encouraging development within vulnerable coastal areas unsuited for it. Sen. Tom Wright, R Rep. Tom Leek, R 1000 Friends Opposes Haley Busch Outreach Director, 1000 Friends of Florida

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• April 21 – Reducing the Footprint of Irrigated Landscapes in Florida’s Residential Developments • May 12 – 2021 Florida Legislative Wrap Up Dr. John M. DeGrove Webinar Sponsors NATHANIEL REED SOCIETY Mosaic

FRIENDS Ms. Kimberly A. DeGrove & Dr. Clyde Partin Kitson & Partners The Perkins Charitable Foundation Mr. Robert M. Rhodes Ms. Susan Trevarthen Support 1000 Friends!

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