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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Approving And Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Execute An Interlocal Agreement With Broward County To Support Growth Management, Monitoring, And To Conduct An Audit Of Approved Developments Within The Regional Activity Center. (23-ILA-93)
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Staff Recommends: Approval of the attached Resolution.
Explanation:
The purpose and intent of this Interlocal Agreement (“ILA”) is for Broward County and the City, pursuant to Section 163.01, Florida Statutes, to cooperate and provide for a means by which each governmental entity may exercise its respective powers, privileges, and authorities to further a common goal.
The ILA in this case is for the monitoring and enforcement of development activity of permitted land uses within the City’s Regional Activity Center (“RAC”).
On June 15, 2005, the City Commission passed and adopted Ordinance No. O-2005-11, which approved the RAC expansion. Through this and the subsequent Interlocal agreement with Broward County adopted on September 2, 2009, the City agreed to monitor development activity and to enforce permitted land use densities and intensities within the RAC consistent with the effective land use plan, as certified by the Broward County Planning Council (“BCPC”). Further, the City agreed to submit semi-annual reports to the BCPC setting forth its monitoring and enforcement activities within the RAC to enable the County to ensure that the density and intensity of land uses within the RAC are in compliance with the land use plan. While the City adopted the ILA in 2009, it was not transmitted to Broward County to ensure the monitoring, tracking, and reporting of development activity to the BCPC.
The Division of Planning and Urban Design is currently conducting an audit in coordination with BCPC to track the previous units approved in the RAC, to uphold the City’s contractual responsibilities as well as to provide direction and alignment of future development within the RAC. The ILA is the City’s commitment to audit the existing capacity of units and square feet of the aforementioned land uses and establish the framework for semi-annual reporting to the County.
Adopted policies, of the RAC, include maximum thresholds of:
• Residential Land Uses: 16,100 dwelling units (including 1,000 units allocated from Flex Zone 87)
• Commercial Land Uses: 3,280,000 square feet
• Office Land Uses: 1,500,000 square feet
• Community Facilities: 390,000 square feet
• Open Space/ Recreation Uses: approx. 47.44 acres
Fiscal Impact:
Approval of this resolution will not fiscally impact the City as this is an agreement to audit and track the development activity of existing developments and land uses within the RAC.
Recommended for inclusion on the agenda by:
Anand Balram, Planning Manager, Planning Division
Andria Wingett, Director, Development Services
Raelin Storey, Assistant City Manager