If you are interested in reviewing the draft from Able City East, it is public record.  We would be happy to email it to readers.

Coding Required: Florida statutes require that changes to a comprehensive plan use a coding system - strikethroughs for deleted text and underlining for additions.  This coding is not used in the draft provided making the review a monumental task.

The Comprehensive Plan is a blueprint for the future of Islamorada.  If you care about Islamorada - amending the comp plan is critical.  And critical for the public to help.

11 Critical Elements: The Islamorada draft plan includes 11 elements including Land Use, Transportation, Housing, etc. with goals and policies associated with each element.  

Suggestion: Each of 11 elements warrant a separate public workshop and thorough public review. We worry that won’t happen.  If there is an element that is important to you, concentrate on that area initially to make the process less overwhelming.  

The total draft comp plan document is 284 pages long and includes approximately 700 suggested policies for the community to adopt… some policies from the current comp plan, approximately 200 new policies. The public review process is critical.

We believe the planning staff has been reviewing the draft for several months and may be finding areas that believe need to be changed.  But the public may feel differently.  This should be a Village-wide effort!!!

Committees can help. We hope all Village citizen committees will be provided the draft of the Comp Plan so they could review the sections related to their committee work?

The Establishing A Common Vision - words from the plan. Public participation is critical

In future newsletters, watch for suggested Comp Plan goals and policies. And remember to speak up.  

Let us know if you want a peek at the DRAFT of the Comp Plan from Able City East. Send us an email.