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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOctober 2023 Proposed AmendmentFLORIDACOMMERCE October 26, 2023 The Honorable Fred Jones Mayor, City of Sebastian Sebastian City Hall 1225 Main Street Sebastian, Florida 32958 Dear Mayor Jones: The Florida Department of Commerce (FloridaCommerce) has reviewed the proposed comprehensive plan amendment for the City of Sebastian (Amendment No. 23-01ESR) received on September 26, 2023. The review was completed under the expedited state review process. We have no comment on the proposed amendment. The City should act by choosing to adopt, adopt with changes, or not adopt the proposed amendment. For your assistance, we have enclosed the procedures for adoption and transmittal of the comprehensive plan amendment. In addition, the City is reminded that: • Section 163.3184(3)(b), F.S., authorizes other reviewing agencies to provide comments directly to the City. If the City receives reviewing agency comments and they are not resolved, these comments could form the basis for a challenge to the amendment after adoption. • The second public hearing, which shall be a hearing on whether to adopt one or more comprehensive plan amendments, must be held within 180 days of your receipt of agency comments or the amendment shall be deemed withdrawn unless extended by agreement with notice to FloridaCommerce and any affected party that provided comment on the amendment pursuant to Section 163.3184(3)(c)1., F.S. • The adopted amendment must be transmitted to FloridaCommerce within ten working days after the second public hearing pursuant to 163.3184(3)(c)2., F.S. Under Section 163.3184(3)(c)2. and 4., F.S., the amendment effective date is 31 days after FloridaCommerce notifies the City that the amendment package is complete or, if challenged, until it is found to be in compliance by FloridaCommerce or the Administration Commission. An equal opportunity employer/program. Auxiliary aids and service are available upon request to individuals with disabilities. All voice telephone numbers on this document may be reached by persons using TTY/TTD equipment via the Florida Relay Service at 711. The Honorable Fred Jones October 26, 2023 Page 2 of 2 If you have any questions concerning this review, please contact David Pullin, Planning Analyst, by telephone at (850)-717-8503 or by email at david.pullin@commerce.fl.gov. Sincerely, YV /dp Enclosure(s): Procedures for Adoption 51 Planning Administrator Planning and Growth cc: Lisa Frazier, Community Development Director, City of Sebastian Thomas Lanahan, Executive Director, Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council An equal opportunity employer/program. Auxiliary aids and service are available upon request to individuals with disabilities. All voice telephone numbers on this document may be reached by persons using T1Y/TTD equipment via the Florida Relay Service at 711. SUBMITTAL OF ADOPTED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS FOR EXPEDITED STATE REVIEW Section 163.3184(3), Florida Statutes NUMBER OF COPIES TO BE SUBMITTED: Please submit electronically using FloridaCommerce's electronic amendment submittal portal "Comprehensive Plan and Amendment Uoload" (httas.11fldeo.my.salesforce-sites.com/�Cp,Z) or submit three complete copies of all comprehensive plan materials, of which one complete paper copy and two complete electronic copies on CD ROM in Portable Document Format (PDF) to the State Land Planning Agency and one copy to each entity below that provided timely comments to the local government: the appropriate Regional Planning Council; Water Management District; Department of Transportation; Department of Environmental Protection; Department of State; the appropriate county (municipal amendments only); the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (county plan amendments only); and the Department of Education (amendments relating to public schools); and for certain local governments, the appropriate military installation and any other local government or governmental agency that has filed a written request. SUBMITTAL LETTER: Please include the following information in the cover letter transmitting the adopted amendment: State Land Planning Agency identification number for adopted amendment package; Summary description of the adoption package, including any amendments proposed but not adopted; Identify if concurrency has been rescinded and indicate for which public facilities. (Transportation, schools, recreation and open space). Ordinance number and adoption date; Certification that the adopted amendment(s) has been submitted to all parties that provided timely comments to the local government; Name, title, address, telephone, FAX number and e-mail address of local government contact; Letter signed by the chief elected official or the person designated by the local government. Revised: July 2023 Page 1 ADOPTION AMENDMENT PACKAGE: Please include the following information in the amendment package: In the case of text amendments, changes should be shown in strike-through/underline format. In the case of future land use map amendments, an adopted future land use map, in color format, clearly depicting the parcel, its future land use designation, and its adopted designation. A copy of any data and analyses the local government deems appropriate. Note: If the local government is relying on previously submitted data and analysis, no additional data and analysis is required; Copy of the executed ordinance adopting the comprehensive plan amendment(s); Suggested effective date language for the adoption ordinance for expedited review: "The effective date of this plan amendment, if the amendment is not timely challenged, shall be 31 days after the state land planning agency notifies the local government that the plan amendment package is complete. If the amendment is timely challenged, this amendment shall become effective on the date the state land planning agency or the Administration Commission enters a final order determining this adopted amendment to be in compliance." List of additional changes made in the adopted amendment that the State Land Planning Agency did not previously review; List of findings of the local governing body, if any, that were not included in the ordinance and which provided the basis of the adoption or determination not to adopt the proposed amendment; Statement indicating the relationship of the additional changes not previously reviewed by the State Land Planning Agency in response to the comment letter from the State Land Planning Agency. Revised: July 2023 Page 2 FLORIDACOMMERCE The Caldwell Building 1107 E. Madison Street, MSC 160 1 Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100 The Honorable Fred Jones Mayor, City of Sebastian Sebastian City Hall 1225 Main Street Sebastian, Florida 32958 Floridajobs.org USPOSTAGE—" EYeoWEs 41 r=.-:i ZIP 32399 $ 000.630 02 4Yt 0000349336OCT 26 2023