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CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH 2007 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN EV ALUA TION AND APPRAISAL REPORT (EAR)-BASED AMENDMENTS Policy 2D, P. 26), and Intergovernmental Coordination Element (Application No. 10, amendments 3, 7 and 8, policies 3N, 3R, and 3S, pp. 27 -28) have been revised to address this objection. Comment 1. Population Estimates and Projections DCA and SFWMD raised an issue with the City's proposed footnote questioning the veracity of the Shimberg Center for Affordable Housing's population estimates. DCA further notes a discrepancy between the City's proposed amendments to the population estimates in Future Land Use Policy 5C. and Intergovernmental Coordination Policy 3A., and the population estimates reported on the Shimberg Center web site. It appears that the Shimberg Center numbers were updated between the City's transmittal of the proposed amendments and the present. Based on the City's review, the updates present a more accurate depiction of the City's existing population and projected population growth. The proposed amendments to Future Land Use Policy 5C. (Application No.1, Amendment 13, P. 5) and Intergovernmental Coordination Policy 3A. (Application No. 10, Amendment 1, P. 27) have been revised to update the population figures consistent with the recent Shimberg Center for Affordable Housing estimates, and delete the referenced footnote. Comment 2. Water Supply Planning Duplicative - see response to Objection 5. Comment 3. Community Strategic Plan DCA cautions that the proposed community strategic plan should not usurp the Comprehensive Plan as the City's primary growth management tool. The City agrees, and assures DCA that it was never its intent to replace or otherwise diminish the Comprehensive Plan's role as the primary planning and growth management document. In order to address this comment, the proposed amendment to the Future Land Use Element addressing the community strategic plan has been revised (Application No.1, amendments 42, 44, and 50, pp. 12-13). As can be seen, it is proposed that the community strategic plan be adopted into the Comprehensive Plan as the optional Visioning Element in accordance with Florida Statutes. Comments 4. and 5., Extensions of Time and Failure to Provide Target Date in Policies DCA comments that the City should not "put off' its target dates for adoption of urban design requirements and green design guidelines into its land development regulations to 2012. The City respectfully disagrees with this comment. The short term planning horizon for the Comprehensive Plan is five years, or 2012. The 2012 date is therefore appropriate because it represents the Comprehensive Plan's short term planning period. There is nothing in the proposed policies that would preclude the City from adopting these guidelines sooner. DCA seems to be suggesting that the target dates should be set to within one year of submittal of this amendment package. If that were the case, the policies would become outdated shortly after adoption. The City is therefore making no revisions to its proposed amendments to address this comment. DCA also comments that the City does not provide target dates for Future Land Use policies 13A. and 13B. The proposed amendments to these policies have been revised to provide a target date of 2012 (Application No. 1, amendments 27 and 28, Page 10), consistent with the Comprehensive Plan's short range planning horizon. 4