TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Timothy Stillings, Development Services Director
THROUGH: Mark R. Lauzier, City Manager
DATE: December 11, 2018
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ALWAYS DELRAY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE: PRESENTATION OF THE CONSERVATION, SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY ELEMENT
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Provide comment and direction regarding the proposed Conservation Resiliency and Sustainability 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. Committee members have met on numerous occasions to establish a plan for the City’s future that reflects current and projected trends, identifies key issues presently impacting the community, and that maintains, updates, or eliminates current policies as a result of this in-depth review. Five new elements are proposed for the plan, and several existing elements have been renamed to better capture their role in plan. 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.
The previous “Conservation Element” was expanded to include sustainability and resiliency issues and renamed the “Conservation Sustainability and Resiliency Element”. The purpose of the Conservation Sustainability and Resiliency Element is to set forth its environmental stewardship principles and policies. Previously, the focus of the element was the preservation and protection of endangered species and natural habitat. The expanded element adds the concepts of sustainability and resiliency to include planning concepts addressing energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and climate change, as well as preparation for natural disasters and ...
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