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FESS BOOK for the barrier island and an agreement to jointly work with the barrier island municipalities to ensure low density deve- lopment of the barrier island and provision of transportation improvements as necessary. Approval of the attached resolution by the Board of County Commissioners and the barrier island municipalities will provide the formal assurance required by... DCA that each of the, -local governments on the barrier island approves the traffic plan, agrees to financially participate in necessary transportation improvements for the island, and con- curs with a timetable and funding -plan for necessary transporta- tion improvements. It is staff's position that the attached resolution, if approved by the Board of County Commissioners and the barrier island -municipalities, will meet DCA's requirements for interlocal agreements on transportation improvements, timing, and funding. The County' -will then be in compliance with Hutchinson Island Plan transportation requirements. Because the County had previously satisfied all other requirements of the Hutchinson Island Plan, compliance with the transportation requirements will bring Indian River County in complete compliance with Hutchinson Island Plan implementation requirements and will remove the threat of area of critical state concern designation for Indian River County. RECOMMENDATION The staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners approve the draft Barrier Island Analysis and endorse the attached resolution. Director Keating noted that the Board has seen almost all the information in the report before. The basic conclusions and most of the data for the report come from the Traffic Impact Fee Study which was prepared as one of the requirements for the Hutchinson Island Management Plan. This is the last requirement that has to be met by the County, and if it is satisfactory, the Governor and Cabinet will sign off on this county being desig- nated an area of critical concern. The Resolution is just to give them more confirmation that this report will be implemented. Commissioner Eggert inquired about reference to a North County bridge and wished to know if that is being considered as opposed to the Merrill Barber Bridge replacement. Director Keating stated it is not. He advised one of the things we are looking at and have been working on with the DOT is whether there is the possibility that the county can contribute to making the Barber Bridge a four -lane facility which probably would suffice for the lane needs identified. Also, a need has been referenced for an additional two lanes of bridge capacity in 22