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BACKGROUND The issue of removing a portion of 81" Street from the Thoroughfare Plan Map was first raised when the applicant applied for approval for the Red Stick Golf Club, a 315 acre, 18 hole golf course with a clubhouse and maintenance facility. The project is generally located between 58`" Avenue (Kings Highway) and Old Dixie Highway: and between CR 510 (85`° Street) and 77th Street (Hobart Road). On March 2. 1999. the Board of County Commissioners approved a Conceptual Plan and a Planned Development (PD) rezoning for the Red Stick Golf Club project. On April 8, 1999, the Planning and Zoning Commission approved the preliminary plan/plat with conditions. The site plan for the development has been released. and the entire project has been completed. When the PD application was submitted. staff reviewed the application and determined that 81" Street. as shown on the Thoroughfare Plan Map, bisected the project. even though no right-of-way for that segment existed. At that time staff recognized that the county had to chose one of the following two options: purchase the right-of-way now to approve the golf course now and. significantly higher price. preserve that segment of 81" Street; or if necessary, purchase the right-of-way in the future at a The golf course approval itself is one reason why a future purchase would be much more expensive. For reasons discussed in the analysis portion of this staff report. staff determined that the subject segment of 8151 Street is unlikely to ever be needed or constructed. Therefore. staff determined and the Board agreed. that it was not necessary to purchase the right-of-way now. Although the county declined to try to purchase the 81s' Street right-of-way when the golf course project was reviewed, the referenced portion of 81" Street remains on the Thoroughfare Plan Map. While the existing lack of right-of-way and several other factors discussed in this report indicate that this portion of 81 ' Street will never be built. the applicant has chosen to apply to remove the referenced portion of 8151 Street from the county s long range plans ANALYSIS This section will present an analysis of the reasonableness of the proposed amendment, followed by a discussion of the consistency of the proposed amendment with the comprehensive plan. ANALYSIS OF REASONABLENESS OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT Currently, there is no right-of-way for 8151 Street between Old Dixie Highway and 58th Avenue and no plans. long term or short term. to acquire that right-of-way. These facts alone do not justify deleting a road segment from the Thoroughfare Plan Map, particularly a segment that is within the urban service area. In fact. the established grid system of roads significantly benefits the county by providing more than one route to most destinations. For that reason, the grid system. generally. reduces congestion, aids hurricane evacuation, and should be preserved March 20, 2001 117 BK 1 '6 5 8 9