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To take advantage of the more flexible state concurrency law, the county must amend the concurrency management plan component of its capital improvements element. The principal changes involve modifying the timeframe for commencing construction of a needed roadway facility to be constructed pursuant to a binding contract or a developer's agreement. The proposed amendment would change that.timeframe from one year after development order approval to two years after issuance of a certificate of .occupancy for the project. ---=In addition, the provision to allow issuance of - the community's development. As courses of action committed to by the county, policies provide the basis for all county land development related decisions --including plan amendment decisions. While all comprehensive plan policies are important, some have more applicability than others in reviewing plan amendment requests. Of particular applicability to these proposed amendments are the following policies and objectives. Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3 In evaluating any comprehensive plan amendment request, the most important consideration is Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3. This policy requires that at least one of three criteria be met in order to approve a comprehensive plan amendment. These criteria are: • a mistake in the approved plan; • an oversight in the approved plan; or • a substantial change in circumstances. Based on its analysis, staff believes that the proposed amendments meet the third criterion. - Traffic Circulation Element When the comprehensive plan was adopted, the county did not have an MPO. Since that time, an MPO has been established, and that MPO has adopted a 2020 Long Range Transportation Plan that Is based on the latest and best available data. The establishment of an Indian River County MPO, and the development of the MPO's 2020 Long Range Transportation Plan, constitute a substantial change in circumstances.' For that reason, the proposed amendment meets Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3's third criterion and is consistent with Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3. The third criterion of Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3 also applies to the changes to Figures 4.5.2 and 4.13.2. These changes update the functional classification from Rural Principal Arterial to Urban Principal Arterial for S.R. 60 between I-95 and 100th Avenue. After the 1990 Census, the boundary of the county's urbanized area expanded west along S.R. 60 from I-95 to 100th Avenue. The expansion of the urbanized area constitutes a substantial change in circ.iaLw Lances . ror that reason, the proposed amendment waists Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3's third criterion and is consistent with Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3. - Capital Improvements Element State law determines the conditions under which programmed improvements to a roadway may be considered when assessing the roadway's capacity. Since plan adoption, state law regarding this issue has been changed. That revision to state law constitutes a substantial change in circumstances. For that reason, the proposed amendment meets Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3's third criterion and is consistent with Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3. 75 March 19, 1996 BOCK 97 F,�GF, 615