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Comprehensive Plan Transport a ll ion Ek m e n11 tha juirisdiclions in 11a aounty, the Town of Orahid (pop. 307) and thea Tawn of Indian Rliver Shares (pop. 3,722), t ave virtually no vacant devalopablea land and do vial plan to grove through annaN aticin. In add it ion, thasca nam mun:il ieas have few caouinty rciadway links within tt air boundaries. Ther(aforca, caoncurrcnay management is relatively straightforward in ltasa arenas. Me County's conctrrcancy managemant sNstcam ut:iliaeas accipted Cit)I of Vero Beaah Llevals of Sary icaa. For tli a Uniniaorporadcc arcaa, the County cortint cit slly m anitars aonut rrenaN throe glt an autarnated system than assigns baakgrounc traffic and futures trips to impacatac rciadwaN links. Thea systam :is linked to the caounty's permiittling system and is updated whenciver neva flarmits are issued. Sinua the County isst cis bt ilding permits for the C ity of Vero Beach, projacts witt in Varo Beach ares also iniclt dead in the Count)I's (iciniaurrancy maniagament systam. Rk caenl ly, caounty staff larc City cif Sc bastian staff in:il is tc c tt a procc ss cif evaluating the feasibility of inlegrating the cait)I's transpartalion conaurrenay management sNstem with the county's system. Alttciuigh thcre arc logistical obstacalcs to implemenfing a coordinated transpartationi acncurrency manage me rt system with Sebastian, 1 he cot pity and the city have alrc ady t egun the procaess of resolving tt cise obstacles. Bc s is es the aounty/City of Sebastian transpartalion cacir curre ncy cocircinationi initiative, a coun"ide transpartalion conaurrenay systclm initialivc has also been disausscc. This disaussioni has occurred during the Interlocal Scrvicae Boundar)l Agrccmc nt (118HA) do Ne lopm enl praaess, a prose ss involving th a caounty ane al five mumialf alit:ie s in if. e county. Senatc Bill 30, Florica's rcaerlly enaiatcld Growth Management lcgislalion, removes stale- mandaled transportation conauirrenay requiremcnib in tailgeled arcas dcsignaled as Densc Urban Hand Areas (IDLMAs). Dense Urtan Llanic Areas ane cities and caounties that tavc a minimum population denisity of 1,000 pc rsonis pc r sett arc m ille. Pursuant to SH 30, c ach of the c e s ignaled jurisdictions beacimes a Tkanisportation ConcurrencN ENiemplion Area (TC DA) and can, if it desires, amend its lacaal comprehensive plan to eliminate its conaurrcncy requirements. In Indian River County, two aities, Sctastian arc Vcro Beaah, qualify for tee (ionicaurrcniay exemption provisions. To e nsure that the caount)I adegt ate ly aoordinatc s with cities on transportat:icn conaurrenay issues, the cot my shouse adopt a pallay to coordinate with the mt niicipalities to develop a common methodology for measuring tranisportation impacts across jurisdicat:icna boundaries. In rc caenl years, sevc ral prcipcis e d development F Ircyc ats ini ad jacc nt cot nti e s were large c naugh to have signlifiiaanl tiaffic impact9 on Indian River Count). Those projects were all located iin St. Llucie anc Hrevarc counties. Currently, thcre is little formal traffic impact caoordination between Indian Rover, Brevard, and St. Luaic aciunties, exeeptwitt resfleacl to Dcvelopmment9 of Rlegionall Impact. For the last few years, Indian River County, has iniformallN ciscussed traffia study metlickclog:ies, LOS stalndards, traffics aciuntprograms, and acncurrcncy melhodolagies with Hrevard and 91. Lucie cot rtie s. Througt the se c i scussi ons, the aciunty has c etc rmiined than the re are st t stanti al differe ncc s it methodologies NiMoan the lhrec aciunt:ies, partiatlarly with respect to 1heiir caoncurrency manage me nt sN ste ms. Rlc gardlless, the aciunty should adopt a pcl icy to work witt St. Llucie and Brcvard Cciunties to cevel op a aommon methocclogy fcw mcasuring tranisportalion impacts among al l thre a count is s. Com m unity Developm(nt Dc partm e a t Indian 1Rlivfar County R A MINDIN A — Transports tion Am endme nts