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Secreiary
November 12, 2004
The Honorable Manuel Diaz
Mayor, City of Miami
3500 Pan American Drive
Post Office Box 330708
Miami, Florida 33233-0708
Dear Mayor Diaz:
The Department of Community Affairs has completed its review of the proposed
Comprehensive Plan Amendment for the City of Miami (DCA No. 04-2), which was received on
September 8, 2004. Copies of the proposed amendment have been distributed to appropriate
state, regional and local agencies for their review, and their comments are enclosed.
The Department has reviewed the comprehensive plan amendment for consistency with
Rule 9J-5, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.) and Chapter 163, Pert II, Florida Statutes, (F.S.).
The Department does rot identify any Objections and this letter serves as the Objections,
Recommendations and Comments (ORC) report.
For your assistance, we have attached procedures for final adoption and transmittal of the
comprehensive plan amendment. If you have any questions, please call Roger Wilburn, Principal
Planner, or Dan Evans, Planner, at (850) 922-1805.
Sincerely yours,
Charles Gauthier, AICP
Chief, Office of Comprehensive Planning
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Enclosures: Review Agency Comments
Transmittal Procedures
cc: Ms. Ana Gelabert, Director, Department of Planning and Zoning
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TRANSMITTAL PROCEDURES
Upon receipt of this letter, the City of Miami has 60 days in which to adopt, adopt with
changes, or determine that the City will not adopt the proposed amendment. The process for
adoption of local government comprehensive plan amendments is outlined in s. 1.63.3184,
Florida Statutes (F.S.), and Rule 9J-11.011, F.A.C. The City must ensure that all ordinances
adopting comprehensive plan amendments are consistent with the provisions of Chapter
`163.31 b9(2)(ap), F.S.
Within ten working days of the date of adoption, the City must submit the following to
the Department:
Three copies of the adopted comprehensive plan amendments;
A listing of additional changes not previously reviewed;
A listing of findings by the local governing body, if any, which were not included in the
ordinance; and
IA statement indicating the relationship of the additional changes to the Department's
Objections, Recommendations and Comments Report.
The above amendment and documentation are required for the Department to conduct a
Compliance review, make a compliance determination and issue the appropriate notice of intent.
In order to expedite the regional planning council's review of the amendments, and
pursuant to Rule 9J-11.011(5 : F.A.C., lease provide a copy of the adopted amendment directly
to the Executive Director of the South Florida Regional Planning Council.
Please be advised that Section I63.3184(8)(c), F.S., requires the Department to provide a
courtesy information statement regardin • the Department's Notice of Intent to 'citizens who
famish their names and addresses at the local government's plan amendment transmittal
(proposed) or adoption hearings. In order to provide this courtesy infoinnation statement, local
governments are required by ]aw to furnish the names and addresses of the citizens requesting
this information to the Department. Please provide these required names and addresses to
the Department when you transmit your adopted amendment package for compliance
review_ In the event there are no citizens requesting this information, please inform us of
this as well. For efficiency, we encourage that the information sheet be provided in electronic
format: