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, Boa iii rnu-LAB Proposed Action: REVISE POLICY Policy 5_1, In accordance with T,__ e of Gewmanity- nr rules 9J9J 5.003(17) and -0-5,011- F A _ , the county hereby designates the "Coastal High -Hazard Area"I (CHHA) as identified in the Treasure Coastal Regional Planning Council Hurricane Evacuation Study (1994). Figure 9.22 of this element is hereby adopted as the coup 's CHHA designation map In total, twenty-two policies are being recommended for revision, and another nineteen policies are being recommended for deletion. These recommended changes to the policies of the Economic Development Element will result in policies that are more specific, policies that can be implemented, and an overall improved comprehensive plan element. Many of the policies of the Economic Development Element are the responsibility of the Economic Development Division of the Indian River County Chamber of Commerce. Those policies primarily address marketing activities. Based on the Economic Development Division's experience over the last two years of marketing the county's economic development potential, it was the Economic Development Division's recommendation to revise some of the Economic Development Element's policies so that the Economic Development Division's role would be better defined and so that the Economic Development Division could have more latitude in their marketing activities. Policies such as 1.4 define the role and the actions required of the Economic Development Division. In revising these polices, the Economic Development Division's role and required actions will be better defined. Policy 7.2 calls for the Economic Development Division to complete an annual marketing plan. This plan will identify the specific marketing activities that will be undertaken by the Economic Development Division in the upcoming fiscal year. Consistent with revised policy 7.2, the Economic Development Division will be required to present its marketing plan to the EDC and have the EDC approve that plan prior to the Economic Development Division submitting a request for funds to the Board of County Commissioners. Other policies have been revised to better define the actions required of the county. For instance, policy 2.4 has been revised to identify the type of assistance that county staff will provide to private industrial park developers who are attempting to establish industrial parks in Indian River County. Policy 2.6, which lists the county's targeted industries, has been revised to expand that list of targeted industries. The list has been expanded, based on the recommendation of the EDC, to include any clean light industries that have average annual wages which are above the county -wide average annual wage. Policies such as 1. 12, 3.5, and 7.4, which call for actions that are duplications of other policies, have been recommended for deletion. Other policies recommended for deletion include policy 1.6, which called for the county to target industries whose seasons complement the seasons of the citrus industry and tourist industry. Staff and the EDC have been unable to identify any such industries, and the EDC indicated that the county should be targeting industries that create full-time employment. For those reasons, policy 1.6 is being recommended for deletion. Since the transmittal public hearing, eleven polices have been modified to indicate that any economic development group designated by the Board of County Commissioners, not just the Indian River County Chamber of Commerce, may undertake the activities described in those eleven policies. Eight of those eleven policies were presented at the transmittal public hearing for other needed revisions. Revised policies being amended include policies 1.4, 1.5, 1.8, 4.13, 6.2,_6.3, 6.4, and 7.7. Additional policies being amended due to the above described revision include policies 4.14, 7.6, and 7.10. OCTOBER 26, 1999 -30- • 0