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any roadway project where such improvements are practical and meet state and county design standards. As MPO members, the members of the BCC have supported this policy, which staff also supports. • Economic Development Element Policies 1.4, 1.10. 2.1, 2.2, 2.5, 2.8, 2.13, 2.14, 2.17, 3.1, 4.1 and 4.2, and Objectives 2 and 4, and various text edits The Long Range Planning staff in coordination with Indian River County Chamber of Commerce staff have requested that Policies 1.4, 1.10, 2.1, 2.2, 2.5, 2.8, 2.13, 2.14, 2.17, 3.1, 4.1 and 4.2 and Objectives 2 and 4 of the Economic Development Element be revised. The revisions involve extending time frame completion dates or modifying the monitoring frequency of policies for substantially increasing the number of high wage target industry jobs, re-evaluating local economic incentives, re -assessing impact fees; and establishing research/technology parks. Additional revisions involve replacing outdated references with updated terms and descriptions, `adding text to recognize a refocusing of marketing for targeted industries, and deleting policies that have been completed. Similarly, proposed general text edits remove outdated text and add new text to be current and descriptive. These general text revisions provide relevant information about the state's recent action to discontinue the Enterprise Zone program statewide and the Board of County Commissioner's recent action to continue recognizing the former Enterprise Zone as an area that target industries can continue to receive a 10% bonus through the County's local jobs grant program. Consistency with Comprehensive Plan Comprehensive Plan amendment requests are reviewed for consistency with all applicable policies of the comprehensive plan. As per section 800.07(1) of the county code, the "Comprehensive Plan may only be amended in such a way as to preserve the internal consistency of the plan. For a proposed amendment to be consistent with the plan, the amendment must be consistent with the goals, objectives and policies of the comprehensive plan. Policies are statements in the plan, which identify actions the county will take in order to direct the community's development. As courses of action committed to by the county, policies provide the basis for all county land development related decisions -including plan amendment decisions. While all comprehensive plan objectives and policies are important, some have more applicability than others in reviewing plan amendment requests. Of particular applicability for this request is Policy 14.3. Future Land Use Element Policy 14.3 In evaluating a comprehensive plan amendment request, the most important consideration is Future Land Use Element Policy 14.3. This policy requires that one of four criteria be met in order to approve a comprehensive plan amendment request. These criteria are: • The proposed amendment will correct an oversight in the approved plan; • The proposed amendment will correct a mistake in the approved plan; • The proposed amendment is warranted based on a substantial change in circumstances ; or • The proposed amendment involves a swap or reconfiguration of land use designations at separate sites, and that swap or reconfiguration will not increase the overall land use density or intensity depicted on the Future Land Use Map. 9 133