Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) Documentation

Major Issues

In 1998, the State changed the requirements for the EAR content to make the process more effective. Instead of an encyclopedic analysis of all aspects of the Comprehensive Plan, the revised process asks a community to identify, evaluate and make recommendations on major planning issues that are affecting and will continue to affect how an area develops.
Marion County has consolidated its major issues into the following five topics:

Urban Sprawl
Adequate Public Facilities
Economic Development
Intergovernmental Coordination
Water Resources

In depth analysis of these five issues can be found in Chapter 3 of the 2010 EAR (latest version) which can be found below under the Current documents.

Current Documents

Comprehensive Plan (current)

2010 EAR (latest version):