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14 1 Chair Jacobs suggested a letter be sent to each mayor to let them know this is an effort 2 the Board is attempting to bring to fruition. The idea would be to try and bring it to the AOG 3 meeting to get their responses. 4 Chair Jacobs said it is a good idea to engage the Agricultural preservation board and to 5 run by them the matrix of the most intensive uses 6 Commissioner Prices suggested another look at the tiers. 7 Chair Jacobs suggested staff work on this and then send notification to Hillsborough. 8 Commissioner Gordon asked for clarification on the tiers. 9 Perdita Holtz said this is embedded in the matrix and tier 3 is the most intensive. 10 Chair Jacobs said the Board will get back the ASE draft manual in the longer term, and 11 in the shorter term will define the proposals for the rural buffer to be presented to AOG. 12 Chair Jacobs said this could come back in September. He asked for a more detailed 13 explanation of the conditional zoning, including examples. 14 Commissioner McKee said that the Board needs to think about the fact that any of these 15 enterprises that are successful will be fairly intrusive and expansive, by nature. He said he 16 does not disagree but he feels that the Board needs to be prepared for how to deal with 17 opposition to this. 18 19 4. Follow Up Discussion from January 29, 2013 Work Session on Board 20 Protocols/Advisory Board Procedures 21 22 Decision Points for BOCC: 23 24 1. Follow up to Petition by BOCC Member: Review and consider a request that the 25 Board moves forward with establishing a new and thorough application/process for 26 prospective appointees for boards with fiduciary or specific statutory responsibilities 27 (OWASA, Planning Board, Board of Adjustment, E&R Board, ABC Board). 28 29 Background: The response to this petition from the Chair/Vice Chair at agenda review was: 30 Response: A) The Board will move forward with establishing a new, specific, and thorough 31 application process for prospective appointees to four boards: O WASH, Planning Board, Board 32 of Adjustment, E&R Board. Chair Jacobs suggested including ABC Board, as we had previously 33 discussed vetting applicants for boards with fiduciary responsibilities. Consult County Attorney 34 on proposed verbiage for applications for the aforementioned advisory boards; B) Consider 35 whether to return to matter of interviewing, reviewing, and promoting specific board applicants 36 at a future work session, to be scheduled. 37 38 The Attorney had asked for feedback from Board members as to questions and concerns they 39 would like addressed in a revised application but as of yet, he has not received any feedback. 40 41 Discussion: 42 Donna Baker said the Attorney did not get feedback on what the Board would want to 43 see in a revised application. 44 Chair Jacobs said that if anyone would like to volunteer to help with the process and the 45 form, to please step forward. 46 Commissioner McKee and Donna Baker noted that the Board of Adjustments has been 47 deferred, and the Planning Board also has openings. He suggested that these appointments 48 be made with the idea that changes are to be made to the application process. 49 Commissioner Rich asked if the idea was to change the form or to include an interview 50 of the candidates.