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•► s The Board reconvened as the Board of County Commissioners at 9:57 a.m. 15. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT WORKSHOP The Board reviewed a Memorandum of February 18, 1998: TO: James E. Chandler County Administrator D SIO AD CONCURRENCE:_ Ro ert M. Keating, AIC Community Development Dir of FROM: Sasan Rohan, AICP -5 "/;1' ChK Long -Range Planning DATE: February 18, 1998 RE: COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT WORKSHOP It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of February 24, 1998. Consistent with state statutes and state administrative rules, the Board of County Commissioners adopted the county's current comprehensive plan in February, 1990. During 1996, the county conducted an evaluation and appraisal of that plan, and adopted its Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) in December, 1996. As adopted by the Board of County Commissioners, the EAR identified various changes to the plan, including updated data and analysis, policy revisions, and modification of objectives, that need to be incorporated in the plan through a plan amendment. During 1997, staff and county committees worked on developing these EAR -based plan amendments. The Board of County Commissioners approved the transmittal of these amendments (which constitute a rewrite of the comprehensive plan) to the DCA on November 4, 1997. On February 2, 1998, planning staff received the Florida Department of Community Affairs' (DCA) Objections, Recommendations and Comments (ORC) Report on the County's Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) based comprehensive plan amendments. Staff has reviewed the objections raised in the ORC Report, and is making necessary changes to the plan to address those objections. Most of the ORC Report objections are not substantive in nature; many relate only to clarification of objectives and policies. A final adoption public hearing before the Board of County Commissioners has been scheduled for March 10, 1998. ' On February 10, 1998, the Board of County Commissioners agreed to have a comprehensive plan workshop on February 24, 1998. The purpose of the workshop is to address the DCA ORC Report, reconsider the county's land use designations and densities, and address other comprehensive plan issues. Objectives, Recommendations, Comments Report. A copy of the DCA's ORC Report is attached to this staff report. In preparing the ORC Report, DCA solicits comments from the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council as well as other state agencies such as Department of Transportation, Department of Environmental Protection, Water Management District and others. All appropriate agencies sent their objections and comments on the county's revised comprehensive plan to the DCA. FEBRUARY 24, 1998 -49- 60�.�� F,,, Uv. ` 8 7