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<br />Sarah Moon, the Chair of the Commission, introduced Wilma Matsumura, new Commissioner <br />40 <br />and Alex Kelepolo, from the County’s Department of Finance, Property Management <br />41 <br />Division. The Action Committee were provided an overview of the Commission, the status of <br />42 <br />the lands that have been or are in process for acquisition, the process for Lands and/or <br />43 <br />Property Entitlements for Acquisition and the difference between the comprehensive list and <br />44 <br />prioritized list. Information provided was the following: 2011 Commission Roster, <br />45 <br />Information Fact Sheet, a suggestion form, and the 2010 Annual Report. <br />46 <br />Suggestion was made to have the Commission add in a criteria for Plans such the CDP <br />47 <br />support/identification for parcels. <br />48 <br />Clarification was sought for why the use of the funds, that are generated by urban area <br />49 <br />parcels, which seem to be utilized for the acquisition of remote parcels rather than for more <br />50 <br />urban parcels that would be accessible to more of the population. There was a lively <br />51 <br />discussion regarding how to promote more urban parcels for consideration. <br />52 <br />Funds are not available for the upkeep and maintenance of lands that have been acquired. <br />53 <br />2. Village Design Guidelines. <br />54 <br />Allen Salavea, who managed the contract for the Village Design Guidelines, has left the <br />55 <br />County. Per Bennett Mark, the management of the contract and Village Design Guidelines <br />56 <br />will be overseen by April Surprenant, Manager of the Long Range Division of the Planning <br />57 <br />Department. <br />58 <br />The discussion on the VDG continued. <br />59 <br />At the Action Committee’s direction a re-drafted Article 1, which was a merge with the <br />60 <br />original Article 1 and the draft Rule that PlaceMakers created, was passed out for review and <br />61 <br />discussion. Corrections were made to the draft during the discussion. However, concerns <br />62 <br />were raised that the language found within Article 1 is not sufficient to be defendable should <br />63 <br />there be an appeal regarding the governance of the VDG over the provisions of County Code <br />64 <br />and Planning Department Rules of Procedure. <br />65 <br />Motions <br />66 <br />Marni Herkes withdrew the original motion made in October 2010 which was to approved the <br />67 <br />draft VDG with in insertion of Article 1 back in. Bob Ward withdrew his second. <br />68 <br />Marni Herkes moved to recommend that the draft Article 1 – General revision 1, under review <br />69 <br />be added to the VDG with the modifications made during discussion to 1.3.4b, 1.5.2, and <br />70 <br />1.7.2 with the understanding that the provisions in 1.5 are complete in context and language . <br />71 <br />Bob Ward seconded. Motion passed unanimously. <br />72 <br />Fritz Harris-Glade moved to allow staff and/or consultant to make adjustments to correct <br />73 <br />typos, spellings, punctuation, numbering and references accordingly. Bob Ward seconded. <br />74 <br />Motion passed unanimously <br />75 <br />Marni Herkes moved to Adopt Article 2 – Process, as amended in the red-lined version, with <br />76 <br />the following revisions: that within 2.3.2 that the removed text in the first paragraph be re- <br />77 <br />inserted and within 2.3.3 b. and e. that removed text be re-inserted. Fritz Harris-Glade <br />78 <br />seconded. Motion passed unanimously <br />79 <br />Page 2 of 4 <br /> <br />