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• It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of September 17, 2002. DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS In July 1999, the Board of County Commissioners created a task force to identify issues that exist in Gifford and to make recommendations regarding those issues to the County Commission. To ensure that the task force would be effective, the County Commission instructed the Indian River County Chamber of Commerce to appoint task force members representing agencies that contribute to economic development in the Gifford community. For the next year, the task force worked on this project. In July 2000, the Workforce Enhancement Task Force presented its findings and recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners. Based on those recommendations, the Board of County Commissioners directed county planning staff to develop a neighborhood plan for the Gifford community. Since then, staff has worked with the Progressive Civic League of Gifford, and the Gifford community to prepare the Gifford Neighborhood Plan. Through community meetings, staff worked with Gifford residents to identify community issues and possible solutions. On August 26, 2002, a Gifford town hall community meeting was held where neighborhood residents reviewed the final draft of the plan At that meeting, the community endorsed the plan and recommended that the plan be forwarded to the Board of County Commissioners for consideration A copy of the draft plan is on file at the Board of County Commissioners office. ANALYSIS The purpose of the Gifford Neighborhood Plan is to address problems that are important to the residents of Gifford. While the plan focuses on one neighborhood within the county, the strategies and actions of this plan are consistent with the objectives and policies of the county's Comprehensive Plan. Included in the Gifford Neighborhood Plan is an existing conditions section, an analysis section, a plan section, and an implementation section. The existing conditions section of the plan presents the most up to date data on land uses, zoning, housing, infrastructure, crime, employment, and commerce for the Gifford neighborhood. Based on those existing conditions, the analysis section identifies opportunities and constraints that exist in Gifford. From the analysis of the data, a plan section was developed that presents specific objectives and actions to achieve those objectives. Finally, an implementation section identifies all actions to be taken, the entity responsible for that action, and that action's completion date. The plan's strategies are divided into the following major issue categories: • Housing • Town Center • Illegal and non -conforming uses • Infrastructure • Crime • Employment As structured, the plan contains 14 objectives that relate to the above mentioned strategies. Under each objective, a set of specific actions have been developed to facilitate achieving the objective. September 17, 2002 65 •