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<br />Indian River County Attorney William Collins <br />commented that there is a provision <br />where they can request that a project be added to their capital improvement program but did not <br />think the County can and should add it to their program unless the bulk of the project is funded by <br />the private sector that will benefit from it. <br /> <br />Mr. Denninghoff <br /> announced that Brevard is having conversations with development <br />interests on critical areas such as Wickham Road. He discussed concurrency, impact fees, and <br />failed links in response to questions from the Panel. <br /> <br />County Manager Busacca <br /> added that Brevard County has been very active, for the last <br />fifteen (15) years, in looking at land use as a part of what they were going to do about road <br />concurrency. They reduced densities in the south beaches, which twenty years ago were twenty <br />(20) units per acre and are now one (1) unit per acre. She felt that the Board’s very active review <br />of land use has helped pushed some of their concurrency issues further than perhaps in other <br />communities that did not have that opportunity. <br /> <br />Members of the Panel briefly discussed annexation, zoning, and densities. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />10. TRANSPORTATION <br /> <br />Richard Dennis, Executive Director of Melbourne International Airport, <br />related how, <br />according to their Aviation Consultant, over 2,600 passengers from their service areas (including <br />St. Lucie, Indian River and Brevard Counties), were driving to Orlando daily to catch a flight, <br />because of the price and non-stop services they offer. He believed that working together they <br />could improve the quality of life with a minimum investment to recapture convenient air service to <br />October 25, 2006 <br />15 <br /> <br />Joint Workshop / Brevard <br /> <br />