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PAGE 58 GOP Number GOP Language Recommended Action Comments/Rationale ~ Level One- whether the project is needed to protect public health and safety, to fulfill the county's legal commitment to provide drainage facilities and services, or to preserve or achieve full use of existing facilities. ~ Level Two - whether the project increases efficiency of use of existing facilities, prevents or reduces future improvement costs, provides service to developed areas lacking full service or promotes in-fill development. ~ Level Three- whether the project represents a logical extension of facilities within a designated drainage basin. Policy 3.4: By 2012, the county shall consider establishing a stormwater utility to fund maintenance and improvements of existing stormwater management facilities. Revise With the Stormwater Master Plan, the County shall evaluate establishing a stormwater utility to fund maintenance and improvements of existing stormwater management facilities. Suggest evaluating the need for a dedicated funding source for stormwater infrastructure as part of the Stormwater Master Plan - once you have a comprehensive list of projects, developing a funding plan may lead to the need for a stormwater utility. Objective 4 By 2011, Indian River County will have established formal cooperative relationships with the incorporated municipalities and F.S. 298 Special Drainage Districts having jurisdiction in Indian River County. Revise Update dates/refine language; reflect “ongoing” Policy 4.1: County staff will attend meetings of federal, state, regional, and local agencies which have stormwater jurisdiction within the county. No Change Policy 4.2: By 2010, the county, in cooperation with the SJRWMD, shall request a formal meeting with representatives from all of the F.S. 298 Special Drainage Districts in the county to discuss the following issues: conducting comprehensive basin inventories, adopting maximum discharge limitations, and setting level-of-service standards for water quality and flood protection. Remove Staff agree 4.2 can be deleted since 4.3 remains. Policy 4.3: The county will continue to include representatives from F.S. 298 Drainage Districts on its Technical Review Committee. No Change Policy 4.4: The county will coordinate with applicable local governments and F.S. 298 Drainage Districts to provide notification to appropriate entities of development having potential impacts on another jurisdiction. No Change Policy 4.5: The county shall coordinate with the SJRWMD and encourage the municipalities within the county to adopt stormwater master plans. No Change Objective 5 The county shall maintain its Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP) to serve as a comprehensive floodplain management plan approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). No Change Policy 5.1: Within regulatory floodways designated on the most current Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), the county shall prohibit encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements, and other development that would result in any increase in flood levels during the occurrence of a flood discharge, unless specifically approved by the Administrator of the Federal Insurance Administration under the provisions of 44 CFR 65.12, as amended. No Change Policy 5.2: Contingent upon available funding in the county's environmental lands program, the county shall continue to acquire property in the 1 00-year floodplain for conservation. No Change Policy 5.3: For any structures or fill placed within the 100 year floodplain, an equal volume of storage capacity must be created for any volume of the base flood that would be displaced by fill or structures, except for the following instances as more specifically described in LDR Chapter 930: ~ development projects within the floodplain along the Indian River Lagoon granted a waiver by the county upon showing the development will not create material adverse impact on flood protection; ~ subdivided lots less than one (1) acre in size existing prior to July 1, 1990; ~ development projects located in the St. Johns Marsh, when granted a cut and fill waiver by the county based on lack of material adverse impact; or No Change