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BOOK 96 PAGE 639 recommendation gives the county less concurrency flexibility, this alternative will ensure that any traffic congestion and quality of life impacts will be of shorter duration. At the same time, development projects can be approved, and growth will not be restricted. And over a longer timeframe, level -of -service standards will be adequate. CONCLUSION The proposed amendments will enhance the plan by updating the Traffic Circulation and Capital Improvement Elements to reflect new conditions and information, as well as changes to state law. The analysis also demonstrates that these amendments will maintain the plan's internal consistency. For these reasons, staff supports the adoption of the proposed amendments. RECOMMENDATION Based on the analysis, staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners transmit the proposed amendments to the State Department of Community Affairs for their review. Community Development Director Robert Keating reviewed the Comp Plan amendment process, advising that this is the first public hearing before the Board of County Commissioners on this land use amendment request. If the Board approves the transmittal of this application to the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) in Tallahassee for their 90 -day review, a second and final public hearing will be scheduled to consider any comments made by the DCA and whether to adopt an ordinance amending the Comp Plan by redesignating the land use. If the Board denies the transmittal of an application to the DCA, the application process will come to an end. This is a text amendment to the Comp Plan to assist in designating CR -510 and CR -512 as arterial instead of collector roads. The County now has some flexibility for planning capital improvements and a portion of the amendment would provide that the capital improvements completion date can be as long as 3 years after issuance of the certificate of occupancy. The Planning & Zoning Commission felt 3 years was too long and recommended using 1 year. Staff's recommendation at this time is also that not more than 1 year be allowed after issuance of the certificate of occupancy for commencement of construction. Commissioner Eggert felt the County should know prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy whether or not the road could be built. She wondered whether DCA could force the County to build the roads, and Director Keating did not know the extent of their powers. County Attorney Vitunac emphasized that if the County does not carry through on construction of the roads, the burden should not revert to the developer. Commissioner Adams agreed that these projects normally fall behind schedule because of unexpected delays and felt that it was NOVEMBER 21, 1995 36