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161 <br /> 1111 gained public support. She would like at least four or five members <br /> of the Rural Character Study Committee on any study group that is <br /> developed to do any further studying. <br /> MAYOR JONATHAN HOWES commended the members of the Study <br /> Committee. The degree of support is quite unique on issues of this <br /> kind in Orange County. He does not want to do anything to revisit the <br /> issues that would destroy the consensus that the Committee has brought <br /> to the process. The suggestion that some kind of a working group be <br /> created was an attempt to recognize that as the Committee gets the <br /> recommendations to a point of being adopted by the governing boards <br /> that those governing boards are going to have the final say and need <br /> to work it over a little bit to be sure they are comfortable with it. <br /> The concern of staff and Town Council is the issue of water and sewer <br /> extension. The question of lot size has a technical dimension that <br /> also has a policy dimension. These are concerns that will require <br /> some deliberation by the Council. He is not sure what the composition <br /> of such a group should be but is not against there being a substantial <br /> representation of the Rural Buffer Task Force or as many as possible. <br /> TOM GURGANUS stated he has never heard such consensus for any one <br /> group as for this Study Committee. He encouraged the group not to <br /> form another committee or subgroup. He feels the issue would center <br /> on water and sewer and once that issue is turned over to the public <br /> officials, it would possibly unravel everything the committee has <br /> recommended. He endorses all the recommendations of the Study Group. <br /> • COMMISSIONER STEPHEN HALKIOTIS stated that there is no way anyone <br /> has a full understanding of what has been involved with doing this <br /> study. He feels that a study group is not necessary. If a study <br /> group is approved, it is vitally important to use the expertise on the <br /> Study Committee. <br /> CHAIRMAN MOSES CAREY stated that there seems to be a consensus <br /> that if a study group is established that members of the Study <br /> Committee be included as well as a limited number of elected officials <br /> from each of the governing boards and a member of OWASA and the <br /> Economic Development Commission. The purpose of the working group is <br /> to provide a forum for which elected officials can be educated more <br /> than they have up to this point and to continue discussions in a forum <br /> that move the issues closer to consensus. He also asked that <br /> Hillsborough be included in the discussion to broaden their knowledge <br /> of the issues addressed by these guidelines. <br /> CHAIR CAREY restated the motion to refer all options except "E" <br /> to each of the towns and to the Orange County Planning Board for a <br /> recommendation to come back no sooner than October 1. <br /> SUBSTITUTE MOTION <br /> COMMISSIONER WILLHOIT made a substitute motion to refer to a <br /> study group made up of members of each municipality, the Rural <br /> Character Study Committee and OWASA the issue of extension of sewer <br /> 1111 into the Rural Buffer and that the remainder of the Conceptual <br /> Guidelines be referred to the towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro and to <br /> the Orange County Planning Board for a recommendation to be returned <br /> to the Board of County Commissioners no sooner than October 1. This <br />