Agenda 10/13/2020 Item #10A (M-CORES Program)10/13/2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Recommendation to formalize a Board of County Commissioners position supporting the
Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance (M-CORES) Program only if the
program does not supplant or delay existing Florida Department of Tran sportation
(FDOT) Work Program projects in Collier County.
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OBJECTIVE: To formalize a Board of County Commissioners position regarding supporting
the Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance (M-CORES) Program only if the
program does not supplant or delay existing Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Work
Program projects in Collier County.
CONSIDERATION: In 2019, the Florida Legislature passed Senate Bill 7068 which was
signed by the Governor on May 17, 2019. This legislation created the Multi-use Corridors of
Regional Economic Significance (M-CORES) Program within the Florida Department of
Transportation (FDOT).
Three task forces were created by this legislation to research three regional corridors that are
intended to accommodate multiple modes of transportation and multiple types of infrastructure.
One of the corridors is the Southwest-Central Florida Connector extending from Collier County
to Polk County. Commissioner Penny Taylor currently serves on the Southwest-Central Florida
Connector Task Force as a Local Government Official. Commissioner Bill McDaniel currently
serves on the Task Force on behalf of the Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council.
The Legislature charged each task force with providing recommendations and evaluations in a
final report by November 15, 2020, which will guide the Florida Department of Transportation in
its subsequent study phases through implementation.
The M-CORES legislation creates a new section in Florida Statutes, 339.1373, that directs FDOT
to allocate sufficient funds for implementation and to amend the current tentative Work Program
for the FY 2019/20 through FY 2023/24 fiscal years to include M-CORES projects. Collier
County has numerous projects in the current FDOT Five-Year Work Program including
construction of a crucial interchange improvement at I-75 and SR 951 which has already been
delayed three times and is now not planned for construction before 2025. Where M-CORES will
likely bring long-planned and much needed improvements to SR 29, it should not be at the
expense of other previously planned transportation projects for which the County has invested
millions in infrastructure relocation and has approved major residential and commercial
development knowing that integral improvement projects were contained in the Work Program.
FISCAL IMPACT: This executive summary has no immediate fiscal impact.
GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: This executive summary has no immediate growth
management impact.
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: This item has been reviewed by the County Attorney, raises no
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legal issues, and requires majority vote for approval. -JAK
RECOMMENDATION: That the Board of County Commissioners formalize a position
supporting the Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance (M-CORES) Program
only if the program does not supplant or delay existing Florida Department of Transportation
(FDOT) Work Program projects in Collier County.
PREPARED BY: Penny Taylor, District 4
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COLLIER COUNTY
Board of County Commissioners
Item Number: 10.A
Doc ID: 13848
Item Summary: Recommendation to formalize a Board of County Commissioners position
supporting the Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance (M-CORES) Program only if the
program does not supplant or delay existing Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Work
Program projects in Collier County. (Commissioner Taylor)
Meeting Date: 10/13/2020
Prepared by:
Title: Executive Secretary to County Manager – County Manager's Office
Name: MaryJo Brock
10/07/2020 10:58 AM
Submitted by:
Title: County Manager – County Manager's Office
Name: Leo E. Ochs
10/07/2020 10:58 AM
Approved By:
Review:
Office of Management and Budget MaryJo Brock Level 3 OMB Gatekeeper Review Skipped 10/07/2020 10:58 AM
County Attorney's Office Jeffrey A. Klatzkow Level 3 County Attorney's Office Review Completed 10/07/2020 11:48 AM
County Manager's Office Leo E. Ochs Level 4 County Manager Review Completed 10/07/2020 11:50 AM
Board of County Commissioners MaryJo Brock Meeting Pending 10/13/2020 9:00 AM
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