PLACEMENT: Consent
TITLE:
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REQUEST TO INITIATE A TEXT AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 5, TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT, COMPREHENSIVE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN, TO INCORPORATE THE 2050 LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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This is a request for the Board of County Commissioners to initiate a text amendment to Chapter 5, Transportation Element, Comprehensive Growth Management Plan (CGMP). The request would amend portions of Chapter 5 to be consistent with the 2050 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP), recently adopted by the Martin County Metropolitan Planning Organization.
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DEPARTMENT: Growth Management
PREPARED BY: Name: Samantha Lovelady, AICP
Title: Principal Planner
REQUESTED BY: Growth Management Department
PRESET:
PROCEDURES: None
BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:
Every five years, the Martin County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) updates the Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP). The 2050 LRTP was recently adopted on October 8, 2025, replacing the 2045 LRTP. Therefore, Chapter 5, Transportation Element, Martin County Comprehensive Growth Management Plan, must be amended to be consistent with the newly adopted 2050 LRTP.
ISSUES:
None
LEGAL SUFFICIENCY REVIEW:
This item has been reviewed for legal sufficiency to determine whether it is consistent with applicable law, and staff has identified and addressed legal risks and developed strategies for legal defensibility, as applicable.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
RECOMMENDATION
Move that the Board adopt the resolution to initiate the requested Comprehensive Plan Amendment.
ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Pull this item from the Consent Agenda and provide staff direction.
2. Move that the Board take no action.
FISCAL IMPACT:
RECOMMENDATION
Staff time.
ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
None
DOCUMENT(S) REQUIRING ACTION:
☐Budget Transfer / Amendment ☐ Chair Letter ☐Contract / Agreement
☐Grant / Application ☐Notice ☐Ordinance ☒Resolution
☐Other: