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Delete the Concurrency Management Element as part of the Comprehensive Plan Evaluation and Appraisal Process (B)
Petition PB-12-133 CPA. City Plan Board. Amend the City of Gainesville Comprehensive Plan to delete the Concurrency Management Element for the Evaluation and Appraisal process.
Explanation
This petition is an update to the Gainesville Comprehensive Plan for the Evaluation and Appraisal process. It will be packaged later in ordinance form for transmittal in April 2013 with other Comprehensive Plan elements.
In 2011, the State legislature passed House Bill 7207 (Chapter Law 2011-139) which resulted in many changes to Florida’s growth management laws. Some of the major changes in the legislation included: making transportation concurrency optional and striking all references to Transportation Concurrency Exception Areas (TCEAs) from state statutes.
The City must respond to these legislative changes as part of the Evaluation and Appraisal update of the Comprehensive Plan. The Evaluation and Appraisal update process amendments must be transmitted to the Department of Economic Opportunity by May 1, 2013.
In 2012, staff provided alternatives to the City Plan Board and City Commission concerning transportation concurrency and the TCEA. The staff recommendation was to rescind transportation concurrency as part of the Evaluation and Appraisal update of the Comprehensive Plan and replace the TCEA with a citywide mobility plan. Both the Plan Board and the City Commission supported this recommendation (see Legistar #120284).
One of the components of rescinding transportation concurrency and eliminating the TCEA involves deleting the Concurrency Management Element. This Element contains all of the references to the establishment of the TCEA and how it operates. In addition to the Goals, Objectives, and Policies in the Element, there are two adopted maps (Transportation Concurrency Exception Area and NW 13th Street Special Concurrency Redevelop...
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