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LEE COUNTY Committed Today for a Better Tomorrow RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE PLAN SANLEE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AS PROPOSED BY THE SANFORD/LEE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT WHEREAS, A future land use plan is intended to serve as both a physical and policy plan to guide each jurisdiction's development for over twenty to thirty years; and WHEREAS, Lee County's last land use plan was adopted in 1999 and many changes have occurred to the environment since that time; and WHEREAS, the primary function of a land use plan is to provide a long-range comprehensive planning tool that will provide guidance to developers, citizens, staff and decision makers, while taking into account future growth; and WHEREAS, in 2016, an update to the plan began with interviews of stakeholders, public meetings, and a public survey; and WHEREAS, the Joint Planning Commission then served as the steering committee, giving periodic guidance to planning staff and the consultant throughout the development of the plan; and WHEREAS, in the summer of 2018 the Planning Department held two public drop in sessions and the final edits to the plan were made; and WHEREAS, the Joint Planning Commission has approved the P1anSanLee future land use plan and; and WHEREAS, on October 2, 2018 the City of Sanford adopted the P1anSanLee future land use plan and on October 22, 2018 the Town of Broadway adopted the P1anSanLee future land use plan; and WHERAS, the Lee County Board of Commissioners adopts the P1anSanLee future land use plan, but desires to ensure a review of the plan is conducted each year in order to recommend any changes it determines should be made based on the changing environment of the county; and WHEREAS, the Lee County Board of Commissioners will invite staff from the Planning Department to its retreat each January to have a discussion and make any necessary suggested revisions to the P1anSanLee future land use plan.