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Cover
Memorandum
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This
memorandum overviews the draft EAR. |
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Title
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Chapter
1, Community-Wide Assessment
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A, Purpose |
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This
section identifies the citation from the Florida Statutes which
requires local governments to adopt Evaluation and Appraisal Reports. |
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B, Profile of the City |
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This
section provides a brief overview of the City of Sarasota including
land area and population totals. |
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C, Updated Existing Land Use Map |
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This
section describes an updated Existing Land Use Map for 2004 and
includes a copy of the map. |
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D, Development Trends |
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This
section describes recent development trends that have occurred
within the City and which may be expected in the future. |
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Section
E, Population Growth and Changes in Land Area (Annexation)
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Since
the current version of the comprehensive plan was adopted, the
City's population has increased from 51,650 to 54,639 persons
and the City has annexed three sites totalling 10.37 acres. |
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F, Location of Existing Development Relative to that Anticipated
in the Plan |
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Since
1998, development has occurred in those locations and at the intensities/densities
anticipated by the comprehensive plan. |
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Section
G, Urban Infill and Redevelopment
Areas
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The
City has designated two Urban Infill and Redevelopment Areas since
1998 - Gillespie Park/Park East and Newtown. |
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H, Financial Feasibility of Providing Infrastructure |
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This
section overviews City-provided infrastructure and services. |
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I, Relevant Changes to State and Regional Planning Requirements |
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This
section provides a listing of changes in state law that need to
be addressed in the revised comprehensive plan. It also discusses
the Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council's Strategic Regional
Policy Plan. |
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| Section J, Assessment of the Existing
Sarasota City Plan |
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This
section of the report evaluates each of the 10 existing chapters
of the Sarasota City Plan. The review identifies
the purpose, an overview assessment, recent updates, and potential
changes and evaluates the goals, objectives, and action strategies
of each chapter. |
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| 1. Future Land Use Chapter |
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Also includes new planning timeframes through 2030 for the revised
comprehensive plan and new population projections. |
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| 2. Neighborhood Chapter |
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| 3. Housing Chapter |
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(File
size is 1.47 MB). |
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| 4. Environmental Protection Chapter |
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| 5. Recreation and Open Space Chapter |
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| 6. Utilities Chapter |
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| 7. Transportation Chapter |
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| 8. Governmental Coordination Chapter |
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| 9. Capital Improvements Chapter |
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| 10. Historic Preservation Chapter |
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| Chapter
2, Major Issues |
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The
State of Florida requires each local government to identify at
least one major issue in the EAR. Staff is suggesting that major
issues include (1) economic development and redevelopment in Newtown;
(2) affordable (workforce) housing; and (3) transportation mobility
in the downtown. |
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| Major
Issues |
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The
assessment of major issues will be completed once the City decides
upon a final set of major issues for the report. |
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| Chapter 3, Evaluation of Special
Topics |
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The
State of Florida requires that local governments evaluate the following
topics: (1) coordination with the applicable Water Management District's
Regional Water Supply Plan; (2) property rights in the Coastal
High Hazard Area; and (3) coordination with the local School District. |
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| Evaluation
of Special Topics |
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(File
size is 2.25 MB).
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| Chapter 4, Summary of Public Participation
Activities |
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This
section identifies the comments that the City received from Open
Houses that were held in October and November 2004. Staff grouped
these comments into "themes" in
order to respond to them. |
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| Section A, Public Participation
Prior to Public Hearings |
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This
section describes meetings that staff attended
in developing the draft report. |
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| (A)
Staff Observations of Public Participation Themes |
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Staff
developed "themes" related to the public comments received
and provided an observation relative to each theme. |
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| (B) Table of Public Comments Received |
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Summary
of the written comments received. This summary was used to create
the public participation themes in the previous section. |
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| (C) Written Comments Received |
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Written
comments received from citizens. (File size is 11.6 MB). |
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| Addendum, Written Comments Received |
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Additional
written
comments received after staff completed the table of public comments
are presented here. (File
size is 4.03 MB). |
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| Section B, Public Participation
at Public Hearings |
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Contents
of this section will be provided as public hearings are held
in June, July,
and October 2005. |
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