CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
Memo Date: January 31, 2020
Agenda Date: February 26, 2020
Prepared By: Dodie Selig, Planning & Zoning Manager
Through: Nancy A. Bunt, Community Services Director
Requested Action:
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Pass on Second Reading Ordinance 13-2019: Adopting amendments to the City of Cocoa Comprehensive Plan based on the City's Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) of the Comprehensive Plan pursuant to Section 163.3191, Florida Statutes and authorizing transmittal to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.
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BACKGROUND:
I. Project Information
Pursuant to Section 163.3191, Florida Statutes, "At least once every 7 years, each local government shall evaluate its comprehensive plan to determine if plan amendments are necessary to reflect changes in state requirements in this part since the last update of the comprehensive plan and notify the state land planning agency as to its determination."
The EAR provides a framework for analysis of the City's existing Comprehensive Plan and can be used to evaluate the success of the plan in addressing major community land use planning issues through its implementation. The EAR is also the process by which the City updates its comprehensive plan to reflect changes in local conditions and state policy on planning and growth management.
The City reviewed its Comprehensive Plan in 2017 and determined that there were general, administrative, map and text revisions necessary to reflect changes in state planning legislation. An EAR Notification letter describing these changes was sent to the State Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO), Division of Community Planning and Development on September 28, 2017.
In 2018, the City applied for and was awarded several grants from the State of Florida. One was a grant from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to conduct a vulnerability assessment related to sea level rise, flooding and storm surge. The other grant was a Community Planning Technica...
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