The regional planning council's role is that it is the agency that performs the initial review of the development of regional impact application, presents a staff report and holds a public hearing. The county can submit comments, which are listed in the appendix along with comments from DEP, DOT, FWC etc., but it's the planning council's show.
The planning council, I'm told, was not included in some of the earlier discussions regarding the CSX project, but they're in now and this is where anyone interested in the project should be paying attention.
Additionally, there has been some correspondence on the proposed pre-development agreement, questioning whether CSX is even eligible based on some of the criteria. We'll see.As you may have read, RPC and Florida Department of Community Affairs reps are meeting next month in Tallahassee to work this out. -- Side Table Spectator
