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COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT - CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ELEMENT - SCHOOL CONCURRENCY (B)
Ordinance No. 0-08-44, Petition 48CPA-08PB
An ordinance amending the City of Gainesville 2000-2010 Comprehensive Plan, Capital Improvements Element relating to public school facilities; by referencing in Policy 1.2.6 adoption of Level Service Standards for Public School Facilities; by creating and adopting Table 15, consisting of the 5-year District Facilities Work Program for the School Board of Alachua County; providing directions to the city manager; stating intent to adopt the new element as part of the City of Gainesville 2000-2010 Comprehensive Plan; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.
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The City Commission (1) receive the Objections, Recommendations and Comments Report of the Florida Department of Community Affairs and (2) adopt the proposed ordinance as amended.
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PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF REPORT
On July 14, 2008, the City Commission approved this ordinance for transmittal to the Florida Department of Community Affairs (DCA) for review in accordance with state law. On September 19, 2008, the DCA issued its Objections, Recommendations and Comments (ORC) Report to the City (attached as Exhibit "A") for the three school concurrency related amendments. In the ORC report, the DCA objected that this amendment was not reflective of the 5-Year District Facilities Work Program on file with the Florida Department of Education and is not the best available data and analysis to support this amendment.
Planning staff reviewed this issue and found the School Board had adopted a new 5-Year District Facilities Work Program on October 7, 2008, and filed it with the State (subsequent to the City's transmittal of this amendment). This ordinance has been revised to incorporate the most current district work program that is on file with the State Departme...
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