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3 • Current staff had reservations with this proposal, detailed as follows: ➢ While the County can choose to have different review /decision processes for ASE - related projects, staff questions whether this makes for good planning practices (e.g., should a rezoning process for an ASE -CZ district be different from the rezoning process for any other zoning district? Should the Class A SUP process for certain uses be different from the Class A SUP process for other types of uses ?). ➢ Having recommendations from additional advisory boards could lengthen the process, depending on the meeting schedule of the advisory board and whether a quorum of members is present. Neither the APB nor EDAB currently meet monthly and staff of one of the boards has noted that having a quorum of members present can sometimes be a challenge. A quorum of members would be necessary for any action resulting in a recommendation on a land use /zoning matter. • An alternative solution could be to send ASE - related projects to the APB and /or EDAB for courtesy review but not require an official recommendation. 3. Revise the existing process for all projects. • Since the pre -2010 ASE work proposed a different review /decision process, staff believes that discussing the current review /decision process and making a mindful decision should be done in order to both complete the ASE work and ensure review processes are fair for all projects. As mentioned above in #1, the need to streamline /expedite development review has been discussed from time to time. The BOCC may wish to give direction on this topic at this time. • Staff has put together three potential review /decision processes (see Attachment 1) that could replace the existing review /decision process. All three potential processes replace the existing joint Planning Board /BOCC quarterly public hearing with a different method. Only one of the potential processes ( #3) includes a formal Planning Board public hearing. The other two processes would have the Planning Board make a recommendation either before or after the BOCC public hearing. ➢ Many local governments in the state, including Chapel Hill and Carrboro, have the Planning Board make a recommendation prior to the public hearing, the Planning Board reviews the technical aspects of the application. This type of process is depicted in Potential Process #2 of Attachment 1. ➢ Alternatively, the Planning Board could make a recommendation after the BOCC public hearing. Any interested Planning Board members could attend the BOCC public hearing to hear public comments but a quorum of Planning Board members would not be necessary for the BOCC public hearing to occur. Staff could report what happened at the BOCC public hearing to the Planning Board. This type of process is depicted in Potential Process #1 of Attachment 1. Agricultural Support Enterprises Manual The need to publish a manual for lay- persons has been at the forefront of the ASE project for many years. A user - friendly manual will continue to be a part of the ASE project and the draft manual is expected to be part of the February 2014 quarterly public hearing materials.