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- Traffic Circulation Element <br />Data and Analysis, Table 4.1 and Policy 2.1 <br />The proposed amendment addresses changes to data from FDOT's <br />Generalized Daily Level of Service Maximum Volumes for Florida's <br />Urban/Urbanized Areas. Traffic Circulation Element Table 4.1 is <br />comprised of these data. Policy 2.1 also incorporates these data. <br />Therefore, to be correct, Table 4.1 and Policy 2.1, as well as the <br />data and analysis section, must be updated. <br />The changes to data from FDOT's Generalized Daily Level of Service <br />Maximum Volumes for Florida's Urban/Urbanized Areas constitute a <br />substantial change in circumstances. -=For that reason, the proposed <br />amendments to the data and analysis, as well as to Policy 2.1 and <br />-to -Table 4.1 of the Traffic Circulation Element meet Future Land <br />Use Element Policy 13.3's third criterion and are consistent with <br />Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3. <br />° Policies 8.3 and 8.5 <br />Presently, Traffic Circulation Element Policies 8.3 and 8.5, <br />dealing with coordination of transportation planning, do not <br />mention the MPO. The proposed amendment will revise these policies <br />to include the MPO in all transportation planning. <br />The formation of an MPO constitutes a substantial change in <br />circumstances. For that reason, the proposed amendments to Traffic <br />Circulation Element Policies 8.3 and 8.5 meet Future Land Use <br />Element Policy 13.3's third criterion and are consistent with <br />Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3. <br />° Citrus Highway (County Road 609) <br />Since the comprehensive plan was adopted, there has been a <br />substantial change in circumstances regarding the Citrus Highway. <br />At that time, there were no formal plans for a Citrus Highway. <br />Subsequent to plan adoption, however, the citrus industry <br />approached FDOT and representatives of Indian River, Martin, and <br />St. Lucie Counties, regarding the need for a multi -county roadway <br />to serve the citrus industry. FDOT and county representatives <br />determined that such a roadway may provide multiple benefits by <br />getting citrus trucks off other arterial roads and on the Citrus <br />Road. Based upon the initial determination of potential benefits, <br />FDOT programmed a CPDR study for the Citrus Highway. The completed <br />CPDR has determined that the proposed Citrus Highway is justified <br />and that 82nd is the best alignment in Indian River County. <br />These actions constitute a substantial change in circumstances <br />affecting the Citrus Highway and meet the third criterion of Future <br />Land Use Element Policy 13.3. For that reason, the proposed <br />amendment is consistent with Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3. <br />At least one of the Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3 criteria is <br />met by each proposed amendment. Therefore, all proposed amendments <br />are consistent with Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3. <br />Consistency with Other Comprehensive Plan Policies and Objectives <br />While Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3 is of special relevance <br />to all comprehensive plan amendments, other objectives and policies <br />are particularly applicable to the._Housing Element amendment and <br />the Traffic Circulation Element amendment stealing with the Citrus <br />Highway. <br />37 <br />October 24 1995 BOOK 96 PAPE 42.E <br />