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Comprehensive Plan Transportation Element <br />POLICY 5.7: The county will develop beautification plans at all interstate interchanges <br />and will seek private participation in the implementation of landscaping improvements. <br />OBJECTIVE 6 COORDINATION <br />By 2015, the county will have a system which ensures that all transportation requirements, <br />procedures, and improvements are coordinated with all applicable governmental entities and will <br />have entered into two new formal coordination agreements with adjacent local governments. <br />POLICY 6.1: The county will coordinate with the Indian River County MPO, FDOT, <br />Local Municipalities, and Adjacent Counties in its transportation planning activities. <br />This coordination will involve serving as staff to the MPO, having staff and <br />commissioners serve on MPO committees, sharing information, reviewing plans and <br />programs, and assessing the impacts of development projects across jurisdictions. <br />POLICY 6.2: The county will coordinate with FDOT to review its standards for <br />sidewalk placement, access control, median cuts, signage, drainage, and other related <br />physical roadway development activities. The county's Planning and Public Works <br />Departments will schedule regular meetings with appropriate FDOT officials to review <br />and discuss these issues and develop written standards agreeable to both entities. <br />POLICY 6.3: The county acknowledges that it is in compliance and will continue to <br />comply with the level of service standards for roadways as identified in the 1983 <br />"Hutchinson Island Resource Planning & Management Plan", Policy C.1, page 33. This <br />policy states that roadways on the barrier island and connecting roadways that link the <br />island to the mainland will maintain a minimum level of service of "C" on an average <br />annual basis and level of service "D" for peak season traffic. <br />POLICY 6.4: The county will establish a Traffic Operations subcommittee of the MPO <br />Technical Advisory Committee to cooperatively develop solutions to operational issues <br />between jurisdictions. <br />POLICY 6.5: The county will coordinate with Workforce Solutions of the Treasure <br />Coast, the Sebastian and Vero Beach Chambers of Commerce, local businesses, other <br />MPOs and FDOT to develop regional TDM programs. <br />POLICY 6.6: The county will participate in Regional Transit Authority activities with <br />other Treasure Coast T/MPOs and the Brevard MPO. <br />POLICY 6.7: The county will coordinate with FDOT and the Florida East Coast Railroad <br />(FEC) on future passenger rail service. <br />Community Development Department Indian River County 132 <br />