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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Jason E. Brown, County Administrator <br />THROUGH: Stan Boling, AICP, Community Development Director <br />FROM: Sasan Rohani, AICP, Chief, Long -Range Planning <br />DATE: March 28, 2017 <br />RE: Consideration of Approval of the Wabasso Corridor Plan 2017 <br />It is the requested that the following information be given formal consideration by the Board of County <br />Commissioners at its regular meeting of April 4, 2017. <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />In response to a request from Wabasso area residents to update the Wabasso Corridor Plan, the Board <br />of County Commissioners (BCC) at its April 12, 2016 meeting directed staff to coordinate with <br />Wabasso residents and update the Wabasso Corridor Plan. As directed by the Board, the Community <br />Development Department staff worked with Wabasso residents, interested parties, and various county <br />departments to conduct community meetings and develop and prepare an updated plan. The updated <br />plan is now known as the Wabasso Corridor Plan 2017 and can be found at the County Website: <br />http://www.ircedd.com/wabasso. <br />The Wabasso Corridor Plan 2017 is the culmination of a grass roots effort by Wabasso residents, <br />interested parties, and Indian River County staff to update the Wabasso Corridor Plan. The updated <br />plan presents a series of actions to address issues, concerns, and opportunities identified by Wabasso <br />residents. As part of the update, a new action plan item was added to ensure up -front neighborhood <br />input on any proposed heavy commercial or industrial rezoning proposed along US #1 within the <br />Wabasso Corridor. In addition, new sections were added to focus on improving quality of life items <br />and economic conditions for West Wabasso residents. Approval of the plan will commit the Board to <br />undertake specific actions identified in the plan, including actions that will require capital <br />expenditures. Those actions are described later in this report. <br />BACKGROUND-WABASSO CORRIDOR PLAN <br />Unlike many planning initiatives, the 1994/1995 Wabasso Corridor planning process, as well as the <br />2016/2017 update, was community initiated. Instead of being mandated by the county or the state, <br />the Wabasso Corridor plan update planning effort came about as a result of a request by several <br />members of the Wabasso community. <br />P236 <br />