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69 <br />List of Specific Tasks, Events, or Functions Performed or Sponsored Annually. <br />• Monthly Planning Board meetings <br />• Quarterly Public Hearings (4) <br />• Ordinance Review Committee (ORC) meetings and special meetings as <br />required <br />• Review applications for ordinance amendments, major subdivisions, and <br />Class A special use permits and provide 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 was defined as completion of a UDO <br />and implementation of recommendations contained in Small Area Plans. This work has <br />scored high on the list of BOCC priorities, listed second among 24 top priorities. The <br />UDO was adopted in April 2011 and several small area plan implementation measures <br />were completed in 2011. Additional items were heard at the November 2011 quarterly <br />public hearing and will be acted upon in early 2012. <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 <br />Council) <br />The processing of several small area plan recommendations specifically addresses an <br />objective included in the 2030 Comprehensive Plan. Furthermore, the repackaging of <br />existing regulations into awell-organized UDO has resulted in a more understandable <br />and user friendly framework from which to work as the County moves forward towards <br />achieving its land use goals. Following are specific Comprehensive Plan Goals and <br />Objectives that 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 />community character. <br />