1. Making your EAR Process More Effective Jerry Bell, AICP, Principal Bell David Planning Group Paula Church Miami-Dade Department of Planning and Zoning Sharon Williams, Associate Planner City of Pembroke Pines

2. Summary EAR Preparation Public Participation Best Practices Areas for Improvement Success Stories Our Experience

3. EAR PREPARATION Background Preliminary Work Preparation ◦ Outline and Checklist ◦ My Toolbox

4. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Incorporate public comments from other community visioning efforts Maximize your budget - Use technology to your benefit Solicit ideas from other community forums Create an Interactive web-site Make sure state agencies know of your meetings All public comments should be woven into larger issues

5. Best Practices Scoping Meetings Channeling public input into key issues Identifying a manageable number of meaningful issues Review Agency Selection Identifying clear monitoring measures and best data sources Interagency coordination

6. Best Practices Coordination w/ reviewer(s) throughout process Voluntary review before adoption Proactive (where do we want to go as a community?) and retroactive (how well have we done in achieving our Plan?) Clear, explicit recommendations

7. Areas for Improvement Public Participation Focus on issues has not, in practice, resulted in an expedited process Many mandated issues and topics to address Statutory requirements not always applicable or relevant Census Data Timing

8. Areas for Improvement Mandating boilerplate issues – one size does not always fit all Small city challenges Population projections – limitations to Shimberg data Reviewers understanding of local issues

9. Success Stories Learning Experiences Sufficient on 1 st Draft EAR amendment process Implementation of new programs and initiatives – i.e., new land development regulations and design guidelines, increased public participation opportunities, establishing a fundamental shift in planning and development patterns…

10. OUR EXPERIENCE

11. Questions Sharon Williams, Associate Planner City of Pembroke Pines 10100 Pines Blvd Pembroke Pines, FL 33026 954-435-6513 (O) 954-435-6546 (F) swiliams@ppines.com Jerry Bell, AICP Principal Bell David Planning Group 80 SW 8 Street, Suite 2000 Miami, FL 33130 (305) 215-6302 (ph) (305) 423-7137 (F) jerry@belldavid.com Paula Church Section Supervisor Department of Planning and Zoning, 12 Floor 111 NW 1 st Street Miami, Florida 33128 305-375-2835 churchp@miamidade.gov