Dissolving Disputes

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Dissolving Disputes

• EMO Conference
• September 4 - 6, 2007

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Process

• Established in 2001
• MOU signed by 23 agencies
• Primary goal

To resolve conflicts early and locally
at agency staff level.
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Dispute Triggers

• Project is contrary to
• State goals/policies
• State/federal agency programs/plans
• Project cannot be permitted
• Project has significant environmental costs
• funding, quality of life impacts, etc.
• Project is inconsistent with comp plan

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Status Report

• Total of projects screened 53
• of projects with a dispute 5
• of formal disputes 0
• of projects resolved ALL (100)

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D-1 Dispute Successes

• Informal Dispute Resolution Process
• US 41 - Collier County
• SR 29 - Immokalee
• SR 29 - La Belle
• Other Solutions to Resolve Disputes

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US 41 - Collier County

• Limits CR 951 to CR 92
• Description
• Widen 2 to 6 lanes
• CR 951 to Greenway Road
• Widen 2 to 4 lanes
• Greenway Road to CR 92

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SR 951
US 41
CR 92
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US 41 - Collier County

• USFWS raised dispute
• Issues
• Collier-Seminole State Park
• Primary Florida Panther Habitat
• Florida Black Bear Mortality

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SR 951
US 41
CR 92
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SR 951
US 41
CR 92
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US 41 - Collier County

• Meeting between USFWS FDOT
• Dispute dates 12/04 to 1/05
• Resolution project redefined
• 2-lane through Collier-Seminole State Park
• New bypass west of State Park

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SR 29 Immokalee

• Limits SR 82 to Oil Well Road
• 3 Alternatives
• Alternative 1 Add 2 lanes
• Alternative 2 Add 2 lanes
• Alternative 3 New 4-lane alignment

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SR 82
N
Alt 3
Alt 2
Alt 1
SR 29 Oil Well Rd to SR 82
Oil Well Rd
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SR 29 Immokalee

• USFWS raised dispute with Alternative 3
• Issues
• Florida Panther Consultation Area
• Florida Panther Primary Secondary Zones
• Direct effects
• Increased vehicle mortalities
• Indirect effects
• Induced development

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Panther Telemetry
SR 82
Alt 3
Alt 2
Alt 1
Oil Well Rd
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SR 29 Immokalee

• Dispute dates 6/05 to 3/07
• Support Information
• Existing conditions analysis
• Special designations
• Property ownership
• Approved major developments
• Local Regulatory Framework
• Future Land Use Map (FLUM)
• Rural Lands Stewardship Area Program

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SR 82
Future Land Use Major Developments
N
Alt 3
Alt 2
Alt 1
Oil Well Rd
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SR 82
Alt 3
Alt 2
Alt 1
N
Oil Well Rd
Rural Lands Stewardship Area Program
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SR 29 Immokalee

• Meetings with affected agencies stakeholders
• Final meeting MOA
• Resolution use of polygon

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SR 29 Polygon
SR 82
N
Alt 3
Alt 2
Alt 1
SR 29 Oil Well Rd to SR 82
Oil Well Rd
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Polygon Criteria

• USE Polygons
• New alignments
• No alternatives have been defined
• Exception Feasibility Study alternatives
• ETAT member request

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Polygon Criteria

• Polygons are NOT appropriate for
• Programming Screen projects
• WHY?
• Planning Screens
• Exercise of where NOT to put corridors
• Programming Screens
• Refine corridors for scoping PDE Study

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Polygon Criteria

• Use Alternatives (Lines)
• Capacity projects utilizing existing roadways
• Previously identified alternatives

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SR 29 La Belle

• Limits CR 80-A to US 27
• Lesson learned from SR 29 Immokalee
• Screened initially as polygon
• Resolution use of polygon

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US 27
SR 29
CR 80-A
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Other Solutions

• ETAT member relationship
• Further analysis of results

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Mid-Island Bridge

• Description New Bridge
• Alternative 1 Coconut Rd to Estero Blvd
• Alternative 2 Winkler Rd to Estero Blvd
• Alternative 3 Main St to Gulf Beach Rd

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Alt 3
Alt 2
Alt 1
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Alt 3
Alt 2
Alt 1
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Mid-Island Bridge

• Resolution
• REMOVED from Work Program

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Lessons Learned

• Value of polygon
• Land Suitability Analysis
• Where NOT to put corridors
• Agency Agreements
• ETAT member relationships
• Detailed project review

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Benefits

• Early identification of potential issues and
  possible avoidance/minimization options
• Early understanding of projects potential
  effects and their associated costs and
  acceptability
• Reduces chance of late project challenges and
  litigation

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THANK YOU
Questions?