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r - JUN 16 199` E The Commissioners asked where the boundaries of the MPO would be, and Director Keating indicated the limits and explained that the MPO must include all the land in the census urbanized area plus all the land that is in the transitioning urbanized area. The transitioning urbanized area is defined as that area which is projected to meet the urbanized criteria within 20 years, which is the area that will have 1,000 people per square mile in a 20 -year period. Staff determined that will include all of the area within the County 20 -year urban service area plus the City of Fellsmere and the general area around Fellsmere. That is the least amount to be included in the MPO, and technically the entire county could be included in the MPO limits. Commissioner Scurlock asked whether this membership plan is intended to be static, because he felt there will be changes, particularly in the City of Sebastian, which he believes is the fastest growing municipality in our county. Director Keating responded that apportionment is oto be reconsidered every five years using approved census population numbers. Director Keating interjected that the governor"s :letter of' instructions contained an important statement that small citiesand unincorporated areas within the MPO should be represented by,the Board of County Commissioner appointments to the MPO. Director Keating further advised that two other committees are required to be created as part of the MPO. One is a technical advisory committee with no specific limitations on the membership and may include staff from the school board and other local governments. This committee will be an important part of the MPO process, writing detailed professional specifics to the MPO governing board. The other required committee is a citizens' advisory committee which will allow lay people within the community to provide input to the MPO. Jim Scully, Assistant Planning Engineer from the FDOT District Office in Fort Lauderdale, came before the Board and made further comments regarding the process of creating the MPO. He explained that FDOT's role is to coordinate and cooperate with local governments during the process of creating the MPO and to make recommendations to the governor's office. He stated that FDOT's Position regarding the subject MPO is to recommend that the governor not approve the 9 -member plan because it does not comply with the basic instructions issued by the governor and because the proposed memberships for the smaller governmental units are significantly disproportional. Mr. Scully described the various plans created in other counties around the state. 18