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I <br /> 1%W INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Joseph A. Baird, County Administrator <br /> Vobert <br /> TMENT HEAD CONCURRENCE <br /> M. Keating, f ICP; Co ity Development Director <br /> FROM: Phillip J. Matson, AICP <br /> MPO Staff Director <br /> DATE: October 14, 2013 <br /> SUBJECT: Consideration of Revised Federal Highway Administration Urban Boundary <br /> and Roadway Functional Classification Map <br /> It is requested that the information presented herein be given formal consideration by the Indian <br /> River County Board of County Commissioners at its meeting of October 22, 2013. <br /> SUMMARY <br /> Recently, MPO staff met with FDOT staff to update the County's Urban Boundary <br /> and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Roadway Functional Classification <br /> map. Functional Classification is a roadway categorization that federal and state <br /> agencies use to determine what type of funding a roadway improvement is eligible <br /> to receive and that local governments use to establish a roadway's level of service <br /> standards. In accordance with federal and state statutes, a functional classification <br /> update is required following the publication of the US Census Reports. In <br /> response, FDOT developed draft Urban Boundary and Functional Class maps and <br /> presented those maps to the MPO during the summer of 2013. Recently, FHWA <br /> expressed concerns about those maps. For that reason, FDOT has prepared a <br /> revised Urban Area Boundary and Functional Classification map. On October 9, <br /> 2013, the MPO approved the revised map. In order to complete the Functional <br /> Classification process, the revised map must now be approved by the Board of <br /> County Commissioners. Staff recommends that the Board of County <br /> Commissioners consider the updated Urban Boundary and Federal Functional <br /> Classification map, provide staff with any comments on the map, and approve the <br /> map, <br /> DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br /> Federal regulations require that MPOs update urban area and rural area boundaries and <br /> far functionally reclassify roadways every ten years following the publication of the US Census <br /> Reports. Through the federal functional classification system, all roads are categorized based on <br /> use. That functional classification then plays a key role in determining what type of funding a <br /> 54 <br />