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CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH 2007 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN EV ALUATION AND APPRAISAL REPORT (EAR)-BASED AMENDMENTS The Transportation Element is amended to address: Issue 2, "Transportation Improvement; update dates, timelines, and planning horizons, as needed, and; address growth management legislation enacted since the date of plan adoption. The Housing Element is amended to address: Issue 4, "Affordable Housing", and; to update dates, timelines, and planning horizons, as needed. The Recreation and Open Space Element is amended to update Objective 5 to reflect the current status of the City's parks program. The Capital Improvements Element is amended to address: Issue 1, "Land Development"; update dates, timelines, and planning horizons, as needed, and; address growth management legislation enacted since the date of plan adoption. The Coastal Management Element is amended to update dates and references, as appropriate. The Infrastructure Element is amended to address growth management legislation enacted since the date of plan adoption. The optional Community Design Element is recommended for deletion because its goals, objective and policies are .duplicative of, and more effectively addressed within, the Future Land Use Element, and/or are no longer applicable or appropriate. The Conservation Element is amended to address growth management legislation enacted since the date of plan adoption, and to include Policy calling for the removal of non-native vegetation. The Intergovernmental Coordination Element is amended to address: Issue 3, "Intergovernmental Coordination"; update dates, timelines, and planning horizons, as needed, and; address growth management legislation enacted since the date of plan adoption. The Monitoring & Evaluation Provisions section is amended to reflect the current EAR process requirements and timelines. 2. Objections, Recommendations and Comments Report The City approved transmittal of its EAR-Based Amendments to the Department of Community Affairs for preliminary sufficiency review upon first reading of the adopting Ordinance on May 17, 2007. In the August 24, 2007 Objectives, Recommendations and Comments (ORC) Report, the Florida Department of Community Affairs (DCA) provides five objections and four comments to the City of Sunny Isles Beach's proposed Comprehensive Plan EAR-Based Amendments (DCA No. 07-1ER). The City's response and proposed corrective actions are as follows. Objection 1. Effect of Change to Future Land Use Category on Public Facilities and Hurricane Evacuation Not Supported by Data and Analysis DCA, the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), and Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) objected to the City's proposed amendment to the Town Center interpretive text in Policy 15A. of the Future Land Use Element, as they felt that the City's proposed change would allow a greater density and intensity than the Comprehensive Plan currently allows without an evaluation of impacts. In order to 2