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C CT- 2 2 1991 BOOK (C'' ` ` �-✓ I FN.1i � 1 141 REQUEST BY ROBERT BRUCE FOR MODIFICATION OF THE BOUNDARY OF THE P10 UNIT OF THE COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM The Board reviewed the following memo dated 10/15/91: !TO: James Chandler County Administrator FROM: Robert M. Keating, AICP 40Ak Community Development Director !DATE: October 15, 1991 SUBJECT: ROBERT BRUCE'S REQUEST FOR MODIFICATION OF THE BOUNDARY OF THE P10 UNIT OF THE COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES -SYSTEM It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the board of county commissioners at their regular meeting of October 22, 1991. DESCRIPTION & CONDITIONS: In 1982, congress enacted the Coastal Barriers Resources Act (CBRA) for the purpose of establishing federal policy not to subsidize future development in hazardous coastal barrier areas. As adopted, the CBRA of 1982 designated 186 "undeveloped" areas or units along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts which were subject to the provisions of this act. While the act prohibits all federal expenditures or federal assistance for development in these units, the most notable effect is the prohibition of flood insurance to any new structure located within these Coastal Barrier Resources System (CBRS) units. Of the 186 CBRS units designated in 1982, two are located partially or fully within Indian River County. The P-10 unit is located on the north barrier island, while the P -10A unit is located on the south barrier island. Portions of P -10A are in both Indian River and St. Lucie Counties. As established in 1982, the P-10 unit included the Ambersand Beach Subdivision and other areas in the vicinity of Ambersand. i . In March of 1982, the board of county commissioners sent a letter of objection to the Department .of Interior, objecting to the Department's then proposed maps. Despite that letter of objection and a board resolution -also objecting to the proposed maps, the P- 10 and P -10A units were established in Indian River County. Since that time, construction has continued in Ambersand and the other areas located in the P-10 unit, despite the prohibition of flood insurance for new structures in these areas. According to the Coastal Barriers Resources Act, the Department of Interior was to submit a report to congress regarding the CBRS within three years of the adoption of the Act. Released in 1987, this draft report recommended a number of changes to the CBRS, including a substantial expansion of the P-10 unit in Indian River County. As proposed by the Department of Interior, P-10 would be expanded to incorporate almost the entire unincorporated area north of the boundary of the Town of Indian River Shores as well as the area within the Town of Orchid. 28