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84°7 Commissioner Willhoit asked that the Planning Board require a special use permit if a development wants more than one driveway cut onto an arterial road. This should be changed soon so that people have the incentive to plan their subdivisions with only one road. Commissioner Gordon suggested using a collector road system instead of requiring a special use permit. Commissioner Willhoit made reference to #7 above and asked what will happen to the corridor when I-40 is widened to six lanes. In answer to a question from Joan Jobsis, Commissioner Willhoit said that the concept is open space. It could be preserved by deed, open space requirements or owned by the land conservancy. They would encourage developers to set aside open space during the development process. Chair Carey reiterated that some of the open space could be owned by the County. However, a large portion will be owned by private groups like Duke University, homeowners associations or conservation groups. Commissioner Willhoit noted that their goal is to try to cluster homes and have viable reasonable economic development located around transportation. Commissioner Gordon thought that the goal was to designate economic development districts and not put economic development throughout the County. Joan Jobsis asked about the vision the County Commissioners have for economic development for the next twenty to forty years and how they want this balanced with residential development. Chair Carey stated that the Board intends to look at the economic development long range plans and consider these in the context of what they feel are the current priorities in the County. Commissioner Gordon feels that the Buckhorn corridor would be the first to look at in terms of economic development. With regards to a vision, she feels that the "Shaping Orange County" committee may develop this vision. Commissioner Insko noted that the vision shifts as they are pulled in different directions because they don't know what environmental and physical forces will pull them which way. Paul Hoecke said that the original components of the vision don't need to change. Each component has different issues and different priorities based on the reality of what actually is proposed. - V. PRIORITIES-FOR FUTURE ISSUES 1. Assuring adequate public facilities 2. Long range transit systems 3. Shaping Orange County's Future 4. Small Area Work Groups 5. Others Commissioner Insko made reference to item #5 and asked if there are any plans in place to provide public facilities before allowing development to occur, including the financing of these facilities. Commissioner Willhoit feels that a requirement to provide the facilities before development occurs will not happen until the impact fees are increased to fully pay for these facilities. Chair Carey noted that there are legal constraints in delaying development until the public services are in place. The issue is how closely can this burden be tied to the development. Cherrie Rosemond stated that what is happening is that development