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Advisory Board, Agricultural Preservation Board, Commission for the Environment, Economic Development Commission, Historic Preservation Commission, Orange Unified Transportation Board, and Recreation and Parks Advisory Council. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 3. Conditional Uses: Text amendments to the Zoning Ordinance and Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan to address conditional uses. Note: This will not be a public hearing item at this time. The County Attorney's Office and Planning staff will provide additional detail concerning the status of conditional uses. There was no public comment on this item. D. NON-PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS 1. Agricultural Support Enterprises Manual: Planning, Economic Development, and ERCD staff will provide an update on efforts to produce the first draft of a new Agricultural Support Enterprises (ASE) Manual. The ASE initiative has explored ways to add new farm-related uses to the zoning ordinance to provide farmers with opportunities to gain more revenue from their farms. The manual is designed to explain the new uses and their approval procedures in straightforward language. Assistant County Manager Willie Best recognized Christina Moon and Michael Harvey from the Planning Department and Dianne Reid, former Economic Development Director who put this information together. He summarized the information on the abstract. In May 2007 at the Joint BOCCIPIanning Board Work Session, as well as the June 12, 2007 regular BOCC meeting, staff presented the Board with an update on the ASE program and requested the Board's endorsement of three underlining concepts, specifically: 1) Begin drafting proposed amendments to the Land Use Element to establish support andlor consistency for the program within the Comprehensive Plan as well as proposed amendments to the Zoning Ordinance to: a. Establish a list of permitted uses far the program including appropriate application and review processes, b. Establish implementation guidelines, and c. Develop the conditional district zoning review process, for review and comment by the BOCC and Planning Board, 2) Begin drafting clear performance standards, and 3} Create the ASE Manual for review and comment by BOCC, Planning Board, and other County advisory bodies. The Board authorized staff to notify joint planning partners of the project and solicit input, begin drafting clear performance standards for review and comment, and begin work on the proposed ASE Manual. Since June 12t", staff has completed the following: 1) Members of Economic Development, Planning, and ERCD have met twice with the County Attorney to review the program; 2} Presented an overview of the ASE program concept to the Agricultural Preservation Board and Soil and Water District Commission Board; 3} Distributed a draft ASE User Manual to various staff members for internal review and comment;