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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />K90- �1_ <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Joseph A. Baird; County Administrator <br />DEPARTMENT HEAD CONCURRENCE: <br />Stan Boling, AI P; ommumty Development Director <br />THROUGH: SasanRohani, AICP S'd., <br />Chief, Long -Range Planning <br />FROM: Bill Schutt, AICP 1�.S, <br />Senior Economic Development Planner, Long Range Planning <br />DATE: May 6, 2016 <br />SUBJECT: County Initiated Request to Amend (Update) the Text of Several Elements of the <br />County's Comprehensive Plan <br />It is requested that the following information be given formal consideration by the Board of County <br />Commissioners at its regular meeting of May 24, 2016. <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />This is a county initiated request to amend the text of several elements and a sub -element of the <br />county's comprehensive plan. The purpose of this amendment is to update policies and text to <br />recognize changed conditions. While most of the updates were requested by various county <br />departments/divisions, one update is proposed based on direction received from the Metropolitan <br />Planning Organization (MPO). That update is for a new Transportation Policy 4.10 regarding <br />implementation of complete streets principles (e.g. pedestrian, bike, multi -modal access improvements) <br />with future roadway projects. <br />The elements and sub -element proposed to be revised are: the Future Land Use Element, the Recreation <br />and Open Space Element, the Transportation Element, the Economic Development Element, and the <br />Solid Waste Sub -Element of the county's comprehensive plan. <br />Comprehensive Plan Amendment Review Procedures <br />Although the number of plan amendments that the county may consider is not limited, the County's <br />125 <br />