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20 <br /> 1 2. Decide accordingly and/or adopt the Resolution contained in Attachment 2 which <br /> 2 approves the amendments to the Plan and JPA. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Commissioner Gordon's questions and concerns and staff responses (via email) are <br /> 5 noted for the record as follows: <br /> 6 <br /> 7 From: Alice Gordon [mailto:gordon.alice(a7gmail.com] <br /> 8 Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 6:23 PM <br /> 9 To: Barry Jacobs; Bernadette Pelissier; Earl McKee; Alice Gordon; Alice Gordon; Mark Dorosin; <br /> 10 Penny Rich; Renee Price; Donna Baker; Michael Talbert; Greg Wilder; Cheryl Young; Clarence <br /> 11 Grier; John Roberts <br /> 12 Cc: Craig Benedict <br /> 13 Subject: Additional questions/comments - June 3, 2014 agenda <br /> 14 <br /> 15 Additional questions/comments - June 3, 2014 agenda - from Alice Gordon <br /> 16 Item 7c and 7d - JPA Land Use Plan and Amendment Agreements <br /> 17 <br /> 18 In the proposed revisions to the Joint Planning Land Use Plan and JPA agreement, <br /> 19 there are a number of places where the Rural Residential and Agricultural land use plan <br /> 20 categories are combined into a new Rural Residential and Agricultural land use category. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 (A) Reasons for combining the two land use categories <br /> 23 <br /> 24 In reviewing the agenda materials, I have developed an understanding of the reason for <br /> 25 combining these categories. <br /> 26 <br /> 27 My understanding is that this combination into one category is not something that is mandated <br /> 28 by state statute. <br /> 29 Staff r°espnsem Cor°r°eet. <br /> 30 What is mandated by the statute is that the county cannot prohibit agricultural uses in the <br /> 31 county's jurisdiction, including in the Rural Buffer. <br /> 32 Staff Response: Cor°r°eet. <br /> 33 Therefore it is my understanding that the main reason to combine Rural Residential and <br /> 34 Agricultural is related to planning issues, rather than legal issues. <br /> 35 Staff Resp nsem Cor°r°eet. n agreement N rill be strengthened b clearly demonstrating <br /> 36 the intent of the par°tl s. HoL to e t/r the original languag e and pr°aft ai a end rents <br /> 37 likeF a legalF sufficient to en n e f the intent of the par°tl s. <br /> 38 <br /> 39 (B) Description/definition of the Agricultural category in the original Joint Planning Area Land <br /> 40 Use Plan <br /> 41 <br /> 42 My understanding of how the Agricultural category was described in the original JPA Land Use <br /> 43 Plan tracks with the statement on page 60-a of the JPA land use plan (on page 10 of agenda <br /> 44 item 7c) as follows: <br /> 45 <br /> 46 Agricultural Areas include land areas currently in use for farming and forestry operations and <br /> 47 which qualify for, or are listed for, use value taxation purposes. <br /> 48 Staff response: Cor°r°ect. The e' like/ di some discrepancy between the definitions as not <br /> 49 all fa ma a F pual/f F f r°the present-use value p which has fur°tests (owner°s/r/p, <br />