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WABASSO CORRIDOR PLAN community meetings in an effort to prepare a corridor plan. While the first two meetings were successful in identifying community concerns and community desires, the third meeting was unsuccessful. At that meeting, a small group of people opposed to the planning effort derailed the meeting and effectively stalled the planning process. Undeterred, a core group of Wabasso landowners circulated petitions within the community and demonstrated overwhelming support for continuation of the corridor planning process. In response to this indication of support, the Board of County Commissioners established a Wabasso Corridor Plan Task Force to work with planning staff to develop a corridor plan. Consisting of fifteen members, the task force met eight times from May, 1995 through September, 1995, including a field trip to the City of Port Orange. Through this process, the task force reviewed background data and information, developed objectives, and considered regulatory standards. Through compromise, consensus building, and a balance of interests, the task force prepared and adopted this corridor report. On November 21, 1995, the Board of County Commissioners approved the original Wabasso Corridor Plan. In 1998-1999, the Wabasso Corridor Plan Task Force reconvened to evaluate expanding the original corridor plan boundaries and to modify certain development standards. After several community meetings the task force prepared a revised plan which was then reviewed by the County's Planning and Zoning Commission. The revised plan was then reviewed and approved by the Board of County Commissioners on February 21, 2000. The revised boundaries expanded the plan area to include CR 510 east of the Indian River Lagoon. In 2016, at the time of a rezoning within the corridor plan area to expand a Heavy Commercial (CH) zoning district along the west side of US 1 north of 77th Street, area residents approached the Board of County Commissioners regarding updating the Corridor Plan. On April 12, 2016, the Board directed staff to work with property owners and residents within the corridor area to update the plan. Several community meetings were held between August 2016 and February 2017 to gather input from residents and property owners for the plan update. As part of the update, a list of actions to address specific community needs and concerns were developed and added to the plan. On April 4, 2017, the Board reviewed and approved the revised corridor plan, including the list of specific actions. CORRIDOR AREA DESCRIPTIONS AND CONDITIONS Historically, Wabasso has been a semi -rural area dominated by the citrus industry. Several of the oldest homes in the county are located in Wabasso, as are residential, commercial, and a few industrial uses. Wabasso also contains several environmentally significant habitats, including xeric scrub and freshwater wetlands composing the Wabasso Scrub Conservation Area (WSCA). The +/- 111 acre WSCA, located at the northwest corner of the intersection of CR 510 and 58th Avenue, was acquired in the mid -1990's by the County for conservation and passive recreational purposes. The WSCA supports a population of federally listed Florida scrub jays, and is a "core" property managed by the County to sustain that imperiled species under the Sebastian Area -wide Florida Scrub jay Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP). Adjacent to the WSCA, south and east of West Wabasso Park, the County owns approximately 21 '/2 INDIAN RIVER COUNTY PAGE P245