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Looking at commercial lands, Mr. Freeman said there are 34 commercial <br />and industrial nodes in the unincorporated County, and in 2007 those nodes were 43% <br />developed, meaning there were 2,394 acres of developed commercial industrial lands out <br />of a total of 5,538 acres. Based on that analysis, staff felt there were sufficient <br />commercial and industrial, as well as, residential designated lands land within the <br />County. <br />Mr. Freeman provided EAR analysis of the conditions, and outlined the <br />Future Land Use objectives and policies. He also summarized the major issues which <br />include retention of rural lands (natural and agricultural areas), the possibility of low <br />density suburban sprawl, the disconnections between adjacent uses (sidewalks and <br />streets), and the need to limit commercial strip development within the County. He <br />presented the objectives and policies in the Future Land Use Element (FLUE) stating that <br />there are a total of 20 objectives in this Element, and since 1998, 13 which were <br />achieved, 2 are expected to be achieved by their respective target dates, 2 were partially <br />achieved, and 3 were not likely to be achieved by their target dates. <br />There are a total of 141 Policies in this Element, of which 125 were <br />implemented, 1 was partially implemented, and 15 were not implemented. Staff <br />recommended that 113 policies be maintained as structured, 28 new policies be added, 22 <br />of the existing policies be revised, and 6 of the existing policies be deleted. Other <br />changes recommended were: <br />Objective 1: "Compact Low -Density Development" (has been achieved): <br />staff recommends that this objective be revised to extend the target date to 2030. Within <br />this objective are 45 policies, 39 are recommended to be maintained, 4 to be revised, 2 to <br />be deleted, and proposed that 5 new ones be added. <br />4 <br />October 20, 2008 <br />Public Workshop <br />