Placement: Public Hearing - Non Quasi Judicial
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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P24-185 City of Port St. Lucie EAR-based Comprehensive Plan Amendments 2046 (Charting PSL)
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This is a request to update the City’s Comprehensive Plan per Chapter 163, Part II, Florida Statutes.
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Submitted By: Bridget Kean, AICP, Deputy Director
Executive Summary: Chapter 163, Part II, Florida Statues, requires all local governments within the State of Florida to maintain an adopted local government comprehensive plan and to evaluate its comprehensive plan at least once every seven years to determine if plan amendments are necessary to reflect changes in state requirements since its last update. The process is referred to as an Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR). The amendments to update the comprehensive plan are referred to as the EAR-based amendments. In 2024, the City hired Inspire Placemaking to assist the Planning and Zoning Department with the evaluation of and update to the City’s comprehensive plan. Staff and the consultant have prepared draft EAR-based amendments for the Board’s review and recommendation to City Council. The proposed amendments reflect updated data and analysis, city staff, City Council and public input.
Presentation Information: The consultant will provide a presentation.
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Board recommend approval of the proposed EAR-based amendments
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Board amend the recommendation and recommend approval of the proposed EAR-based amendments
2. Move that the Board not approve and provide staff direction.
Background: The most recent EAR-based amendments to the City of Port St. Lucie’s Comprehensive Plan were completed in 2020. The City’s next Evaluation and Appraisal Report is due in September 2026. The draft EAR-based amendments are based on background information, updated data and analysis, and recommendations that were collected by staff and consultants. The update is organized into eleven chapters or elements that address future land use, transportation, housing, infrastructure, conservation and coastal management, intergovernmental coordination, recreation and open space, economic development, capital improvements, public schools, and property rights.
Issues/Analysis: See attached staff report
Special Consideration: The City is adopting only the new and revised Goals, Objectives, and Policies by ordinance. With the exception of the Property Rights Element, each element has a support document that includes a data and analysis section (D&A) to clarify and elaborate on the rationale for adopting the goals, objectives, and policies (GOPs). The data and analysis sections of each element were updated, as needed, as part of this update to the comprehensive plan. The data and analysis sections of the elements are for reference purposes and are not being adopted as part of the EAR-based amendments.
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Attachments:
1. Staff Report
2. Inspire Placemaking Memo
3. Updated Future Land Use Element
4. Updated Transportation Element
5. Updated Housing Element
6. Updated Infrastructure Element
7. Updated Conservation and Coastal Management Element
8. Updated Intergovernmental Coordination Element
9. Updated Recreation and Open Space Element
10. Updated Economic Development Element
11. Updated Capital Improvements Element
12. Updated Public Schools Facilities Element
13. Updated Private Property Rights Element
14. Consultant’s Presentation