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(Clerk's Note: These changes will be incorporated into the Motion to transmit the EAR <br />based amendments to DCA). <br />FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT - CHAPTER 2 <br />(Clerk's Note: Please refer to page 227 of the backup to view the following changes). <br />Director Keating directed the Board's attention to Policy 4.5 in Objective 4 Efficient Mix <br />of Uses to Reduce Traffic Demand and Greenhouse Gas Emissions. He reported that the P&Z <br />had recommended that interconnectivity between proposed developments should be only for <br />bicycles and pedestrians. At the April 19, 2010 Workshop, the Board decided there should also <br />be vehicular interconnectivity, so the Policy has been revised to include vehicular, pedestrian, <br />and bicycle connections between development projects. He noted that there are some exceptions <br />to the policy. <br />Director Keating recalled that Policy 6.5, found in Objective 6 Agricultural Protection, <br />which Commissioner Davis wished to discuss, had been mentioned during discussion on the <br />Conservation Element. The policy relates to the prohibition of planting host plants in new <br />development projects that are in agricultural areas and having that structured as a deed <br />restriction. Staff has amended the policy to reflect the fact that the deed restriction can be <br />sunsetted if there is no further need for the prohibition. <br />Commissioner Davis acknowledged the need for protection, but objected to the <br />permanency of the deed restriction, which he believed could render productive agricultural land <br />fallow. <br />Extensive discussion ensued. <br />20 <br />May 11, 2010 <br />