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BOOK 96 prE 426 Surrounding the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory north of 9th` Street', S.E. (Oslo Road), and east of U.S. #1, the subject property includes over two miles of shoreline along the west bank of the Indian River Lagoon. On August 21, 1991, Indian River County end the St. Johns River Water Management District purchased the subject property, with each party acquiring an undivided one-half interest. The subject property is generally known as the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area. The County and the District have subsequently developed and adopted a management plan for this environmentally important site. That plan calls for the land to be used for resource management and passive/non-consumptive recreation. Furthermore, that plan states that in early 1995, the county will initiate a land use amendment and rezoning request to designate the property as conservation land. The purpose of this request, in addition to meeting that commitment, is to secure the necessary land use designation and zoning to ensure that the subject property's environmental significance will be preserved, and that the future use of the site will be consistent with the site's management plan. On April 27, 1995, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 6-0 to recommend that the Board of County Commissioners transmit the proposed land use amendment to the State Department of Community - Affairs (DCA) for their review. On June 13, 1995, the Board of County Commissioners voted 5-0 to transmit the proposed land use amendment request to DCA for their review. Consistent with state regulations,' DCA reviewed the proposed amendment and prepared an Objections, Recommendations and Comments (ORC) Report. The ORC Report, which planning staff received on September 5, 1995, did not contain any objections to the proposed amendment. The Board of County Commissioners is now to decide whether or not to adopt the requested land use amendment. At this time, the Board must also act on the proposed rezoning. Existinq Land Use Pattern Consisting primarily of wooded areas and wetlands, the subject property is presently undeveloped. As depicted in attachment 4, nearly the entire site is zoned RS -1 in the county zoning atlas. The exceptions are two small RM -6 zoned areas, abutting the South Vero Square Shopping Center, in the southwest portion of the site. North of the eastern portion of the subject property is undeveloped RS -1 zoned land owned by the Indian River Farms Water Control District (IRFWCD). This IRFWCD land is estuarine wetland associated with the South Relief Canal at its connection to the Indian River Lagoon. The northern portion of the site's western boundary borders the Vista Royale Condominium project. This development is zoned RM=10, Multiple -Family Residential District (up to 10 units/acre). The portion of this development actually abutting the subject property consists of a golf course and a wastewater treatment plant. To the north of the gest portion of the subject property is the Forest Park subdivision of single-family lots. This subdivision is zoned RS -6, Single -Family Residential District (up to 6 -units/ acre). A tract of RS -1 zoned land consisting of a freshwater wetland has been preserved to meet Forest Park's stormwater 42 October 24, 1995