Planning and Programming to PD

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Planning and Programming to PDE

• Presented by
• Christine Haddock
• WilsonMiller, Inc.

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What is ETDM?

• Efficient Transportation Decision Making Process
• A new integrated approach to transportation
  planning, project development and delivery in
  Florida
• Creates linkages between land use,
  transportation, and environmental resource
  planning initiatives through early, interactive
  agency involvement

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Common Misconceptions

• ETDM is NOT
• A separate process than PDE
• Something that happens before PDE
• A computer based process for doing a Planning and
  Programming Screen

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Environmental Screening Tool (EST)
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Environmental Technical Advisory Team (ETAT)

• Includes federal and state agencies, planning
  organizations and tribal representatives
• Provide comments during the planning and
  programming phases
• Coordinate with the Districts during PDE and
  Design

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PLANNING SCREEN
PROGRAMING SCREEN
PDE PROCESS
DESIGN (Permits)
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ETDM Process
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Changes in PDE since ETDM

• Advance Notification (AN) is already distributed
  and comments are available
• Class of Action (COA) is already assigned for a
  project
• More project information is available
• Coordination with regulatory agencies is already
  initiated
• Public involvement has already begun

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The Advance Notification Process

• Initiated through Environmental Screening Tool
  (EST)
• AN Package
• Created during the Programming Screen
• Distributed with Programming Screen Notification
• Federal consistency review and ETAT review take
  place concurrently
• AN distributed to other interested agencies
  electronically

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Class of Action Determination

• Takes place after a Preliminary Programming
  Screen Summary Report is published
• Results are published in a Final Programming
  Screen Summary Report
• Additional information available for lead
  agencies assigning COA
• Documented in the EST
• Includes online signatures

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More Information Available for PDE

• Programming Screen Summary Report
• Issues, commitments, technical reports
• Needed permits identified
• Comments on projects from ETATs
• N/A issues may already be addressed

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Programming Summary Report

• Overview
• Project Details
• Project Description Summary
• Summary of Public Comments
• Community Desired Features
• Purpose and Need

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Programming Summary Report

• Alternatives
• Alternative Description
• Segment Details
• ETAT Review Overview
• ETAT Reviews
• Natural
• Cultural
• Community
• Secondary and Cumulative

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Programming Summary Report

• Project Scope
• General Project Commitments
• Permits
• Technical Studies
• Class of Action
• Dispute Resolution Log

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Programming Summary Report

• Appendices
• Hard Copy Maps
• Attachments

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Updates to Summary Report

• Alternative History
• History on alternatives that were determined to
  be nonviable
• AN Feedback Summary
• Comments from AN reviewers that are not ETAT or
  Consistency Reviewers

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Public Website http//etdmpub.fla-etat.org
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Manual Updates are In the Works
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FDOT Manuals

• ETDM Planning and Programming Manual
• Planning Phase
• Programming Phase
• PDE Manual
• Programming Phase (AN and COA)
• PDE Process
• Design

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Changes to the PDE Manual

• Part 1 is almost completely updated
• AN and COA process
• AN and COA chapters to remain in PDE Manual
• Guidance for electronic distribution of documents

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Changes to the PDE Manual

• Part 2 currently being updated
• AN and COA process
• Guidance on what information to use from
  Programming Screen Summary Report
• Continue coordination with agencies

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Benefits to PDE Process

• Screening Events and ETAT comments used for
  tailoring consultant scopes of service to each
  specific and unique project.
• Enabled a cooperating agency to participate and
  more fully engage in project development
  meetings, thereby improving communication of
  concerns and issues that can then be addressed by
  PDE staff.
• Assisted in preparation of scope of services for
  project, identified specific areas of concern and
  allowed some technical reports to be eliminated.

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Benefits to PDE Process

• Project screening events have facilitated the
  identification of key project issues early in the
  planning process and allowed the FDOT to focus
  resources on the issues that warrant further
  evaluation during project development.
• Resources are no longer used to study issues to
  prove the negative when ETAT members have
  indicated that there are minimal or no potential
  effects.
• Early evaluations have minimized the number of
  project alternatives that are moved forward to
  the project development phase for more detailed
  evaluation.

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Benefits to PDE Process

• Accelerated production schedule by 6 months by
  overlapping PDE and Design schedules and moving
  survey work into PDE.
• Funds were moved to the design phase and the PDE
  was done with a district wide contract in interim
  years, advancing the project in the work program
  by two years.
• ETAT summit meeting was held which facilitated
  resolution of several permitting issues with the
  ACOE, SFWMD and USCG.
• Enhanced project-related communication between
  PDE and Planning units.

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QUESTIONS?