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moratorium. The primary discussion will be on trying to develop guidelines for the New 86II-85 intersection. The six-month time frame will include coming back with some recommendations in late October or early November, getting them to a public hearing in late November, taking them back to the Planning Board in December, and getting new Economic Development Standards and suggested changes to the Land Use and Zoning map to the Commissioners in January. The moratorium period would be from July 5, 2000 to January 5, 2001. Craig Benedict asked for any questions. Barry Katz asked about the subdivision rules and out crossing. He asked if it was referring to commercial development or residential development. Craig Benedict said that it referred to non- residential development, meaning commercial, office, and industrial. Presently, there are no minimum guidelines. Jahn Link made a suggestion for tonight's purposes to amend the statement about BOCC adoption to say the first regularly scheduled meeting in January 2001. Commissioner Brown wants a better understanding about the residential component of the Economic Development District as it now stands. Craig Benedict used a map and showed where residential development was permitted. The new Economic Development Districts would look at mixing uses together as long as there was compatibility. In answer to a question from Commissioner Brown, Craig Benedict said that it was of prime importance to construct a connector between Old 86 and New $6. Commissioner Brown has a concern about using the natural lay of the land to accommodate things like parking so that there are not parking lots everywhere. Craig Benedict said that some parking lots could be in reserve in the green space so that it was not overbuilt. Commissioner Brown said that she hoped that the plan would incorporate the internal pedestrian ways so that people would not have to use cars to get to somewhere class. Craig Benedict clarified that parks, accommodations for public safety, public services, etc. would be included in the plan. Commissioner Brown also has a concern about long-term storm water management issues. Craig Benedict said that the staff would be looking at the area from I-40 to I-85 as it relates to storm water management. Commissioner Brown made reference to the park and ride lots. Craig Benedict said that transit and transportation was a priority. He said that railways were a consideration in the plan. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the housing issue and said that the Hillsborough representatives and others have made it pretty clear that they consider the 40%+ housing component in the previous proposal to be grossly overblown to what they consider appropriate to this area. He thinks there should be a lower percentage of housing in this mix. There has also been discussions about whether there are certain kinds of housing types that are preferred that might also have a lesser impact on schools. Chair Carey asked Craig Benedict how he planned to obtain and incorporate the input from stakeholders such as the landowners and the members of the development community. Craig Benedict said that the work session groups were open to the public. Stakeholders can verbalize at the meetings or submit something in writing. Barry Katz made reference to the expansion of the economic development area with the possibility of 100,000 trips per day and asked how many trips per day there were in and out of Hillsborough right now. Craig Benedict said that it was probably 15-18,000 trips per day. He said that the main consideration was to have access ways in and around Hillsborough to divert the traffic to alternate routes. Barry Katz said that this was potentially a project of historical importance far Hillsborough and it would irrevocably change the character of Hillsborough and would be many times the productivity of the existing town. He said that this was a change along lines of what Cary has experienced over the last 30 years and he does not feel that six months is enough time to plan a project of this magnitude. Craig Benedict said that he did participate in a discussion at the North Carolina APA Conference in Raleigh. He had some discussions with the Planning Director of Cary about growth.