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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
"Dedicated to making Florida a better place to call home"
CHARLIE CRIST
Govemor
December 22, 2009
The Honorable Tomas Regalado
Mayor, City of Miami
City of Miami City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, Florida 33133
Dear Mayor Regalado:
THOMAS O. PELHAM
Secretary
On December 1, 2009, the Department of Community Affairs sent a letter regarding City
of Miami Amendment Number 10-1, which proposed the creation a regional activity center
under the Development of Regional Impact program. In that letter, the Department stated that
since the City was designated a dense urban land area (DULA) under Senate Bill 360 and was no
longer subject to the Development of Regional Impact program, the City was ineligible to adopt
such a designation.
Upon further review, the Department notes that Senate Bill 360 amended Section
380.06(29)(f), Florida Statutes (F.S.), to require local governments to send development orders
to the Department for projects that would be larger than 120% of the applicable DRI threshold.
Thus, a local government that is a DULA and is exempt from the DRI program can nonetheless
seek the RAC designation in order to increase the applicable threshold that will trigger the
reporting requirement in Section 380.06(29)(f), F.S. Therefore, the Department agrees the City
can amend its comprehensive plan to create this designation. We identify no issues of regional
or statewide importance that would form the basis for a challenge.
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The Honorable Tomas Regalado
December 22, 2009
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If you have any questions relating to this matter, please call Bill Pable, A1CP, at (850)
922-1781.
Sincerely,
Mike McDaniel, Chief
Office of Comprehensive Planning
MM/bp
cc: Ms. Carolyn Dekle, Executive Director, South Florida Regional Planning Council
Ms. Ana Gelabert-Sanchez, Director, City of Miami Planning Department