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City Park DRI Review Materials

Parkland West, LLC, et al., as the Applicant, submitted a Development of Regional Impact (DRI) Application for Development Approval (ADA) for City Park to the South Florida Regional Planning Council (SFRPC) that is currently under review. The issues reviewed as part of the process include, but are not limited to, transportation and mobility impacts; environmental and natural resource impacts; land-use and infrastructure consistency (e.g., water, sewer, schools); affordable housing; school concurrency; and hurricane/emergency evacuation. The Council is tasked with coordinating and facilitating the review process with partner agencies and governments to determine if the proposed City Park DRI would adversely impact state and regional resources and facilities, and if so, the appropriate mitigation.


Revised Responses to DRI ADA Questions:


SIN2 Response to Comments:

Please note: the purpose of the sufficiency review is to determine whether the applicant has adequately responded to the required questions using the prescribed methodologies, data sources, and assumptions established through the executed Agreement to Delete and the second Statement of Information Needed (SIN2). Pursuant to Rule 73C-40.022(3)(a), Florida Administrative Code, information is considered sufficient when it is provided in a manner that enables reviewing agencies to assess the impacts of the proposed development. A determination of sufficiency does not imply agreement with the applicant’s analyses, findings, or conclusions.

Comments and questions that were not identified in SIN2 may not serve as the basis for additional sufficiency questions and may be addressed solely at the applicant’s discretion. Reviewing agencies may, however, request additional information necessary to clarify the applicant’s responses or to address new issues that arise directly from the submitted materials. If no further clarification is necessary, ADA3 should be deemed sufficient.
 
ADA3 includes the applicant’s responses to the questions prescribed in executed Agreement to Delete as well as responses to the comments and information requests contained in SIN2. Agencies are requested to review both the ADA3 materials and the Agreement to Delete.

Agencies should submit a written recommendation by Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026, indicating whether ADA2 meets the requirements for sufficiency. If an agency determines that ADA2 is not sufficient, the recommendation should clearly identify the basis for that determination and include any supporting comments or explanations.

Recommendations must be transmitted concurrently to both the South Florida Regional Planning Council (sfadmin@sfrpc.com) and the Applicant (GPenn@brzoninglaw.com) to allow the Applicant to begin preparing any necessary responses. The Council is scheduled to issue its formal sufficiency determination on Friday, July 31st, 2026, end of day.

If you have any questions regarding the sufficiency review process, DRI procedures, or other matters that may assist your agency in preparing its recommendation, please contact the Council at sfadmin@sfrpc.com.

BACKGROUND

ADA 2 AND SIN 2

On March 23, 2026, a second submittal from the applicant, ADA2, was forwarded to the reviewing agencies to determine sufficiency. ADA2 reflects the applicant’s responses to the executed Agreement to Delete and incorporates a reduction of 75,251 square feet of retail (from 749,153 to 673,902 SF) as well as responses to prior agency comments (Statement of Information Needed-1). On May 7, 2026, the Council found ADA2 insufficient and transmitted a second Statement of Information Needed (SIN2) to the applicant. 


ADA 2 Submittal:


ADA 1 AND SIN 1

The Council formally began, in October 2025, a coordinated review with partner agencies of the applicant’s responses to the agreed-upon sufficiency questions. The initial ADA submittal was found to be ‘insufficient,’ and a Statement of Information Needed (SIN1) was transmitted to the applicant.