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3 <br />Planning Director's Recommendation <br />The Planning Director recommends approval of the proposed Comprehensive Plan and UDO <br />amendments on the basis that these amendments further the following Goals and Objectives of <br />the Comprehensive Plan: <br />Planning Principle #5: Preservation of Rural Land Use Pattern <br />Planning Principle #8: Preservation of Community Character <br />Natural and Cultural Systems Goal 2: Economic viability of agriculture, forestry, and <br />horticulture and their respective lands. <br />Natural and Cultural Systems Goal 3: Infrastructure and support systems for local and <br />regional agriculture. <br />Objective AG -3: Develop programs and associated infrastructure facilities to make local <br />farms more economically viable, including local farm product processing, development of <br />a distribution center, and marketing initiatives. <br />Additionally, the proposed amendments are consistent with the County's adopted (2009) <br />Agricultural Development and Farmland Protection Plan. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: See Section C.3 of Attachment 1. <br />RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends the Board: <br />1. Receive the Planning Board's recommendation of approval; <br />2. Close the public hearing; and <br />3. Deliberate as necessary and decide accordingly and /or adopt the Ordinance in <br />Attachment 2 which approves the amendments. <br />