ORD-2007-204 - Comprehensive Plan Update Phase I:

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10 1 citizens are provided and protected without depleting the quality of life. Some important issues 2 are water supply, air quality, and supply of locally grown agricultural products. She said that this 3 might be the last really good chance to join the international concept of working together for a 4 sustainable world. 5 Robin Taylor -Hall is a citizen of Hillsborough. She represents the Simpson Efland heirs. 6 She said that the heirs want to make sure that an issue is addressed on one of the properties 7 (79.23 acres), north of 1 -85 and 1-40. There is a huge watershed area at the bottom of this tract of 8 land, and this was put there when the Seven Mile Creek Reservoir was planned. Since this is not 9 being planned anymore, the request is that this be removed or addressed in the comprehensive 10 plan. She made reference to the letter written to her by the heirs and submitted to the County 11 Commissioners and the Planning Board. 12 Renee Price is from Hillsborough and is on the Historic Preservation Commission. She 13 said that the Commission had two goals, and one got into an over - arching goal, and she is 14 concerned about this. She proposes going back to two goals. She said that there is majority 15 support of this from the HPC, although there was no vote on it. The goals are: preservation of the 16 architectural and archaeological resources of Orange County and their associated and 17 landscapes; and awareness and appreciation of a diverse historical and cultural heritage of 18 Orange County. 19 Allen Rosen lives in Chapel Hill Township. He is a member of The Village Project as well 20 as a member of the recently formed coalition that is paying a lot of attention to the Comprehensive 21 Planning process. He thanked the County Commissioners for the forethought in moving towards 22 the comprehensive process and planning for all eight elements simultaneously. He thanked the 23 Planning Board and advisory boards for this substantial undertaking. He said that the website has 24 been an invaluable aid. He thinks that the recommendation, to not adopt the draft goals at this 25 stage, is very admirable. He thinks that there is a lot of room for improvement, refinement, and 26 possibly some addition to the draft goals. He said that the Coalition includes members from the 27 Inter -Faith Council and EmPOWERment, Inc. Tonight, there are also people from Community 28 Action Network, Chapel Hill /Carrboro Chamber of Commerce, The Village Project, Homebuilders 29 Association of Durham/Orange /Chatham Counties, and Walkable Hillsborough. He thinks that 30 value can been added to the process by encouraging individuals and groups to be involved. He 31 distributed a copy of the Coalition statement. He said that the Coalition believes that the 32 Comprehensive Plan Update should determine where new compact, walkable, mixed use, transit 33 supported growth and development should occur within the planning jurisdiction. 34 Ben Lloyd lives in Efland. He spoke about the issues of economic development in the 35 Comprehensive Plan. He said that in December of 1982 he served on the Board of County 36 Commissioners. When Ken Thompson arrived in town (where ?) in 19.81, there was not enough 37 money to pay the bills from July to December, when the tax money came in. He said that Ken 38 Thompson created an 11 -point plan, which was nothing more than robbing Peter to pay Paul. He 39 said that in 1983 when he served on the Board of County Commissioners, the County was still 40 short of money to provide needs. At this time, he contacted the North Carolina Department of 41 Commerce, and three people visited with him. He took the representatives around the County, 42 and he was told that with US 70/1 -85 /Southern Railway corridor through Orange County, that this 43 was the most potential area in the State for good, clean, low -water using, non - polluting, high - 44 paying economic growth that would provide both jobs and money for Orange County. He was 45 also told that due to the lack of interest in cooperation from Orange County in the 15 years prior to 46 that, when economic development interests came to Raleigh, that Orange County was marked off 47 the list. He said that less than 90 days ago, he spoke with an individual involved in economic 48 development in the State, who has been working in this position for about a year. When this 49 individual took this job, he was told by his superiors not to waste his time in Orange County 50 because they do not want anything there. He said that after four years since the Economic 51 Development Commission was created, there has not been one brick laid within this economic