Kenneth B. Metcalf has more than 27 years of professional planning experience in the public and private sector, including 16 years with the Florida Department of Community Affairs. Ken navigates his clients through Florida's complex growth management and permitting arena, providing public and private sector clients with innovative solutions and planning strategies across a broad range of planning issues. His diverse practice ranges from planning and entitling some of Florida's largest New Town developments, to working at the neighborhood level on infill and redevelopment sites, including CRA projects. His services include planning and policy analysis related to all aspects of land use and development, as well as supporting technical services, such as transportation planning. Ken routinely negotiates with the Department of Economic Opportunity and other regional and state agencies on behalf of public and private sector clients.

Prior to joining the firm, Ken served as DCA Regional Administrator for the Southeast and Treasure Coast Regions of Florida. As a high level administrator, he was actively involved in formulating State growth management policy. During his tenure, Ken led agency negotiations and compliance reviews on all complex cases in the region and served as the Department's primary expert witness for administrative hearings and Administration Commission rulemaking. He is knowledgeable in all substantive and procedural aspects of the comprehensive planning and DRI programs and has worked closely with state and federal agencies in implementing state-wide environmental and coastal zone management strategies, including coastal high hazard area requirements, marina siting and manatee protection plans. Building on his previous experience as a MPO transportation planner, Ken also served as the Department's administrator for transportation planning focusing on integrating land use and transportation policy, developing land use and transportation standards for multi-modal planning, and working on technical analysis requirements related to concurrency, DRI methodology and hurricane evacuation modeling.

Ken has been accepted as an expert witness in more than 40 administrative and circuit court proceedings involving a variety of planning subjects, including urban and regional planning, comprehensive planning, Florida's growth management requirements, Developments of Regional Impact, Area of Critical State Concern Programs, Monroe County and Key West Comprehensive Plans and Land Development Regulations, aerial photograph interpretation and assessment of development impacts.

Areas of Concentration

· Project entitlement/management

· Development feasibility/impact analysis

· Comprehensive planning/evaluation and appraisal reports

· Land development regulations

· Developments of Regional Impact

· Areas of critical state concern

· NEPA/federal and state permitting

· New towns/urban villages

· Sector plans/special area plans

· Marina permitting/manatee protection

· Military base/campuses/special use planning

· Age restricted developments

· CRA/redevelopment planning/historic preservation

· Transportation/multi-modal planning

· Coastal planning and permitting

· Emergency management/hurricane evacuation planning

· Environmental planning and permitting

Significant Representations

Florida Public/Quasi-Public Planning Projects

· Haines City, Florida. Contract for planning services to revise population projections, prepare supporting analysis and modified policies for Special Area Plan amendments, prepare supporting analysis for Water Supply Plan amendments, and negotiate compliance with DCA.

· City of Key West, Florida. Contract for planning services to assist City in evaluating and applying Florida Keys Hurricane Evacuation Model to determine future allocations for comprehensive plan update.

· Monroe County, Florida. Contract for planning services to assist Monroe County in addressing affordable housing needs, hurricane evacuation modeling and related negotiations with the Department of Community Affairs.

· Leon County Research and Development Authority. Contract for planning services to evaluate long term development feasibility of Innovation Park (high-tech research park) and analyze options for addressing compliance with DRI program requirements pursuant to §380.06, F.S.

· City of Edgewater, Florida. Prepared population projections, land use needs analysis and other planning studies to support comprehensive plan amendments for Restoration DRI development. Testified in administrative hearing as expert witness.

· Farmton Comprehensive Plan Amendments (Volusia County). On behalf of developer, prepared supporting population projections, land use needs analysis and other planning studies for 50,000 acre development proposal for mixed use development. Testified in administrative hearing as expert witness.

· Osceola County New Cities Overlay. On behalf of developer, worked with Osceola County Smart Growth Director to draft Overlay to allow for area wide planning approach for New City and related Purchasable Development Rights Program.

· Port Orange CRA Transportation Concurrency Exception Area. On behalf of developer,, drafted TCEA amendment language and led negotiations with the Department of Community Affairs.

· Hardee County New Town land use category. On behalf of developer,, drafted New Town land use category for 13,000 unit New Town development based on traditional neighborhood development principles.

· Calhoun County Chipola River Greenway and Resort Corridor. On behalf of developer,, drafted land use category to allow for mixed use resort and greenway corridor preservation designation.

· Centex Destination/Town of Marineland. On behalf of developer, drafted plan amendments and negotiated with state to allow for a traditional neighborhood development, mixed use resort project.

· Destiny CRA Multi-modal Transportation District. On behalf of developer, provided entitlement analysis for major development within CRA and assisted in negotiating settlement between DCA and City of Destin regarding MMTD plan amendments.

· City of New Smyrna Beach Long Term Concurrency. On behalf of developer,, drafted plan amendment provisions and provided supporting analysis to establish long term concurrency system.

· Port St. Lucie, Lighthouse Pointe Comprehensive Plan Amendment. On behalf of developer, drafted plan amendments and supporting analysis for mixed resort and required conversion of industrial land use to mixed use land use designation.

Florida Developments of Regional Impact

· Destiny New City/DRI, Osceola County. Mixed use New City planned in Osceola County for 80,000 units, major employment centers, and supporting retail centers. New urbanism plan with downtowns and supporting mixed use villages connected with high performance transit system.

· Prominence DRI (ADA), Walton County. Traditional Neighborhood Development in Walton County approved for 600 units, boutique resort hotel and supporting retail/entertainment district.

· Cedar Creek DRI (ADA), Baker County. Mixed use, age-restricted new town in rural setting. Approved in Baker County for 6,000 units, supporting retail/theater and medical office.

· Visions DRI (ADA), St. Lucie County. Traditional Neighborhood Development project in St. Lucie County planned for 2,400 units, major retail and office employment.

· Seahaven DRI (ADA)/Panama City Beach. Resort style mixed use condominium project units with supporting retail.

· Old Brick Township DRI (ADA), City of Palm Coast. Mixed use, age-restricted new town proposed in City of Palm Coast for 5,000 units, major employment and supporting retail.

· Sweetwater Ranch DRI (pre-ADA), Hardee County. Mixed use new town proposed in Hardee County for 13,000 units, major employment centers and supporting retail.

· Florida Rhythm DRI (ADA), Washington County. Supporting urban sprawl analysis and drafting plan amendments for mixed use, new town project.

· On Top of the World DRI (NOPC), Marion County. 32,000-unit mixed use DRI and vested DRI. Comprehensive DRI management/strategic advice for long term development and maintaining compliance. DRI modifications to adjust land use program, vested rights and concurrency obligations.

· Centrepark DRI (NOPC), West Palm Beach. Modified DRI to allow for conversion from suburban business park to mixed use project with supporting residential. Negotiated build out extensions.

· The Reserve DRI (NOPC), St. Lucie County. Comprehensive DRI management/strategic advice for long term development and maintaining compliance. DRI modifications to adjust land use program, concurrency obligations and permit conditions for listed species.

· PGA Resort DRI (NOPC), Port St. Lucie, Florida. Comprehensive DRI management/strategic advice for long term development and maintaining compliance. DRI modifications to adjust land use program and, concurrency obligations. Hurricane evacuation and shelter impact analysis to support negotiated shelter compliance. Concurrency analysis.

· Victoria Park DRI (NOPC), Deland, Florida. Renegotiated proportionate share mitigation obligations for project.

· Hammock Dunes DRI (NOPC), Port St. Lucie, Florida. Analyzed substantial deviation requirements, land use compatibility and DRI compliance for expansion and served as expert witness at administrative hearing.

· Portofino DRI (NOPC), Miami Beach, Florida. Build out extensions and related negotiations.

· Berkshire Lakes DRI (380 Agreement)/Collier County. Negotiated Essentially Built Out Agreement with Collier County and DCA. Provided traffic analysis to support agreement.

Florida Resort/PUD/Marina Projects

· Safe Harbor Resort, Florida Keys. Drafted plan amendment provisions and provided supporting analysis for mixed use resort/marina project in the Florida Keys.

· Limetree Bay Resort, Florida Keys. Prepared supporting analysis for boutique resort in Florida Keys to demonstrate compliance with comprehensive plan and code requirements. Supporting parking analysis and drafted parking code amendments.

· Banana Bay Resort, Key West. Prepared DRI vested rights modification analysis and supporting compliance analysis for development agreement to support redevelopment of resort.

· Faroblanco Resort, Marathon. Prepared DRI vested rights analysis and supporting compliance analysis for development agreement to expand mixed use resort and marina.

· Tranquility Bay, Marathon. Supporting compliance analysis for development agreement to enable redevelopment and intensification of resort.

· Boat House and Coral Lagoon Resort, Marathon. Supporting compliance analysis for development agreement to enable redevelopment and intensification of resort.

· Indigo Reef, Marathon. Coordination/negotiation with City planning staff on conditional use approval for redevelopment of the former Key Lime Resort, approved by the Marathon City

· Multiple Resort Properties. Due diligence analysis of DRI requirements, comprehensive plan designation, zoning, and development entitlements for several properties in the City of Key West and unincorporated Monroe County for purposes of loan refinancing and/or acquisition

· Pompano Beach Hotel, Pompano Beach, Florida. Supporting parking analysis for resort and drafted parking code amendment.

· Beachwalk Hotel, Hallandale, Florida. Supporting parking analysis for resort and drafted parking code amendment.

· Stark Ranch Equestrian Resort, St. Lucie County. Drafted mixed use resort land use category with performance-based density bonus system.

· Town of Marineland. Drafted plan amendments and provided supporting analysis for New Town/resort land use category. (density analysis, CHHA analysis, water supply analysis, etc.)

· Bulow Creek Resort/PUD, Flagler County. Drafted PUD provisions and provided supporting analysis to address compliance with comprehensive plan.

· Tidelands Marina Resort, City of Palm Coast. Residential PUD with marina in the City of Palm Coast. Manatee protection analysis and related agency negotiations.

· Lighthouse Pointe PUD, Flagler County. Resort style, mixed use project with marina in Flagler County. Manatee protection analysis and related agency negotiations.

· Fallschase PUD/AIG., Tallahassee, Florida. Provided supporting analysis to renegotiate vested rights terms and consistency findings for project

· Doral County Club, Doral, Florida. Provided supporting needs and infrastructure analysis for redevelopment of Doral white golf course to a mixed use, TND project.

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, American Institute of Certified Planners

· Member, American Planning Association

· Member, Association of Florida Community Developers, Inc. (AFCD)

· Member, Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society

· Volunteer, Florida Emergency Information Line

· Volunteer, Fort Braden Elementary School

Awards & Recognition

· Listed, The Legal 500 United States, 2008

· Recipient, "Excellence in Planning," Florida American Planning Association for co-authoring Ocala Historic Preservation Element

Previous Employment

· Florida Department of Community Affairs, FDCA
- Administrator, Southeast Florida Region
- Administrator, Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern
- Transportation Planning Administrator
- Manatee Protection / Marina Siting Policy Administrator

· City of Ocala, Florida
- Senior Planner
- MPO Coordinator

 (Director of Planning)