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County for bringing forward a plan that he thought everyone could live with. <br />Joseph Paladin supported going forward with synchronization and felt they should <br />have done this a long time ago. He felt the Board should find ways to let the commercial <br />developers vest and go forward. He did not think the County had perfected the way we capture <br />trips. He said the percentages were wrong, and the methods they were using was wrong. He <br />wanted to see a study done by the people who designed the software for the County, and the people <br />who put it in place, to make sure we are using every affordable way possible to get all of our <br />concurrency, and so the developers who live here could go forward and develop more commercial <br />and industrial property. <br />In response to several questions posed by Chairman Wheeler, Director Keating said <br />this item could be solved at staff level; and it was not necessary to be presented to the Planning and <br />Zoning Committee. He related that the Comprehensive Plan Amendment submitted to the <br />Department of Community Affairs (DCA) would prohibit the County from using volumes derived <br />from an Arterial Analysis, and require staff to use the generalized table volume. He also notified <br />the Board that they would still be using the ARTPLAN. Because US 1 is unique, they may not use <br />Synchro later. <br />Both Chairman Wheeler and Commissioner O'Bryan were concerned with the <br />Synchro analysis being allowed as an option, and not a Countywide standard. <br />Attorney Collins did not think it was necessary to draw the line. <br />Administrator Baird explained they did not know how they would obtain enough <br />funds to make all the improvements on US -1. Based on the fact that US -1 is a State road, he said <br />they should lobby the legislature to pay their fair share. <br />Bruce Barkett, Developer's Attorney, suggested the Board ask DCA to withdraw <br />July 17, 2007 23 <br />