September 26, 2015 DRAFT minutes

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Questions posed by Steering Committee members regarding land use, permitting and zoning were answered by the planning team to ensure understanding. Ms. Gloor continued by providing information on land use policy, including the differences in jurisdiction between the State and the County, an explanation of zoning, and the different types of permitting. She also explained the General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) map and its various designations. Land Use Guidance is covered in the following way: • The CDP guides land use through the official Land use Policy map for Polices 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 11. • The CDP provides guidance for variances and zoning code amendments in Policies 7, 8, & 10. • The CDP guides land use decisions for future indu 1 areas in Policy 6. Ms. Gloor answered additional clarifying questions. Break Ms. Gloor answered additional clarifying questi Steering Committee "Walkabout" Exercise Mr. Agres detailed the walkabout exercise for the Steerin ittee, reiterating that clarifying questions and questions that require additional information s be written on the Post -it notes available and posted by the respective policies. Community in s in attendance were also invited to participate in a walkabout exercise. The Steering Committee completed a walkabout exercise for Section 3. Following the completion of the walkabout exercise, Mr. Agres facilitated a question and answer session based on the questions written on Post -it notes by Steering Committee members and the public. Ms. Gloor answered clarifying questions and compiled a list of questions that require additional information. PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS: There was no public comment at this tim Section 4 Overview Ms. Gloor provided an overview of Section 4 — Protect and Enhance Natural and Cultural sources. This section guides the expansion of lands held in public trust, supports landowners establishing conservation and agricultural easements and suing agricultural and forestry land preservation programs, and encourages natural Area Reserves to pursue acquisition priorities. Ms. Gloor identified that the County's primary role over resource protection is regulation — zoning, setbacks etc. Some tools utilized for resource protection are incentives (e.g. tax incentives, conservation easements), acquisition (e.g. The Nature Conservancy), private covenants (e.g. covenants), community based actions and regulations. Ms. Gloor also touched on Conservation Easements and Special Management Areas (SMA). Section 4 overview was covered in two segments because of the amount of content within the section; however, it is important to remember that each of the sections extensively overlap one another. Sections 4.1— 4.6 Section 4.1— Expand the Local System of Preserves — Guides the expansion of lands held in public trust, supports landowners establishing conservation and agricultural easements and using agriculture and forestry land preservation programs, and encourages Natural Area Reserves to pursue acquisition priorities. Page 17