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DEC - 7 1993 BOOK 91 Fa;F 126 such cases, the process may be quicker (45 days vs. 60 days for a regular review) if the various agencies agree that the amendment has insignificant impacts. When the agencies agree that a proposed amendment does not warrant a full review, DCA notifies the County that the amendment may be approved without change. In opting to transmit a proposed amendment to DCA• with a "no review" directive, the County takes the risk that none of the agencies (state agencies, regional planning council, water management district, other local governments, or affected persons) will request a full review of the amendment. As illustrated in the attached flow chart, agencies have forty-five days to decide whether an amendment request needs a full review. If one or more agencies request a full review, then the normal sixty review period starts after the end of the forty-five day period. Consequently, a "no review" directive to DCA by the County could result in a 105 day review process, if one or more agencies request a full review. ANALYSIS: Of the four plan amendment requests presently under consideration, none requires expedited review. For that reason, the appropriate option would be for the Board to request a full review of those amendments that are approved for transmittal. With the review request option, DCA will have sixty days to review the amendments and issue an ORC report. Alternatively, the Board could transmit the proposed amendments with a "no review" directive to DCA. This could result in.a 45 day review period or a 105 day review period. It is staff's position that the subject amendment requests are significant and that the various agencies would probably request a full review. By requesting a review up -front, the County can be assured that DCA's review of the proposed amendments will be done within a sixty day timeframe. RECON NENDATION : Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners request a full review for those amendment requests that the Board approves for transmittal to DCA. Community Development Director Robert Keating reviewed the Comp Plan amendment process, noting that there has been a change in the process with regard to the length of time for review by the DCA. The County has two options: 1) Pursue the standard 60 -day review process. 2) If it is felt the amendments are not controversial, we can tell the DCA that we do not want a full review. If all the agencies feel the same way, the DCA says go ahead and adopt the Comp Plan amendment. However, if an agency wants a full review, they have 45 days to decide and then there is another 60 days to review. So, this process could or could not speed up the review process. The consensus of the Board was to ask for a full DCA review of any land use amendment approved today for transmittal to the State.. 24 M M M