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1992-08-20 City's M/Amend Pet. •r STATE OF FLORIDA DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) vs . ) DOAH Case No. 92-4909GM ) ) DCA Docket No. 91-NOI-4701-( I) ) DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, ) ) Respondent. ) PETITIONER CITY OF OKEECHOBEE'S MOTION FOR ENTRY OF AN ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER LEAVE TO AMEND ITS PETITION Petitioner, CITY OF OKEECHOBEE ( "City" ) , by and through its undersigned attorneys, and pursuant to Sections 120 .57 ( 1) , Florida Statutes, and Rules 22I-6 . 004 and 22I-6 . 016, Florida Administrative Code, hereby files this motion for entry of an order granting petitioner leave to amend its petition in the above-referenced case. In support of its motion the City states as follows : 1. On July 12, 1992, the Department of Community Affairs ( "DCA" or "Department" ) published in the Okeechobee News a notice of intent to find the Okeechobee County ( "County" ) Comprehensive Plan in compliance pursuant to Section 163. 3184, Florida Statutes . (A copy of the Department' s notice is attached as Exhibit "A" and is incorporated by reference herein. ) 2 . On August 3, 1992, the City timely filed a petition for administrative hearing with the DCA pursuant to Sections 120 .57 ( 1) and 163. 3184( 9 ) (a) , Florida Statutes, and Rule 9J-11 .012 (8) , 1 Florida Administrative Code. In its petition the City challenges the Department ' s determination that the County's plan is in compliance. (A copy of the first page of the City's petition for administrative hearing showing the executed filing and acknowledgement statement of the DCA Clerk is attached as Exhibit "B" and is incorporated by reference herein. ) 3. Rule 9J-11 . 012(8) , Florida Administrative Code, requires that a petitioner provide the DCA with the original of the petition. The rule does not require that a petitioner provide the Department with a copy of the petition. Therefore, when the City filed its petition with the DCA on August 3, 1992 it filed only the original . 4 . On August 11, 1992, DCA forwarded the City' s petition to the Director of the Division of Administrative Hearings ( "DOAH" or "Division" ) for assignment of a hearing officer. (A copy of DCA' s cover letter of transmittal forwarding the petition to DOAH is attached as Exhibit "C" and is incorporated by reference herein. ) At the same time that DCA forwarded the City' s petition to the Division it also forwarded petitions in two other cases which challenge the Department's notice to find the County' s plan in compliance: an original and amended petition in the case of Shirley Pinder v. DCA and Okeechobee County, DOAH Case No. and a petition in the case of Florida Manufactured Housing Association, Inc. and Ted Kelchner v. DCA, DOAH Case No. 2 1 5 . On August 15, 1992, the undersigned received a telephone call from the Office of DCA counsel requesting whether the City would object if DCA filed a motion to consolidate the City' s above- referenced case with the two cases referred to in ¶4 above. 6 . On August 17, 1992, the undersigned received a notice from DOAH dated August 14, 1992 . (A copy of the DOAH notice is attached as Exhibit "D" and is incorporated by reference herein. ) The notice from DOAH indicated that the City's petition which DCA had forwarded to DOAH was filed at the Division on August 11, 1992 . 7. On August 18, 1992, counsel for DCA informed the undersigned that the Department forwarded only the original petition to DOAH and not the original and one copy of the petition as required by DOAH Rule 22I-6 . 003(2) , Florida Administrative Code. 8. On August 19, 1992, the undersigned informed the Office of DCA counsel that the City would object if the DCA filed a motion to consolidate the three cases. 9 . At the time of the filing of this motion, the computerized docketing system in the DOAH clerk's office did not indicate that DCA had filed any answer and/or motion in opposition to the City's petition filed with the Division on August 11, 1992 . 10 . DOAH Rule 22I-6 .004(4) , Florida Administrative Code, provides that a petitioner may amend its petition only upon order of the hearing officer. The City desires to amend its petition. 3 11 . The City believes that the entry of an order granting the City leave to amend its petition would not prejudice the DCA and is in keeping with the general rule which liberally allows amendment of pleadings . See, i .e. , Araujo-Sanchez v. Amoon, 513 So. 2d 1307 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987) ; Charles A. Alario, Sr. and Real Estate Services Unlimited, Inc . v. Department of Professional Regulation, Division of Real Estate, DOAH Case No. 87-4093 F (FALR Volume 10, No. 8, Pg. 2134, 2143) (Final Order entered on 3/22/88 by Hearing Officer Mary Clark) . 12 . The City further believes that the entry of an order granting the City leave to amend its petition, scheduling the filing of the City' s amended petition and recognizing the DCA's right to timely file an answer and/or motions in opposition to said amended petition pursuant to Rule 22I-6 . 004 (5) , would be compatible with principles of both state administrative agency and local governmental economy and efficiency in a period in which DOAH, DCA and the City must fulfill their respective adjudicatory, planning and governmental responsibilities with scarce budgetary resources . 13 . Counsel for the DCA has informed the undersigned that he is authorized to represent that the Department joins in the filing of this motion. WHEREFORE, Petitioner City of Okeechobee requests that the hearing officer enter an order in the above-referenced case which: ( 1) grants petitioner's motion for entry of any order granting petitioner leave to amend its petition filed on August 11, 1992 with DOAH; (2) directs that the petitioner file the original and 4 one copy of its amended petition with the DOAH clerk within 10 days after the entry of the hearing officer' s order granting this motion; ( 3) directs that the petitioner serve a copy of said petition to the DCA and (4) provides that respondent DCA may file an answer to the amended petition and may file motions in opposition to the amended petition pursuant to DOAH Rule 22I- 6 . 004 (5) , Florida Administrative Code, but shall do so within twenty (20) days of the filing of the City' s amended petition. Respectfully submitted on Augusta0 , 1992 by: è)ttdt,19 &1Jt441d9 Michael Wm. Morell Attorney at Law 310 West College Avenue Tallahassee, Florida 32301-1406 (904) 425-8300 and John R. Cook City Attorney City of Okeechobee 202 N.W. 5th Avenue Okeechobee, Florida 34972 (813) 467-0297 Attorneys for City of Okeechobee CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that a copy of the above and foregoing has sent by facsimile transmission and U.S. Mail to Karen Brodeen, Assistant General Counsel, Department of Community Affairs, 2740 Centerview Drive, Tallahassee, Florida, 32399-2100 and John D. Cassels, Jr. , County Attorney, Okeechobee County, 400 N.W. Second Street, P.O. Box 968, Okeechobee, FL 34973 on this day of August, 1992 . 140 (1/14. Michael Wm. Morell 5 STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS NOTICE OF INTENT TO FIND THE OKEECHOBEE COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN COMPLIANCE DOCKET NO. 91-NOI-4701- (I) The Department gives notice of its intent to find the Oke- echobee County Comprehensive Plan IN COMPLIANCE pursuant to Section 163. 3184, F.S. The adopted Okeechobee County Comprehensive Plan and the Department' s Objections, Recommendations, and Comments Report, are available for public inspection Monday through Friday, except for legal holidays, during normal business hours, at the Okeecho- bee County Planning and Development Department, 499 N.W. 5th Avenue, Okeechobee, Florida 34972, and at the Board of County Commissioners Office, 304 N.W. 2nd Street, Room 106, Okeechobee, Florida 34972. Any affected person, as defined in Section 163. 3184 , F.S. , has a right to petition for an administrative hearing to chal- lenge the proposed agency determination that the Okeechobee County Comprehensive Plan is In Compliance, as defined in Subsec- tion 163. 3184 (1) , F. S. The petition must be filed within twenty-one (21) days after publication of this notice, and must ' include all of the information and contents described in Rule 9J-11. 012 (8) , F.A.C. The petition shall be filed with the Agency Clerk, Department of Community Affairs, 2740 Centerview Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100, and a copy mailed or delivered to the local government. Failure to timely file a petition shall constitute a waiver of any right to request an administrative proceeding as a petitioner under Section 120. 57, F. S. If a petition is filed, the purpose of the administrative hearing will be to present evidence and testimony and forward a recommended order to the Department. If no petition is filed, this Notice of Intent shall become final agency action. If a petition is filed, other affected persons may petition for leave to intervene in the proceeding. A petition for inter- vention must be filed at least five (5) days before the final hearing and must include all of the information and contents described in Rule 221-6. 010, F.A.C. A petition for leave to intervene shall be filed at the Division of Administrative Hearings, Department of Administration, 1230 Apalachee Parkway, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1550. Failure to petition to inter- vene within the allowed time frame constitutes a waiver of any right such a person has to request a hearing under Section 120. 57 , F.S. , or to participate in the administrative hearing. (1141/1L/5A::1 Charles G. Pattison, Director Department of Community Affairs Division of Resource Planning and Management 2740 Centerview Drive Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100 Exhibit "A" MUG AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FILED, on this date, with the deSignabed Department Clerk. re:eipt 01 w lith Is hereby acknowledged. STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAI K f7 gl3 Jan . Bass Dims CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, ) De tment Clerk ) Petitioner, ) ) vs. ) DCA Docket No. 91-NOI-4701-(I) ) DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, ) ) Respondent. ) ) PETITION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING Petitioner, CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, by and through its undersigned attorneys, hereby files this Petition for Administrative Hearing pursuant to Sections 163. 3184 (9) (a) and 120.57( 1) , Florida Statutes, and Rule 9J-11 .012(8) , Florida Administrative Code. In support of this Petition, Petitioner states as follows : A. BACKGROUND 1. The agency involved in this proceeding is the Florida Department of Community Affairs (DCA) , 2740 Centerview Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100 . The DCA docket number for this matter is 91-NOI-4701-( I) . The DCA is the designated state land planning agency, pursuant to Section 163. 3164 ( 19) , Florida Statutes . 2. The Petition is filed on behalf of the City of Okeechobee, Florida ( "Petitioner" or "City" ) , a Florida Municipal Corporation. Petitioner's address is 55 Southeast 3rd Avenue, Okeechobee, Florida 34974 . 1 Exhibit "B" • 1. 4 ,,r.._ S1• WLTP STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS 2 7 4 0 C E N T E R V I E W D R I V E • TALLAHASSEE , F L O R I D A 3 2 3 9 9 - 2 1 0 0 LINDA LOOMIS SHELLEY LAWTON CHILES Goy August 11, 1992retary Sharyn Smith, Director Division of Administrative Hearings The DeSoto Building 1230 Apalachee Parkway Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1550 Dear Ms. Smith: The following petitions are forwarded to you for assignment of a hearing officer pursuant to Section 163.3184 (9) , F.S. : City of Okeechobee v. Department of Community Affairs; Shirley Pinder v. Department of Community Affairs and Okeechobee Countv (original and amended petitions) ; and Florida Manufactured Housing Association. Inc. v. Department of Community Affairs. These petitions are all related as they all challenge the Department's notice to find the Okeechobee County plan to be in compliance, Docket No. 91-N0I-4701- I. By merely forwarding these petitions the Department does not assume responsibility for complying with filing requirements of the Division of Administrative Hearings and does not waive any right of the Department to raise objections to the petitions. Sincerely, 76:4'41-"Irt-i7-1"% • Karen Brodeen Assistant General Counsel 'KB/ths Enclosures cc: John Cassels, County Attorney Mike Morell (w/out attachments) Robert Kennedy (w/out attachments) Jack M. Skelding (w/out attachments) David D. Eastman (w/out attachments) Patrick Phelan (w/out attachments) Burton C. Connor (w/out attachments) John Cook (w/out attachments) EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT• HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT • RESOURCE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT Exhibit "C" STATE OF FLORIDA • I/ 1 4/ '2 DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS CASE NO 92-0(149090 1 DESOTO BUILDING. 1230 APALACHEE PARKWAY HEARING 91-!I�T- TALLAHASSEE.FLORIDA 32399-1550 OFFICER: t c•14`+Y BAR rtN DATE OF FILING: C / tt/a2 RE: i :Y )F•?CEECHOEEE U3 OcPI )F COMi•.1_NITY AFFA!RI TO: H I CHAE4_ W. f1CRELL ES)U I RE The above-styled matter is now before the Division of Administrative 310 4 CCLLE'GE i4VE Hearings.The above hearing officer has been assigned to the case.Notice TALL AHA3'EE =L 32301-1406 of hearing will be provided to parties or their attorney of record.Should you desire to contact him/her you may do so at the Division, DeSoto Building, 1230 Apalachee Parkway, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1550; (904) 488-9675, Suncom 278-9675. NOTE: File the original and one copy of all documents with the Division, and provide a copy to the other party(parties). ANN COLE, Clerk of the Division. � i III��►�nuitt�� A .0 x N m .— ti( J }_w _1 J1 - - � I