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