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P JUN 4in As information was gathered and the plan developed by Adley and the planning department, it was independently con- sidered at numerous workshops of City and County zoning com- missions respectively. While these workshops were open to the public, they were not usually characterized as public hearings or meetings. Indeed, at many such workshops, public input was excluded. The only public meetings that were sched- uled for and noticed to the general public were on October 3, 1973 (for the unincorporated portion of the County plan), and on January 31, 1974 (for the City portion of the plan). The City portion of the plan was finally referred by the planning department to the City's Parks, Planning and Zoning Commission who, in turn, recommended it to the City Council for adoption with an implementing Ordinance No. 1250 which was passed by the City Council on February 4, 1975. That Ordinance (copy enclosed as Exhibit B) is generally consist- ent with the requirements of Chapter 163. The unincorporated County portion of the plan was simi- larly referred by the planning department to the County Zoning Commission who, in turn, have recommended it to the County Commission with an implementing Ordinance (copy enclosed as Exhibit C) which does not conform to the requirements of Chapter 163. This matter is scheduled for public hearing before the County Commission for May 29, 1975. The proposed County Ordinance does not conform in that it does not restrain zoning and land use which is inconsist- ent with the plan and does not require zoning and land use to conform to the plan (subject to the safeguards of public hearings and annual review of the plan). As a consequence, we had proposed a substitute Ordinance (copy enclosed as Exhibit D) which was more consistent with the City's Ordi- nance and with the requirements of Chapter 163. However, the County Zoning Commission rejected our proposal in favor of the ordinance they are now recommending to the County Commis- sion. The difference between the two proposals is the dif- ference between having a plan which has no controlling force and effect and one which can control growth in accordance with the plan. In our view, if you don't have the latter, the expenditure of time, effort and money in developing the plan has been for naught. -5- 3F)Pt. 3