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EPTAB Minutes 12/16/1991 i a r gz i� t ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY TECHNICAL ADVISORY BOARD Minutes of 16 December 1991 Meeting Present: Gary Beardsley Mike Davis David Land 'A Larry Richardson Glenn Simpson David Wilkison ' ' `'"E�`` ` Absent: David Addison David Maehr Steve Means Tony Pires (excused) Michael Saadeh (excused) Observers: Alvin Anderson, Ilene Barnett, NRD, Barbara Burgeson, PRS, Virginia B. Corkran, LWVCC, Kevin Dugan, NRD, Maura Kraus, NRD, Catherine Owen, NRD, Kimberly Polan, PRS, F. Reischl, PRS. 1. Meeting called to order at 4 : 09 P.M. by Chairman Simpson. 2. Minutes of the 12 November 1991 meeting were distributed and action was postponed until the meeting of 6 December because a quorum was not present at that time. 3. A discussion of the habitat evaluation criteria ensued. NRD staff presented two cases and demonstrated how the system would work and what areas would be preserved. Staff then showed how the actual development was approved. Items that were placed on the table concerning the criteria: A. Need to know how much of each type of habitat was present originally; how much remains; how much of the remaining exists on publicly owned lands. B. Investigate quantifying the measures included in SECTION II, Functions. Also eliminate recreational value. C. Investigate a sliding scale for percentage of habitat required to be retained. D. Investigate a weighting factor for criteria. E. Evaluate the species included in a "Review Zone" application. F. Give each habitat a score for each listed species. 4. Simpson requested an update on the NRD progress towards the obligations in the GMP. He appointed a subcommittee of Gary Beardsley and himself to monitor progress and assist the NRD where needed. 5. Meeting dates were set for 6 January and 20 January 1992 . 6. Stuart Santos handed out three documents for: -1- A. A copy of the proposed amendments to the Growth Management Plan. (Note that date in Objective 2 . 5 should read March 31, 1994) [FOR EPTAB COMMENT] B. A copy of the latest version of the Recommendations Section of the Coastal Zone Management Plan - 1991, which has been returned to the County Attorney's Office. [FOR EPTAB INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY] C. A copy of a draft Coastal Zone Habitat Protection Ordinance which has been derived from the CZMP-1991. [FOR EPTAB COMMENT] 7. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 6: 07 P.M. -2- • 8 . Next meeting scheduled for 27 January 1992 at Development Services. 9 . Meeting was adjourned at 6: 02 P.M.