TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Timothy Stillings, Development Services Director
THROUGH: Mark R. Lauzier, City Manager
DATE: October 2, 2018
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ALWAYS DELRAY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE: PRESENTATION OF THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS ELEMENT (FORMERLY KNOWN AS INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION ELEMENT)
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Recommended Action:
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Provide comment and direction regarding the proposed Strategic Partnerships Element of the Always Delray Comprehensive Plan.
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Background:
The update to the Delray Beach Comprehensive Plan, which has been branded “Always Delray,” began in 2016 with the creation of a Steering Committee, appointed by the City Commission. Community workshops were held to discuss and receive public input on each element. This input was utilized to formulate the draft elements, along with the input of Subject Matter Experts on each topic, which consisted of City Staff, consultants, and community members.
Florida Statutes 163.3177 requires the inclusion of an intergovernmental coordination element showing relationships and stating principles and guidelines to be used in coordinating the adopted comprehensive plan of school boards, regional water supply authorities, other units of local government providing services but not having regulatory authority over the use of the land, with the comprehensive plan of adjacent municipalities, the county, adjacent counties, or the region, with the state comprehensive plan and with applicable regional water supply plan.
The Strategic Partnerships Element (SPE) identifies the entities including local, state and federal government agencies, organizations, committees, utility service providers, community advocacy groups, stakeholder organizations, and residents with whom the City coordinates efforts and uses mechanisms, such as cooperative plans, interlocal agreements, policies and programs to accomplish City services and goals.
This Element also provides the structure for engaging the City’s publ...
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