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Comprehensive Plan Amendment Hardwood Creek LLC page 11 The "Local Forecasts" section of the Land Use Plan chapter includes the growth goals for the next decades: households, population, and employment. This statement is found on page 63: "The goals assume an average of 147 new households annually through the year 2020." This statement merits discussion. To amend this statement raises the question of amending the growth projections, an important part of planning the community's future. This will be extensively analyzed and discussed as part of the overall review of the comprehensive plan that must be completed by the end of year 2008. • Therefore, we recommend no amendment to this statement in the comprehensive plan. PLANNING & ZONING BOARD The P & Z opened the public hearing on September 14 and continued it to a special meeting on September 27 dealing exclusively with this application. The P & Z voted to recommend adoption of the comprehensive plan amendments listed in Resolution 05 -153. ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD The Environmental Board discussed the application on August 31. Because this is not an actual plat application with specifics, the Board's recommendation is general: "The Environmental Board supports the general environmental direction of the Village of Hardwood Creek, realizing that there is a lot more to be done." ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE The EDAC discussed the application on October 6th. EDAC unanimously recommended that the City Council approve the amendment to the Comprehensive Plan to mixed use. EDAC also unanimously recommended that the City Council support the Planned Unit Development concept plan, utilizing the Conservation Development Framework outlined in the AUAR recommendations. Members' message to the City Council is that EDAC supports this development as an economic benefit to the city, but that the development should be held to Conservation Development standards. Public benefits such as pedestrian access between the commercial and residential development, trail access to areas outside the development,