MEMORANDUM

TO: Town Council and Local Planning Agency

FROM: Bill Spikowski

DATE: March 12, 1998

SUBJECT: Joint Workshop on March 19, 1998

Attached for your review are the two elements we will be discussing at your joint workshop on March 19 at 6:30 P.M, the Transportation and Future Land Use Elements. Tables of contents for each are also attached.

Both of these elements have previously been revised by the Local Planning Agency, (with the exception of the sections containing goals, objectives, and policies). For the convenience of LPA members, I am attaching a summary of changes made to other parts of each document since their prior review of each. (LPA members will not be receiving either Appendix A or B to the Transportation Element, or another copy of the color maps in the Future Land Use Element.)

The purpose of this meeting is for the Town Council to discuss their reactions to these elements with the LPA, and for the LPA to comment on the revisions made to these elements since their previous meetings.

Synopsis of changes to comprehensive plan elements after previous LPA meetings:

Future Land Use Element

• Modified page numbering system to fit final format of the comprehensive plan
• Deleted several incorrect entries in the Table 2 listing of motel densities (on page 20)
• Eliminated the final clause of the first bulleted paragraph on page 27
• Modified language on page 28 to conform to new policies
• Added two footnotes to Table 4 (page 30)
• Added a discussion of the MPO's proposed "Barrier Island Traffic Survey" on page 31
• Added the date of preparation to Table 5 on page 32 (previously Table 6), and deleted the incorrect reference to Abaco Beach Villas
• Added text on pages 33 describing the availability of public facilities to vacant land and referencing the CRA's 1991 blight study (to comply with Rule 9J-5.006(2))
• Added a footnote on page 36 to comply with Rule 9J-5.006(4)(b)
• Expanded the category descriptions on pages 36 and 37 to conform to new policies
• Added a clause on page 37 that accretions to the beach are automatically classified "Recreation" on the future land use map
• Added two paragraphs on page 37 explaining the relation between the new future land use map and the existing zoning districts
• Added a complete of goals, objectives, and policies beginning on page 38
• Corrected several errors on the February 23 draft of Figure 14 (existing land use map) where commercial land was misclassified
• Corrected the corporate limits of the town on Figures 14 and 15 to better reflect the language in the charter
• Modified Figure 15 (the future land use map) to change a parcel on Estero Boulevard at Lagoon Street to "Recreation" to reflect a previous zoning decision (Pink Porpoise case)

Transportation Element

• Modified page numbering system to fit final format of the comprehensive plan
• Modified text on page 7 to indicate that car rentals at a transit terminal would be for off-island trips
• Added text on page 8 to suggest LDC requirements for developers to build trolley pull-offs.
• Added text on page 15 to clarify new requirements for traffic impact analyses.
• Moved most discussion of a Main Street bridge and grand boulevard from pages 22 and 23 into Appendix A
• Added two new sections on page 24 to address delivery vehicles and roadside flooding
• Added a complete of goals, objectives, and policies beginning on page 25