ORONO – A special town committee is midway through its evaluation of the municipality’s Forestry and Agriculture District and is seeking the public’s input during a workshop at 7 p.m. Monday, June 18, at the Town Office.

The committee has divided the district into different parts based on distinct characteristics, such as natural resources and land use, to preliminarily identify zoning-related issues and goals of each area, planning board member Evan Richert said Friday.

“The committee wants to test those assumptions with the public,” Richert said.

The committee, which consists of 13 members led by planning board chairman Mark Kittridge, has been meeting since February and has identified eight areas of the Forestry and Agriculture District.

Based on the outcome of Monday’s meeting, the committee will look at how to revise its initial findings and in July will start developing recommendations as to what, if anything, should be changed regarding the way these areas are identified and the goals associated with them.

The committee is slated to make its recommendation to the town in October or November.

“The Town Council and planning board both recognize that a greater share of new development has been shifting to the F&A District over the last five to 10 years,” Richert said.

Of the total land in Orono, 70 percent is zoned as a forestry and agriculture district.

The district includes the Orono Bog, Stillwater Avenue, wood lots in the western part of town, and open fields in the eastern end.

The eight sections that have been identified by the committee that are up for discussion Monday include:

. Outer Essex Street-Forest Avenue, which has both valuable natural resources and growing traffic and development expanding out of Bangor.

. Pushaw Community, a traditional lake community with growing conversion of seasonal camps to year-round use.

. Rare Natural Communities, encompassing the Orono and Caribou bogs that occupy the large middle of the F&A District.

. Newman and Bangor Hills, located along the former Veazie Railroad right-of-way, which includes a complex of resource-based and recreational uses.

. Kelley Hill-Forest Avenue, a growing mix of suburban and rural uses.

. Stillwater Avenue corridor, a primarily residential corridor with small-scale businesses interspersed and growing levels of traffic.

. Route 2 Gateway south of Kelley Road, which has a large contiguous area of open fields in rural uses, with vistas to the east.

. Penobscot River North area, which includes conservation land and woodland abutting high-density residential housing.

Before the committee workshop, the council will hold a public hearing at 4:30 p.m. to consider placing a moratorium, effective June 18, on the occupancy of any single-family detached or attached dwelling in the medium density residential areas of forestry and agricultural districts by more than three unrelated people.