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r M r the county to adopt comprehensive plan. certain remedial amendments to the Also in 1990, one of the intervenors, Anthony Coraci, submitted a request to amend the comprehensive plan and create a new C-3, Privately Owned Upland and Xeric Scrub Conservation (up to 1 unit/21 acres), land use designation to replace the portion of the adopted comprehensive plan's C-2, Privately Owned Wetland and Barrier Island Conservation (up to 1 unit/40 acres), land use designation in the area surrounding the St. Sebastian River. Prior to submitting that request, Mr. Coraci coordinated with county planning and legal staff regarding technical and legal issues he wished to address in the amendment, as well as the language of the amendment. Mr. Coraci is the owner of the W.W. Ranch, an area of approximately 8,000 acres. With the exception of approximately 600 acres of largely undisturbed_ xeric scrub community lying west of and ••-adjacent to -:the ..ft. --Sebastian River .-p(see .attaohme4t 2-) , the. ranch - ;'t -proprty,<1"i46 p=edoia3riately -within thi �AG land �$e designation.:' % - 1190, when Mr. Coraci submitted' his plan amendment request, the new comprehensive plan designated that 600 acres of xeric scrub community as C-2 (up to 1 unit/40 acres). The purpose of Mr. Coraci's request was to modify the existing land use designation of upland xeric scrub communities adjacent to the river to allow for residential development of up to 1 unit/2.5 acres. Mr. Coraci contended that the existing C-2 land use designation, with its 1 unit/40 acres density limitation, was designed to preserve environmentally sensitive wetland communities, and, therefore, was an unreasonable restriction of the upland portions his C-2 designated land. On June 18, 1991, consistent with the compliance agreement for the comprehensive plan, the Board of County Commissioners adopted the remedial amendments required to bring the plan into compliance. At that meeting, the Board also adopted several other plan amendments, including the Coraci amendment. With the exception of the Coraci amendment, each of the comprehensive plan amendments was eventually found to be in compliance by DCA. Despite the fact that the remedial amendments required by the compliance agreement for the comprehensive plan had been adopted by the county and found in compliance by DCA, the hearing officer with jurisdiction over the comprehensive plan has chosen to retain that jurisdiction until the issue of the Coraci amendment is resolved. Because the hearing officer has retained jurisdiction, the county's comprehensive plan has never formally been found in compliance. Subsequently, DCA, Coraci, and the county participated in lengthy negotiations, and Coraci completed substantial biological studies. These actions .eventually led to the drafting of a compliance agreement. for the Coraci amendment that was acceptable to all parties. On June 14, 1994, the Board of County Commissioners approved the compliance agreement for the. Coraci amendment by a vote of 5-0. -One provision of the compliance agreement for -the Coraci amendment requires. the Board to adopt changes to the following portions of the comprehensive plan: •; _ Futu na nd.•�Jse £Name it; -poli 5`- - Future ,.Lan&.Use ..Adement Pol cy`3 " i; - • Sanitary Sewer.Sub-Element "Pollcy 6.•fi; l' • Conservation Element Policy 6.16; and • The Data and Analysis Section of the Conservation September 20, 1994 33 Element. '93 MUE 3.2