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<br />GOP Number GOP Language Recommended Action Comments/Rationale
<br />Protection
<br />Measures
<br />Policy 14.1:
<br />The county, in cooperation with the City of Vero Beach Utilities Department and the FWC Bureau of Protected Species
<br />Management will ensure that disruptions to outflow, and/or inadequate temperatures to sustain manatees during
<br />winter are minimized, and that all necessary precautions to minimize hazards at the power plant are initiated.
<br />Remove
<br />Policy 14.2: The county shall continue to assist the Indian River Mosquito Control District to identify and retrofit any remaining
<br />culverts or pipes that pose a threat of manatee entrapment. Remove
<br />Objective 15:
<br />Sea Level Rise
<br />Adaptation
<br />Strategies
<br />Through 2060, the County shall adopt, implement, and pursue strategies that increase community resiliency and
<br />protect property, infrastructure, and cultural and natural resources from the impacts of sea level rise. Revise
<br />Remove date; Revise: The County shall adopt, implement, and pursue
<br />strategies that increase community resiliency and protect property,
<br />infrastructure, and cultural and natural resources from the impacts of
<br />sea level rise.
<br />Policy 15.1:
<br />By 2022, Public properties and infrastructure, including but not limited to water and wastewater facilities, stormwater
<br />systems, roads, bridges, governmental buildings, hospitals, coastal wetlands, transit infrastructure and other public
<br />assets that may be at risk to sea level rise impacts shall be identified. Based on risk inventory findings, resiliency
<br />improvements and relocation of infrastructure shall be considered as part of capital improvement plans, where
<br />warranted.
<br />Revise
<br />Revise: Public properties and infrastructure, including but not limited to
<br />water and wastewater facilities, stormwater systems, roads, bridges,
<br />governmental buildings, hospitals, coastal wetlands, transit
<br />infrastructure and other public assets that may be at risk to sea level
<br />rise impacts shall be identified. Based on risk inventory findings,
<br />resiliency improvements and relocation of infrastructure shall be
<br />considered as part of capital improvement plans, where warranted.
<br />Policy 15.2:
<br />During major evaluations and overall updates to the comprehensive plan, the best available data and sea level rise
<br />projections such as those made by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
<br />Association, and the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact, shall be taken into consideration when
<br />evaluating or updating policies related to sea level rise.
<br />No Change
<br />Policy 15.3:
<br />Beginning in 2022, and every 5 years thereafter, the County shall review the best available data on local sea level rise
<br />projections and County sea level rise inundation maps and shall update inundation maps and related analysis, as
<br />warranted.
<br />Revise
<br />Revise: The County shall review the best available data on local sea
<br />level rise projections and County sea level rise inundation maps and
<br />shall update inundation maps and related analysis, as warranted.
<br />Policy 15.4: The County shall coordinate with local municipalities regarding sea level rise adaptation and mitigation measures. No Change
<br />Policy 15.5:
<br />The County hereby adopts the Coastal High Hazard Area (CHHA) as an “Adaptation Action Area” (AAA) as defined in this
<br />Coastal Management Element to identify the geographic areas most vulnerable to the impacts of projected potential
<br />sea level rise and most appropriate for mitigation measures and resiliency improvements. Furthermore, the County
<br />shall apply this Element’s Objective 5 CHHA policies to limit public infrastructure expenditures within the AAA.
<br />No Change
<br />Policy 15.6: By 2023, the County shall re-evaluate flood zone requirements and mitigation strategies within the AAA. Revise
<br />Revise: The County shall review the best available data on local sea
<br />level rise projections and County sea level rise inundation maps and
<br />shall update inundation maps and related analysis, as warranted.
<br />Policy 15.7: The County shall prohibit location within the AAA of new adult congregate living facilities, nursing homes, and other
<br />similar facilities that serve special needs populations. Revise
<br />Revise: The county shall prohibit the location of new adult congregate
<br />living facilities, nursing homes, and other similar medical facilities that
<br />serve the county’s special needs population within the CHHA and AAA.
<br />Policy 15.8: No increase in land use designation density shall be approved by the County for properties that lie within the AAA. Remove
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