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CHAIRMAN LYONS NOTED THERE IS MORE THAN ONE PATH RE NON- CONFORMANCE AND RATHER THAN SETTLE IT TONIGHT, HE FELT THE BOARD COULD AGREE THAT WE WANT TO MINIMIZE THE AFFECT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BOTH ON BUSINESS AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK, SECONDED PAY COMMISSIONER WODTKE TO FORMALLY ADOPT THE CHANGES PROPOSED Il THE LEGEND ON THE LAND USE MAP LOWERING THE DENSITIES AS FOLLOWS: MD -2 FROM 12 TO A MAXIMUM OF 10 MXD FROM 16 TO A MAXIMUM OF 14 AGRICULTURAL TO ONE UNIT PER FIVE ACRES. COMMISSIONER FLETCHER STATED THAT WE HAVE BEEN CHARGED BY THE STATE TO PLAN OUR COUNTY ACCORDING TO OUR RESOURCES, HE BELIEVED WE ALL HAVE ADMITTED WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THOSE RESOURCES ARE, AND FELT THAT WE ARE OVERLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT WHAT OUR LAND HAS THE CAPABILITY TO HOLD. COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK:POINTED OUT THAT WE HAVE HAD LENGTHY DISCUSSION ABOUT ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE LANDS; WE HAVE RECEIVED A GREAT DEAL OF INFORMATION TO IDENTIFY THESE AREAS FROM THE FISH & CAME COMMISSION; AND IT HAS BEEN INDICATED WE WANT TO DO A GREAT DEAL OF IN DEPTH WORK BOTH IN IDENTIFYING THE ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE LANDS AND NOT ALLOWING THEM TO BE DEVELOPED AT ANYTHING BUT THE VERY MINIMUM DENSITY. HE STATED HE IS FIRMLY COMMITTED TO THAT AND FELT THE REST OF THE BOARD IS ALSO, HE POINTED OUT THAT WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION FACTS THAT WOULD INDICATE THE ADVISABILITY OF ZONING LOWER THAN AT THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE LEVEL. COMMISSIONER BIRD ALSO CONFIRMED THAT THE BOARD WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE THE SEEKING OUT OF THIS INFORMATION DILIGENTLY AND THE PLAN WILL BE MODIFIED CONTINUALLY AS SUFFICIENT INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE, COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK FELT THE BOARD AT THE WORKSHOP MEETING HAD MADE A COMMITMENT TO DO A FORMAL REVIEW OF THE COMP- REHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN EVERY YEAR, THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. IT WAS VOTED ON AND CARRIED 4 TO 1 WITH COMMISSIONER FLETCHER VOTING IN OPPOSITION. SEP 211981 -3- b0o� 47 PAr,E565