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Attorney Vitunac invited Director Keating to comment on the Urban Service Area. Community Development Director Keating stated that the Urban Service Area, established in the County’s Comprehensive Plan in 1990, is an important component of the Interlocal Agreement. Using a PowerPoint presentation (copy on file), he provided an overview of the functions and purpose of the Urban Service Area, stating that the most significant purpose is limiting urban sprawl. He thereafter displayed the boundaries for the Urban Service Area, pointing out that there are approximately 123,000 acres inside the Urban Service Area, and almost 225,000 acres outside the Urban Service Area, about 90,000 of which are in conservation. Attorney Vitunac asked Tim McGarry to provide an overview of the Interlocal Agreement. Tim McGarry , Vero Beach Planning Department, explained that a major element of the Agreement is the Interlocal Service Boundary Area Map that depicts the boundaries of each municipality’s future annexation areas. He reported that the Interlocal Agreement creates an intergovernmental Committee, the Urban Services Advisory Committee (USAC), consisting of one elected representative from each government, whose purpose is to review most annexations, comprehensive plans, land use changes, and to make recommendations to all six parties in the Agreement. Although the ISBA required unanimous agreement on land use, density, height, and boundary changes, Mr. McGarry noted that certain exceptions to the unanimous requirement (for Sebastian) have been included in the draft Agreement. Attorney Vitunac reported that over the last two months, the Interlocal Agreement Task Force had reviewed the Agreement with their elected governments, and met again to discuss the feedback they had received from the elected officials. The Task Force was asking today for direction regarding three unresolved issues, as follows: 5 June 19, 2008 Special Call Jt. Mtng/Interlocal Agrmnt