HomeMy WebLinkAboutAnalysisANALYSIS FOR THE REVISED EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL
REPORT (EAR) OF THE
MIAMI COMPREHENSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN
CASE NO: 2005-078
Pursuant to Section 163.3191, P.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 successfully 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 to changes in state requirements
regarding growth management.
On February 26, 2004, the Miami City Commission approved a resolution to authorize
the professional services of the Corradino Group in collaboration with staff from the
Department of Planning and Zoning for the preparation of the EAR. In the preparation for
the EAR, statutory requirements require each municipality to invite public participation
into the process. Staff has conducted five public workshops (district wide), interagency
scoping meeting (May 24, 2004), interdepartmental meetings, administrative meetings
with Commissioners, City Manager, and the Mayor's Office, and a public workshop with
the Planning Advisory Board (PAB) on July 28, 2004. These meetings resulted in
identifying the City's "major issues"; creating the Compilation Report required by the
Florida Department of Community Affairs (DCA). DCA responded with a "Letter of
Understanding" indicating a favorable rating in the City's quest to identify its major
issues.
On November 8, 2004, the Department made the draft of the EAR available to the public,
Commissioners, and the PAB members for their review. On November 17, 2004, PAB
conducted a public meeting to introduce the document to the public and further review it
with staff as a discussion item only. The draft of the EAR outlines the recommendations
of the goals, objectives, and policies of the Miami Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan
that have been impacted from the previous EAR in 1995 and those that needed to be
changed to reflect the City's "vision". The compliance date for the EAR to DCA was
March 1, 2005.
On December 1st, 2004, the PAB, at its public hearing, once again reviewed the EAR
document and recommended approval. The EAR document was, subsequently, forwarded
to the City Commission, and was adopted by Resolution R-04-0806, on December 9th,
2004. Per statutory mandate the EAR document was transmitted to the Department of
Community Affairs (DCA) for their review.
Following a 90 day Sufficiency review of the EAR, DCA in its letter of April 28th, 2005,
determined the adopted EAR was insufficient because it did not fulfill all the
requirements of Section 163.3191(2), Part II, Florida Statues. The City had one year from
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the scheduled date of adoption, March 1, 2005, to revise the EAR, responding to noted
deficiencies.
Staff and consultants worked with DCA during their review process, and supplied
additional information to DCA which responded to their concerns. DCA in its Sufficiency
Letter to the City, indicated that once the supplemental information has been included in a
revised version of the EAR, and re -adopted by the City, it is likely the revised EAR
would be determined to be sufficient, upon re -submission to the Department.
The Planning Department now recommends approval of this Revised Evaluation and
Appraisal Report (EAR) of the Miami Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan (MCNP).