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AUG 2 3 <br />1999 <br />BOOK .77 FADE 73 l <br />Commissioner Bird <br />referred to POLICY 6.1 and wished <br />to know <br />if by "agriculturally designated lands," staff means just those <br />west of 1-95, and Director Keating explained that it still is <br />fully the intent to have agricultural zoning east of 1-95, and <br />this will not have any affect on that, but on the latest map the <br />agriculturally designated lands are all west of 1-95. <br />Commissioner Bird stressed that he still wants there to be <br />the potential ability to develop some of that agriculturally <br />designated land without being in conflict with the plan. <br />Director Keating stated that right now, you would be in <br />conflict with the plan except for the 1-95/512 Node. The plan is <br />based heavily on the urban service area concept, and if at <br />sometime in the future you want to expand your urban service <br />areas, then you can change the land use designation. <br />Pat Corrigan, ranch owner, wished to speak regarding <br />Objective 6. As he understands it, the policies under that <br />objective will determine what happens to agricultural land, and <br />he felt that statement is scary. His family owns a lot of <br />agricultural land and they want to stay in it, but would like to <br />have the right to do something else with it at some future time <br />when the population move would necessitate it. They don't want <br />to be zoned agricultural forever and would like to be able to <br />determine the use of their property as much as possible. This is <br />the United States where people are supposed to control their own <br />property, and Mr. Corrigan felt POLICY 6.1 is sort of <br />discriminating against agricultural property. <br />Commissioner Bird noted that the big problem is balancing <br />out how to protect agricultural land from encroachment but allow <br />it to be changed sometime in the future. <br />Director Keating believed we have a Plan that has an open <br />time horizon, and it is urban service area driven. The Board <br />must now make the decision as to whether we want compact urban <br />development, but there is nothing that says 5 years or so down <br />the road it can't be changed. <br />12 <br />