TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Timothy Stillings, Development Services Department
THROUGH: Neal de Jesus, Interim City Manager
DATE: May 7, 2019
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ALWAYS DELRAY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE: PRESENTATION OF THE MOBILITY ELEMENT AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS, DISTRICTS, AND CORRIDORS ELEMENT
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Recommended Action:
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Provide comment and direction regarding the proposed Mobility Element and Neighborhoods, Districts, and Corridors Element of the Always Delray Comprehensive Plan.
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Background:
The update to the Delray Beach Comprehensive Plan, which is branded “Always Delray,” began with the creation of a Steering Committee, appointed by the City Commission. Community workshops were held at the outset to discuss and receive public input on the plan subjects and issues impacting the city. The community and Steering Committee input, along with the input of Subject Matter Experts, consisting of City Staff, consultants, and community members, was utilized to formulate the draft elements.
Three new elements are proposed for the plan, and several elements have been renamed to better capture their role in plan, including both the Mobility Element (fka Transportation) and the Neighborhoods, Districts, and Corridors Element (fka Future Land Use). Each of the proposed elements were presented to the Planning & Zoning Board between July 2018 and April 2019, and received recommendations of approval to the City Commission. In advance of the transmittal hearing, the elements were presented to the City Commission, typically in pairs, to receive comments and direction. To date, 11 of the 13 elements have been presented. The presentations of the Mobility and Neighborhoods, Districts, and Corridors Elements are the final two elements. Previously, these two elements were scheduled to be presented as a part of the transmittal hearing in an attempt to adopt the plan before August 2019; however, the complexities and important issues addressed in the elements war...
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