Hillsborough Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR)

Frequently Asked Questions about the Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR)

 

Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) Adopted June 8, 2005

The adopted EAR has been submitted to the State Department of Community Affairs (DCA) for review and a “Sufficiency” determination. DCA has 90 days from the receipt of the EAR to make this determination. Following the finding of “Sufficiency”, the Planning Commission will update the Plan in order to implement the recommendation in the EAR through the Plan Amendment process. EAR related amendments must be adopted within 18 month from the date the report was found “Sufficient”.

EAR-based Plan Amendments - 1st Cycle 2007

This link will send you to the folder that contains all of the proposed plan amendments that respond to recommendations contained in the Evaluation and Appraisal Report. The EAR-based amendments will be considered with the 1st cycle of 2007 plan amendments. The Planning Commission will hold a series of workshops covering these issues on October 9, November 13, and December 11, 2006. The public hearing will be held on January 8, 2007.

EAR Based Amendment Workshops

Scroll to the bottom to access the Workshop and PowerPoint folders.

EAR Findings and Strategies Workshop Series

These workshops were held to familiar the Planning Commission (PC) with the strategies and potential amendment being developed to implement EAR recommendations. Workshops were also held on the same topics with the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC)on the following dates: April 12th, May 24th, August 9th and August 23rd, 2006.

Addendum to the EAR

This memorandum was submitted to the Department of Community Affairs for the purposes of clarifying issues related to financial feasibility and growth addressed in the Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR). In addition, this information is included as an addendum to the EAR.

Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Sufficiency Determination - August 19, 2005

The Hillsborough County Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) is found "Sufficient" by the State DCA. This letter outlines the findings of sufficiency and topics to be covered in the EAR based amendment process, which is the next step in updating the Hillsborough County Comprehensive Plan.

RP-2 Technical Committee

The items in this folder relate to the work of the volunteer technical committee who have been discussing potential changes to the Residential Planned-2 land use category.

EAR Findings and Strategies Workshop Series Powerpoints

These workshops provided a general overview of the EAR related recommendations and implementation strategies to be explored in the development of proposed Comprehensive Plan amendments.