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r NOV 231993 BOOK 91 wF 66 voted 5-0 to transmit the proposed amendment to DCA for their review. Consistent with state regulations, the Department of Community Affairs reviewed the proposed amendment and prepared an Objections. Recommendations and Comments (ORC) Report. The county received this report on October 11, 1993. DESCRIPTION OF THE AMENDMENTS BY ELEMENT In this section, the proposed amendments to each plan element will be discussed. The purpose is to identify the various portions of the plan needing amendment and to present justification for the amendment requests. Traffic Circulation Element The proposed amendment to the Traffic Circulation Element is to: • incorporate the proposed Citrus Highway (County Road 609) on the County Future Traffic Circulation Map and in the Recommended Roadway Needs Plan; • revise the Recommended Roadway Needs Plan to reflect the widening of S.R. 60 west of I-95 to four lanes; and • change the functional classification of Roseland Road, from U.S. 1 to Indian River Drive,'from subdivision -collector to collector. - Citrus Highway (County Road 609) The Citrus Highway is a proposed FDOT funded four -lane roadway to be located within a corridor traversing Martin, St. Lucie, and Indian River Counties (see attachment 2). Beginning at S.R. 710 (the Beeline Highway) in Martin County and extending north through St. Lucie County to C.R. 510 (Wabasso Road) in Indian River County, the highway is to provide a roadway to serve large citrus hauling trucks traveling from groves to packinghouses and from packinghouses -to markets. It is anticipated that the diversion of this heavy truck traffic will relieve present and projected congestion on U.S. 1 and several east -west corridors (e.g. S.R. 60, S.R. 68, and S.R. 70). St. Lucie County, acting as the lead agency, has hired a consultant to complete a Corridor Planning and Design Report (CPDR) which will assess the need for and impacts of the highway. This consultant will also recommend a specific alignment for the highway. One purpose of the county's proposed amendment is to incorporate the Citrus Highway on the Indian River County Traffic Circulation Map. In a May 3, 1993 letter, FDOT District 4 staff requested that the county amend its plan to incorporate the Citrus Highway Corridor. According to FDOT, the Citrus Highway must be included in the county's comprehensive plan to resolve an inconsistency between a proposed state project and the applicable local plan. The fact that the Citrus Highway was included in FDOT's Florida Transportation Plan, but not in the county's comprehensive plan, was first identified by DCA, which reviews the plans of state agencies as well as local governments. In a letter, a copy of which was sent to county planning staff (see attachment 3), DCA notified FDOT that the Citrus Highway was not included in Indian River County's Comprehensive Plan. In response, the county initiated this amendment to update its comprehensive plan to include the Citrus Highway. 30