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Capital improvements to county maintained roads are generally funded by traffic impact fee revenue. Some expenditures are also funded by the State of Florida, developers, and other local governments. Table 6.22 lists new projects, including intersection improvements and road widenings, programmed throughout the county. Existing Conditions and Analysis Sections In addition to the changes made to table 6.22, all of the data in the existing conditions and analysis sections have been updated to reflect current conditions. These data include past revenue and expenditure figures for county operations as well as projected revenue and expenditure figures for county operations. Goal, Objectives, and Policies Section In total, five objectives are being recommended for revision, seven policies are being recommended for revision, and one policy is being recommended for deletion. Based on the new time horizon set for the capital improvements program, the time horizon for all five capital improvements element objectives was revised to 2008. Policy 4.4 is being recommended for deletion because the action of policy 4.4 is a duplication of the action of policy 4.1. Seven policies are being recommended for revision, due in large part to the restructuring of water and sewer impact fees into capacity charges. Revisions to the objectives and policies of the capital improvements element are labeled with a double underline; deletions to the objectives and policies are labeled with swikeea . These revisions and deletions are incorporated in the revised capital improvements element on file in the Board of County Commissioners office. Consistencv with the Comprehensive Plan Comprehensive plan amendment requests are reviewed for consistency with all policies of the comprehensive plan. As per section 800.07(1) of the county code, the "comprehensive plan may be amended only in such a way as to preserve the internal consistency of the plan pursuant to section 163.3177(2).F.S." The goals, objectives and policies are the most important pans of the comprehensive plan. Policies are statements in the plan that identify the actions which the county will take in order to direct the community's development. As courses of action committed to by the county, policies provide the basis for all county land development decisions. While all comprehensive plan policies are important, some have more applicability than others in reviewing plan amendment requests. Of particular applicability for these amendment requests is the following policy: Future Land Use Policy 14.3 The most important policy to consider in evaluating a plan amendment request for consistency with the county's comprehensive plan is future land use element policy 14.3. This policy requires that one of three criteria be met in order to approve a comprehensive plan text amendment request. These criteria are: the proposed amendment corrects a mistake in the approved plan; the proposed amendment corrects an oversight in the approved plan; or the proposed amendment is warranted based on a substantial change in circumstances. November 7, 2000 96 6K I IS PG 803