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PAGE 67 GOP Number GOP Language Recommended Action Comments/Rationale Policy 5.3: The county shall not fund transportation improvements which will allow increased development in coastal high-hazard areas. No Change Policy 5.4: The county hereby designates as historic and scenic roads the following: ° Jungle Trail ° Old Winter Beach Road ° Fellsmere Grade ° Quay Dock Road ° Gifford Dock Road The county will prepare, adopt, and implement management plans for each of these roads in order to protect and enhance their scenic/historic character. No Change Policy 5.5: The county will coordinate the mitigation of adverse structural and non-structural impacts from airports, and related facilities, upon natural resources and land uses with the expansion of and development of those facilities consistent with the future land use, coastal management and conservation elements. No Change Policy 5.6: The county will, within allowable budget constraints, allocate a minimum of 2% of total construction expenditures for all roadway projects to landscaping improvements. No Change Policy 5.7: The county will develop beautification plans at all interstate interchanges and will seek private participation in the implementation of landscaping improvements. No Change Objective 6 By 2015, the county will have a system which ensures that all transportation requirements, procedures, and improvements are coordinated with all applicable governmental entities and will have entered into two new formal coordination agreements with adjacent local governments. Revise Rewrite to maintain coordination efforts through time horizon of this plan. Policy 6.1: The county will coordinate with the Indian River County MPO, FDOT, Local Municipalities, and Adjacent Counties in its transportation planning activities. This coordination will involve serving as staff to the MPO, having staff and commissioners serve on MPO committees, sharing information, reviewing plans and programs, and assessing the impacts of development projects across jurisdictions. No Change Policy 6.2: The county will coordinate with FDOT to review its standards for sidewalk placement, access control, median cuts, signage, drainage, and other related physical roadway development activities. The county's Planning and Public Works Departments will schedule meetings as needed with appropriate FDOT officials to review and discuss these issues and develop written standards agreeable to both entities. No Change Policy 6.3: The county acknowledges that it is in compliance and will continue to comply with the level of service standards for roadways as identified in the 1983 "Hutchinson Island Resource Planning & Management Plan", Policy C.1, page 33. This policy states that roadways on the barrier island and connecting roadways that link the island to the mainland will maintain a minimum level of service of "C" on an average annual basis and level of service "D" for peak season traffic. No Change; possible revision based on updates to Plan Policy 6.4: The county will coordinate with CareerSource Research Coast, the Sebastian and Vero Beach Chambers of Commerce, local businesses, other MPOs and FDOT to develop regional TDM programs. Revise/Consolidate Suggest revision and combine 4-6 here: The County will coordinate with local career source, chambers of commerce, local businesses, Metropolitan Planning Organizations and the Florida Department of Transportation to develop regional TDM programs… etc Policy 6.5: The county will participate in Regional Transit Authority activities with other Treasure Coast T/MPOs and the Brevard MPO. Consolidate Combine with 6.4 above and also update TPO names Policy 6.6: The county will coordinate with FDOT and the Florida East Coast Railroad (FEC) on future passenger rail service. No Change Could consolidate with Policy 6.4. Objective 7 Through 2030, the county’s transit system will continue to operate at or above the minimum service level specified in policy 1.1. Revise Remove/update date; ongoing policy