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ANALYSIS
Application No. 03-25
On November 7, 1995, by Resolution No. 95-830 and pursuant to Chapter 163, Part II, Florida
Statutes, and 9J-5, Florida Administrative Code, the Miami City Commission adopted the "1995
Evaluation and Appraisal Report on the Miami Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan". This
Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR), found sufficient by the Florida Department of Community
Affairs on December 17, 1996, provided an assessment of the City's progress in implementing the
Miami Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan (MCNP).
A number of amendments to the MCNP were recommended by the EAR, including updates to the
Intergovernmental Coordination Element. In addition, the element has been revised to respond to
new state requirements and emerging local coordinative mechanisms. Specifically, the Florida
Statutes now mandate the description of `joint processes for collaborative planning and decision
making" on the issues of population projections and public school siting, the location and
extension of public facilities subject to concurrency, and the siting of facilities of countywide
significance, as well as the execution of interlocal agreements between municipalities, counties,
and school boards regarding coordination of school facilities planning.
At the local level, intergovernmental coordination has been significantly enhanced by the
establishment, in 1999, of a Planners' Technical Committee (PTC), a council of professional
planners representing local governments in Miami -Dade County working to address common
concerns and to share resources toward solving planning problems. The PTC maintains a close
working partnership with the Florida Department of Community Affairs and South Florida Regional
Planning Council. Also, pursuant to the mandated school facilities interlocal agreement {executed
by the City in March of this year), a Staff Working Group consisting of municipal, County, and
School Board representatives has been established and meets twice annually to "discuss issues
and formulate recommendations regarding ... coordination of land use and school facilities
planning, including such issues as population and student projections, development trends, a
work program for five, ten and twenty year intervals and its relationship to the local government
comprehensive plans ... school needs (school capacity and school funding), collocation and joint
use opportunities, and ancillary infrastructure improvements needed to support the school and
ensure safe student access." A subcommittee of the Staff Working Group works collaboratively
with the Planners' Technical Committee at monthly joint meetings.
The majority of the amendments to the Intergovernmental Coordination Element respond to the
above -described new state planning requirements and/or to the opportunities for coordinated
planning presented by the Planners' Technical Committee and Staff Working Group.