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Comprehensive Plan Transportation Element the jurisdictions in the county, the Town of Orchid (pop. 307) and the Town of Indian River Shores (pop. 3,722), have virtually no vacant developable land and do not plan to grow through annexation. In addition, these communities have few county roadway links within their boundaries. Therefore, concurrency management is relatively straightforward in these areas. The County's concurrency management system utilizes adopted City of Vero Beach Levels of Service. For the Unincorporated area, the County continuously monitors concurrency through an automated system that assigns background traffic and future trips to impacted roadway links. The system is linked to the county's permitting system and is updated whenever new permits are issued. Since the County issues building permits for the City of Vero Beach, projects within Vero Beach are also included in the County's concurrency management system. Recently, county staff and City of Sebastian staff initiated the process of evaluating the feasibility of integrating the city's transportation concurrency management system with the county's system. Although there are logistical obstacles to implementing a coordinated transportation concurrency management system with Sebastian, the county and the city have already begun the process of resolving those obstacles. Besides the county/City of Sebastian transportation concurrency coordination initiative, a countywide transportation concurrency system initiative has also been discussed. This discussion has occurred during the Interlocal Service Boundary Agreement(ISBA) development process,a process involving the county and all five municipalities in the county. Senate Bill 360, Florida's recently enacted Growth Management legislation, removes state- mandated transportation concurrency requirements in targeted areas designated as Dense Urban Land Areas (DULAs). Dense Urban Land Areas are cities and counties that have a minimum population density of 1,000 persons per square mile. Pursuant to SB 360, each of the designated jurisdictions becomes a Transportation Concurrency Exemption Area(TCEA) and can, if it desires, amend its local comprehensive plan to eliminate its concurrency requirements. In Indian River County, two cities, Sebastian and Vero Beach, qualify for the concurrency exemption provisions. To ensure that the county adequately coordinates with cities on transportation concurrency issues, the county should adopt a policy to coordinate with the municipalities to develop a common methodology for measuring transportation impacts across jurisdictional boundaries. In recent years, several proposed development projects in adjacent counties were large enough to have significant traffic impacts on Indian River County. Those projects were all located in St. Lucie and Brevard counties. Currently, there is little formal traffic impact coordination between Indian River,Brevard, and St. Lucie counties, except with respect to Developments of Regional Impact. For the last few years, Indian River County has informally discussed traffic study methodologies, LOS standards, traffic count programs, and concurrency methodologies with Brevard and St. Lucie counties. Through these discussions,the county has determined that there are substantial differences in methodologies between the three counties, particularly with respect to their concurrency management systems. Regardless, the county should adopt a policy to work with St. Lucie and Brevard Counties to develop a common methodology for measuring transportation impacts among all three counties. Community Development Department Indian River County 76 APPENDIX A—Transportation Amendments