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IVIEni1C~RAN ®lD IUI To: Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) and Planning Board (OCPB) via Donna Baker Prom: /dice Gordon, County Commissioner Copies: OUTBoard, County Manager, Planning Director and Staff Subject: Comments on the Comprehensive Plan Date: August 25, 2008 Since I will not be able to attend the Public Hearing on August 25, I am submitting comments via this memorandum. I would like these comments to be made part of the record of the public hearing and to have copies of these comments made available to the BOCC and OCPB, as well as the others listed above. ' There are two sets of comments. The first set relates to Chapter 9, the Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan. The main purpose of these comments is to restore the original Transportation Goal 1 and its Objectives. Any other specific comments on the comprehensive plan will come later. The second set provides brief overall comments. CHAPTER 9 -TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT The OUTBoard revisions to the May 6 draft of the Comprehensive Plan strengthen the document in many ways. However, the revisions delete the first objective (in the May 6 draft) that focuses on a multi-modal approach to protecting the environment. Given below is a suggested combination of the May 6, 2008 Transportation Element draft Goals and Objectives, and the subsequent OUTBoard recommended changes given in the agenda packet for the August 25, 2008 public hearing. The major changes made by this combination restore the original May 6 goal T-1, and also clarify and strengthen that goal and associated objectives. For example, the May 6 Objective T-1.2 is stated. as two objectives (T-1.3 and T-1.4). Having separate categories for environmenfial impacts and community impacts is similar to the approach used by the DCHC MPO Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) when the TAC evaluates transportation facilities. 261