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MEETING AGENDA ROUTING SHEET
MEETING DATE: December 14, 2006
REQUESTED ACTION/SUMMARY: Approval of a contract with JLH
Associates in the amount of $35,000.00 for preparation of an EAR Report
(Evaluation Appraisal Report) required to amend the Comprehensive Plan of
the Village of Tequesta.
RESOLUTION OR ORDINANCE NUMBER: Res # 19-06/07
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT: Community Development
FUNDING SOURCE: 2006/2007 BUDGET
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 001-150 531.322
CURRENT BUDGETED AMOUNT AVAILABLE: $ 50,000.
AMOUNT OF THIS ITEM: $ 35,000.
AMOUNT REMAINING AFTER THIS ITEM: $ 15,000.
BUDGET TRANSFER REQUIRED: ^ Yes X No
APPROPRIATE FUND BALANCE: ^ Yes X No
Piggyback Contract Name and #:
Or
Competitive Bid #
APPROVALS:
DEPARTMENT HE~f~:
FINANCE DIRECTOR:
VILLAGE MANAGER: ` ; LLc.}%Lct L. ~ w`
VILLAGE MANAGER RECOMMENDATION:
APPROVE ITEM: ~'••
DENY ITEM: ^
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VILLAGE ATTORNEY: APPROVED FOR LEGAL SUFFICIENCY
^ Yes X No
^ Not Applicable (n/a)
RESOLUTION NO. 19-06/07
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF
TEQUESTA, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, APPROVING A CONTRACT
WITH JLH ASSOCIATES FOR PREPARATION OF AN EVALUATION AND
APPRAISAL REPORT (EAR) IN THE AMOUNT OF $35,000.00, REQUIRED TO
AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA,
WITH FUNDING AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT # 001-150-531.322, MISC
PLANNING SERVICES, AND AUTHORIZING THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO
EXECUTE THE SAME ON BEHALF OF THE VILLAGE.
Whereas, The Evaluation and Appraisal Report is required by March 1, 2007, as a preliminary
document in preparing amendments to the Village of Tequesta Comprehensive Plan, required to
be reviewed every ten (10) years; and,
Whereas, JLH & Associates prepared the prior EAR Report in 1996 for the Village of
Tequesta; and,
Whereas, JLH & Associates has the historic knowledge and experience to prepare this report in
a timely and cost effective manner; and,
Whereas, this resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE
OF TEQUESTA, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Approval of the contract with JLH Associates for preparation of an evaluation and
appraisal report (EAR), in the amount of $35,000.00, required to amend the Comprehensive Plan of the
Village of Tequesta with funding available in account # 001-150-531.322, Misc. Planning Services, and
authorizing the Village Manager to execute the same on behalf of the Village.
~ THE FOREGOING
Councilmember
follows:
FOR ADOPTION
RESOLUTION WAS OFFERED by Councilmember
_, who moved its adoption. The motion was seconded by
and upon being put to a vote, the vote was as
AGAINST ADOPTION
The Mayor thereupon declared the Resolution duly passed and adopted this
A.D., 2006.
MAYOR OF TEQUESTA
day of
Jim Humpage
ATTEST:
Village Clerk
Vllage of Tequesta
Purchase Order Requisition Date:
Date Purchase Order is Req'd:
Department:
Req. #: 8/3/2006
ASAP
De t. of Commuri Dev.
Quotes Received: 1 (See Attached)
Vendors Bids Recommended Vendor:
JLH Associates Vendor #: 0150
1 JLH Associates ~ ,~~ C! Address: 8557 SE Coconut Street
2 ~•~,, ~ u ~ i,' ~ ~ .~ -7~(> . City: Hobe Sound
3 State 8~ Zip: FL 33455 ATTN: Jack Homiman
Comments: JLH re ared the Au ust 1996 EAR, Evaluation raiser Re ort, a document re uired b the State in re aration
for a revision in Febru 1998, for the Vllage Com ehensive Plan. Our current EAR is re uired by March 1, 2007. We wish to roceed
with JLH & Associates because the have the historic knowledge and expe rience to achieve our al without unnec del for
research, effiaent cost in re oration and reduced time b staff. This item was a roved in the 2007/2008 Bud et for $35,000.
Manuf./
Item Descri lion Part# Q Unit Price
Total Cost Account # Available Balance
Finance Use Onl
EAR REPORT 1 $35,000.00 $35,000.00 001.150.531-322
Plannin Services
Total: $35,000.00
Finance/Administrative Use Only:
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To: Mayor and Council
Date: 1130-06
RE: EAR Report
An EAR, Evaluation Appraisal Report is a document required by the Department of
Community Affairs as an evaluation of current development conditions in the Village, in
preparation for the review and revision of the Comprehensive Plan, a process which is
done every 10 years.
In past years, the state had not been able to keep up with their review of the
municipalities EAR Reports due to a lack of staffing. At present, they have set up
deadlines for the EAR Reports from the municipalities and are prepared with the
necessary staff to review them. The DCA has set a deadline for Tequesta at March 1,
2007.
The EAR Report takes time for research and evaluation which translates into costs. An
experienced consultant such as Lux Consulting Services, Carol Lux (a prior
planner/employee with the Village of Tequesta, and JLH Associates, Jack Horniman (the
consultant who prepared the last EAR Report in 1996 for our 1998 revision to the
Comprehensive Plan) have the necessary historic knowledge of Village planning and
prior reports and documents to produce a timely and cost efficient report.
Any other consultant would need to research a vast amount of information to draw the
necessary conclusions to prepare the EAR Report. This would take an excess of time and
labor and put us past our deadline.
We have chosen JLH Associates because of their preparation of the last EAR Report and
the fact that we have established a good working relationship as they consulted with us
over the past year and prior.
Respe~tf ,~br~~t~ed~/
Catherine Harding
Community Development bisector
ASSOCIATES
city planning 6 zoning • lobbying • permitting • land development research
l.AG~ OF
October 20, 2006 '~ ~ ~ U ~' ~ TA
Ms. Catherine Harding, Director
Department of Conununity Development
Village of Tequesta
250 Tequesta Drive, Suite 305
Tequesta, FL 33469
OCT 2 4 2006
DEPARTMENT OF
C®11,-1MtJNITY DEVELOPMENT
Dear Ms. Harding,
it is my understanding that the Village of Tequesta is. seeking professional planning assistance in the
preparation of the Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) to its Comprehensive Plan. JLH Associates has
extensive experience in the preparation of Comprehensive Plans and in the EAR process pursuant to
Florida Statutes and Florida Administrative Code requirements. In fact, JLH Associates prepared the
Village of Tequesta's last EAR in 1996. JLH Associates has most recently completed EARS for the Town
of Cloud Lake, Town of Haverhill and the Town of Jupiter Inlet Colony. All have been found to be
"Sutlicient" with "No Objections" which allows those cities to proceed with their EAR-based
Comprehensive Plan amendments. The Town of Juno Beach EAR was recently completed by JI.,H and is
still in the local review process while JLH Associates is currently in the process of preparing EARS for the
City of Palm Beach Gardens and the Town of Glen Ridge. It is the intent of this Letter to express an
interest in assisting the Village of Tequesta in the preparation of its EAR.
Preparation of the EAR involves extensive research and a time consuming process under the best of
circumstances. The Village of Tequesta EAR is due to be transmitted to the Florida Department of
Community Affairs (DCA) by March 1, 2007. Failure to meet this date will result in the Village not being
able to process any amendments to its Comprehensive Plan until the EAR is officially transmitted. The
Village must first prepare a Scope of Work and identify "Major Issues" in order to secure approval and a
Letter of Understanding with DCA. The EAR must be prepared and reviewed by the Village's Local
Planning Agency (L.PA) for recommendation to the Village Council. The Council must adopt the EAR
prior to transmittal to DCA. Appropriate public notice and public hearings must be held by the Village per
requirements of Florida Statutes. The EAR process should commence as soon as possible due to the
reasons stated above.
JLH Associates expects that the EAR can be prepared and completed for transmittal to DCA within six (6)
months from the date of entering into agreement with the Village, presuming there are no unanticipated
delays or circumstances created by the Village that would affect the normal processes for preparing the
EAR. The cost of preparing the EAR for transmittal to DCA will not exceed $35,000 based on a billable
rate of $125/hr. for professional planning services. Ii is ageed that the Village will provide support to JLH
Associates, as necessary, in the preparation of the EAR. If this planning timeframe and cost estimate are
acceptable to the Village, JLH Associates is available to commence the work effort upon entering into
agreement with the Village. It should be noted for the Village's planning and budgeting purposes that
similar funding should be considered for FY 07/08 to update its Comprehensive Plan based on the EAR
Respectfully submitted,
,~ ~~~ ~
ack L. Horniman
Planning Consultant
r
8557 S.E. Coconut St. • Hobe Sound, FL 33455 • 772-545-2404 • Fax 772-545-2405
Lux Consulting Services
270 Timberwalk Trail
Jupiter FL 33458
772-323-9681
Monday, August 28, 2006
Catherine Harding
Director of Community Development
Village of Tequesta
250 Tequesta Dr. Suite 305
Tequesta FL 33469
RE: VILLAGE OF TQUESTA
EVALUATION & APPRAISAL REPORT (EAR)
PROPOSAL FOR SERVICES
Dear Ms. Harding:
This proposal is submitted by Lux Consulting Services, hereinafter referred to as the
"Consultant" to the Village of Tequesta, hereinafter referred to as "Client"
This proposal is for professional services rendered by the Consultant as an agent for the
Client. The Consultant shall facilitate the exchange of information to the Village of
Tequesta as necessary for coordination of the work. The scope of services will include
preparation and research for all public meetings, documents, maps, activities and services
required to prepare an Evaluation & Appraisal Report for the Village.
The Florida State Department of Community Affairs (DCA) has set the due date for the
EAR for Tequesta as March 1, 2007. The following statement is copied from the DCA's
EAR website and explains each municipality's state requirements. Also enclosed is a
flow chart from DCA regarding the process for the EAR. DCA suggests the EAR process
should take twelve to eighteen months depending upon the course of actions chosen by
the Municipality. Based on a beginning date of September the time frame is extremely
short for completion within the allotted time.
Additionally, a copy of the Statutory Provisions related to the EAR is also attached. The
Statutory Provisions include an explanation of the items needed for EAR sufficiency,
public meetings, etc., as well as an explanation of the penalties for non-compliance.
"Pursuant to Section 163.3191, F.S., "each local government shall adopt an evaluation and
appraisal report (EAR) once every seven years assessing the progress in implementing
the local government's comprehensive plan." The report evaluates how successful a
community has been in addressing major community land use planning issues through
implementation of its comprehensive plan. Based on this evaluation, the report suggests
how the plan should be revised to better address community objectives, changing
conditions and trends affecting the community, and changes in state requirements."
The services under this agreement will be as follows:
PART I. EVALUATION & APPRAISAL REPORT (EAR)
• Review of Village conditions and circumstances;
• Consultation and coordination with Client's consultants and other professionals
with regard to the EAR requirements;
• Review of Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Regulations of the Village in light of
the goals and issues of the Evaluation & Appraisal Report;
• Attendance at meetings with pertinent Village staff, county staff, and Department
of Community Affairs staff to review and confirm appropriate applications,
forms, regulations and processes, if necessary (up to three meetings);
• Coordination, administration and leadership of workshops and public meetings
that are required for the EAR (up to three meetings);
• Update population analysis and predictions;
• Assessment of existing development and the extent of vacant land and
developable lands;
• Discussion on financial considerations in providing needed services to the
community in the future;
• An assessment of the success and shortcomings of each element of the Town's
Comprehensive Plan;
• An assessment of the coordination of the Village's future land uses and residential
development with the capacity of existing and planned schools;
• An assessment of the Village's Comprehensive Plan compliance with the South
Florida Water Management District's Regional Water Supply Plan;
• An assessment of the Village's Comprehensive Plan compliance with Palm Beach
County's Comprehensive Plan and EAR;
• An evaluation of whether a past reduction in land use density within the coastal
high hazard area impairs with the rights of current residents when development
efforts occur;
• Discussion of public participation activities in preparing for the EAR;
• Coordination with the various governmental agencies required to complete the
EAR;
• Prepare written Evaluation & Appraisal Report, paper and digital copies to be
presented to Village;
• Follow up with Village and DCA for additional and/or alterations of report (up to
three revisions);
• Site investigation based on site visit, aerial photographs, and any available
surveys, studies or plans pertaining to Village;
• Preparation of required agreements and affidavits to be signed by Village
Officials;
• Preparation of required application forms, submittal letters and other required
statements;
• Consultation with elected and appointed officials as may be necessary;
• Preparation of file memos noting discussions and actions at public hearings.
PART II. PREPARTION OF EAR-BASED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
AMENDMENTS
• Coordination with Staff on preparation of EAR-based amendments;
• Attend up to three public meetings for consideration and adoption of EAR-based
amendments;
• Coordination with DCA on review of EAR-based amendments;
• Revised amendments, as needed, based on Village Council, Staff and DCA
Comments.
PART III. PRESENTATION GRAPHICS
• Preparation of required submittal maps;
• Preparation of PowerPoint presentation, including coordination of graphics
prepared by others and additional support graphics necessary for successful
presentation to the Village of the proposed EAR.
PART IV. ADDITIONAL SERVICES
Additional Services required as a result of substantial changes in the established
program, constraints or other major changes in the project concept, or as requested by
the Client will require proper authorization by the Client and will be billed at the
hourly rate referenced herein, or may be negotiated on a fixed rate basis.
Additional Services not included within this proposal are as follows:
• Document revisions resulting from changes in other consultants work;
• Revisions to the submitted support graphics, as requested by the Client or as
required by the Village of Tequesta Staff, Planning and Zoning Board, Village
Council, or as a result of conditions of approval by DCA;
• Additional support graphics deemed necessary for presentation to the
reviewing bodies;
• Attendance at more than the number of meetings referenced above;
• Preparation for any of the above referenced additional meetings and follow-up
coordination with Client or consultant team;
• Preparation of any required notices and affidavits for notification of
surrounding property owners;
• All postage for possible mailing of notices to surrounding property owners;
• Attendance and preparation for scoping meeting with surrounding
governmental entities and agencies;
• Digitalization of existing Comprehensive Plan.
FEES:
PART I. Evaluation & Appraisal Report ....................................... $26,000.00
PART IL Prepazation of EAR-based Comprehensive Plan Amendments
Hourly Not to Exceed ...................................................$10,000.00
PART III. Miscellaneous Graphics e
Hourly Not to Exceed ...................................................$3,500.00
PART IV. Additional Services ..................................................Open Hourly
Terms of Payment: An initial down-payment of $5,000.00 is due upon acceptance of
this proposal as a contract. On the first of every month thereafter, until the EAR is
adopted by the Village Council or until the entire fee of $26,000 (not including Graphics,
Additional Services etc. which will be billed separately) is received by the Client, a fee of
$3,000.00 is to be paid to Carol Lux and/or Lux Consulting Services for services
rendered. A full accounting of the progress of the EAR will be attached to an invoice by
the 3`d week of the month and will be sent to Catherine Hazding, as Director of the
Village of Tequesta's Department of Community Development. Graphics and Additional
Services will be included in the invoice when appropriate.
Open Hourly and Hourly Not to Exceed fees shall be billed on an hourly basis in
accordance with the hourly rates referenced under the TERMS section of this proposal.
Consultant may suspend the performance of its services if Client fails to pay Consultant
in full or in part, for services rendered or expenses incurred. Consultant shall have no
liability because of such suspension of services or termination due to Client's
nonpayment.
TERMS
Hourly Rate: $65.00/Hour
• The Consultant may not exceed the agreed upon fees without prior
authorization from the Client.
• All balances shall be due upon terms noted above. Invoices shall be
considered past due thirty days from the date due (ls` of month as noted
above). Thereafter the Client will be responsible fora 12% carrying charge
on all past due accounts.
• The terms of this agreement may be null and void if not accepted with thirty
(30) days.
• Attorney's Fees: In connection with any litigation, including appellate
proceeding arising out of this agreement, the Consultant shall be entitled to
recover from the Client any amounts due and/or unpaid, together with costs,
interest and reasonable attorney fees.
• Conflict: Any changes to this contract shall be in writing and ezecuted by all
parties. In the event that there is disagreement between the parties regarding
any of the terms of this agreement, said disagreement shall be submitted to
arbitration pursuant to the rules and regulations of the American
Arbitration Association. In no event shall any demand for mediation be
made after such claim or dispute would be barred by applicable law. The
decision of the American Arbitration Association shall be binding on both
parties. Mediation fees shall be shared equally.
Thank you for the opportunity to submit this proposal. Receipt of this signed original
proposal and your initial payment shall be our authorization to proceed.
Sincerely,
Carol Lux
Lux Consulting Services
APPROVED AND ACCEPTED THIS DAY OF , 2006.
BY=
Print Name: Authorized Agent
Signature
The EAR process
1. Identify. who will prepare EAR
3. Prepare Z. Workshop on Elected Officials
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STATUTORY PROVISIONS RELATED TO
EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL REPORTS
1633191: Evaluation and A raisal of Com rehensive Plan Notes
(1) The planning program shall be a continuous and ongoing EARS due every seven yeazs
process. Each local government shall adopt an evaluation and
appraisal report once every 7 years assessing the progress in
implementing the local government's comprehensive plan.
Furthermore, it is the intent of this section that:
(a) Adopted comprehensive plans be reviewed through such Intent of EAR
evaluation process to respond to changes in state, regional, and
local policies on planning and growth management and
changing conditions and trends, to ensure effective
intergovernmental coordination, and to identify major issues
re azdin the communi 's achievement of its oals.
(b) After completion of the initial evaluation and appraisal Time period evaluated by EAR
report and any supporting plan amendments, each subsequent
evaluation and appraisal report must evaluate the comprehensive
plan in effect at the time of the initiation of the evaluation and
a raisal r rt rocess.
(c) Local governments identify the major issues, if applicable, Identification of major issues
with input from state agencies, regional agencies, adjacent local
governments, and the public in the evaluation and appraisal
report process. It is also the intent of this section to establish
minimum requirements for information to ensure predictability,
certainty, and integrity in the growth management process. The
report is intended to serve as a summary audit of the actions that EAR is summary audit
a local government has undertaken and identify changes that it
may need to make. The report should be based on the local
government's analysis of major issues to further the
community's goals consistent with statewide minimum
standazds. The report is not intended to require a comprehensive
rewrite of the elements within the local plan, unless a local
overnment chooses to do so.
(2) The report shall present an evaluation and assessment of the Establishes 16 required components of the EAR
comprehensive plan and shall contain appropriate statements to
update the comprehensive plan, including, but not limited to,
words, ma s, illustrations, or other media, related to:
(a) Population growth and changes in land area, including 1. Change in population and land area
annexation, since the adoption of the original plan or the most
recent u date amendments.
b The extent of vacant and develo able land. 2. Location of vacant, buildable land
(c) The financial feasibility of implementing the comprehensive 3. Success of providing needed infrastructure
plan and of providing needed infrastructure to achieve and
maintain adopted level-of-service standazds and sustain
concurrency management systems through the capital
improvements element, as well as the ability to address
infrastructure backlogs and meet the demands of growth on
ublic services and facilities.
(d) The location of existing development in relation to the 4. Compaze where development occurred vs. when
location of development as anticipated in the original plan, or in the plan predicted it would occur
the plan as amended by the most recent evaluation and appraisal
re rt u ate amendments, such as within azeas desi ated for
urban owth.
(e) An identification of the major issues for the jurisdiction and, 5. Major issues
where pertinent, the potential social, economic, and
environmental im acts.
(f) Relevant changes to the state comprehensive plan, the 6. Changes in state and regional planning policy
requirements of this part, the minimum criteria contained in
chapter 9J-5, Florida Administrative Code, and the appropriate
strategic regional policy plan since the adoption of the original
plan or the most recent evaluation and appraisal report update
amendments.
(g) An assessment of whether the plan objectives within each 7. Attainment of planning objectives
element, as they relate to major issues, have been achieved. The
report shall include, as appropriate, an identification as to
whether unforeseen or unanticipated changes in circumstances
have resulted in problems or opportunities with respect to major
issues identified in each element and the social, economic, and
environmental im acts of the issue.
(h) A brief assessment of successes and shortcomings related to 8. Brief review of each element
each element of the Ian.
(i) The identification of any actions or corrective measures, 9. Recommendations for revising the plan
including whether plan amendments aze anticipated to address
the major issues identified and analyzed in the report. Such
identification shall include, as appropriate, new population
projections, new revised planning timeframes, a revised future
conditions map or map series, an updated capital improvements
element, and any new and revised goals, objectives, and policies
for major issues identified within each element. This pazagraph
shall not require the submittal of the plan amendments with the
evaluation and a raisal re ort.
(j) A summary of the public participation program and activities 10. Public participation activities
undertaken b the local overnment in re arin the re rt.
(k) The coordination of the comprehensive plan with existing 11. Coordinating school planning with land use
public schools and those identified in the applicable educational planning
facilities plan adopted pursuant to s. 1013.35. The assessment
shall address, where relevant, the success or failure of the
coordination of the future land use map and associated planned
residential development with public schools and their capacities,
as well as the joint decisionmaking processes engaged in by the
local government and the school board in regard to establishing
appropriate population projections and the planning and siting
of public school facilities. For those counties or municipalities
that do not have a public schools interlocal agreement or public
school facility element, the assessment shall determine whether
the local government continues to meet the criteria of
x.163.3177(12). If the county or municipality determines that it
no longer meets the criteria, it must adopt appropriate school
concurrency goals, objectives, and policies in its plan
amendments pursuant to the requirements of the public school
facility element, and enter into the existing interlocal agreement
required by ss. 163.3177(6)(h)2. and 163.3177 in order to fully
artici ate in the school concurrenc s stem.
1 The extent to which the local overnment has been 12. Coordinatin water su tannin with land
successful in identifying alternative water supply projects and use planning
traditional water supply projects, including conservation and
reuse, necessazy to meet the water needs identified in s.
373.0361(2)(a) within the local government's jurisdicfion. The
report must evaluate the degree to which the local government
has implemented the work plan for building public, private, and
regional water supply facilities, including the development of
alternative water supplies identified in the element as necessary
to serve existin and new develo ment.
(m) If any of the jurisdiction of the local government is located 13. Strategies for addressing residential non-
within the coastal high-hazard azea, an evaluation of whether conforming land uses in the coastal high-hazard azea
any past reduction in land use density impairs the property
rights of current residents when redevelopment occurs,
including, but not limited to, redevelopment following a natural
disaster. The property rights of current residents shall be
balanced with public safety considerations. The local
government must identify strategies to address redevelopment
feasibility and the property rights of affected residents. These
strategies may include the authorization of redevelopment up to
the actual built density in existence on the property prior to the
natural disaster or redevelo ment.
(n) An assessment of whether the criteria adopted pursuant to 14. Applies only to local governments adjacent to or
s.163.3177(6)(a) was successful in achieving compatibility with in close proximity to a military installation. Criteria
mili installations. to be ado ted b June 30, 2006
(o) The extent to which a concurrency exception area designated 15. Concurrency exception area
pursuant to s. 163.3180(5), a concurrency management azea
designated pursuant to s. 163.3180(7), or a multimodal
transportation district designated pursuant to s. 163.3189(15)
has achieved the purpose for which it was created and otherwise
com lies with the rovisions of s. 163.3180.
(p) An assessment of the extent to which changes aze needed to 16. Establish common methodology for measuring
develop a common methodology for measuring impacts on impacts on roads which traverse multiple
transportation facilities for the purpose of implementing its jurisdictions
concurrency management system in coordination with the
municipalities and counties, as appropriate pursuant to s.
163.3180 10 .
(3) Voluntary scoping meetings may be conducted by each local Scoping meeting
government or several local govemments within the same
county that agree to meet together. Joint meetings among all
local governments in a county are encouraged. All scoping
meetings shall be completed at least 1 year prior to the
established adoption date of the report. The purpose of the
meetings shall be to distribute data and resources available to
assist in the preparation of the report, to provide input on major
issues in each community that should be addressed in the report,
and to advise on the extent of the effort for the components of
subsection (2). If scoping meetings aze held, the local
government shall invite each state and regional reviewing
agency, as well as adjacent and other affected local
governments. A preliminazy list of new data and major issues
that have emerged since the adoption of the original plan, or the
most recent evaluation and raisal re rt-based u ate
amendments, should be developed by state and regional entities
and involved local governments for distribution at the scoping
meeting. For purposes of this subsection, a "scoping meeting" is
a meeting conducted to determine the scope of review of the
evaluation and appraisal report by parties to which the report
relates.
(4) The local planning agency shall prepaze the evaluation and Local planning agency
appraisal report and shall make recommendations to the
governing body regarding adoption of the proposed report. The
local planning agency shall prepare the report in conformity
with its public participation procedures adopted as required by s.
163.3181. During the prepazation of the proposed report and
prior to making any recommendation to the governing body, the
local planning agency shall hold at least one public hearing,
with public notice, on the proposed report. At a minimum, the
format and content of the proposed report shall include a table
of contents; numbered pages; element headings; section
headings within elements; a list of included tables, maps, and
figures; a title and sources for all included tables; a preparation
date; and the name of the prepazer. Where applicable, maps
shall include major natural and artificial geographic features;
city, county, and state lines; and a legend indicating a north
arrow, ma scale, and the date.
(5) Ninety days prior to the scheduled adoption date, the local Optional proposed EAR
government may provide a proposed evaluation and appraisal
report to the state land planning agency and distribute copies to
state and regional commenting agencies as prescribed by rule,
adjacent jurisdictions, and interested citizens for review. All
review comments, including comments by the state land
planning agency, shall be transmitted to the local government
and state land planning agency within 30 days after receipt of
the ro osed re ort.
(6) The governing body, after considering the review comments Adoption by local government
and recommended changes, if any, shall adopt the evaluation
and appraisal report by resolution or ordinance at a public
hearing with public notice. The governing body shall adopt the
report in conformity with its public participation procedures
adopted as required by s. 163.3181. The local government shall
submit to the state land planning agency three copies of the Submit three copies to DCA
report, a transmittal letter indicating the dates of public hearings,
and a copy of the adoption resolution or ordinance. The local
government shall provide a copy of the report to the reviewing Submit copies to reviewing agencies and adjacent
agencies which provided comments for the proposed report, or local government
to all the reviewing agencies if a proposed report was not
provided pursuant to subsection (5), including the adjacent local
governments. Within 60 days after receipt, the state land Preliminary sufficiency review: 60 days
planning agency shall review the adopted report and make a
preliminary sufficiency determination that shall be forwarded by
the agency to the local government for its consideration. The
state land planning agency shall issue a final sufficiency Final sufficiency review: 90 days
determination within 90 days after receipt of the adopted
evaluation and a raisal re ort.
(7) The intent of the evaluation and appraisal process is the Defmition of sufficiency review
preparation of a plan update that clearly and concisely achieves
the purpose of this section. Toward this end, the sufficiency
review of the state land planning agency shall concentrate on
whether the evaluation and appraisal report sufficiently fulfills
the components of subsection (2). If the state land planning
agency determines that the report is insufficient, the governing
body shall adopt a revision of the report and submit the revised
re ort for review ursuant to subsection 6 .
(8) The state land planning agency may delegate the review of Optional delegation of sufficiency review
evaluation and appraisal reports, including all state land
planning agency duties under subsections (4)-(7), to the
appropriate regional planning council. When the review has
been delegated to a regional planning council, any local
government in the region may elect to have its report reviewed
by the regional planning council rather than the state land
planning agency. The state land planning agency shall by
agreement provide for uniform and adequate review of reports
and shall retain oversight for any delegation of review to a
re Tonal Tannin council.
(9) The state land planning agency may establish a phased EAR due date schedule
schedule for adoption of reports. The schedule shall provide
each local government at least 7 yeazs from plan adoption or last
established adoption date for a report and shall allot
approximately one-seventh of the reports to any 1 year. In order
to allow the municipalities to use data and analyses gathered by
the counties, the state land planning agency shall schedule
municipal report adoption dates between 1 yeaz and 18 months Municipal EARS due 12 to 18 months after county
later than the report adoption date for the county in which those EAR
municipalities are located. A local government may adopt its
report no earlier than 90 days prior to the established adoption
date. Small municipalities which were scheduled by chapter 9J-
33, Florida Administrative Code, to adopt their evaluation and
appraisal report after February 2, 1999, shall be rescheduled to
adopt their report together with the other municipalities in their
coon as rovided in this subsection.
(10) The governing body shall amend its comprehensive plan EAR-based amendment
based on the recommendations in the report and shall update the
comprehensive plan based on the components of subsection (2),
pursuant to the provisions of ss. 163.3184, 163.3187, and
163.3189. Amendments to update a comprehensive plan based
on the evaluation and appraisal report shall be adopted during a Single amendment cycle
single amendment cycle within 18 months after the report is
determined to be sufficient by the state land planning agency, Amendment due 18 months after sufficiency
except the state land planning agency may grant an extension determination
for adoption of a portion of such amendments. The state land
planning agency may grant a 6-month extension for the adoption
of such amendments if the request is justified by good and Six month extension
sufficient cause as determined by the agency. An additional
extension may also be granted if the request will result in greater An additional extension
coordination between transportation and land use, for the
oses of im rovin Florida's trans rtarion stem, as
determined by the agency in coordinafion with the Metropolitan
Planning Organization program. Beginning July 1, 2006, failure
to timely adopt and transmit update amendments to the Failwe to adopt EAR-based amendment
comprehensive plan based on the evaluation and appraisal report
shall result in a local government being prohibited from
adopting amendments to the comprehensive plan until the
evaluation and appraisal report update amendments have been
adopted and transmitted to the state land planning agency. The
prohibition on plan amendments shall commence with the
update amendments to the comprehensive plan aze past due.
The comprehensive plan as amended shall be in compliance as
defined in s. 163.3184(1)(b). Within 6 months after the Submittal of new plan with 6 months
effective date of the update amendments to the comprehensive
plan, the local government shall provide to the state land
planning agency and to all agencies designated by rule a Rule 9J-11.009(6) list
com fete co of the u dated com rehensive lan.
(11) The Administration Commission may impose the sanctions
provided by s. 163.3184(11) against any local government that
fails to adopt and submit a report, or that fails to implement its
report through timely and sufficient amendments to its local
plan, except for reasons of excusable delay or valid planning
reasons agreed to by the state land planning agency or found Sanctions
present by the Administration Commission. Sanctions for
untimely or insufficient plan amendments shall be prospective
only and shall begin after a final order has been issued by the
Administration Commission and a reasonable period of time has
been allowed for the local government to comply with an
adverse determination by the Administration Commission
through adoption of plan amendments that aze in compliance.
The state land planning agency may initiate, and an affected
person may intervene in, such a proceeding by filing a petition
with the Division of Administrative Heazings, which shall
appoint an administrative law judge and conduct a hearing
pursuant to ss. 120.569 and 120.57(1) and shall submit a
recommended order to the Administration Commission. The
affected local government shall be a party to any such
proceeding. The commission may implement this subsection by
rule.
(12) The state land planning agency shall not adopt rules to Prohibition on rule adoption
im lement this section, other than rocedural rules.
(13) The state land planning agency shall regularly review the DCA's evaluation of the effectiveness of the EAR
evaluation and appraisal report process and submit a report to process
the Governor, the Administration Commission, the Speaker of
the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and
the respective community affairs committees of the Senate and
the House of Representatives. The first report shall be submitted
by December 31, 2004, and subsequent reports shall be Every five years
submitted every 5 years thereafter. At least 9 months before the
due date of each report, the Secretary of Community Affairs
shall appoint a technical committee of at least 15 members to Technical Advisory Committee
assist in the prepazafion of the report. The membership of the
technical committee shall consist of representatives of local
governments, regional planning councils, the private sector, and
environmental organizations. The report shall assess the
effectiveness of the evaluation and appraisal report process.
163.2517 Designation of urban infill and redevelopment
area.
(6)(a) In order to continue to be eligible for the economic and Urban Infill and Redevelopment Areas
regulatory incentives granted with respect to an urban infill and
redevelopment azea, the local government must demonstrate
during the evaluation, assessment, and review of its
comprehensive plan required pursuant to s. 163.3191, that
within designated urban inf~ll and redevelopment azeas, the
amount of combined annual residential, commercial, and
institutional develo went has increased b at least 10 rcent.
(b) If the local government fails to implement the urban infill Failure to implement UIRA plan
and redevelopment plan in accordance with the deadlines set
forth in the plan, the Department of Community Affairs may
seek to rescind the economic and regulatory incentives granted
to the urban infill and redevelopment azea, subject to the
provisions of chapter 120. The action to rescind may be initiated
90 days after issuing a written letter of warning to the local
overnment.
1633174 Local Tannin a en
(4) The local planning agency shall have the general General responsibilities
responsibility for the conduct of the comprehensive planning
ro . S ificall ,the local Tannin a enc shall:
(b) Monitor and oversee the effectiveness and status of the LPA responsible for EAR
comprehensive plan and recommend to the governing body such
changes in the comprehensive plan as may from time to time be
required, including preparation of the periodic reports required
b s. 163.3191.
16331777 Pnblic schools interlocal a Bement.
(7) At the time of the evaluation and appraisal report, each Coordination of school facility planning and land
exempt municipality shall assess the extent to which it continues use planning
to meet the criteria for exemption under s.163.3177 (12). If the
municipality continues to meet these criteria, the municipality
shall continue to be exempt from the interlocal-agreement
requirement. Each municipality exempt under s.163.3177 (12)
must comply with the provisions of this section within 1 year
after the district school board proposes, in its 5-year district
facilities work program, a new school within the municipality's
'urisdiction.
1633187 Amendment of ado ted corn rehensive lan.
(6)(a) No local government may amend its comprehensive plan Prohibition on amendment if EAR not adopted
after the date established by the state land planning agency for
adoption of its evaluation and appraisal report unless it has
submitted its report or addendum to the state land planning
agency as prescribed by s. 163.3191, except for plan
amendments described in h 1) b) or h 1 h .
(b) A local government may amend its comprehensive plan after If EAR adopted may amend plan even if EAR is not
it has submitted its adopted evaluation and appraisal report and sufficient
for a period of 1 yeaz after the initial determination of
sufficiency regardless of whether the report has been determined
to be insufficient.
(c) A local government may not amend its comprehensive plan, If EAR not sufficient after one yeaz, only DRI
except for plan amendments described in pazagraph (1)(b), if the related amendments may be adopted
1-yeaz period after the initial sufficiency determination of the
report has expired and the report has not been determined to be
sufficient.
(d) When the state land planning agency has determined that the When EAR sufficient, may resume adopting
report has sufficiently addressed all pertinent provisions of s. amendments
163.3191, the local government may amend its comprehensive
plan without the limitations imposed by paragraph (a) or
az ah c.
(e) Any plan amendment which a local government attempts to Invalid amendment must be readopted
adopt in violation of paragraph (a) or paragraph (c) is invalid,
but such invalidity may be overcome if the local government
readopts the amendment and transmits the amendment to the
state land planning agency pursuant to s. 163.3184(7) after the
re ort is determined to be sufficient.
1633246 Local government comprehensive planning
certification r m.
(10) A local government's certification shall be reviewed by the Certification reviewed as part of EAR
local government and the department as part of the evaluation
and appraisal process pursuant to s. 163.3191. Within 1 yeaz
after the deadline for the local government to update its
comprehensive plan based on the evaluation and appraisal
report, the department shall renew or revoke the certification.
The local overnment's failure to ado t a timel evaluation and
appraisal report, failure to adopt an evaluation and appraisal
report found to be sufficient, or failure to timely adopt
amendments based on an evaluation and appraisal report found
to be in compliance by the department shall be cause for
revoking the certification agreement. The department's decision
to renew or revoke shall be considered agency action subject to
challen a under s. 120.569.