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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009 01 20 Regular 600 2008 EARCOMMISSION AGENDA ITEM 600 January 20, 2009 Workshop Consent Informational Public Hearing Regular X Mgr. / De t Authorization REQUEST: The Community Development Department- Planning Division wishes to review with the City Commission the Recommendations of the 2008 Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR). PURPOSE: The Planning Division wishes to provide the City Commission with an opportunity to review and discuss the major issues and recommendations highlighted in the Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR), prior to the upcoming workshops for reviewing the subsequent EAR-Based Amendments. APPLICABLE LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY: Florida Statute s. 163.3191 Evaluation and appraisal of the comprehensive plan. BACKGROUND: The City of Winter Spring's Comprehensive Plan has been prepared and adopted as required by the Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Act (LCGPA) and the Florida Administrative Code, h1 keeping with the intent of the LGCPA, the Winter Spring's Comprehensive Plan is designed to be a useful growth management and decision making tool in areas such as future land use, public facility expansion and improvement (including schools), transportation, conservation of natural resources, solid waste, water and waste water management, and recreation and open space development. The City's Comprehensive Plan has proven to be a good guide for developing the City. Generally the objectives have been met and the policies implemented. However, the Florida Statutes describes the local government comprehensive planning program as a continuous and dynamic process. An Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) is required every seven years by each local government to assess the progress of implementing the local government's comprehensive plan. The EAR process is designed to respond to changes in state, regional, and local policies on planning and growth management, January 20, 2009 Workshop Agenda Item 600 Page 2 of 3 changing conditions and trends, to ensure effective intergovernmental coordination, and to identify major issues regarding the community's achievement of its goals. Florida law establishes minimum requirements for the City's planning data to ensure predictability, certainty, and integrity in the local growth management process. The City's Comprehensive Plan must be amended to address the needs of the City into the next planning period. CONSIDERATIONS: The Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) on the City of Winter Springs 2001 Comprehensive Plan lays the groundwork for undertaking a comprehensive update of the City's Comprehensive Plan and offers a forthright evaluation and assessment of the City's current comprehensive plan. The EAR was developed over a 18-month period and involved numerous public workshops. During the spring of 2007, the City identified six Major Issues as the core emphasis of the EAR [Section 163.3191(1)(c), F.S.]: These included: • Greenway Interchange Employment District • Elderly Housing & Medical Care • Affordable and Work-Force Housing (Section 163.3177(6)(f), F.S. and Rule 9J-5.010 F.A.C.) • State Road 434 Corridor • Population, Housing Density and Greenspace • Redevelopment of West Side Data was collected and analyzed on each issue as well as an assessment of how things could have been done differently to better achieve the goals, objectives and policies of the comprehensive plan as they related to the major issues. In addition to the analysis of the major issues section, evaluation and assessment was provided with respect to each policy of the adopted Comprehensive Plan. The EAR identified needed changes to improve or otherwise refine the Comprehensive Plan. The EAR also addressed the requirements of Section 163.3191(2), Florida Statutes. These included: population growth and changes in land area, the location of development that occurred relative to where it was anticipated in the comprehensive plan, the extent of vacant and developable land, the financial feasibility of implementing the comprehensive plan and in providing necessary infrastructure through the Capital Improvements Element. The Florida Department of Community Affairs (DCA) established schedule for Winter Springs' EAR adoption, based on the requirements of Section 163.3191(9) was May 1, 2008. Winter Springs submitted its Adopted EAR to the DCA on April 17, 2008. Subsequently, the City received notice from the DCA on June 23, 2008, that the EAR was determined to be Sufficient pursuant to Section 163.3191(2). The DCA also commended the City's efforts in preparation of the EAR and indicated support for many of the recommendations made in the EAR. / Winter Springs is once again in compliance with the statutory requirements, having secured timely adoption of our EAR. The EAR provides the foundation for subsequent comprehensive plan amendments. The City along with our consultant, Planning Communities, LLC is now in the process of finalizing the draft EAR-based Comprehensive Plan Amendments. Workshops for the review of the draft will begin being held in early 2009. The statutory deadline for this Adoption of the EAR-Based Comprehensive Plan Amendments is 2 January 20, 2009 Workshop Agenda Item 600 Page 3 of 3 18 months after the determination of Sufficiency for the EAR or no later than Dec. 14, 2009. ANTICIPATED TIMELINE: Jan-Feb 2009 - LPA Special Meetings for the review of the 1 S` draft of each of the Elements • Thurs., January 29 (a~ 6:30 PM • Wed., February 4 (a~ 7:00 PM • Tues., February 10-(a~ 6:30 PM • Wed., February 18 (c~ 7:00 PM • Wed., February 25 (a~ 7:00 PM • Wed., March 4 @, 7:00 PM March 2009 - Production of 2°d draft Apri16, 2009 ~ 6:00 PM- Jt. LPA/CC Special Meeting for the review of the recommended draft Apri120, 2009 ~ 6:00 PM-Jt. LPA/CC Special Meeting for the review of the recommended draft Apri12009- Revisions based on Jt. LPA/CC Meetings May 6, 2009 - LPA Public Hearing on EAR-Based Amendments May 26, 2009- City Commission Transmittal Public Hearing on EAR-Based Amendments August 2009 - Receive ORC Report from DCA Revise and produce hnal EAR-Based Amendments for Adoption Nov. 23, 2009- City Commission Adoption Public Hearing on EAR-Based Amendments COMMISSION ACTION: 3