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Commissioner Wheeler requested the addition of Item 13.E.3, to consider scheduling the appeal of Mr. Kenneth Kennedy’s rezoning denial by the Planning & Zoning th Commission to the agenda of April 12 (evening meeting) because there was a lot of community interest in the matter at the Planning and Zoning Commission’s evening meeting. ON MOTION by Vice Chairman Neuberger, SECONDED by Commissioner Davis, the Board unanimously added Item 13.E.2. to the Agenda. 5. PRESENTATION BY JOSEPH PALADIN – FINAL OUTLINE PROPOSED LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION AMENDMENTS – GROWTH AWARENESS COMMITTEE (Clerk’s Note: Mr. Paladin presented the Commissioners and staff with a large stack of backup pages with suggested amendments for Chapters 911, 913, 915, 926, and 971. He also presented a one-page memorandum dated March 14, 2005, re: Condemnation, with a suggestion for policy concerning acquisition of rights-of-way. These handouts have been filed with the backup in the office of the Clerk to the Board.) The Commissioners commented that they had time to look at these documents. Joseph Paladin, Growth Awareness Committee (GAC) leader and president of Atlantic Coast Construction & Development, Inc., gave a PowerPoint presentation on the suggested LDR amendments. (A CD is on file with his presentation.) He commented that these points had been discussed in the past and came under one of three headings: 1) pace and density of growth; 2) quality of growth and 3) supporting infrastructure. The GAC recommended amending Chapters 911, 913, 915, 926, and 971. To raise subdivision standards, the following recommendations were made: increase buffer requirements, new green space/recreation space requirements, drainage, building design variation, and exterior wall design improvements. Next, to raise buffer standards, the following recommendations were made: buffers must be Type A or B March 15, 2005 2