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CONTACT: Mark Sexton, Communications Coordinator
PHONE: (352) 374-5204; CELL: (352) 283-2317
EMAIL: msexton@alachuacounty.us

For Immediate Release



BOCC/LPA Special Meeting

3/23/2009 3:29 PM

March 23, 2009

3:30 p.m.

ALACHUA COUNTY, FL - The public is invited to attend the last of a series of joint special meeting with the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) and Local Planning Agency (LPA) on the Alachua County Comprehensive Plan Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) on March 31. The purpose of the meeting is to review the Urban Area/Energy/Housing subject area, the potential options and strategies identified in the EAR process for the Comprehensive Plan, and to receive direction from the BOCC and LPA for Public Hearings expected to begin in April. The meeting will be held at the Jack Durrance Auditorium, Room 209 of the County Administration Building (12 SE 1st Street) and will begin at 5:30 p.m.

The meeting will be followed by public hearings in the spring and summer to adopt the Evaluation and Appraisal Report by September 2009, including recommendations for update of the County's Comprehensive Plan in 2009/2010.

A full schedule of meeting dates with the County Commission and Local Planning Agency are posted on the County's EAR website at http://www.alachuacounty.us/ear. A series of Issue Papers and a summary of all major issues and their identified options are also posted.

For more information, please call the Growth Management Department at 374-5249 or send an email to ear@alachuacounty.us.

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