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9 165 Randy Marshall: In one community there is a concern about conservation easements. How to establish what the 166 provisions are, and how those are monitored and policed to make sure whatever the easement restrictions are, are 167 being enforced. I am not sure if there is a need to examine conservation easements across the county. 168 169 Craig Benedict: We will mention that when we take a look at updating the Comprehensive Plan. When we do an 170 evaluation and appraisal report of your programs, that topic should come up. It won't be directly in our department, 171 but it is in the Department of Environment and Agriculture and Parks and Recreation. That was under their policy 172 area that we'll bring up to them. 173 174 Lydia Wegman: Thank you. I look forward to the coordination with other advisory boards and how that works out. 175 176 Perdita Holtz: We need you to adopt this with changes or we can make the changes and bring it back next month. 177 This would be the only item agenda item next month. 178 179 Lydia Wegman: So that's an incentive for us to deal with it now. What is it you need from us? You want us to adopt 180 it with revisions as discussed. 181 182 Perdita Holtz: The attached Annual Report and these are the things I have to add as emerging issues: removal of 183 uninhabited mobile homes in poor condition,ways to accommodate displaced mobile home residents particularly in 184 the towns; renewable energy to continue to promote and allow large scale solar facilities in appropriate areas; 185 accessory dwelling units to promote affordable housing; climate change particularly considering increasing building 186 standards to better withstand strong storms and lastly conservation easements ensuring requirements of easements 187 are being met. 188 189 Paul Guthrie: Can I suggest a change to the climate change, to encourage buildings and developments to take into 190 account long term changes. 191 192 David Blankfard: I think we need to pay particular attention to flood areas to encourage building that encourages 193 setbacks beyond the 100-year floodplain. 194 195 Lydia Wegman: I have concerns about large scale solar facilities. After the last solar facility discussion,further work 196 was to have been done. I do not know that further work was done to provide specific thoughts on more appropriate 197 locations. Do you recall that, Craig? 198 199 Craig Benedict: We were doing an analysis to find out where they can tie in to the grid like where is the crisscrossing 200 of the major transmission lines? But not how we could say this area more than another area. 201 202 Lydia Wegman: I will simply express my discomfort with the language you just read. 203 204 Craig Benedict: We will analyze locational criteria. 205 206 Paul Guthrie: Do you ever take a look at the access to other forms of energy such as natural gas or something of 207 that order? 208 209 Craig Benedict: When we look at the comprehensive plan there's an infrastructure element and probably we could 210 update it with a little more telecommunication information and energy information. We will take with the amendment 211 that you mentioned that Perdita picked up on,with those changes would the list be appropriate for adoption? 212 213 Kim Piracci: Before we do,what is your reservation about large scale solar? 214 215 Lydia Wegman: I am not persuaded that large-scale solar facilities are in fact a good renewable resource for this 216 county. There are other forms of solar that might be appropriate. 217 218 Kim Piracci: When there are large scale facilities aren't there guidelines? Are there regulations regarding trees and 219 things that have to be built to block that they are visual?