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Sunny Isles Beach Comprehensive Plan April 13, 2000 Page 5 of5 Rather than rely primarily on physical and mapped expressions of the City's plan, this document is a policy plan that emphasizes social and economic factors as a basis to respond to the complexities of the urban environment and its development. Policy plans attempt to translate goals and objectives into specific actions that reflect the thinking of the community on a wide range of issues. Policy planning combines process with substance and is continuous and responsive and, therefore, has a closer relationship with the political process. A comprehensive plan should strike a balance between long-range desirability, predictability and flexibility. This flexibility provided by the policy plan allows for a range of alternative future land uses but assures compatibility between those uses. To achieve greater specificity in policy planning, specific areas of the City may be the subject of sub-area master plans that can be prepared jointly by the public and private sector nearer the time of actual development or redevelopment activities and express greater detail and direction for future land uses, infrastructure, design objectives, and public facilities. Redevelopment Districts, Special Area plans such as for the Town Center or specific residential areas are examples of such sub-area plans. These sub-area plans may be incorporated into the Comprehensive Plan. CONCLUSION Based on the information contained within this report, the LP A workshop held on April 4, 2000, the LP A public hearing this evening and the presentation to the Commission this evening, it is my recommendation that the City Commission transmit the Comprehensive Plan to the Department of Community Affairs to begin the required review process. Respectfully Submitted, :msd 5