South Florida Regional Planning Council

South Florida Regional Planning Council is a U.S. local government planning commission and inter-municipal entity that serves as a federal grant recipient, delivering environmental site assessment, brownfield remediation coordination, clean energy coalition outreach, and regional economic development strategy work to federal agencies across Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe Counties in South Florida.

The Council operates exclusively as a prime grant recipient; it holds no federal contracts and does not compete under set-asides. Its federal footprint spans eight distinct customer agencies, concentrated in the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (11 awards), the Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (4 awards), and EPA Region 4 (3 awards), which together account for 88% of recent awards. The Council's combined obligated federal funding across all awards totals $24.3 million.

The Council's recent capability work centers on EPA brownfield assessment, cleanup planning, and revolving loan fund capitalization. Under a $1.2 million EPA Region 4 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 66.818, Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program) effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2029, the Council conducts Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments in Miami, develops site-specific cleanup plans, manages community engagement, and submits quarterly progress reports through EPA's Assessment, Cleanup and Redevelopment Exchange System (ACRES); the agreement targets completion of 18 Phase I and 9 Phase II assessments, 6 site-specific cleanup plans, 10 reuse planning documents, and 16 community meetings. The Council also manages a $1 million EPA Region 4 Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund capitalization cooperative agreement (July 2023 through June 2032) to make loans and subgrants to cleanup brownfield properties across the three-county region. A $500,000 EPA Region 4 cooperative agreement for Homestead brownfield assessment (July 2023 through September 2027) targets 8 Phase I and 6 Phase II assessments and 6 site-specific cleanup plans. On the energy side, the Council holds a $215,000 Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 81.086, Conservation Research and Development, April 2026 through March 2027) serving as the fiscal and programmatic lead for Clean Cities and Communities Coalitions, delivering stakeholder engagement, technical assistance, and outreach to advance alternative fuel adoption across its service territory. The Council also acts as a sub-recipient under State of Florida Division of Emergency Management grants, receiving sub-awards totaling $167,187 (2023) and an ongoing 2025–2028 HMEP agreement (award date January 23, 2026).

Activity is sparse and episodic: three awards in 2021, four in 2023, and one each in 2024 and 2025, with two awards reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months. The Council maintains a subsidiary, Southeast Florida Regional Prosperity Institute Inc., a non-profit organization. The Council's grant work reflects its statutory role as a regional planning authority rather than a vendor competing for discretionary federal contracts; its recompete exposure is minimal and its customer relationships are anchored to regional planning and environmental remediation mandates.