December 3-4, 2015 - LCDC Salem <br />Agenda Item 4, Attachment H <br />Oregon Department of Agriculture <br />Recommended Amendments to Division 24 Draft <br />November 18, 2015 <br />FOURTH PRIORITY LANDS - NEEDS REQUIREMENT TO SELECT <br />POOREST SOILS FIRST <br />660-024-0067(2)(d) Fourth priority lands <br />Recommend addition to end of paragraph: <br />In selecting which high-value lands to include to satisfy the <br />need, the city must use the predominant agricultural capability <br />classification system to select lower capability lands first. <br />GOAL 14 & LOCAL CRITERIA - CLARIFY THEY DO NOT TRUMP <br />SOIL CLASS <br />660-024-0067(7) Description of how to apply Goal 14 and local <br />criteria <br />Recommend the following addition to end of paragraph: <br />The criteria in this section may not be used to select lands <br />having higher capability or cubic site class ahead of lands <br />having lower capability or cubic site class. <br />SOIL STUDY AREA - SAME CRITERIA FOR ANY SIZE OF AREA <br />(TO PREVENT GERRYMANDERING) <br />660-0067(4)(a) OPTION 1 Recommend: <br />"Areas of land [DELETE: (r) net larger than anroS nr (b) <br />larger than 200 aGr-e7] that are similarly situated and have <br />TQTgI,TCI"1'Q"T~'G-q'GTG <br />similar soils, may be grouped together and studied as a single <br />1 <br />