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Evaluation and Appraisal Reports (E.A.R.) Central
Florida Regional Planning Council The CFRPC is assisting in the preparation of the 2009 Evaluation and Appraisal Reports for the following local governments: Updated: 17 Dec 2009
What is an Evaluation & Appraisal Report? Under state law, a local government must evaluate its Comprehensive Plan every seven years. The purpose of the EAR Process is to: 1) create a composite set of critical issues regarding growth management that a local government will evaluate during an update and amendment to its comprehensive plan; 2) identify alternatives that the local government will evaluate with regard to each of those issues; and 3) evaluate the effectiveness of the local government’s current adopted Comprehensive Plan in achieving the City's established goals, objectives and policies. How can Residents be Involved? Evaluation and Appraisal Reports focus on the major planning issues within a community. The public is encouraged to participate in the EAR Public Workshops and EAR Discussion meetings to identify the major issues they feel should be addressed in the EAR Report. The CFRPC staff will hold an EAR Public Workshop or an EAR Public Work Session for each municipality to determine the major growth related issues. We encourage residents in each area to participate in the EAR process by attending the meetings and or by completing the Major Issues Survey. The schedule and location for these workshops for each municipality is provided below as well as the major issues survey, or the summary of major issues that were identified. Letters of Understanding (LOU) Each local government must prepare a list of major issues and ask the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) to concur that these are the issues on which the EAR should focus. The CFRPC will prepare a “Letter of Understanding” for each municipality that will acknowledge the list of major issues that were identified at the EAR Public workshops and agreed upon by the local government administration of each municipality. Entering into a "Letter of Understanding" between the DCA and the local government will help avoid misunderstandings during the review of the Adopted EAR. As each LOU is issued, the letters will be posted under each local government heading below.
View a flow chart summarizing the major steps in preparing and adopting the E.A.R. For more information about the EAR process please visit the Department of Community Affairs Web site at http://www.dca.state.fl.us/fdcp/dcp/EAR/index.cfm NOTICE: Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public-records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing. |