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BACKGROUND: Recently, Board of County Commissioners Chairman Fran Adams received a letter from Vero Lake Estates resident Martha Osborne (see attachment #1). Subsequently, a copy of the letter was sent to planning staff. The letter stated that several citizens in the north county are concerned about the CR 512 corridor and are hopeful that a CR 512 task force will be formed to prepare a plan similar to the Wabasso Corridor Plan. Ms. Osborne's letter states that there is support for such a task force. from residents of Vero Lake Estates, Pine Lake'Estates, Sunshine Travel Park, Fellsmere, and Sebastian, including three Sebastian City Council members and two Fellsmere Town Council members. Although no CR 512 corridor plan area has been defined, any special planning efforts by the county would involve only the unincorporated area but would be coordinated with Fellsmere and Sebastian. Planning staff responded to Ms. Osborne's letter (see attachment #2), stating that it intended to schedule her request for consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its June 4, 1996 meeting. ANALYSIS: •Current Corridor Planning Activity Recently, planning staff completed and the Board of County Commissioners adopted the Wabasso Corridor Plan. That plan required over 6 months of task force work, involving a field -trip .and various workshops and public meetings. Staff intends to propose formal codification of that plan's requirements and procedures during the next round of land development regulation (LDR) amendments this summer and fall. Planning staff is also coordinating the efforts of the recently appointed SR 60 Corridor Plan Task Force which is scheduled to hold its first meeting on - June 4, 1996 at 2:00 p.m. Also, as stated in its response letter (see attachment #2), staff is encouraging developers of new non- residential projects along CR 512 to consider following the principles of the Wabasso Corridor Plan, since CR 512 is the entrance to the north county and the Board has expressed its support for special aesthetic improvements along such county entranceways. Due to the work involved in preparing the SR 60 Corridor Plan, it is staff's opinion that work on a CR 512 corridor plan should not commence until the SR 60 Corridor Plan is completed. *Pending Ordinance Doctrine In relation to the Wabasso Corridor Plan and the "interim" SR 60 Corridor Plan, the "pending ordinance doctrine" has been used by the county. As -was reported to the Board last fall, staff applied the pending ordinance doctrine to new development proposals in the Wabasso Corridor Plan area once an initial plan was formulated by the Wabasso Corridor Plan Task Force. This ensured that new development proposals would comply with the intent of the proposed plan. Now that the Wabasso Corridor Plan has been adopted by resolution of the Board, it will be codified into the LDRs at the next opportunity. Until a formal LDR ordinance is adopted, the requirements and procedures contained in the adopted plan are being applied under the pending ordinance doctrine. On April 9, 1996, the Board extended staff's application of the pending ordinance doctrine to non-residential project proposals along the SR 60 corridor from 43rd Avenue to 102nd Avenue. Under that action, the following four design upgrades are being applied to such projects: BOOK 98 PAGE 279 JUNE 49 1996 33