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the staff presented five recommendations, which were not the ones presented at the fifth <br />meeting. He said that the advisory board members were not part and parcel to creating the <br />recommendations. <br />He made reference to page 5, item 2c, "Evaluation and Appraisal of Existing Plan," and <br />said that there has never been an evaluation or an appraisal of the existing land use element as <br />far as he knows. <br />He made reference to the minimum lot size and said that Environmental Health does not <br />believe that minimum lot size will have any effect on groundwater absorption as groundwater is <br />absorbed in different soils in different ways. It is a soils issue and not a lot size issue. He would <br />like far everyone to work together. He said that they have only been presented to and have not <br />been part of the process. <br />Commissioner Jacobs said that they cannot go backwards and start aver with the <br />process. He thinks that the Planning Board should make a case one way or another and make <br />a recommendation to the County Commissioners that would change the process. He said that <br />the Board of County Commissioners respects the planning process, the Planning Board, and <br />the Planning Director. If a case can be made, then the Board will listen. <br />Noah Ranells asked when the County Commissioners would respond to the Planning <br />Board resolution from May 4th. He said that they need help in clarifying their role. <br />Chair Carey said that the Board would provide a response to the Planning Board as <br />soon as possible. <br />Commissioner Gordon suggested that the response define how the County <br />Commissioners want to be involved in the process. Sometimes the County Commissioners wait <br />all the way until the end, and she thinks that they should not wait until the end with this issue. <br />She also noted that the 13 growth management challenges (CPLUC} cited by Craig Benedict <br />had been superceded by a shorter list approved by the Board of County Commissioners. She <br />asked why the Commissioners' approved list was not being used, and she also said that the list <br />approved by the Commissioners was the one that should be used in all future presentations. <br />E. ADJOURNMENT <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to <br />adjourn the meeting at 10:12 p.m. <br />Moses Carey, Jr., Chair <br />Donna S. Baker <br />Clerk to the Board <br />