EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN

DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & COMMUnity DEVELOPMENT

Date SUBMITTED:                         August 24, 2006    

DATE OF WORKSHOP SESSION:  August 30, 2006 (evening Meeting)

date of public MEETING:        N/A

 

To:                 MAYOR & Board of ALDERMEN

From:           Chuck Boyd, Deputy Director for Planning

RE:                  Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (APFO)

 

 

PURPOSE:     This is a continuation of the discussion of the APFO.  After the last several workshops, there were many questions raised about school construction, capacity and other State requirements.

 

HISTORY:  This workshop is a follow up to the 7/19/06, 8/2/06, 8/9/06, 8/23/06workshops.  These workshops were intended to provide the Mayor & Board of Aldermen background information about two different APFO models.  Listed below is a summation of the previous workshops:

 

At the 7/19/06 workshop, staff presented basic information on what is an APFO, the facilities that can be associated with an APFO and the City’s history with the APFO.

 

At the 8/2/06 workshop, Mayor Jones & Rick Stup presented information concerning Brunswick’s APFO.  This model is based on Frederick County’s APFO.

 

At the 8/9/06 workshop, Jeff Bronow presented information on Howard County’s APFO.  This APFO incorporates an allocation system with sub regions.

 

At the 8/23/06 workshop, staff presented the Mayor & Board of the components of an allocation system including: sub regions, special allocations and development projections.

 

Staff believes that an allocation process would work well for the City of Frederick; the process of an allocation system is not new to the City of Frederick.   The City of Frederick’s Water Allocation Ordinance has been in place since 2002.  An allocation system gives a predictable method of determining the future growth of a municipality. 

 

 

DISCUSSION: 

 

The purpose of this meeting is to allow FCPS staff to present information on

 

                                    CIP process

                                    School Construction Process

State Rate Capacity

 

 

 

RECOMMENDATION:  Staff has no recommendations at this time. 

 

BACKUP INCLUDED:         

           

           

REVIEWED BY DEPARTMENT HEAD:    Charles W. Boyd 

 

CONCURRENCE BY:

                                                               Date                                                                       Date

FINANCE                          ________ _______        LEGAL       ________       ________

 

CITIZEN SERVICES                   ________ _______        FPD             ________       ________

 

DEPT. PUBLIC WORKS   ________           _______        PLANNING  ________       ________

 

ENGINEERING                 ________            _______        CIP              ________       ________