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LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY WORKSHOP
ITEM 300
Regular
February 5, 2007
WORKSHOP
REQUEST: The Community Development Department - Planning Division requests that the
City Commission and Local Planning Agency identify a draft list of planning issues important to
Winter Springs, related to the Comprehensive Plan and to be addressed in the Evaluation and
Appraisal Report (EAR). These issues will then be used as the basis for discussion at the upcoming
February 28 Public Workshop.
PURPOSE: Workshop to discuss the Comprehensive Plan and the future growth and development
of Winter Springs in compliance with 163.3191(1)(c), Florida Statutes which requires the City to
identify and clarify issues that are important to the community.
BACKGROUND: The Comprehensive Plan describes the way that a community will develop
and grow, lists goals and objectives for different parts of the community, and lists the policies to
direct programs, budgets and decisions. However, over time a community changes. Some changes
are consistent with the growth anticipated and planned, but other circumstances bring changes to the
community that were not anticipated. In order for the Comprehensive Plan to be useful in guiding
future growth and development, it must be brought up to date to reflect changes, new circumstances,
and potentially new directions for the City.
The Evaluation and Appraisal Report functions as an audit ofthe successes and shortcomings ofthe
Comprehensive Plan and suggests how the plan should be revised to better address community
objectives, changing conditions, trends affecting the community, and changes in state requirements.
Florida Statutes require local governments to adopt an EAR once every seven (7) years. The adopted
Winter Springs Evaluation and Appraisal Report is due to the State by May 1, 2008.
The process of preparing the EAR provides an organized way to look at the Comprehensive Plan and
a way to determine how well the Comprehensive Plan fits the community's current and future needs
and desires.
February 5, 2007
REGULAR AGENDA ITEM 300
As a result of legislation in 1998, not every portion of the Comprehensive Plan is thorou2hlv
evaluated in the Evaluation and Appraisal Report - only those maior issues that affect the
City's ability to achieve its goals.
This workshop is the first step in deciding what maior key plannin2 issues are critical to the
future of the City and are to be included in the EAR.
A Public Workshop on February 28,2007 will further identify and clarify important issues for the
community, and will be followed by a scoping meeting of affected agencies in March, where the
agencies agree or modify the list of issues.
This list of local issues becomes the focus of the EAR. Issues must be identified clearly and
specifically, so that the resulting document is a useful tool and not just an exercise in compliance.
The list of major issues is summarized (as a "Letter of Understanding") and is sent to DCA with a
request for a letter expressing DCA's agreement with the topics selected. These topics then become
the guide for DCA's review of the adopted EAR for sufficiency.
IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE FOR IDENTIFYING KEY ISSUES:
City Commission Workshop with LPA Mon. Feb. 5,2007
Resulting in 1 sl draft of key issues
Public Workshop with LPA
Resulting in 2nd draft of key issues
Scoping Meeting with Review Agencies
Resulting in Final draft of key issues & draft letter of Understanding
Local Planning Agency Update on Letter of Understanding (LOU)
City Commission Update on Letter of Understanding (LOU)
Staff to transmit Letter of Understanding to the State DCA
Wed. Feb 28, 2007
March 2007
April 2007
April 2007
April or May 2007
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
The Community Development Department - Planning Division recommends that the City Commission and
Local Planning Agency identify possible subject matter (issues) to be addressed in the Evaluation and
Appraisal Report (EAR) and prepare a draft list that will be the basis for discussion at a subsequent
Public Workshop with the Local Planning Agency in February or March.
ATTACHMENTS:
A What is an Issue? Tips on Identifying Major Issues
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ATTACHMENT A
What is an Issue? Tips on Identifvina Maior Issues
· Identify issues as clearly and specificallv as possible;
· Select subjects that are important to Winter Springs; and
· Select concerns related to the existing and future growth and development of Winter Springs.
Issues may also include social, economic and environmental topics.
UGreat Ideas for a Great City"
Think about what you want Winter Springs to be 25 years from now. Some ways to think about
this are-
A- What do you like best about Winter Springs?
B- What are Winter Springs most important and unique features? What are the City's
most cherished qualities and are these something that can be and should be preserved? Where
is your favorite place in Winter Springs? What distinguishes Winter Springs as a great place to
live or work?
C- What do you like least or want to change about Winter Springs? What places do you
avoid? What concerns do you have about the future of Winter Springs? How can we make the
changes we want to see?
0- What do you like about the Comprehensive Plan?
How does it help the community? How does the plan maintain or improve the quality of life? Is
the Comprehensive Plan helping Winter Springs achieve the kind of place we want to be?
E- What parts of the Comprehensive Plan do not work well? Is the Comprehensive Plan
functioning as a useful document? What are the most frequent amendments? How does the
Plan fall short in guiding the City towards its goals? What are important issues that are not
addressed at all in the Plan or that need to be strengthened?
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