Tampa Bay Region, Florida
Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council. [St. Petersburg, Fla. : The Council, 1965?

Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council

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University of North FloridaUNF Digital CommonsCity and Regional Planning—Florida George W. Simons, Jr. Publications and PrintedMaterials1965Tampa Bay Regional Planning CouncilTampa Bay Regional Planning CouncilFollow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/simonsfloridaPart of the Urban, Community and Regional Planning CommonsThis Book is brought to you for free and open access by the George W.Simons, Jr. Publications and Printed Materials at UNF Digital Commons. Ithas been accepted for inclusion in City and Regional Planning—Florida byan authorized administrator of UNF Digital Commons. For moreinformation, please contact Digital Projects.© 1965 All Rights ReservedRecommended CitationTampa Bay Regional Planning Council. 1965. George W. Simons, Jr. Planning Collection. University of North Florida, Thomas G.Carpenter Library Special Collections and Archives. UNF Digital Commons, https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/simonsflorida/105/' I Sar. .... ""' --• .. ~lid A 1\C.E I{( Y ' ~AIIt)NA W l )t I R Ft.. ( .... Tampa . ' I f· .. 1 • .., The Tampa Bay Region: e Is an urban center located on the West Central Coast of Florida. e Is one of the fastest growing regions in the nation: From 1950 to 1960, experienced a 94.3°{, increase in total population and a 1 07.9°o increase in urban population. • Is made up of four counties: Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas and Sarasota. e Contains the major municipalities of: Tampa, Plant City, Bradenton, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Pinellas Park, and Sarasota. e Contains more than one-sixth of Florida's 1965 population of 5.8 million. e Has an area of 2,521 square miles, which represents 4.7% of Flor-ida's total land area. The Council • LOSV~\iS ~313d ·1s fiM~\7'31::) ~N30V~9 il'W~IVHJ The Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council: e Is a public planning agency supported by the county governments of Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas, and Sarasota; and the city gov-ernments of Bradenton, Clearwater, St . Petersburg, Sarasota, and Tampa. e Has been in existence since February 16, 1962. e Was organized under the provisions set forth in the Florida Statutes, Chapter 160, which states " ... Any two or more counties and mu-nicipalities are hereby authorized and empowered to create and to establish a regional planning council .. . " e Is the official planning agency for the four-county area, so designat-ed by formal resolution of the Florida Development Commission, and recognized as such by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. e Is charged with the following responsibilities: to establish continuing, comprehensive, long-range planning programs for the entire four-county area . to coordinate the combined efforts of all local governments within the four-county area. to advise and assist all local planning agencies within the region. to review local planning projects to see that they blend with the over-all plans and objectives of the entire four-county area. to conduct research studies. to formulate broad plans. Tampa Bay Regional Planning -Council Membership • general administration • fiscal management • calendar control • records Budget Executive • public informati ~---Committee Director on I Executive ./ "' Ex-Officio Committee ' v Committee Director of • regional plannin g Planning • research • technical assistance • work program • local planning liaison Organizational Chart Fl. PI ta cc th th sc Pr tiE bE of w 0 gr or w a 11, fo Organization and Administration of TBRPC The Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council is organized and administer-ed according to the provisions spelled out in the Florida Statutes, Chap-ter 160. All voting members of the Council are elected officials from their respective participating governmental units, each of which ap-points two representatives. In addition, each participating governmen-tal unit may designate to ex-officio membership their chief planning officer. Representative members to the Council receive no compensation for their services. The terms of members may vary according to the term of office of the elected official. Meetings of the Council are held on a quarterly basis. The members elect a Chairman, Vice Chairman and a Secretary-Treasurer annually. There are three committees of particular importance: THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE- consists of all officers of the TBRPC, plus one member appointed annually by the Chairman and the immediate past Chairman. The Chairman of this committee is at the same time Chairman of the TBRPC. This committee has the power of exercising all the functions of the Council between meet-ings. THE ADVISORY BOARD - consists of designated members who are the chief planners for the participating governmental units, serving as a technical advisory group to the Council, but holding no voting power in Council proceedings. THE BUDGET COMMITTEE - consists of the Chairman, Secretary-Treasurer, Executive Director, and two members appointed by the Chairman. This committee formulates the Council's annual budget. The Council employs a professional planning staff which is responsible for carrying out a regional planning program. Participating cities and counties contribute to the financing of Council activities. In addition, the Council may acquire funds from Federal, State or private sources. Regional Planning Population Tampa Bay Region census counts estimates 251, 1930 1940 1950 '• 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 TB In intc ex ~ CcL par sivE inc I 67 l. l ) ( The Need For Planning On A Regional Basis The primary cause of the need for planning on a regional basis can be attributed to the prominent trends of continuing growth in population and continuing sprawl of urban development to encompass clusters of communities . Increasingly larger numbers of people live and work in urban areas, such as the Tampa Bay Region. Boundaries between political subdivisions are hardly discernible within an urban area; however, there exist many differences that may not be visually obvious. Each political subdivision is autonomous within its own territory as to tax base, method of financing, number and quality of public services and facilities, standards, objectives, and basic procedures for handling problems. Despite the fact that jurisdictions within an urban area seem independ-ent within their territories, they are essentially interdependent insofar as their economic and social welfare is concerned. What happens in one jurisdiction can be of serious concern to the others. Consequently, it is necessary that planning and the provision of public services and facilities be coordinated on an area-wide basis so as to insure the eco-nomic and social welfare of the urban area as a whole. Today, regional planning is a must for large urban areas. Independent action by local governments without regard to regional effects can lead to chao3 and confusion. Through regional planning , large urban areas can harmonize local plans and develop the most con venient and desira-ble surroundings attainable for the region as a unit . Accomplishments TBRPC Expenditures $ 140,481.24 [ $9.96 return per $1.00 J Federal Grant Receipts Urban 1"r•rtsll Gran! (UTG·3) Grant (UTG · 2) Assistance (UPA) Water& Sewer (WS·15) Open Space (OS· 7) $1, 399, 753.00 Cost Benefit Ratio 1962 -1967 lr Pas1 In ;. firs1 TBR sup LatE and Fror bod sor) til tl staf Altl-and mar i mill plar I ' cou ,,, • • I ' .,. II } 67 Past Accomplishments of TBRPC In August 1961, Herman W. Goldner, then Mayor of St. Petersburg, first presented the idea of the need for a regional planning agency . TBRPC was formally established on February 16, 1962, with the earnest support of the Cities of Clearwater, St. Petersburg, Sarasota and Tampa . Later, the counties of Hillsborough, Pinellas, Manatee, and Sarasota, and the City of Bradenton, chose to affiliate themselves with the Council. From 1962 to 1966, the Council performed primarily as a consultative body without benefit of its own professional planning staff. The Advi-sory Board acted on a part-time basis in place of a professional staff un-til the latter part of 1966, when the Council began assembling its own staff. Although the Council lacked a full-time professional staff between 1962 and 1966, it was successful in serving and benefiting the Region in many different ways. For example, the Region has received almost $1.4 million through TBRPC from various Federal grant programs for local planning activities and the provision of public facilities within the four-county area. In addition, the Council has: e Obtained virtually unanimous agreeement within the region upon the importance of extending 1-75 and 1-4 to provide a limited access highway linking the Tampa Bay and Miami Areas . e Backed important legislative measures at both the State and Nation-al level oriented toward Conservation and Administration of Na-tional Resources, and invited experts in this field to meetings in order to discuss the role of natural resources in the Regional Econ-omy. e Adopted a Regional Program for Outdoor Recreation Facilities in the Tampa Bay Area, which represented the first attempt at attacking open-space problems at the Regional level. e Stressed the significant role played throughout the Region by Col-leges and Universities, and Health Facilities and Services, and the need for continued development of all types of Education and Health Facilities. e Participated in the development of important projects related to local port and airport facilities . e Cooperated with other organizations, both public and private, in basic research studies. It is difficult to spell out all of the background work done by the Coun-cil in past years . However, the end result of these efforts has helped to earn the Council a strong position of leadership in the Region . The hiring of a professional planning staff has brought the Council to a new plateau of development that will guide it to an even greater position of area leadership . Worlt Program 1966- 67 COORDINATION OF 1970 CENSUS COMMUNITY SHELTER PLAN* 701 Program BASE MAP PREPARATION* BASE INFORMATION MAPS* PHYSICAL, SOCIAL & ECONOMIC FACTORS* PUBLIC & PRIVATE AGENCIES EXISTING BASES FOR PLANNING REGIONAL PROBLEMS & OPPORTUNITIES WATER & SEWER INVENTORY & ANALYSIS* STUDY DESIGN PREPARATION PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAM CONSULTANT SERVICES OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP *work done primarily by consultants Worlt Program - Fiscal Year 1966 ·1967 '.l 1980 1985 TBRPC's Work Program, October 1966 - September 1967 In add it io n to con t inuing to carry out p lans ina ug urate d in past ye ars and p u rsue goals estab li shed in past years, TBRPC will pu sh forward in to a ne w era of t he development of its wo rk p rog ra m. A co mpetent, ex perienced profess iona l p lanning staff has been secured , and the Co uncil has received an Ur ban Pl ann ing Ass ista nce Grant from the De-partment of Hous ing and Urban Deve lopment to ca rry o ut a comprehen-sive pl anning program fo r this work year . A brief o utline of projects inc luded u nder the UP A Grant and t he other e le me nts of TBRPC's 1966-67 Work Program fo llows: 1. UPA Fla . P-45- TBRPC applied fo r and had approved an Urban Pl a n-ning Ass istance Grant made a va il ab le under Secti o n 701 of the Housing Act of 1954, as am e nd e d . A re v iew of the p ro jects includ ed under this grant follow s: A. Base Map Preparation - The effective development of TBRPC's planning program necessitates the use of up-to-date regi o nal maps of appropriate scale . These maps will show all significant natural features, political boundaries, transportation systems and facilities , and filled areas within the Region . B. Base Information Maps - To determine and analyze physical, economic, social and political factors within the Region , it is necessary that TBRPC have a series of generalized base infor-mation maps showing the location of such things as political subdivisions, major water areas, soil and geologic conditions, patterns of urbanization, water and sewer systems, and recrea-tion areas . C. Analysis of Development Factors - It is essential that the devel-opment factors within the Region be identified and analyzed if TBRPC is to have an adequate planning program . The develop-ment factors to be studied are as follows: 1. Physical, Social and Economic Factors 2. Public and Private Agencies 3. Existing Bases for Planning 4 . Major Regional Problems and Opportunities 5. Inventory and Analysis of Existing Water and Sewer Systems D. Initial Public Information Program- To fully inform public offici-als, public agencies, private organizations, and the general pub-lic about planning activities in the Region, TBRPC will initiate a program for establishing and maintaining lines of communica-tions on a continuing basis . Part of this program includes a bi-monthly newsletter, the "Tampa Bay Planner." E. Advisory Consultant Services- TBRPC has acquired the services of outstanding consultants in the field of regional planning to provide continuing advisory services to the Staff and the Council with respect to urban affairs and problems for a multi-jurisdic-tion region . Prime consultant is Carl Feiss. Associated with him is Robert N . Anderson, Jr. II. Coordination of 1970 Census - The 1970 Census of the Tampa-St. Petersburg SMSA will require a cooperative effort between the Bureau of Census and local planning agencies. TBRPC will partici-pate as a coordinator between the Bureau of the Census and the local planning agencies. TBRPC's objective will provide the amount and quality of data needed for comprehensive planning programs and yield maximum results for local data users. Ill. Community Shelter Plan - The Tampa-St . Petersburg area has been selected by the Department of Defense as one of two areas within the State of Florida for the preparation of pilot studies in a nation-wide CSP Program. TBRPC has received a grant from the Corps of Engineers to carry out a CSP study. The end result of this study will provide Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties with a course of ac-tion not only for fallout protection, but also in case of natural disas-ters. Worlt Program 1967- 68 -on Future Work Program Planning within the four-county Tampa Bay Region has been well es-tablished for many years on an individual city and county basis. Our communities have made strong efforts to guide orderly growth within their respective political boundaries. However, despite these efforts, there are numerous common problems which cannot be effectively re-solved by the independent action of one local government. Problems of water and air pollution; highways and transportation facili-ties; industrial, commercial, and residential competition for space, parks, beach, and recreation areas; natural resources; and beach erosion, are of such scope and complexity that the only effective means of finding workable solutions is through joint action, on the regional level. One of the most significant contributions from TBRPC's initial work pro-gram will be a specific identification of major areas of study necessary on a regional basis and a detailed description of a five-year planning work program. In addition, TBRPC's initial work program will present a detailed description of a short-range planning work program for a 11 2-year work period so as to provide a proper planning framework for current development needs. DON KING Executive Director STAFF NORMAN H. THOMPSON, JR. Director of Planning Dennis C. Stavros - Regional Planner II Charles H. Howell - Regional Planner I Phil Bonine - Draftsman Betty Buckland - Secretary Nada Damewood - Secretary MEMBERS CHAIRMAN- George Ruppel VICE CHAIRMAN- Robert Wright SECRETARY-TREASURER- B. T. Arbuckle BRADENTON: B. T. Arbuckle HILLSBOROUGH: John G. Glaros c. E. Silver Ellsworth Simmons CLEARWATER: H. Everett Hougen MANATEE Richard P. Briggs Cliff Stephens Kenneth D. Dierks ST. PETERSBURG: Herman W. Goldner PINELLAS: George Ruppel Don Jones Robert L. Weatherly SARASOTA: David Cohen SARASOTA William P. Carey D. William Overton Robert Wright ,, TAMPA: W. Douglas West Lloyd Copeland HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY MANATEE COUNTY SARASOTA COUNTY The Council Regional Planning · Accomplishments Worlt Program 1966 - 67 - Worlt Program 1967 - 68 I Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council 300 - 31st Street, North Suite 339 St. Petersburg, Florida 33713 

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