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I. INTRODUCTION The City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida's Riviera, is a vibrant oceanfront community located in northeastern Miami-Dade County. Initially planned as a tourist resort by investor Harvey B. Graves in 1920, early development in Sunny Isles Beach was characterized by low rise oceanfront motels along Collins Avenue to the east and single family development to the west. By the 1990s, many of the oceanfront motels and commercial development along Collins Avenue had become obsolete and/or in need of redevelopment. Since its incorporation on June 16, 1997, the City has experienced significant redevelopment, with new high-rise hotels and condominiums replacing most of the low-rise oceanfront motels. The City of Sunny Isles Beach's Comprehensive Plan (the "Plan") is its blueprint for existing and future development. The Plan's goals, objectives and policies reflect the City's vision for its future, and for how it will meet the needs of existing and future residents, visitors and businesses. The City's original Comprehensive Plan provided the foundation for the dramatic growth and redevelopment that has occurred since incorporation. Moving forward, the Plan should be amended to reflect the redevelopment that has occurred, along with a current vision for moving forward. The Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) is a State-mandated assessment of the Comprehensive Plan to ensure that all current State statutory requirements are being met. Beyond this requirement, the EAR also provides an opportunity to ensure that the Plan and its goals, objectives and policies reflect the City's vision for its future, and the work accomplished in other planning efforts. In order to be effective, the Plan must be a living document, one with the flexibility to adapt to changing conditions and needs. Periodically, the City needs to step back and take a holistic look at how well the Plan is working, and how it might be refined to address community-specific issues and challenges. The EAR provides this opportunity. In December 2014 the City of Sunny Isles Beach provided the State of Florida Department of Economic Opportunities with its Evaluation and Appraisal Letter and Statutory Changes Checklist identifying amendments necessary to address changes in State growth management requirements. Based on this review, the following potential amendments were identified: • Update the Comprehensive Plan's planning horizons as per Chapter 163.3177(5)(a); • Amend the Intergovernmental Coordination Element to include a mandatory dispute resolution process (Chapter 163.3177(6)(h)1.c.; • Amend the Capital Improvements Element to provide an updated five-year schedule that complies with the provisions of Chapter 163.3177(3)(a)4, and; • Amend the Transportation and Capital Improvements elements to comply with Chapter 163.3180(5)(h). In order to identify additional potential amendments, the City conducted an extensive community visioning process. This process is outlined in the Public Participation 1