City of Coral Gables Evaluation and Appraisal Report EAR and Comprehensive Land Use Plan CLUP Rewrit

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City of Coral Gables Evaluation and Appraisal
Report (EAR) and Comprehensive Land Use Plan
(CLUP) Rewrite

• City Commission
• April 26, 2005

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Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR)

• What is an EAR?
• Purpose of the EAR
• What is a Scoping Meeting?
• Review of Staff identified Issues
• Planning and Zoning Board, City Commission and
  Public Input
• Next Steps

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What is an EAR?

• EAR is a state-mandated interim review of the
  CLUP taking place every seven years.
• The report is a summary audit of the progress
  that has been made along with the successes and
  shortcomings that have been encountered in
  implementing the plan.
• The Citys CLUP, as does other local governments
  includes ten Elements with corresponding Goals,
  Objectives and Policies which provide for a long
  range plan.

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CLUP Elements include

• Future Land Use
• Traffic Circulation
• Housing
• Public Facilities
• Coastal Management
• Conservation
• Recreation and Open Space
• Intergovernmental Coordination
• Capital Improvements
• Historic Preservation

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Purpose of the EAR

• Evaluate and assess the effectiveness, successes
  and failures of the CLUP Goals, Objectives and
  Policies
• Suggest changes or amendments needed to update
  the CLUP including reformulated objectives,
  policies or standards

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Purpose of the EAR (cont.)

• Principal process for updating the CLUP
  responding to changes in state, regional, and
  local policies on planning and growth management,
  and changing conditions
• Ensure effective intergovernmental coordination
  and
• Identify major issues regarding the communitys
  achievement of its goals.

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What is a Scoping Meeting?

• Local government are required to conduct a
  scoping meeting.
• Scoping meeting held April 13 2005 - Planning
  and Zoning Board
• Scoping meeting provides a forum to
• Identify and discuss the major issues in your
  community that should be addressed in the EAR.
• Distribute data and share resources to assist in
  preparing the EAR.
• Discuss the degree of effort that each EAR
  component should receive.

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Identification of Major CLUP Issues

• Staff derived preliminary list of issues from the
  following
• Issues identified through the public meetings and
  public outreach as part of the zoning code
  rewrite.
• Issues brought up during site plan review and
  from the numerous meetings held with
  stakeholders, citizens and property owners.
• Planning and Zoning Board Direction.
• City Commission Direction.

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Staff Identified Scoping Issues
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Staff Identified Scoping Issues (cont.)
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Staff Identified Scoping Issues (cont.)
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Staff Identified Scoping Issues (cont.)
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Next Steps . . .

• Interagency Scoping meeting
• Friday, April 29, 2005 at 130 PM City Commission
  Chambers
• Completion of EAR 1st Draft PZB review
• September 2005 (additional Public Hearings will
  follow)
• Final EAR due
• April 2006

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This is the EAR and CLUP Rewrite Process.