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Approve amendments to the Clearwater Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use, Transportation, Coastal Management, Intergovernmental Coordination, and Capital Improvements Elements goals, objectives and policies regarding numerous provisions, including: repealing transportation concurrency and establishing a new Mobility Management System; allowing for non-contiguous annexations; encouraging strategies to reduce flood risk in coastal areas; and updating the Capital Improvements Revenue and Expenditures Summaries, consistent with State Statutes; and pass Ordinance 8805-16 on first reading. (CPA2015-04001)
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SUMMARY:
This proposed ordinance contains numerous amendments to the goals, objectives and policies of the Future Land Use, Transportation, Coastal Management, Intergovernmental Coordination, and Capital Improvements Elements of the Clearwater Comprehensive Plan. The most substantial topic addressed is the proposed deletion of the transportation concurrency requirement and the creation of a Mobility Management System based on the Pinellas County Mobility Plan.
The proposed amendments address changes made to the Community Planning Act in 2011, which amended 163.3180, Florida Statutes, by repealing certain state mandated concurrency requirements, including transportation concurrency. To address this change in the state statutes, the Pinellas County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) coordinated with the various local governments to develop an alternative approach to transportation concurrency which would also further the development of a countywide multi-modal transportation system that could better accommodate travel options other than the personal automobile. This work resulted in the Pinellas County Mobility Plan which was approved by the MPO in 2013. The proposed amendments will ensure that the City’s Comprehensive Plan and concurrency management system is consistent with the countywide approach to mobility management and the Pinellas County Transportation Impact Fee Ordinance (TIFO), which is currently being renamed to the Multi-Modal Impact Fee Ordinance as part of Pinellas County’s various amendments. The County’s amendments are anticipated to be adopted on March 29, 2016, and as such Ordinance 8805-16 will be amended on second reading to update the Pinellas County ordinance number as the County does not assign ordinance numbers until after adoption.
In addition to the above, staff is also proposing the following:
• Coastal Management Element: Add development and redevelopment strategies and policies to help reduce the risk of flood for coastal properties;
• Capital Improvements Element: Reflect updated data for level of service standards; update the Capital Improvement Program Revenue Summary and the Capital Improvement Program Expenditure Summary
• Future Land Use Element: Update outdated language; add new policy regarding non-contiguous Type A Enclave annexations; and
• Minor formatting changes to bring consistency between all of the Elements.
The Community Development Board (CDB) reviewed the proposed amendment at its meeting on December 15, 2015 and unanimously recommended the amendment for approval.
As this is a text amendment to the Clearwater Comprehensive Plan, review and approval by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity is required. As part of the state review, the proposed amendments will be transmitted to the various State agencies and Pinellas County for review prior to second reading (adoption) by City Council, which is anticipated to occur in April.
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