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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />MEMORANDUM <br />COM till UN !TY <br />14'ELC?PM NT <br />TO: Joseph A. Baird, County Administrator <br />DEPARTMENT HEAD CONCURRENCE <br />Stan Boling, AICP <br />Community Development Director <br />FROM: Sasan Rohani, AICP <br />Chief, Long -Range Planning <br />DATE: July 7, 2014 <br />RE: CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF THE GIFFORD NEIGHBORHOOD <br />PLAN 2014 <br />It is the requested that the following information be given formal consideration by the Board of County <br />Commissioners at its regular meeting of July 15, 2014. <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />At the April 16, 2013 Board of County Commissioners (BCC) meeting, Commissioner Wesley Davis <br />requested that the Board direct staff to update the original 2002 Gifford Neighborhood Plan. After <br />discussion, the Board directed staff to evaluate the Gifford Neighborhood Plan (GNP), provide <br />information regarding implementation of the plan, and identify needs for updating the plan. <br />On May 21, 2013, the Board considered staffs evaluation and analysis of the 2002 plan and directed <br />staff to update the plan. As directed by the Board, during 2013 and 2014 staff worked with the <br />Progressive Civic League of Gifford, Gifford community leaders, Gifford residents and interested <br />parties, various county departments, and other agencies to prepare an updated plan. The updated plan <br />is now known as the Gifford Neighborhood Plan 2014. <br />The attached Gifford Neighborhood Plan 2014 is the culmination of a grass roots effort by the <br />Progressive Civic League of Gifford, Gifford residents, and Indian River County to improve the <br />quality of life and economic conditions for Gifford residents. Through considerable interaction with <br />residents of Gifford, county staff prepared the attached neighborhood plan which presents a strategy <br />and a series of actions to address issues, concerns, and opportunities identified by Gifford residents. <br />Approval of the plan will commit the Board to undertake specific actions identified in the action plan, <br />including 16 actions that will require capital expenditures from 2014 through 2024 (see attachment <br />#4C). <br />85 <br />