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�� 7 600K 9FAGE 50 JUL 1993 was not efficient or cost effective. The County agreed with this reasoning and approved the amendment request. Because the rationale of providing utility service to both sides of roadways having major utility lines within their rights-of-way made sense, DCA accepted that argument as the basis for approving the Feldman amendment. In negotiating with the County on this amendment, however, DCA indicated that the County would have to analyze all similarly situated land and make appropriate comprehensive plan changes. Consequently, the Board of County Commissioners adopted Future Land Use Element Policy 1.37 in conjunction with adoption of the Feldman amendment. In committing the County to complete a corridor analysis by 1993, policy 1.37 ensures that the issue of how to address land outside the urban service area but contiguous to a road right-of-way serving as a major utility line corridor will be addressed in a comprehensive, countywide manner. As written, policy 1.37 not only requires that the County consider the issue of utility service for lands adjacent to utility corridors,. but it also requires that the County consider the land use plan designation for those properties. O Corridor Analysis Consistent with the requirement of policy 1.37, planning staff prepared a corridor analysis, focusing on roadways serving as urban service area boundaries and having existing or programmed utility lines within their rights-of-way. A copy of that corridor analysis was included with the comprehensive plan amendment backup material submitted to the Board for consideration at its June 22, 1993 meeting, and a copy is attached to the staff report. That corridor analysis was the basis for developing the comprehensive plan amendment request considered by the Board of County Commissioners at its June 22, 1993 meeting. Through its corridor analysis, staff determined that, while roadways make good boundaries for land use designations, zoning categories, and urban service areas, their function as utility corridors warrants -consideration of each roadway separately. In assessing each roadway, staff determined that the roads programmed to accommodate utility lines were chosen because other roadways within the USA already had rights-of-way which were crowded with utility lines and other improvements. Given the results of its corridor analysis, staff proposed that the Board of County Commissioners expand the urban service area and redesignate land within one quarter of a mile of the Rings Highway corridor and other roadways programmed for major utility line installation by 1995. A copy of the staff report on the proposed amendment which was presented to the Board of County Commissioners at its June 22, 1993 meeting is attached to this agenda item. ALTERNATIVES & ANALYSIS The corridor analysis prepared by staff contained several important findings and conclusions. First, the analysis found that it was necessary to use the roadways programmed for utility line installation to accommodate the lines because other rights-of-way were already too crowded. Second, the analysis found that it would be cost effective if utility service were made available to those lands adjacent to roadways serving as utility corridors. In preparing the corridor study and developing the comprehensive plan amendment recommendations, staff focused primarily on urban service area expansion and land use redesignation. There are, 14