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7.3,4 There are. however. other factors that indicate that the referenced segment could be deleted without adverse impacts. The first factor is that 81' Street does not have a railroad crossing. Because permission for a new railroad crossing is nearly impossible to obtain. 81' Street will probably never have one. For that reason, the segment of 81 ' Street between Old Dixie Highway and 58th Avenue is not now, and likely will never be. connected. Furthermore. both CR 510, half a mile to the north. and 77' Street half a mile to the south. are Thoroughfare Plan Roads with railroad crossings. As a result. the adjacent segments of thegrid system are intact in each direction. In other words. nearly all trips on 81" Street will be diverted to CR 510 or 77th Street at either 58'h Avenue or Old Dixie Highway. regardless of whether or not the segment is deleted from the Thoroughfare Plan Map. For that reason. removing the referenced portion of 81" Street is unlikely to impact service levels of other county roads or hurricane evacuation times. Therefore. the proposed amendment is reasonable CONSISTENCY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Staff reviews each comprehensive plan amendment request for consistency with all applicable policies of the comprehensive plan. As per Section 800.07(1) of the counts code. the 'comprehensive plan may only be amended 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 which 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 related decisions --including plan amendment decisions. While all comprehensive plan policies are important, some have more applicability than others in reviewing plan amendment requests. Of particular applicability to this proposed amendment are the following policies. Future Land Use Element Policy 14.3 In evaluating any comprehensive plan text amendment request, the most important consideration is Future Land Use Element Policy 14.3. This policy requires that at Least one of three criteria be met in order to approve a comprehensive plan text amendment. These criteria are: • a mistake in the approved plan: • an oversight in the approved plan; or - • a substantial change in circumstances. Staffs position is that the proposed amendment request meets the second criterion of Future Land Use Element Policy 14 3. When the comprehensive plan was adopted in 1990. and again when it was revised in 1998 as a result of the Evaluation and Appraisal Process, the county failed to consider the special circumstances concerning the referenced segment of 81" Street. Because 81" Street does not have a railroad crossing. it is not connected. and likely never will be connected. between 58`h Avenue and Old Dixie Highway. Therefore, there was no need to include the referenced segment on the Thoroughfare Plan Map For that reason. the proposed amendment is consistent with Future Land Use Element Folic) 14.3. March 20, 2001 BK ! 118