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DELETED <br />10.0 PUBLIC NOTICE ITEMS -NONE <br />11. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR MATTERS -NONE <br />12. DEPARTMENTAL MATTERS <br />12.A. COMMUNITYDEVELOPMENT <br />12.A.1. CONSIDERATIONOFAGRICIILTUREADVISORY COMMITTEE'S <br />RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Community Development Director Bob Keating stated that Mr. Clay Henderson (an <br />attorney, former Volusia County Commissioner, and well-known conservationist) spoke at the <br />Agriculture Advisory Committee's (AAC) April 23, 2009 meeting; presenting issues and tools to <br />preserve agriculture, protect rural development, and protect environmental resources. After the <br />presentation, the AAC concurred with Mr. Henderson's ideas and voted unanimously to <br />recommend the Board of County Commission hold a workshop or public meeting to discuss the <br />strategies and tools that were presented. Director Keating acknowledged that staff agreed with <br />the AAC, and believed this would be an opportunity to use another mechanism in the Evaluation <br />and Appraisal Report (EAR) process, instead of having separate workshops and/or public <br />meetings. <br />Chairman Davis clarified that the forum would not be a stand-alone workshop for the <br />AAC to forward recommendations; it would be part of the workshop to codify the results into the <br />EAR for the Comprehensive Plan. <br />Robert Adair, Agriculture Advisory Committee Vice Chairman, voiced concerns over <br />the County's increased "crop inputs" of energy, fuel, fertilizers, potassium potash, pesticides, <br />labor prices, homeland security/migrant labor, the decreases in crop prices for orange juice, <br />August 18, 2009 <br />