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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY ASSEMBLY OF GOVIItNMENTS <br />SEPT©NBER 30, 1993 <br />The Orange County Assembly of Governments meeting was held on Thursday, <br />September 30, 1993 at the University Presbyterian Church, 309 E. Franklin Street, <br />Chapel Hill, North Carolina. <br />COUNTY OOb[Y[ISSIONERS PRESENT; Chair Moses Carey, Jr., Co~nissioners Verla <br />Insko and Alice Gordon. <br />COUNTY aClYMISSIONERS ABSENT: Co~uissioner Stephen Halkiotis. <br />C~RR801aU B(]ARD OF ALDERMHld PRESENT: Alderman Hilliard Caldwel l and Mayor <br />Eleanor Kinnaird. <br />C1~IAPII. HILL 1C~VN COUNCIL PRESENT: Counci 1 members Mark Chi 1 ton and Joyce <br />Brown. <br />HILLSB(~0[J(~I BCIARD OF COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Mayor Horace Johnson and <br />Commissioner Bob Rose. <br />INIROU<1CTION: Council member Joyce Brown welcomed the audience and introduced <br />the steering committee for this event. David Godschalk, Professor of Planning <br />at the University of North Carolina, introduced Dr. John DeGrove, the Director <br />of Florida Atlantic University/Florida International University Joint Center for <br />Environmental and Urban Problems. <br />C1iEATING VISION FOR OUR CObMUNITY' S FUTURE AND DEVIIAPING A (~tOw1II <br />STRATEGY <br />Dr. DeGrove stated that there was not one "solution" to the issue of growth <br />management. These are complicated issues which must be discussed openly. <br />Discomfort will result from this discussion, however, that is a necessary part <br />of the creation of a countywide land use plan. He indicated that there are <br />certain issues that all regions have in common. Some of those issues are land <br />use planning, water/sewer, surface/air transportation, solid waste, affordable <br />housing, and endangered species. It is vital that there be a countywide plan and <br />a regional plan. Even where a countywide plan is in place and working well, it <br />can become nonfunctional if the region's plans are in opposition to the county's <br />plan. A review of several regional plans from across the nation made clear the <br />common concerns and issues. <br />ATLANTA RFJGIONAL COM1[ISSION: Georgia has adopted a statewide growth management <br />system. They have come to realize that planning in isolation, or using "home <br />rule" does not work. <br />SAN DIEt3O ASSOCIATION OF ~S: DeGrove indicated that this Association <br />was not an especially strong organization until they were recommended to be the <br />Regional Planning and Growth Management Board and with that title they were also <br />given authority. This was critical to their mission of being a well planned <br />coamuni ty. <br />1 <br />