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PAGE 68 GOP Number GOP Language Recommended Action Comments/Rationale Policy 7.1: The county hereby adopts transit quality and level of service (TQLOS): “B” for Service Coverage in Indian River County. No Change Policy 7.2: The county will continue to maintain its fixed route transit system. No Change Policy 7.3: The county hereby adopts the MPO’s Transit Development Plan. Revise Revise to be self-amending. Policy 7.4: The county will continue to apply for state and federal mass transit grant funds and use those funds to provide transit service in the county. No Change Policy 7.5: The county will on an annual basis coordinate with the MPO to assess whether transit improvements should be included in the project priorities submitted to FDOT for state and federal funding. No Change Policy 7.6: The county will continue to provide funding for transit services. Currently, that funding is provided to the Indian River County Senior Resource Association. No Change Policy 7.7: Through the County’s CTC, the County will ensure that transportation disadvantaged trips are provided through the coordinated system, whereby all providers and purchasers have contracts and fully allocated cost amounts. In so doing, the County will ensure that the CTC: ° Compiles information on routes, schedules, facilities and vehicles for each provider; ° Assesses this information and schedules trips to avoid duplication; and ° Regularly coordinates with providers to serve as a forum for discussing paratransit service No Change Objective 8 By 2030, all three geographic sub-areas of Indian River County will have a jobs-housing balance between .8 and 1.2 Revise Revise date only; keep all other language Policy 8.1: The county will implement Future Land Use Element policies which restrict urban sprawl, limit strip commercial development, promote infill, encourage TND projects, promote public transportation, and encourage higher intensity uses in major corridors. No Change Policy 8.2: The county shall review all proposed land development projects in order to ensure consistency between those projects and with the goals, objectives and policies of this plan, and the county shall require coordination of traffic circulation plans and improvements with land use and infrastructure plans before development approval. No Change Policy 8.3: The county will, as much as possible, protect the character of existing neighborhoods from the intrusion of major thoroughfares (i.e. minor and principal arterials). The criteria used to determine whether major thoroughfares will be allowed to intrude in existing neighborhoods are whether there are problems maintaining level of service standards on the applicable roadways, whether there are safety problems, whether there is right-of-way availability, and whether there are viable alternatives to intruding into an existing neighborhood. In areas where minor and principal arterial roadways intrude into existing neighborhoods, the county may provide buffers such as concrete walls, landscaped buffers, berms, and other similar buffers alongside the roadway(s). The county will also review the feasibility of relocating roadways when intrusion is proposed. No Change Policy 8.4: The county shall establish land use guidelines for development in exclusive public transit corridors to ensure accessibility to public transit, in the event such corridors are established. No Change Policy 8.5: The county shall encourage connectivity between all new residential and commercial developments except where such connectivity strategies are impeded by physical or safety constraints. Where there are concerns for nuisance impacts such as cut-through traffic, the county may provide buffering, traffic calming, or other appropriate treatments. No Change May want to identify via vehicular, pedestrian, bike or similar multi-use Objective 9 Through 2030, all future county aviation and intermodal facility expansion will be developed in a manner consistent with existing and future land use. Revise Revise/update horizon Policy 9.1: The county will continue to implement and enforce its airport zoning regulations. These regulations address height, noise, emergency, clear zone and land requirements. No Change