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EAR-BASED AMENDMENT FORUM

EAR-BASED AMENDMENT FORUM. Sponsored by the Pinellas Planning Council. September 12 & 13, 2006 Harborview Center Clearwater. PRESENTERS. David P. Healey Larry S. Pflueger V. Gail Easley Brenda Winningham TBRPC County MPO School Board. OVERVIEW. Understanding plan amendments

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EAR-BASED AMENDMENT FORUM

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  1. EAR-BASED AMENDMENT FORUM

  2. Sponsored by the Pinellas Planning Council September 12 & 13, 2006 Harborview Center Clearwater

  3. PRESENTERS • David P. Healey • Larry S. Pflueger • V. Gail Easley • Brenda Winningham • TBRPC • County • MPO • School Board

  4. OVERVIEW • Understanding plan amendments • Ensuring consistency • Process and procedures • Resources • Questions answered

  5. UNDERSTANDING PLAN AMENDMENTS • Purposes of plan amendments • Contents of a plan amendment • Supporting the plan amendment with data and analysis • Old laws, new laws, and your responsibility • Who will prepare the amendment?

  6. Purposes • Primary concern – implementing the recommendations from the EAR – addressing: • Issues that guided evaluation • Deficiencies and needs in each element of your plan • Changes in State law and Administrative Rules • PPC Countywide Rules • Strategic Regional Policy Plan

  7. Issues that guided evaluation: • Local government determined major issues • DCA agreed to major issues with possible additions • Scoping meetings may have added issues • Evaluation of issues resulted in recommendations for plan amendments

  8. Evaluation of each element: • Assessment of each element for successes • Assessment of each element for shortcomings • Recommendations for modifications to address issues raised during the assessments

  9. Changes in State laws and rules: • Chapter 163, Part II, F.S., was adopted in 1985 • Chapter 9J-5, F.A.C., implemented the statute in 1986 • Major and minor amendments over past 20 years • Local governments must meet current requirements

  10. PPC countywide rules: • Pinellas Planning Council adopted countywide rules – primarily related to land use • Most local governments will have at least some plan amendments to ensure consistency with the rules

  11. Strategic Regional Policy Plan: • Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council adopts a Strategic Regional Policy Plan (SRPP) – focused on state and regional issues • Local governments may need amendments to maintain consistency between local plan and the SRPP

  12. Additional amendments to address: • Issues you identify when you collect data to support the EAR-based amendment • Issues that arise during citizen workshops about the plan • Important issues or topics that were not part of the evaluation process

  13. What happens when you include issues that were not in the EAR? • Identify these additional issues when you transmit the proposed EAR-based amendment to DCA.

  14. When should your amendment be adopted? • 18 months after the EAR is found sufficient by DCA • Allow time for the following actions during the 18 months: • Prepare the amendment • Workshops and hearings • Transmit to DCA • DCA review – ORC report • Revise and adopt the amendment

  15. Contents of an amendment • Adopted portion of the plan: • Goals, objectives, and policies for each required element, including capital improvements implementation • Required maps • Format materials, such as a table of contents, list of maps, specific headings, and source information

  16. Goals, objectives, and policies: • Change out-of-date deadlines • Update agency names  • Widespread changes – delete the element followed by a totally new element • Few changes – use underline and strikethrough of the affected text

  17. Required maps: • Some maps must be adopted: • Future land use • Natural resources and conditions • Coastal high hazard area • Future transportation system • Other maps may be adopted, such as depicting redevelopment areas or other special planning areas

  18. Required format: • Format requirements are contained in 9J-5.005 • Primarily designed to ensure some consistency in format and ease of use • Also designed to ensure identification of source documents to support the plan

  19. Background or support document – also called “data & analysis” report • Updated information for each amended element • Information that supports the objectives and policies in each amended element • Required maps • Format materials

  20. Updated information: • Population forecasts • Housing needs forecasts • Land use needs forecasts • New planning periods for at least 5 years and 10 years • New data to meet changes in state laws

  21. Supporting information: • Data that explains the conditions pertaining to each element • Data that is the foundation for goals, objectives, and policies

  22. Required maps: • Existing land use within and adjacent to the jurisdiction • Natural resources, including soils, floodplains, and other specific areas • Historic resources • Drainage and recharge areas • Infrastructure service areas • Existing transportation system

  23. What does data look like? • Numerical information, such as population

  24. Information displayed on maps, such as open space and recreation areas Town of Belleair – Parks and Open Spaces

  25. Narrative descriptions of features or programs Clearwater Harbor is the only surface water resource within the City. A significant natural and recreational resource, Clearwater Harbor is part of the Pinellas County Aquatic Preserve and is also an Outstanding Florida Water (OFW).

  26. More about data & analysis • Original data or existing data? • Data must be the “best available” • Data may exist in other documents • Same data for all elements of your plan

  27. Old laws, new laws, and you • Chapter 163, Part II, F.S. • “Original” plans • 20 years of major and minor changes • 2005 and 2006 Laws • Public School Facilities • Transportation Concurrency • Water Supply Planning • Capital Improvements and Financial Feasibility • Fiscal Impact Analysis • Visioning & Urban Service Areas

  28. Who will prepare the amendment? • Municipal staff • Citizens – board or commission members • PPC • University or college team • Government agency • Consultant • Combination

  29. What is available from PPC? • Information to be posted on the PPC web site: • Data sets for several plan elements and guidelines for using the data • Model goals, objectives, and policies for several plan elements • Bibliography of data sources • Mapping services, on request

  30. Technical assistance for the transmittal process for the proposed amendment • Sample notices • Guidelines for transmittal • Technical assistance for the adoption process • Sample ordinance • Sample notices • Guidelines for transmittal

  31. Upon request, preparation of the entire plan amendment package • Additional data and analysis • Completion of all necessary elements • Assistance with workshops and hearings • Coordination with agencies during the review process

  32. NEXT STEPS • Additional training • Thursday, September 14 • Harborview Center • Individual classes on ten topics • Register before leaving today • Identify plan preparer • Develop scope of work and timeline for your municipality

  33. QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

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