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n The Board agreed to pursue work on a small area plan which will include 2 the I-40/Old 86 area. John Link said that he will look at a timeframe for 3 doing small area planning for the entire County. He feels it is important 4 that the citizens be informed of the process. 5 Commissioner Insko suggested doing the small area planning for the areas 6 experiencing the highest growth pressure and work downward. 7 8 With regard to the Town of Hillsborough, John Link suggested 9 communicating with them that the County plans to do small area planning and 10 invite them to participate in planning for growth in the County. 11 12 Commissioner Halkiotis expressed a concern about the I85/NC86 area. He 13 feels that planning for this node needs to move on. 14 15 Commissioner Insko noted that this would need to be a cooperative effort 16 because Hillsborough has planning jurisdiction in this area. 17 18 In answer to a question from Commissioner Insko, Marvin Collins indicated 19 that Ted Abernathy could do the Economic Development District and he could 20 pursue with the small area plan. They could do one small area plan a year. 21 22 Commissioner Gordon made reference to the goal for open space 23 developments and suggested not doing it at this time. 24 Commissioner Gordon noted that the program name for the county's monitoring of alternative systems was actually "Wastewater Treatment Monitoring Program," and asked that the text be changed accordingly. 28 29 John Link talked about the purpose of milestones and stated that they 30 change because of unpredictability. 31 32 Commissioner Gordon suggested doing news releases on items that are 33 controversial. She suggested that a goal be added to address this need. 34 35 John Link made reference to a Township Advisory Committee meeting he 36 attended in Little River. The TAC members asked to receive a copy of the 37 Commissioners' goals. He feels this information needs to be distributed to 38 interested groups. 39 40 Commissioner Willhoit does not object to news releases but feels that 41 flyers through the country stores, churches, fire departments, etc. could help 42 in getting the word out. He asked about the Report to the People. He feels 43 that a statement of the goals in terms of issue papers should be distributed. 44 45 Commissioner Gordon feels that information needs to get out in a timely 46 way. When something heats up, get a flyer out. A decision needs to be made 47 on how the Board wants to distribute this information. It needs to be built 48 into a process. 49 It was decided that the County Manager and Clerk would develop a public information strategy.