Title: A New Shade of Green IFAS Extensions Evolving Role In an Urbanizing Florida
1A New Shade of GreenIFAS Extensions Evolving
Role In an Urbanizing Florida
FLORIDA NATURAL
RESOURCES LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
NRLI Fellows Class VI Practicum Review (Oct.
2006)JP GellermannHal Knowles III
2Outline
- Situation Assessment (CSTC)
- The Challenges
- The Opportunities
- Workshop Process
- Next Steps
- Lessons Learned
3Challenge Population (FL)
- Florida Population
- 1980 10,000,000
- 2005 17,000,000
- 2030 28,000,000
- ? (1930 2000)
- U.S. Average 230
- Miami-Dade 1,800
- Broward 8,000
4Challenge Housing (FL)
- Florida Building Permits Single Family
Detached - 2002 127,000
- 2003 155,000
- 2004 185,000
- 2005 204,000
- 1 in U.S. 12 out of Last 14 years
5Challenge Land Use (US)
- Decreasing densities inefficient land use
- From 1982 1997
- Population densities ? in gt 80 of 281 major U.S.
metro areas - Urbanized land ? by 47, while U.S. population
only ? by 17 - From 1900 2000
- 1 person households ? from 5 to 26
- Since WWII, ? family size while ? home size
6Challenge Land Use (FL)
- Floridas land area 42 agricultural urban
- 450-acres forest 410-acres farmland cleared to
make room for 1,000 new residents/day - From 1982 1997
- Urbanized land ? 34 nationally
- Urbanized land ? 58 in Florida
- Human activity has destroyed over 1/3 of
Floridas native habitats
7ChallengeA Treasured Coast?
- How can growth be managed while preserving a
healthy, sustainable Treasure Coast?
8Challenge Population (TC)
- Martin, St. Lucie and Indian River Counties
- The Treasure Coast is predicted to grow by 60
percent between now and 2030, bringing the total
population to 720,000. - Agriculture producers face pressure from
- Market forces
- Significant economic incentives to sell their land
9Challenge DRIs (TC)
89,000 New Homes 29,000,000 s.f. of
Commercial Space
10Challenge Infrastructure (TC)
- With people, comes
- Greater demand for schools, police, and other
public services - Increasing consumption of rural areas for
development adding to pressures faced by the
agricultural community - Pressure on social ecological systems as a
result of human activity in existing
rural/natural areas
11ChallengeDisaster Mitigation (TC)
12Challenge Citrus Canker (TC)
13Challenge Energy (World)
14Challenge Water (FL)
15Opportunity CSTC
16Opportunity CSTC
- As a result of these factors, March 30, 2004,
Governor Bush signed Executive Order No. 04-61
creating the Committee for a Sustainable Treasure
Coast - At the request of Senator Ken Pruitt, the
Governor asked a panel of citizens from the
Treasure Coast Counties to study the challenges
and opportunities facing their region and to - Recommend actions and tools that could maintain a
sustainable quality of life within the region - The final report for Committee for a Sustainable
Treasure Coast was completed on September 20, 2005
17Opportunity CSTC
- CSTC Report has 6 major components
- Sustaining Quality Natural Systems
- Retaining Rural Lands
- Creating a Sustainable Built Environment
- Enhancing Access to Education, Health, Cultural
Opportunities - Achieving Economic Diversity Prosperity
- Maintaining a Sustainable Region
18Opportunity The Consumer
- Leading Consumption-Related Environmental
Problems - Air pollution
- Global warming
- Habitat alteration
- Water pollution
- Most Harmful Consumer Activities
- Cars light trucks
- Home heating, hot water, AC
- Household appliances lighting
- Home construction
- Household water sewage
19A New Shade of Green
- A workshop was organized to bring together
stakeholders from across the region to discuss
how UF/IFAS could best support these
recommendations. - Representation included former CSTC members, the
building community, UF/IFAS, Florida Atlantic
University, environmental interests, Treasure
Coast Regional Planning Council, and others
20Stakeholders
21Workshop Agenda
- Welcome Introductions
- Why this Workshop?
- Expectations / Setting the Stage
- CSTC Background
- Activity 1 Prioritize Built Env. Action Items
- Activity 2 Opportunities Constraints to
Implementation - Activity 3 Programs, Services, Tools
- Next Steps for Development Delivery
- Closure / Evaluation
22Prioritize CSTC Actions
- Decision by Dots/Votes Built Environment Actions
- (17) Water quality/quantity landscaping BMPs
- (7) Outreach/education on BMPs for water
conservation, water quality, landscaping - (5) Integrate urban areas, agriculture, natural
systems with regional water supply - (5) Develop implement storm water BMPs
- (14) Set goals foster green building
- (4) Set goals to encourage energy efficient
building - (4) Set green building goals for all building
types - (6) Codify model provisions addressing energy
efficiency conservation in built environment - (13) Offer rewards for development within vision
- (7) Create vibrant city centers
- (6) Foster direct relationship between leaders
residents
23First Steps
- Efficient building codify model provisions
addressing energy efficiency - St. Lucie County and the City of Port St Lucie
are taking the initial steps to create a green
conference to highlight energy efficiency - A television show is scheduled to be filmed to
highlight human impacts on local water bodies and
actions residents can take mitigate these impacts - Work is being done to create a St. Lucie County
Agricultural Enhancement Board to give more voice
to the agricultural industry
24Next Steps
- Compile workshop summary
- Compile mini-report of groups
- Include organizational breakdowns
- Determine whos in charge
- Who has the authority?
- Move past the beginning
- Public outreach programs
- SFWMD cooperation
- Sustainability conference
- Land steward academy certificate
- Expand DCA toolbox
- Collaborate with more groups
- Evaluate the process