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161 <br /> MEAL L ER ,STPDY <br /> POLICY ANALYSIS - PHASE 3 <br /> Proposed Changes to Policies, Goals, Objectives, Proposals <br /> and Standards <br /> CONSERVATION <br /> Following the evaluation of issues in Phase 2, Current <br /> and Comprehensive Planning staffs met and discussed the <br /> findings. Some issues were deemed to be extraneous or <br /> irrelevant and were removed from consideration in Phase 3 . <br /> Also in Phase 2 the same issue was often referenced under <br /> different elements. In Phase 3 issues are not repeated, but <br /> rather have been assigned to the single most appropriate <br /> element. <br /> In this final phase of Policy Analysis, the remaining <br /> issues have been evaluated to see if they were adequately <br /> addressed in the existing policies, goals, objectives, <br /> proposals, and standards. Proposed changes/additions to the <br /> policies, goals, objectives, proposals, and standards have <br /> been made where deemed appropriate. <br /> Conservation issues 2, 3, and 4 are relevant for con- <br /> sideration in Phase 3 . <br /> Issue 2 is addressed reasonably well although there are <br /> three ways it can be addressed more adequately. First is <br /> adding "to include historical and biological resources, " <br /> - between 'resource" and "lands" in the first line of Policy 3 . <br /> Second, is a plan proposal to "apply the Public Interest Area <br /> plan designation to all areas and sites identified as bio- <br /> logically and/or historically significant." Finally, and <br /> most importantly, would be a policy of rezoning Public <br /> Interest Areas to the Public Interest District zoning classi- <br /> fication to afford them the maximum protection possible under <br /> the current zoning ordinance. Suggested wording for the <br /> policy is, "It shall be the policy of Orange County, to the <br /> maximum extent feasible, to apply the Public Interest <br /> District zoning classification to all areas and sites identi- <br /> fied as "Public Interest Areas" in the adopted Land Use <br /> Plan." <br /> Issue 3 is adequately addressed by existing policies, <br /> goals, objectives, proposals, and standards. <br /> Issue 4 is adequately addressed by existing policies, <br /> goals, objectives, proposals, and standards. <br />