Forward Pinellas endorses committee recommendations to streamline countywide plan map process

Sep 14, 2026

A special‑act review committee recommended short‑term streamlining (a staff 'subthreshold' approval for small map amendments), and a 13‑member planning council structure if MPOs merge; the board supported the consensus recommendations and asked staff to refine legislative language.

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Rodney Chapman presented the conclusions of a five‑month special‑act review committee that examined how to speed countywide plan map amendments and how planning‑council membership could be configured if the region's MPOs merge.

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