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r-AUG141990 TO: Board,of County Commissioners ROI_,IK V r C. FROM: William G. Collins II, Assistant County Attorney DATE: August 14, 1990 RE: Potential Approaches towards Settlement with DCA Over Comprehensive Plan Noncompliance Discussions with the DCA staff and recent correspondence from Secretary Pelham have indicated that DCA will do no negotiating toward a settlement on the issue of our Plan's noncompliance until such time as some concrete proposals are submitted to them. They have characterized our efforts to date as an attempt to justify our position rather than an attempt to remedy the deficiencies DCA has pointed out. Principle Issues Raised by DCA: 1. Inconsistency with the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council Native Upland Vegetation Rule. 2. Allocating 11.6 times more land area for urban development than is projected to be needed over the next 20 years. 3. Agricultural densities at 1 unit per 5 acres not advancing the state goal to preserve productive agricultural land use. RECOMMENDATION: I would suggest that you authorize the Chairman, Administrator, Planning Department, and Attorney's Office to forward the following proposals to DCA in an attempt to work out a settlement agreement over our Comprehensive Plan before the September 9th break -off date in negotiations. A) Preserve pine flatwoods through acquisition or other means, to address the Treasure Coast objection to our native upland vegetation protection policies. B) Roll back the 25% Increase in urban population allocations under the new plan. Return to the land uses in our plan, as it existed in 1985, for the urban fringe areas. C) Propose ten -acre agricultural zoning west of 1-95 (with the exception of the immediate area around Fellsmere) with the further provision of the possibility of transfer of development rights into the "roll back" area (See B above) along with other rural preservation techniques as may be suggested by our Planning Department. 83