CAP Facts
What is the CAP initiative?
The CAP initiative is the City of Fort Lauderdale's
proactive planning endeavor to help the City Commission
and City Administration manage and direct the future
of Fort Lauderdale. Why is the CAP initiative needed?
Since the early 1920's
the City of Fort Lauderdale has been planned in a "top
down" fashion,
often pieced together through annexations,
neighborhood master planning, community redevelopment
plans, and
reactive capital improvement projects. The result
in some cases has been unbalanced growth, without
consideration of the effects on the City as
a whole or on the quality of life for the people who
work and live in Fort Lauderdale. In response,
the City Commission authorized a
citywide initiative to develop a comprehensive
list of community issues and to better coordinate
the use of city resources.
Who is involved in the CAP initiative?
Community-at-Large
Residents, property and business owners, employees,
and other stakeholders in the CAP area. Community Leadership Committee (CLC)
A 25-member body appointed by the City Commission.
The CLC will work with City staff to define the community
issues and to help shape the implementation strategies
to address the issues.
Interdepartmental Work Team (IWT) 
Management-level representatives from various City
Departments who will assist with the formulation
of the goals and execution of the implementation
strategies developed during the CAP initiative.
Planning and Zoning Department
City staff responsible
for the coordination of the CAP initiative.
Community Area Plan Implementation Team (CAPIT)
Team comprised of members of the CAP Area CLC and IWT.
Group responsible for monitoring the implementation
of the Area Plan.
How will CAP work?
To address the unique and increasingly diverse issues
facing Fort Lauderdale, the CAP staff divided the
city into five individual community planning areas,
focusing on one area at a time. Within each CAP
area, City staff hosts a series of community meetings
to
gather public comments regarding current conditions
within the community. The staff then works with
the Community Leadership Committee to consolidate this
information into a list of issues for the Plan
to
address. After discussing this information with
the stakeholders at a Community Forum, the CLC and
Interdepartmental
Work Team work together to develop implementation
proposals with goals and objectives that strive
to achieve the community's vision. The implementation
proposal also considers ongoing City projects and
programs, planned neighborhood improvements, and
potential funding opportunities to coordinate implementation
efforts in an efficient and effective manner. The
CAP staff then presents the proposal on behalf
of
the community to the City Commission for acceptance
with subsequent monitoring efforts by a CAP Implementation
Team to ensure its progress and success. |
