Environmental and Research Group

Environmental and Research Group Leader:

Shawn College, AICP

Environmental and Research Group Staff:

Suzi Dieringer, Economic Research Manager

Will Augustine, Senior Planner

The Environmental and Research Group develops and maintains the environmental and infrastructure elements of the Comprehensive Plans of all four jurisdictions in Hillsborough County. This includes the following elements: Conservation and Aquifer Recharge, Coastal Management, Potable Water, Sanitary Sewerage, Stormwater Management, Solid Waste and Capital Improvements.

In addition, relevant components of the Future Land Use Element affected by the environmental or infrastructure issues are also included. Pursuant to the activities described above, the group reviews all items requiring a consistency determination with each of these plan elements, such as, Tampa Port Authority permits, other environmental reviews, Long Range and Master Plans and amendments to the projects of the four Capital Improvements Elements. This group is also responsible for the Planning Commission's Fiscal Analysis Program.

The group produces all of the demographic and economic data that underlie the four comprehensive plans for Hillsborough County's four jurisdictions and the Metropolitan Planning Organization's Long Range Transportation Plans.

The data is produced in raw form for use within the agency's various projection models, and it is also produced in printed publications for use by the public. Within the area of economic data, the group provides assistance, as requested, to communities and other organizations in Hillsborough County. This support ranges from the provision of data, to the conduct of surveys, to the analyzing of trends.
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