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COMMUNITY <br /> DEVELOPMENT <br /> INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FLORIDA <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Joseph A. Baird, County Administrator <br /> Zob <br /> A TMENT HEAD CONCURRENCE <br /> ert M. Keating, "P;, Co nity Development Director <br /> FROM: Phil Matson, AICP; MPO Staff Director <br /> DATE: February 4,2013 <br /> SUBJECT: Consideration of Revised Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Urban <br /> Boundary Map <br /> It is requested that the information presented herein be given formal consideration by the Indian <br /> River County Board of County Commissioners(BCC) at its regular meeting of February 12,2013. <br /> DESCRIPTION CONDITIONS & ANALYSIS <br /> After each decennial census, the US Census Bureau identifies Urbanized Areas throughout the <br /> United States. Urbanized Areas are defined as "central places and the adjacent densely settled <br /> surrounding territories"that have a minimum population of at least 50,000 and a population density <br /> of at least 1,000 persons per square mile. Besides identifying Urbanized Areas that meet the <br /> population and density threshold for the first time, the Census Bureau identifies expansions to <br /> existing Urbanized Areas. Once the Census Bureau has published its revised Urbanized Area Maps, <br /> federal law (23 USC 101(a) 36-37) requires all MPOs to adjust their Urban Boundaries to be <br /> consistent with the new Census Urbanized Areas. <br /> Recently, the Census Bureau revised the Vero Beach-Sebastian Urbanized Area and included new <br /> areas that experienced growth between 2000 and 2010. Subsequently, the Florida Department of <br /> Transportation(FDOT)initiated a review of the MPO's Urban Boundary Map based on the revised <br /> Census Urbanized Area. As a result,FDOT developed a Draft 2010 Adjusted Urban Boundary Map <br /> for Indian River County(Attachment 1). <br /> The primary purpose of the Urban Boundary Map is to determine whether roadways should be <br /> classified as Urban or Rural in nature. That determination, in turn, is used to develop highway <br /> allocation funding formulas, determine appropriate roadway levels-of-service, and determine the <br /> eligibility of a roadway to receive certain categories of federal assistance. <br /> 96 <br />