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Provide an Update and Receive Board Input Regarding the Comprehensive Plan Evaluation and Appraisal Report - January 15, 2025
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INITIATOR: DEPARTMENT:
Chuck Varadin, Director Growth Services
DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND:
Florida Statute Section 163.3191 requires an evaluation of the Comprehensive Plan every seven years to ensure consistency with statutory requirements and community engagement. This evaluation, the Marion County 2025 Evaluation Appraisal Report (EAR), is due February 2025 with identified changes to the Comprehensive Plan to be completed within one year.
The Board has held a series of workshops with Growth Services staff and their consultant, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., to review and provide input regarding the EAR. Today’s workshop is anticipated as the last of such workshops. The Board will be presented with a review of the public engagement results from the online survey and community meetings, requested to consider the economic element as well as the potential incorporation of data centers into the Comprehensive Plan, and provided a summary of the action items from the previous workshops.
Future workshops are being scheduled throughout next year for more detailed discussion on those elements of the Comprehensive Plan that need updates/revisions.
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Staff is seeking Board discussion.
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