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Comprehensive Plan Intergovernmental Coordination Element transportation services and mass transit as long as the CTC's performance is satisfactory. ■ Brevard County The county has agreements with Brevard County relating to several issues. In recent years, the Board of County Commissioners met several times with Brevard County commissioners to share information and discuss issues. In the future, the county should implement its agreements with Brevard County. ■ St. Lucie County The county has agreements with St. Lucie County relating to several issues, including emergency services and the Treasure Coast Private Industry Council. In recent years, the Board of County Commissioners met several times with St. Lucie County commissioners to share information and discuss issues. In the future, the county should implement its agreements with the St. Lucie County. ■ Major Intergovernmental Coordination Issues: Currently, the most significant intergovernmental coordination issue affecting the county is annexation of county designated agricultural lands outside of the Urban Service Area (USA) by municipalities. In 1980, the City of Fellsmere consisted of 820 acres. Due to annexations along C.R. 512, the city's size increased to 1,111 acres by 1990. As a result of subsequent annexations, the size of the city is now 27,482 acres. In the future, there is potential for the city to annex thousands of additional acres. Most of the lands that were annexed by the city had a county land use designation of AG -1 (up to 1 unit/5 acres) or AG -2 up to (1 unit/10 acres). After annexation, such lands are usually redesignated to land use categories having densities much higher than county densities for those lands. Consequently, the annexed lands then have more development yield and have the potential to put more demand on the county's facilities and services. With all past, current, and future annexations, the City could potentially have tens of thousands of units and a population more than 100,000. By annexing county agriculturally designated land, the City allows landowners to circumvent county regulations and undermine the county's service and facility provision plans. To maintain the integrity of the county's USA and county regulations as well as preventing changes of land use density after municipal annexations of land outside the USA, the county and municipalities are currently pursuing development of an Interlocal Service Boundary Agreement (ISBA). Going forward, the county should continue to work with the municipalities in the county to adopt and implement the ISBA. Community Development Department Indian River County 51