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Commissioner Scurlock asked if we have established the same 18 -month deadline extension policy for DRIs as we do for other site plans, and Planning Director Stan Boling advised that we do not have a policy specifically for DRIB. Actually, this is not an extension, but, in effect, it is the same thing. We would be moving a deadline from March 28, 1992 to the end of 1993, which is roughly in that 18 -month range. In considering a minor amendment, you look at certain justifications, and this project has been tied to the construction of Indian River Boulevard and the Boulevard going forward. Apparently, the Boulevard has been running behind a little bit in terms of what was planned when this project came through three years ago, so the basis for. the request is that things were running behind in terms of some of the infrastructure and things they were counting on being in place at some point. Commissioner Scurlock understood that construction is going on currently in Phase III of the Boulevard, that we are going to have some crews out there doing some clearing on Phase IV, and that we expect to go out to bid and start construction on Phase IV somewhere around this time next year. Public Works Director Jim Davis hoped to go out to bid this spring on the construction of Phase IV of the Boulevard itself, not the east/west connecting roads. Commissioner Scurlock felt that if the developer's time frame is even further out, it would be better to give him an extension that would coincide with construction of the Boulevard. He just preferred to deal with it right up front if we are delaying him. Chairman Eggert wondered if the east/west connecting roads were delaying him, and Director Davis advised that we have some right-of-way acquisition to complete on the east/west roads and we have some DOT problems to resolve which we hope to do this year. Director Boling advised that the time frames are such that if the contracts for the Boulevard were let sometime in the next year or year and a half it should coincide with the time frames they need. They just need to submit a site plan by the end of June, 1993 and start construction before the end of 1993. Commissioner Scurlock just preferred to deal with it here because he believed there is some consistency in policy on how long these things can drag on. If we are holding up the developer, and let's say it ends up being 23 months so that it coincides with the requirement of the Boulevard, he would prefer we do that. Chairman. Eggert noted that DRIB within the Treasure Coast Regional Council have been extended for years and years, but Commissioner Scurlock stated he would not be in favor of that. 37 JAN 28 ffi L BOOK Jr. 4-.