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Approved 1-16-2008 <br />5 <br /> <br />Rich Shaw: The Comprehensive Plan is in process of being updated and one of the parts of that plan is the <br />Recreation and Parks Element. The current master plan was developed in 1988. This may be an avenue to get <br />something into the plan concerning connectivity. <br /> <br />Jan Grossman: It might be interesting to have the bicycle overlay on this to help with connectivity. <br /> <br />Rich Shaw: When you overlap, you can see multiple objectives that can be met. <br /> <br />Nancy Baker: We have been discussing how we can deal with subdivisions and really have input. <br /> <br />Pascale Mittendorf: You need maps to see the difference. <br /> <br />Karen Lincoln: We can get maps as we go forward. <br /> <br />Nancy Baker: Going into the Phase II of the Comprehensive Plan, we are going over objectives. We would like to <br />have a plan of connectivity through the County. Is that an objective? <br /> <br />Karen Lincoln: That is one of your goals to be multi-modal. Under your objectives, if you looked at all the ideas that <br />ended up on the floor from all the things the Advisory Board had thrown out for goals, you would probably have your <br />objectives. So you look at some of those things you were trying to achieve in establishing that broader goal and <br />those are your objectives. We have a liaison for some of the other boards and we need to make sure we know who <br />those people are so that we are all coordinated with plans that work together. <br /> <br />Nancy Baker: The next step is to flush out the objectives. As far as the Mountains to the Sea initiative, is there <br />anything we can do to push it forward? <br /> <br />Alice Gordon: We don’t have control of that process. The state controls the process. I don’t know what happened to <br />it. Dave Stancil would know what is happening with it. <br /> <br />Pat Strong: There is a bike component to it that corresponds with it but I haven’ heard anything about it recently. <br /> <br />Alice Gordon: When you think about the infrastructure of the county, this could be a lot of symbiotic relationships. <br />You need to look at the whole picture. Trying to get an idea of where these parks, trails, etc. are going, is a good <br />idea. All these things coming together in the Comprehensive Plan should help with connectivity. Questions come up <br />at many of these committee meetings about these same things. <br /> <br />Nancy Baker: Rich, if you are getting funded for land, does it help to have transportation potential to get grants? <br /> <br />Rich Shaw: When the Board of County Commissioners adopts the action plan, the projects that rise to the top are <br />the ones that meet multiple objectives. When we purchase park areas, we try to have natural areas associated with <br />it. So the answer is yes. It’s another reason for the public for it but it is another potential funding source to make that <br />happen. With one park we got three different grants to make that happen so the county ended up paying about $600 <br />an acre. <br /> <br />Alice Gordon: One of the reasons that we have an advantage is because we have a plan. <br /> <br />Rich Shaw: Most of the things we are doing are geared toward land protection. <br /> <br />Pascale Mittendorf: Do you also buy land to keep or trade? <br />