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INTERNAL SUPPORT

IMPLEMENTATION ELEMENT

PRINCIPLES

The Internal Support Platform and this Administrative Element is the primary mechanism for implementing, monitoring and updating the Comprehensive Plan and ensuring superior service to the community. It guides how the goals, objectives and policies will be executed.

The Comprehensive Plan will be implemented consistent with the City’s Fast Forward Fort Lauderdale Vision Plan 2035 and the Press Play Fort Lauderdale Strategic Plan in terms of infrastructure, Public Places, Neighborhood Enhancement, Business Development, Public Safety and Internal Support.

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DEFINITIONS

The Comprehensive Plan is the legal document which regulates all growth and development for the City of Fort Lauderdale. It is subdivided into 16 elements according to different subjects which address goals, objectives and policies that must be observed.

"Goal" means the long-term end toward which programs or activities are ultimately directed.

"Objective" means a specific, measurable, intermediate end that is achievable and marks progress toward a goal.

"Policy" means the way in which programs and activities are conducted to achieve an identified goal.

SIX CYLINDERS OF EXCELLENCE

• Infrastructure: Pedestrian friendly, muti-modal, sustainable and resilient
• Public Places: Access, identity, partnerships for better spaces, health and recreation
• Neighborhood Enhancement: Healthy and diverse neighborhoods
• Business Development: Economic development, superior transportation, educational excellence
• Public Safety: Police, fire, emergency management and disaster recovery
• Internal Support: Leadership and fiscal responsibility, cross collaboration and professional development

FAST FORWARD FORT LAUDERDALE VISION PLAN

The Vision Plan sets the overall framework for how Fort Lauderdale will develop over the next 17 years according to five cylinders of excellence and an internal support platform. It is a guiding document for future growth and it is supported by a system of annual and multi-year plan reviews and progress reports governed by the City’s Strategic Plan. These include the neighborhood survey, the Commission Annual Action Plan, the Fiscal Year Budget, 5-year Community Investment Plan, Department Scorecards.

PRESS PLAY FORT LAUDERDALE STRATEGIC PLAN

Additionally, the Strategic Plan includes goals, objectives and performance indicators and initiatives for each of the cylinders of excellence and the City departments with five year targets. They further the City’s mission We Build Community and helps move the City closer to achieving its Vision “ The City You Never Want to Leave.” The Vision Scorecard tracks improvements in each category and, over time, the City will have achieved all of the goals and objectives represented in the scorecard.¹

COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PLAN

The five-year Community Investment Plan (CIP) includes ongoing projects, new projects, and projects in progress that require additional funding. The CIP also includes a plan for future projects based on expected revenues, bond issuance, and other financing mechanisms.

IMPLEMENTATION ELEMENT

GOALS AND POLICIES

GOAL 1: The Fort Lauderdale Comprehensive Plan shall accomplish the City’s Fast Forward Fort Lauderdale Vision 2035 Plan regarding the City’s future growth and the six Cylinders of Excellence and shall be the City’s primary policy document to guide all of its activities and development.

OBJECTIVE AI 1.1: Plan Maintenance and Administration

The City will maintain and administer its comprehensive planning program in adherence to the Chapter 163.3177 of the Florida Statutes.

POLICY AI 1.1.1: Fort Lauderdale shall empower the workforce to be the primary leader towards achieving the Fast Forward Plan and shall be a well-trained, innovative and neighborhood centric workforce that builds community by accessing the following mechanisms for growth and improvement:

1. Educational outlets and self-improvement which may include employee training development and self-evaluation.
2. Employee recognition and improved employee engagement which may include improved communication of policies and procedures and a succession plan for critical positions.
3. Improve health and safety with better opportunities to participate in the health and wellness center and policies and procedures to prevent injuries.

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POLICY AI 1.1.2: The City shall continue to provide funding for the administration of the Plan. The Department of Sustainable Development Director or such person(s) appointed by the City Manager will be responsible for answering all questions of interpretation and enforcement of the Plan. The Plan shall be administered by the Department of Sustainable Development.

POLICY AI 1.1.3: The City shall continue to provide public participation procedures.

POLICY AI 1.1.4: In addition to the public hearings required by Florida Statute (FS), public participation opportunities shall consist of methods such as open discussion, communication programs, information services and broad dissemination of the proposals and alternatives, as well as opportunity for submittal of written comments.

POLICY AI 1.1.5: The City shall continue to adopt and implement public participation procedures for inclusion in the Unified Land Development Regulations (ULDR), and update them as necessary.

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OBJECTIVE AI 1.2: Plan Monitoring and Review

The City shall provide for periodic updates between Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) cycles and monitor the Plan’s progress for consistency with the Fast Forward Fort Lauderdale Vision Plan as required by Florida Statutes.

POLICY AI 1.2.1: To be a leading government organization that manages resources wisely and sustainably, the Department of Sustainable Development shall use the following annual monitoring processes and procedures to recommend amendments to the Comprehensive Plan and its elements:

1. The City’s current FL2STAT monitoring process described in the Strategic Press Play Plan in relation to the initiatives and performance indicators defined in the Vision Plan, the Strategic Plan, the Commission Annual Action Plan, Department Budgets and Process Improvements and at minimum reviewed annually.
2. The 2035 Vision Scorecard to measure success by increasing baseline scores identified in the Press Play Strategic Plan and increase overall satisfaction with quality of city services.
3. Utilize professional associations and benchmarking for continuous improvement.

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POLICY AI 1.2.2: At least once every 7 years, Fort Lauderdale shall evaluate the Comprehensive Plan through an Evaluation and Appraisal Report, the Fast Forward Fort Lauderdale Vision Plan and the Press Play Fort Lauderdale Strategic Plan. These plans shall be evaluated and, as necessary, updated to reflect changes in local conditions.

POLICY AI 1.2.3: The Department shall use a professionally acceptable and replicable methodology for generating population estimates and projections and assigning the population.

POLICY AI 1.2.4: Manage policies and capital projects through the Capital Improvement Program which shall be automatically updated annually and adopted by resolution.

POLICY AI 1.2.5: Within a reasonable time subsequent to the annexation of land into the City’s corporate limits, the Department shall submit a revised Plan to the Broward County Planning Council for recertification.

POLICY AI 1.2.6: All updates to the Comprehensive Plan elements shall be reflected in the subsequent updates to the five-year strategic plan and the Commission Annual Action Plan.

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OBJECTIVE AI 1.3: Concurrency Review and Administration

The City shall perform a Concurrency Assessment to ensure that the public facilities are available and concurrent with the impacts of the proposed development. To conduct the assessment, and to determine the capability of existing public facilities to service new development, the inventory of services and facilities contained in the Community Investment Plan shall be used as a base for the establishment of existing conditions.

POLICY AI 1.3.1: Prior to the issuance of a development order for a proposed new development, the City shall review:

• The ability of existing facilities to accommodate the proposed development at the adopted level of service standards;
• Any existing facility deficiencies that will need to be corrected prior to the completion of the proposed development;
• The facility(s) improvements or additions that will be needed to accommodate the impacts of the proposed development at the adopted level(s) of service standard(s);
• The date such facility(s) improvements or additions will need to be completed to be concurrent with the impacts on such facility(s) created by the proposed development; and
• A recommendation of approval or denial with any applicable conditions for the timing and location of needed improvements.

POLICY AI 1.3.2: The adopted level of service standards shall be the minimum acceptable standards with which all proposed new development shall comply. The Concurrency Management System shall not preclude the City from imposing other conditions of approval including improvements and additions to the facilities covered under this system beyond the minimums necessary to achieve concurrency.

POLICY IC 1.3.2a: Prior to the approval of an application for a final subdivision plan or final site plan, the City will review the proposed development application to ensure that public facilities and services needed to support development are available concurrent with the impacts of such development based upon the adequacy requirements in the Unified Land Development Regulations (ULDRs).

POLICY IC 1.3.2b: Provisions in the Comprehensive Plan that ensure that public facilities and services standards will be met to satisfy the Concurrency requirement shall consist of the following:

• The necessary facilities and services are in place at the time a development permit is issued;
• A development permit is issued subject to the condition that the necessary facilities and services will be in place when the impacts of the development occur;
• The necessary facilities are under construction at the time a permit is issued;
• The necessary facilities and services are guaranteed in an enforceable development agreement that guarantees that the necessary facilities and services will be in place when the impacts of the development occur;
• At the time the development permit is issued, the necessary facilities and services are the subject of a binding executed contract which provides for the commencement of the actual construction of the required facilities or the provision of services within one year of the issuance of the development permit; or
• The necessary facilities and services are guaranteed in an enforceable development agreement that requires the commencement of the actual construction of the facilities or the provision of services within one year of the issuance of the applicable development permit.

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OBJECTIVE IC 1.4: Plan Amendment Process

The Department of Sustainable Development shall work with the staff of other City departments to ensure that the adopted components of the Plan are updated regularly through the EAR and EAR-based amendments and are coordinated and consistent with the supporting documentation of the Plan.

POLICY AI 1.4.1: The Department shall prepare and maintain the Future Land Use Element Map Series, and amendments thereto, which shall be the effective future land use map for the City upon adoption by the City Commission and recertification by the Broward County Planning Council.

POLICY AI 1.4.2: The Department shall submit to the BCPC amendments to the Future Land Use Element, and amendments to Future Land Use Element Map Series, for recertification after final adoption by the City Commission.

POLICY AI 1.4.3: Proposed plan amendments and requests for new development or redevelopment shall be evaluated according to the following guidelines as to whether the proposed action would or will have:

• Consistency with the Infrastructure Element and the Coastal Management Element and not contribute to a condition of public hazard.
• Consistency with the Transportation and Mobility Element; Infrastructure Element; and Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Element and not intensify any existing public facility capacity deficits not envisioned within this plan.
• Generate public facility demands that may be accommodated by planned capacity increases.
• Conform with future land uses as shown on the Future Land Use Map of the Future Land Use Element.
• Accommodate public facility demands based upon level-of-service standards by provision of facilities by the developer or by the City consistent with this element.
• Consistency with state and regional agencies’ and water management district’s facilities plans.

POLICY AI 1.4.4: Land use plans and plan amendments shall successfully complete the Chapter 163, Florida Statutes local comprehensive plan review process prior it’s to their certification or recertification by the Broward County Planning Council.

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IMPLEMENTATION ELEMENT

AMENDMENT PROCESS

EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL REPORT

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