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Approved 2.6.19 <br />Lydia Wegman questioned and that is then the planning board will be able to see it as well on the 31st. 329 <br /> 330 <br />Nish Trivedi stated, yes. 331 <br /> 332 <br />Lydia Wegman asked if there was a Board of Commissioners meeting on the 16th. 333 <br /> 334 <br />Nish Trivedi informed her that there is an OUTBoard meeting on the 16th. 335 <br /> 336 <br />Nish Trivedi continued his updates. 337 <br /> 338 <br />Lydia Wegman asked whether the board would have a chance to see the comments from the Economic 339 <br />Development meeting. 340 <br /> 341 <br />Nish Trivedi advised that the comments would be provided. 342 <br /> 343 <br />Nish Trivedi continued his updates and stated that a lot of content on the public involvement process had been added 344 <br />to the planning update. Nish reminded the board that the document would be released and online January 31st with 345 <br />track changes showing where additional content had been added since the last time it was reviewed. He stated that 346 <br />the Public Hearing would take place February 5th at the Whitted Building at 7:00 p.m. 347 <br /> 348 <br />Craig Benedict added that in addition to the importance of an Access Management Plan there are also four additional 349 <br />criteria involved with new development that assist with the economic development potential of properties and the 350 <br />development restrictions. 351 <br /> 352 <br />Lydia Wegman stated that there had been a lot of confusion on the part of the public of why it was being performed 353 <br />and the overall Access Management Plan. She asked if Craig thought the concerns of the public had been 354 <br />addressed in the plan’s updates and if he thought the members of the public with concerns had a clearer 355 <br />understanding. 356 <br /> 357 <br />Craig Benedict replied, yes. He explained that the Access Management Plan makes sense and that the plan would 358 <br />not directly affect the person possibly farming the land but would affect the neighbor who buys the land from them for 359 <br />future development. He mentioned meeting with people individually to explain development on a case-by-case basis 360 <br />and mentioned that information could be found on the website should people have any concerns. 361 <br /> 362 <br />Lydia Wegman replied with a thank you and asked for further questions. 363 364 <br />AGENDA ITEM 10: ADJOURNMENT 365 <br />The meeting was adjourned by consensus. 366 <br /> 367 <br /> 368 <br /> 369 <br />Lydia N. Wegman, Chair 370