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`c 7 By specifically stating that the landfill and related activities are uses intended for the PUB land use designation, the proposed amendment adds clarity and certainty to Future Land Use Element Policy 1.27. The proposed changes ensure that the landfill and related activities may continue and expand within the current PUB designated landfill area. Housing Element The proposed amendment is for minor modifications to the county's definition of affordable housing. The only substantive change to the definition would be the deletion of the cost of utilities from the cost of_housing. The adoption of the proposed amendment would result in the county and the state using a similar definition of affordable housing. For that reason, the proposed amendment works to ensure that the county can continue to participate in state funded affordable housing programs. Traffic Circulation Element. - Citrus Highway (County Road 609) After examining the economic, social, environmental, and physical impacts of the proposed Citrus Highway, the CPDR concludes that it is both needed and feasible. That report has determined that 82nd Avenue is the best route for that road in Indian River County. The proposed Citrus Highway will provide several benefits. First, it will serve the citrus industry by providing more efficient movement of citrus from groves to packinghouses and then to consumers. Second, the highway will remove many large, slow moving citrus hauling trucks from U.S. 1. Presently, there are not deficiencies on U.S. 1 in Indian River County. According to Traffic Circulation Element Table 4.7.3, however, the entire length of U.S. 1 in Indian River County and parts of Old Dixie Highway, 27th Avenue, and 58th Avenue will be deficient by 2010, if no improvements are made. The CPDR has addressed the environmental impacts of the proposed highway and determined that they would be minor. While the proposed route does not cross any wetlands, there would be a small impact on some native upland plant communities. - Changes to Data and Analysis, Table 4.1, and Policies 2.1, 8.3 and 8.5 Other proposed changes to the Traffic Circulation Element are minor. The proposed amendment will update Traffic Circulation Element Table 4.1 by replacing existing data with the latest and best available data. The proposed changes to Policy 2.1 will incorporate that new data into LOS calculations. Using the latest and best available data ensures accurate modeling for long range transportation planning. Roadway capacities derived from FDOT level of service tables are used in the roadway needs analysis described in the Traffic Circulation Element. In fact, FDOT capacities were used in the recent MPO roadway needs analysis, which the MPO will likely adopt in June 1995. In the next comprehensive plan amendment cycle (July 1995), staff will significantly revise Tables 4.7.1, 4.7.2 and 4.7.3 and the data and analysis section to reflect the MPO's adopted Long Range Transportation Plan and the use of the revised LOS standards. JUNE 139 1995 17 M M M