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PLANNING & ZONING BOARD
LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY AGENDA
ITEM 302
Consent
Informational
Public Hearing
Regular
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February 7,2007
Meeting
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REQUEST: The Community Development Department requests the Planning & Zoning
Board/Local Planning Agency hold a follow-up discussion based on the Joint Workshop with the
City Commission that was held on February 5,2007.
PURPOSE: To prepare for the upcoming Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) Public
Workshop that the Local Planning Agency will host on Wednesday, February 28, 2007.
APPLICABLE LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY:
Florida Statute 163.3174 (4) : The Local Planning Agency shall have the general responsibility for the
conduct of the comprehensive planning program. Specifically, the Local Planning Agency shall:
(a) Be the agency responsible for the preparation of the comprehensive plan or plan amendment and shall
make recommendations to the governing body regarding the adoption or amendment of such plan. . .
(b) Monitor and oversee the effectiveness and status of the comprehensive plan and recommend to the
governing body such changes in the comprehensive plan as may from time to time be required...
Florida Statute 163.3191(1): Evaluation and Appraisal of Comprehensive Plan
[Major Issues] ... The report should be based on the local government's analysis of major issues to further
the community's goals consistent with statewide minimum standards. The report is not intended to require
a comprehensive rewrite of the elements within the local plan, unless a local government chooses to do so.
CONSIDERATIONS:
A Joint Workshop was held with the City Commission on February 5, 2007 to 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 be used as the basis for discussion at the upcoming February 28, 2007 Public
Workshop.
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020707 Planning and Zoning Board/Local Planning Agency Regular Agenda Item 302
The Public Workshop will be an opportunity for the public to comment on and to identify additional
issues that are important to planning the future of Winter Springs.
In order to maximize the interaction with the Public, Staff recommends the following
Format for the Public Workshop:
7-7:20 PM - Public Mingling among Visuals in the Lobby. Each issue will be represented with
one or more graphics and by one LP A member. Staffwill circulate.
Staff recommends that each LP A member represent one specific issue and be responsible for
interacting with the public on that one specific issue.
7 :20 PM-Introductory Remarks (by the Mayor?) followed by Staff presentation summarizing
the EAR process and the preliminary list of issues and inviting comment from the public.
7:30 PM- Public Comment and Input at the microphone
8:20 PM +/- Concluding Remarks (by the Chairman of the LPA?)
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff seeks input from the LP A on the format ofthe Public
Workshop, what visuals are needed to support the draft list of planning issues, and how the Board
might interact with the Public.
ATTACHMENTS: None
P&Z / LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY RECOMMENDATION:
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