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12-U V„-z.' D PLANNING BOARD AND ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS IN FEBRUARY 1980. THEY ARE CONTAINED' AIDES PLAN. DURING THIS TIME THE PLANNING STAFF PREPARED BASE MAPS AND CARRIED OUT TECHNICAL STUDIES SUCH AS POPULATION PROJECTIONS ON WHICH THE PLAN WOULD BE DEVELOPED. THE PLANNING STAFF, WORKING WITH EACH ADVISORY COUNCIL, DEVELOPED PRELIMINARY TOWNSHIP PLANS, A JOINT PUBLIC MEETING WAS HELD IN AUGUST, 1979 TO ALLOW THE PLANNING BOARD AND BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THESE TOWNSHIP PLANS. AFTER THAT MEETING, PLANNING STAFF AND THE ADVISORY COUNCILS WENT BACK. TO FURTHER REVISE THE PLANS. THIS WORK WAS COMPLETED IN FEBRUARY, 1981 AND ALL FIVE ADVISORY COUNCILS STILL ACTIVE VOTED TO APPROVE THE PLANS,SUBJECT IN SOME CASES TO MINOR REVISIONS BEING MADE. IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH, THE PLANNING BOARD HELD A NUMBER. OF WORK SESSIONS WITH PLANNING STAFF TO REVIEW THE PLAN. THEY ADOPTED ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ADVISORY COUNCTTS AND THE PLAN THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING TONIGHT IS THE PLANNING BOARD RECOWENDED PLAN TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. TWO AREAS OF LAND USE PLANNING WERE OF SPECIAL CONCERN TO THE BOARD OF COMMISS- IONERS IN 1979 - AGRICULTURAL PRESERVATION AND WATER RESOURCES PROTECTION. ACTING ON THAT CONCERN, THE BOARD CREATED TWO SPECIAL TASK FORCES TO STUDY THE ISSUES INVOLVED AND REPORT THEIR FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD. THE REPORTS OF THESE TWO GROUPS ARE NOW COMPLETED AND WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH. I HAVE EMPHASIZED THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE PLAN REACHED ITS PRESENT FORM BECAUS. THE PROCESS IS AT LEAST AS IMPORTANT AS THE PRODUCED DOCUMENT. PLANNERS LIKE TI) POINT OUT THAT PLANNING IS A PROCESS. BY THAT WE MEAN TI-EAT IT IS NAIVE TO ASSUME THAT YOU CAM PUBLISH A SINGLE DOCUMENT THAT ANSWERS ALL THE QUESTIONS AND SOLVES ALL THE PROBLEMS. CONDITIONS CHANGE, RESOURCES ARE SHIFTED,00ATS ARE ALTERED, MAKING