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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION 1999 APPORTIONMENT PLAN Background Based upon 1990 Census data, the City of Vero Beach and the densely populated land surrounding the City was designated as a Census urbanized area. With a total 1990 population of 64,707, the urbanized area includes three general purpose local governments. These are: the City of Vero Beach, the Town of Indian River Shores, and the Board of County Commissioners (unincorporated area). While the Vero Beach Urbanized Area includes only those areas in and around the City of Vero Beach, the area expected to be urban within twenty years includes much of the land within the County east of I-95. Considered as the transitioning urbanized area, that portion of the County includes four of the county's five incorporated areas. The only municipality within the County which is not within the transitioning urbanized area is the City of Fellsmere. As per the requirements of 23 USC 134(c) and 23 CFR 450.308, the metropolitan (PL) area shall at a minimum include the existing urbanized area and the area expected to become urbanized within twenty years. According to federal regulations, the PL area may include all or part of a county. Accordingly, the metropolitan (PL) area boundary was established pursuant to those requirements. As established, the metropolitan (PL) area includes all land within the transitioning urbanized area as well as the City of Fellsmere, the area around the City of Fellsmere, and a corridor along CR 512 extending from the transitioning urbanized area boundary to the City of Fellsmere. Description The MPO (PL) area is depicted on Map 1. As shown on that map, the MPO area includes only the easternmost portion of the county, comprising approximately 25 percent of the land in the county. While the MPO area incorporates only 25 percent of the county's land area, it includes virtually all of the county's population. According to the 1990 Census, the County's 1990 population was 90,208. Of that number, 64,707 were within the Census urbanized area. Most of the land outside of the metropolitan area boundary is undeveloped marshland, agricultural land, or natural areas, with only scattered homesites, farms and ranches. For this reason, it is assumed that the entire County population is within the metropolitan area boundary. Besides showing the MPO boundary, Map I also depicts municipal boundaries as well as County Commission district boundaries. The 1990 population for each of these areas is also shown on the map. As indicated, all five of the county's municipalities are within the metropolitan (PL) area. The five incorporated areas are: City of Vero Beach, City of Sebastian, Town of Indian River Shores, City of Fellsmere, and Town of Orchid. Of these, Vero Beach is the largest; it is also the County seat.