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Table of Map Recommendations: Forest Advisory Board and Agricultural Advisory Board-initiated
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Forest Advisory Board Recommendations For Comprehensive Plan/Zoning Map Amendments
The Forest Advisory Board reviewed forest land designations on the current Comprehensive Plan/Zoning map solely to determine if the designation criteria have been properly applied. Where it appeared an inconsistency with the designation criteria might exist, the Forest Advisory Board and its staff assembled Assessor's parcel maps and data for each of the areas and reviewed them against the Industrial Forest-NRL (IF-NRL) and Secondary Forest-NRL (SF-NRL) designation criteria. Generally speaking, for those proposals that redesignate land from IF-NRL to SF-NRL or Rural Resource-NRL (RRc-NRL), the parcel size or densities do not warrant IF-NRL designation, an island of IF-NRL exists, or the area falls within the SF-NRL ¼-acre buffer criteria. If an area is proposed to change from SF-NRL to IF-NRL, it is because the parcel size and land use densities are more consistent with the IF-NRL criteria, or to eliminate islands of SF-NRL.

In a limited number of cases, the proposals reflect a Forest Advisory Board-preferred approach to designating SF-NRL lands adjacent to other designated natural resource lands. These map proposals may need to be revisited in light of the Planning Commission's recommendations on the application of a SF-NRL forest band between IF-NRL and other designated natural resource lands. There is no individual written analysis or summary of the forest land redesignation proposals. See Map Recommendations table at www.skagitcounty.net/gmaupdate.

Agricultural Advisory Board Recommendations For Comprehensive Plan/Zoning Map Amendments
The Agricultural Advisory Board (AAB) and its staff reviewed agricultural land designations on the current Comprehensive Plan/Zoning map to identify and correct areas of inconsistency along the outer boundaries of the Agricultural Resource designation. The Agricultural Advisory Board's recommendations consist of less than a dozen adjustments in such areas as Pleasant Ridge, where the toe of the hill meets a cultivated field, or along the outer Skagit River delta adjacent to State-owned open-space areas. There is no individual written analysis or summary of the agricultural land redesignation proposals.

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Map Report Number	Applicant	Recommendation is to approve
FO05-01	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-02	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-03	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-04	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-05	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-06	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-07	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-08	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-09	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-10	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-11	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-12	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-13	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-14	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-15	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-16	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-17	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-18	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-19	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-20	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-21	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-22	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-23	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-24	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-25	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-26	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-27	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-28	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-29	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-30	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-31	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-32	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-33	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-34	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-35	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-36	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-37	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
FO05-38	County: Forest Advisory Board	x
AG05-01	County: Agricultural Advisory Board	x
AG05-02	County: Agricultural Advisory Board	x
AG05-03	County: Agricultural Advisory Board	x
AG05-04	County: Agricultural Advisory Board	x
AG05-05	County: Agricultural Advisory Board	x
AG05-06	County: Agricultural Advisory Board	x
AG05-07	County: Agricultural Advisory Board	x
AG05-08	County: Agricultural Advisory Board	x
AG05-09	County: Agricultural Advisory Board	x
AG05-10	County: Agricultural Advisory Board	x