14B-1.002. Port Project Funding Application Procedures and Requirements  


Effective on Thursday, August 8, 2019
  • 1(1) An application shall be accepted only from an eligible port. The port shall apply for the grant by submitting to the Council Application, entitled “Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Project Application,” Form 01-016, revised March 2019, hereby incorporated by reference, at 45https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-1072347. Applications for program funds shall be submitted in electronic format and can be obtained utilizing SeaCIP (www.seacip.com). Applications shall be submitted by the appropriate duly authorized official of such port. The submission deadline for submitting applications for the upcoming Department of Transportation fiscal year funding cycle shall be determined by the Council in consultation with the Department each calendar year and noted in SeaCIP. Applications for other Department of Transportation fiscal funding cycles may be electronically submitted utilizing SeaCIP by an eligible port at any time during the calendar year.

    138(2) The applicant must demonstrate the proposed port transportation project is consistent, to the maximum extent feasible, with an approved port master plan, local government comprehensive plan and five year schedule of capital improvements. The applicant must include its current updated port master plan as part of the electronic application.

    188(3) The application shall be accompanied by a map depicting the location of the proposed port transportation project and adjacent properties.

    209(4) The applicant must demonstrate the project provides an economic benefit and is consistent with the Florida Seaport Mission Plan.

    229(5) The applicant must demonstrate the project is consistent with the policies and needs contained in the Florida Transportation Plan, the Statewide Seaport and Waterways System Plan, and other relevant statewide, regional and local transporation plans, goals and objectives.

    268(6) Council staff shall have up to fifteen (15) days from receipt of an application to examine the application and notify the applicant of any apparent errors or omissions and request any relevant additional information. The applicant shall have up to fifteen (15) days from receipt of the request to provide the additional information. The application shall be considered incomplete if the requested information is not provided.

    335(7) The project information required to be submitted by the applicant port is contained in SeaCIP and includes the following information:

    356(a) Name of applicant, authorized representative, brief project description, unique project identification number, total project cost, estimated completion date and port priority.

    378(b) Total funding requested, year of request, state funds requested, local funds available, and source of port matching funds.

    397(c) Information from the applicant port about its port master plan and local government comprehensive plan so the Department of Economic Opportunity may review the project and determine whether it is consistent, to the maximum extent feasible, with the port master plan and local government comprehensive plan. The applicant must provide an electronic version of its current updated port master plan when submitting the applications.

    462(d) Economic benefit information related to the project so that the Department of Economic Opportunity can determine whether the project provides an economic benefit to the state and is consistent with the Florida Seaport Mission Plan. For ports with annual operating revenues of $5 million or less seeking funding for certain projects as provided in section 518315.02(6), F.S., 520a statement of eligibility, operating revenues, and economic benefits is required.

    531(e) Transportation impact information related to the project so that the Department of Transporation can determine the impacts to the state transportation system.

    554(8) Approved projects shall remain eligible for funding for a period of three calendar years from the date of original Council approval, or for three sequential fiscal-year funding cycles, whichever is greater. Approved projects that have any major change shall require the submission of a new or modified application for consistency review by the Council and agencies. 611For purposes of this subsection, major change means a deviation from an approved project that is reasonably expected to have any of the following impacts:

    636(a) Increases the program funds requested for an approved project;

    646(b) Increases the demand, reduces the capacity or changes the demand or capacity on internal roadways or rail lines by more than 5% of the original estimate;

    673(c) Leads to a new or substantially different type of facility or project, including any operational change or other changes that impact the reported level of service on any affected roadway, or

    705(d) Any land acquisition.

    709Rulemaking Authority 711311.09(4) FS. 713Law Implemented 715311.09 FS. 717History–New 12-19-90, Amended 7-13-10, 1-12-16, 8-8-19.