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List of Specific Tasks, Events, or Functions Performed or Sponsored Annually. <br />• Monthly Planning Board meetings <br />• Quarterly Public Hearings (4) <br />• Review applications for subdivisions and special use permits and provide <br />recommendations to the BOCC <br />• Develop and recommend policies, ordinances, administrative procedures <br />and other means for carrying out plans <br />Describe this board /commission's activities /accomplishments in carrying out <br />BOCC goal(s) /priorities, if applicable. <br />The Planning Board is involved in the ongoing implementation of the 2030 <br />Comprehensive Plan. Initially, this implementation has been defined as completion of a <br />LIDO and implementation of recommendations contained in Small Area Plans. This <br />work has scored high on the list of BOCC priorities, listed second among 24 top <br />priorities. <br />If your board /commission played the role of an Element Lead Advisory Board <br />involved in the 2030 Comprehensive Plan preparation process, please indicate <br />your board's activities /accomplishments as they may relate to the <br />Comprehensive Plan's goals or objectives. <br />(The Element Lead Advisory Boards include: Planning Board, EDC, OUTBoard, <br />Commission for the Environment, Historic Preservation Commission, Agriculture <br />Preservation Board, Affordable Housing Board, Recreation and Parks Advisory Council) <br />The processing of small area plan recommendations specifically addresses an objective <br />included in the 2030 Comprehensive Plan. Furthermore, the repackaging of existing <br />regulations into a well organized UDO will provide a more understandable and user <br />friendly framework from which to work as the County moves forward with ongoing Plan <br />implementation. Following are specific Comprehensive Plan Goals and Objectives that <br />have been part of the Planning Board's recent work: <br />Land Use Goal 2: Land uses that are appropriate to on -site environmental <br />conditions and features, and that protect natural resources, cultural resources, and <br />communitv character. <br />Objective LU -2.6: <br />Protect prime reservoir sites from adverse development impacts and ensure that <br />regulations for these areas are appropriate. <br />