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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA MEMORANDUM TO: Jason E. Brown; County Administrator FROM: Stan Boling, CP; Pinmunity Development. Director DATE: November 4, 2016 SUBJECT: Request for Authorization to Initiate a Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment to Mixed Use Policy 5.6 of the Future Land Use Element (FLUE) It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of November 15, 2016. BACKGROUND In 2013, the Board authorized staff to pursue a number of economic development initiatives. Many initiatives have been acted upon by the Board, including an LDR change for building heights in an I-95/SR60 industrial area adjacent to the CVS distribution center, reduction in commercial/industrial impact fees, expansion of Go -Line bus system hours, and the economic positioning initiative. One initiative staff has pursued that has not yet been formally considered by the Board involves an evaluation of commercial zoning and mixed use allowances along SR60 in the area of 66" Avenue and the adjacent Indian River State College (IRSC) campus. In pursuit of the initiative staff has evaluated zoning and mixed use opportunities in the subject area and coordinated with IRSC staff and the owner of land at the adjacent SR60/660h Avenue intersection, together with his engineer, regarding land use, shared infrastructure, and future property development. There is now agreement in concept for a potential mixed use project on re -configured private property that provides for shared infrastructure that will serve the IRSC campus and adjacent commercial and residential uses. Those coordination activities and mixed use concept were reported to the Board at its October 18, 2016 meeting under Commissioner Zorc's matter. Staff's position is that a mixed use PD (plannedd development) process is the best approach for integrating the expanding IRSC campus and developing adjacent property for commercial and multi- family development in a preferred mixed use development form. Any such PD project will provide a unique mix of uses and accommodate proper expansion of a unique community asset and resource (IRSC). It is also staff's position that such a project would be located in a "preferred location" and would warrant special mixed use criteria. In order, to allow an appropriately large mixed use development plan for the subject area and to ensure provision of shared infrastructure, the County's existing mixed use policy needs to be amended. Staff has drafted proposed changes to the mixed use policy (FLUE Policy 5.6) that provide for a large, special mixed use project that appropriately WAGTNDA\Current Year120WReyucst for Authorization to Initiate a Comp Plan Text Amend to Mixed Use Policy 5.6 - 1115168CC.doex 1 229