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be located in relation to the restrictions on the barrier island. Section VI states that the duration of the moratorium is to be until such time as the County completes its ongoing planning analysis of the transportation, hurricane evacuation, and other land use problems presently recognized on the barrier island, adopts relevant Comp Plan amendments and zoning regulations to address these problems, and receives approval of its local plan amendment and zoning changes from the DCA. Section VI also indicates that a development would not be allowed to proceed at all if it seriously impacts a transportation link that is currently - over capacity. If a developer wished to proceed in such a project, he would have to show in some way that he has mitigated - the trips that would be generated by that project. Attorney Brandenburg explained that this ordinance has to go through a special adoption process, and he recommended that the Board initiate those adoption procedures immediately. He has drafted a resolution that sets out the ground work to suspend current review of development approvals in the interim until the County considers the moratorium at a public hearing and recommended that the Board adopt the resolution today and authorize staff to advertise a public meeting. Chairman Scurlock referred to the transportation planning analysis and noted it is the intent of the Board to have the results of that study as soon as possible. Hopefully, we will find that additional trips are left and we can increase the number of units allowed per acre. Commissioner Bird understood then that this is an interim step that will keep us out of jeopardy with the State and with the HIRMP Committee but will allow some development to continue until we can come up with an analysis that, hopefully, will demonstrate the improvements that will allow us to develop the 63 A.M + 59 PAGE 63