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Commissioner Gordon made reference to page 11, 2.2.14.3 and the last paragraph and said that this would give County-initiated amendments a different status. She said that the County amendments should be treated the same as others. She noted several places where there were differences. Commissioner Jacobs said that at the beginning with the Board of County Commissioners' responsibilities should be to provide direction to the Planning Board. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the Annual Report on page 6 and said that the County Commissioners have supposedly been getting annual reports about subdivision activity in Orange County. He does not recall seeing these recently. He challenged staff to have a master list of annual reports that have been promised. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to page 10, 2.2.14.2, Creation of New Activity Nodes. He asked about the size of the current activity nodes. Craig Benedict said that an activity node now is 200-300 acres. Ten acres would be very minor in comparison. Commissioner Jacobs agreed with Commissioner Gordon that the County should not be treated differently than members of the public as far as making application. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the notice in the newspaper and said that the dense text does not communicate very well to the public. He suggested discussing this and coming up with a better way to communicate with the public on these issues. Commissioner Jacobs said that he is pleased that there can be oral evidence at Planning Board meetings. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to 2.4.2 on page 20 and said that he would like to add a legal department and Environment and Resource Conservation to the Development Advisory Committee. Jay Bryan said that there needs to be consideration of another approach regarding the Comprehensive Plan. He would hate to see minimal changes coming in piece meal without notifying the people (i.e., boards and organizations) that have been involved in it. He suggested thinking of a way for a certain volume of amendments to be grouped together and that the notification process goes out to all of the boards and groups involved. Judith Wegner made reference to page 10 and the purposes for possible amendments and said that there would probably be other reasons for amendments. She made reference to 2.2.14.6 and 2.2.14.7 and said that she agrees with having the oral evidence presented. A motion was made by Commissioner Nelson, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to forward the proposed amendments to the Planning Board for review and comment with a request that a recommendation be submitted back to the BOCC in time for the April 21, 2009 BOCC meeting and adjourn the public hearing until April 21, 2009 to receive the Planning Board recommendation and any submitted written comments. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 3. Zoning Atlas Amendment — 214 Phelps Road. To receive public comment on the proposed following actions: a. Rezone a portion of the property from Agricultural Residential (AR) to Existing Commercial Five (EC-5), specifically the area of the property currently utilized to support a commercial landscape operation, and b. Rezone the existing EC-5 zoned portion of the subject property to AR. Michael Harvey made this presentation.