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Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council
Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council
Since 1962, the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council (TBRPC) has convened local governments and gubernatorial appointees to plan for and coordinate intergovernmental solutions to complex, large-scale issues. The TBRPC’s membership includes 23 municipalities from within the six-county Tampa Bay region—Citrus, Hernando, Pasco, Pinellas, Hillsborough, and Manatee Counties—as well as gubernatorial appointees and state agencies. The TBRPC’s mission is to serve its citizens and member governments by providing a forum to foster communication, coordination, and collaboration in identifying and addressing issues and needs regionally. The TBRPC, with its established community ties and expertise in making connections greater than the sum of its parts, is uniquely positioned to oversee the Coastal Master Plan’s development and implementation.
Tampa Bay Estuary Program
Tampa Bay Estuary Program
The Tampa Bay Estuary Program’s (TBEP) mission is to build partnerships to restore and protect Tampa Bay through the implementation of a scientifically sound, community-based management plan. TBEP will be involved with completing a habitat risk assessment identifying ecosystems around the region that are threatened by the impacts of sea level rise. As a project collaborator, TBEP will help identify natural and nature-based restoration project opportunities and concepts, develop metrics for a project evaluation matrix, and refine and prioritize project ideas based on available science.
National Wildlife Federation
National Wildlife Federation
The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) has a history of working across the Gulf with key stakeholders to build a breadth and depth of engagement in resilience processes, including coastal master planning processes, resulting in strong public will and robust support for resilience efforts. NWF staff served as technical advisors and were leads on community engagement for Louisiana’s 2012, 2017, and 2023 Coastal Master Plans. NWF will lead the development of an Outreach and Engagement Plan and regional educational and direct engagement events during Tampa Bay Coastal Master Plan development and release.
University of Florida
University of Florida
The Community Voices, Informed Choices (CIVIC) program, co-managed by the University of Florida and the Historically Black College/University (HBCU) Florida A&M University, will work with the project team to train municipal staff and community leaders to provide workshops and educational resources, identify appropriate community members to attend meetings, develop marketing materials and select meeting locations for concern collecting and deliberative discussions, and engage community members in understanding and responding to elements in the newly developed Coastal Master Plan. CIVIC’s leadership consists of faculty with extensive experience and training in deliberative dialogue, facilitating community conversations, and evaluating programs.
Stetson University
Stetson University
The Jacobs Public Interest Law Clinic for Democracy and Environment at the Stetson University College of Law works to create and maintain thriving, healthy and resilient communities and the environment by pursuing and defending justice through advocacy focused on our most pressing issues. The clinic has provided legal aid to low-wealth neighborhoods struggling with industrial pollution, environmental and social justice organizations battling inadequate hazardous waste regulation, rural communities wishing to protect agricultural lands, and conservation organizations working to protect preserves and refuges. The clinic is providing in-kind services to identify non-structural risk reduction measures.
Ongoing Environmental and Resilience Efforts at the TBRPC
Ongoing Environmental and Resilience Efforts at the TBRPC
Through facilitation by the Regional Planning Council, the region’s local governments and other stakeholders have been collaborating on environmental and resiliency challenges for over three decades. Under the leadership of the TBRPC, the Tampa Bay Regional Resiliency Coalition synchronizes climate adaptation and mitigation activities and provides access to resources that advance local and regional responses to disruptions resulting from the impacts of climate change. The Coalition created the first-of-its-kind Tampa Bay Regional Resiliency Action Plan (RRAP) in 2022 to serve as a five-year roadmap of best practices to guide resilience-building actions across the region. The proposed five-year cycle of the regional-scale Coastal Master Plan will complement the RRAP in building local governments’ capacity and progress towards implementation by identifying high-impact, location-specific flood risk reduction projects.
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