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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT <br />• Develop Entrance road design for 86 EDD - meeting with Hillsborough <br />• Strategies for EDD infrastructure <br />• Solid Waste facility <br />• Agriculture <br />• Develop Benchmarks <br />• Sustainability in Economic Development <br />• Financing for public utilities needed for EDD (Efland) <br />PLANNING <br />® Review cell tower ordinance <br />• Flexible Development Ordinance <br />• Review Staff Permits <br />• BOA Permits decisions <br />• Transition Zoning <br />• Review with New Director all goals, then update <br />• Review Subdivision regulations, Class B permits, time limits, flexible open space <br />ordinance <br />TRANSPORTATION <br />® More efforts to promote alternative modes <br />• Some local autonomy <br />• TTA stations identified for LUP <br />• Rural Transportation Plan <br />OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION AND PARKS <br />• One Recreation and Parks Department. for all the County? Consolidation with <br />Chapel Hill and Carrboro, SAVE $??? <br />• Secure Open Space to secure Rural Character to secure a nice place to live to <br />reduce chance of urban sprawl, etc. <br />• Transfer of Development Rights within County jurisdiction <br />• Resource Protection: <br />* Range of options/strategies <br />* Funding <br />* ERC Department <br />• Conservation easements and land trust <br />• Protect/purchase open space, parks, etc. (Comprehensive resource conservation <br />program) <br />• One D + protect school/park sites and "concurrency" for school facilities (Schools <br />and Land Use Council) <br />• Environmental Protection/protect natural resources and 1 D tools for protection <br />(Commission for the Environment) <br />• Payment-in-lieu of park and recreation fees <br />