04/21/2010 Application
DANNY'L. KOLHAGE
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
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June 8,2010
TO:
Christine Hurley, Director
Growth Management Bivision
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FROM:
Mayra Tezanos
Executive Assistant
Pamela G. HanC~c.
At the April 21, 2010, Board of County Commissioner's meeting, the Board granted
approval for Mayor Sylvia J. Murphy, BOCC, to sign the Public School Facilities Element
County Waiver Application Form to waive adoption of the public school facilities element and
implementation of school concurrency for Monroe County and its municipalities.
Enclosed is the original application for your handling. Should you have any questions
please do not hesitate to contact my office.
cc: County Attorney
Finance
File
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Public School Facilities Element
County Waiver Application Form
This waiver application is for Monroe County.
The following municipalities are included:
1. Islamorada
2. Key Colony Beach
3. Key West
4. Layton
5. Marathon
Section 163.3177, Florida Statutes, requires each county and each municipality within the county
to adopt a public school facilities element, unless eligible for a waiver or exemption.
PART I
Subsection 163.3177(12), Florida Statutes, authorizes the Department of Community Affairs to
provide a waiver to a county and to the municipalities within the county if (A) the capacity rate
for the all schools within the school district is no greater than I 00 percent, and (B) the projected
5-year capital outlay full-time equivalent student growth rate is less than 10 percent.
1. Please complete Table A below using your data from the Florida Inventory of School Houses
(FISH). Be sure to include ALL public schools within the school district.
ACTUAL ACTUAL ACTUAL
2009-2010 2009-2010 ACTUAL AVERAGE 200-2010 NEW ROOMS PROJECTED PROJECTED PROJECTED
SATIS STU. FISH 2008-2009 , CLASS 2009-2010 UTILIZA TI NEW STU. TO BE ADDED I 2013-2014 2013-2014 2013-2014
LOCATION STA. CAPACITY COFTE ROOMS CLASS SIZE ON CAPACITY REMOVED COFTE UTILIZATION CLASS Size
CORAL SHORES
SENIOR HIGH 1,155 982 751 52 14 76% 704 72% 14
HARRIS
ELEMENTARY 192 14 0% ( 192) (14) 0%
KEY WEST SENIOR
HIGH 1,508 1,433 1,362 62 22 95% 1,279 89% 21
HORACE O'BRY ANT 1,154 1,039 693 51 14 67% 646 62% 13
MARATHON SENIOR
HIGH 1,523 1,371 622 65 10 45% 579 42% 19
MAYSAND~
SCHOOLS 30 30 24 2 12 81% 20 67% 10
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ELEMENTARY 580 580 246 30 8 42% 436 75% 15
POINCIANA
ELEMENTARY 641 641 589 34 17 92% 583 91% 17
SIGSBEE
ELEMENTARY 522 522 230 27 9 44% (522) (27) 0%
SUGARLOAF
ELEMENTARY 1,350 1,215 750 62 12 62% 699 58% 11
STANLEY SWlTlIK
ELEMENTARY 871 871 458 45 10 53% 427 49% 9
KEY LARGO SCHOOL 1 383 1 245 908 67 14 73% 852 68% 13
GERALD ADAMS 649 649 445 34 13 69% 417 64% 12
PLANTATION KEY
SCHOOL 723 651 468 35 13 72% 436 67% 12
VACANT 0% 0%
12 281 11.229 7,545 580 12 67.19% (714) (41 ) 7,078 67.31% 13
Table A. Public School Capacity Rates.
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2. Is the projected 5-year capital outlay full-time equivalent student growth rate less than 10
percent? Attach the documentation
[ X ] Yes. The growth rate is 0.12%. Stop here for Part I.
(Projected Utilization 2013-2014 67.31 % - Projected Utilization 2009-2010 67.19% = 0.12%)
] No. The growth rate is _%. Go to 3.
3. Is the IO-year capital outlay full-time equivalent less than 2,000 students? Attach the
documentation. (N/ A)
[ ] Yes, the COFTE is
[ ] No, the COFTE is
students. Go to 4.
students. Stop here for Part I.
4. Does the capacity rate for all schools within the school district in the tenth year not exceed
the 100% limitation? Attach the documentation. (N/ A)
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
PART II
In accordance with subsection 163.31 77 (12)( a), Florida Statutes, the Department of Community
Affairs may allow for a single school to exceed the 1 DO-percent limitation if it can be
demonstrated that the capacity rate for that single school is not greater than 105 percent.
T bl B S" I hi" h" hid"
a e lng. e sc 00 WIt In sc 00 Istnct WI ca DacI :y ra e etween - o.
School Name School Capacity Current Capacity Rate
(Actual FISH Enrollment (Actual
Capacity) (Actual Utilization %)
COFTE)
None
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100 105%
The Department of Community Affairs must also consider the following criteria:
1. For the single school exceeding the 100 percent capacity rate listed in Table B above, please
explain how and when the capacity issue will be resolved:
2. Please explain whether the projected 5-year capital outlay full-time equivalent student
growth rate for the school district is approaching the 10-percent threshold:
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3. Please explain whether one or more additional schools within the school district are at or
approaching the 100-percent threshold for school capacity rate:
4. Please attach any supporting data that may be used by the Department of Community Affairs
for determining the adequacy of this waiver request.
Please find attached the Monroe County School District 2009-2010 Work Plan.
The above request to waive adoption of a public school facilities element and implementation of
school concurrency is approved by the following agencies, and we hereby certify that the
affected municipalities have been notified and afforded an opportunity to comment and/or object.
Any comments/objections are attached.
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District School Board Chair ~ Date
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~gn~ture . County Commission Chair fJ. PR 2 1 20tODate
Please submit the completed application to:
Mr. Mike McDaniel
Division of Community Planning
FL Department of Community Affairs
2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100
MONROE COUNTY ATTORNEY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ASSIST ~ T COUNTY ATTORNEY
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