Annual Report 2016 | Page 16

INFRASTRUCTURE Vision Before 2030, Polk County will have growth management and infrastructure that protect the environment, enhance quality of life, promote education and economic development, and are economically sustainable. John Bohde, Polk County BoCC Terry Brigman, City of Lakeland Mike Britt, City of Winter Haven Tom Deardorff, Polk County BoCC Danielle Drummond, Lakeland Regional Health Tracy Garcia, Polk County Tourism & Sports Marketing Gordon Greene, Patel, Greene, & Associates INFRASTRUCTURE LEAD TEAM As the word cloud above suggests, the topics that fall under the umbrella of the Polk Vision Infrastructure Team are varied, ranging from multi-modal transportation to water. The Team has addressed issues such as land conservation, failing lane miles, affordable housing, growth management and broadband. While committed to continuing to monitor these issues, the Team now has an eye on the growing concern for safe routes to school. They have chosen to conduct a comprehensive gap analysis to identify needs for sidewalk improvements on collector roads within a 2 mile radius of Polk County schools. Kevin Ingle, Florida Department of Transportation Brent Lacy, VHB Jason Lewis, Kimley-Horn Pam Luce, Polk County Public Schools BENCHMARK BENCHMARK 14 Eric Labbe, City of Winter Haven 2004 Water Use per Capita Maintain an annual reduction in failing lane miles. 20 Ryan Kordek, Polk Transportation Planning Organization Failing Lane Miles 110 0 Jeff Kincart, ACT Environmental & Infrastructure 201 Cyndi Jantomaso, Haines City EDC Nick Nicholas, DSM Andy Palmer, City of Winter Haven 121 Maintain an annual reduction in overall and per capita water utilization. 2005 Tom Phillips, Citrus Connection, Polk Transportation Planning Organization Steven Shealey, Envisors Pat Steed, Central Florida Regional Planning Council 2015 Kimberly Warren, Atkins Global Phil Wegman, Furr & Wegman Architects P.A. FA I L I N G L A N E M I L E S O N G A L L O N S P E R D AY COUNTY ROADS PE R C A PI TA Source: Florida Department of Revenue 16 136 Source: Florida Department of Revenue “Polk Vision serves as a platform for me to work with other leading industry professionals so that we may collectively make Polk County a better place to live, work and play! It also allows me to make lasting personal connections and friends with other leaders throughout Polk County who I may not otherwise have come in contact with.” – John Bohde, AICP, Director, Polk County BoCC, Land Development Division