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M M CONCLUSION It is staff's position that these proposed amendments to 'the County's comprehensive plan will enhance the plan by adding specificity, eliminating confusion, and reducing ambiguity. Also, it has been demonstrated that these amendments maintain the plan's internal consistency. For those reasons, staff feels that the proposed amendments should be adopted. RECO14MENDATION The staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners approve these amendments for transmittal to the DCA for their review. Commissioner Scurlock understood that today the Board is only approving the transmittal of these amendments to Tallahassee for a 90 -day review before they come back to the Board for final adoption, and Director Keating confirmed that process. Referring to node expansion, Commissioner Bowman felt we are leaning over backwards to accommodate owners of industrial/ commercial property in the area because this will become a red flag not to build within shouting distance of a node because the node could be expanded to back right up to your.backyard. Director Keating advised that just because these criteria are included in the "otherwise warranted" does not mean that they have to be approved. Approval still would be at the discretion of the Board. Further, staff looks quite closely at compatibility and buffering when considering node expansion. In setting specificity for the "otherwise warranted", staff looked at some of the items that have come up in the past which, in their opinion, would have justified node expansion. Director Keating admitted that while it seems that we are leaving the door open quite a bit, staff feels these are appropriate criteria. Commissioner Bowman maintained that this could force long-time residents right out of.their homes, but Director Keating didn't feel these provisions would be used just as an opportunity to expand any node. Commissioner Scurlock felt staff was looking for the flexibility, where it is appropriate, to expand the node. When you look at the appropriateness, you would look at the surrounding land use, and if it were single-family residential, the appropriateness probably would be deemed not to exist. Commissioner Bowman recalled that we already did it once up in Roseland, where residential was real close to the area where the node was enlarged. NOV J 2 1991 21 @OOK