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presentations to the public ar present recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners, what are they doing. Criag Benedict said that they each would offer their specific perspective from their area of expertise to the Planning Board. John Link suggested that since the County Commissioners have a lot of questions and have provided Craig Benedict with a lot of input, that the first public outreach session be delayed and that on November 26th Craig Benedict make the presentation to the Planning Board and Board of County Commissioners to get their comments. Chair Halkiotis suggested that two County Commissioners meet with Craig Benedict and develop a plan for moving forward with the update to the Comprehensive Land Use Plan. Commissioner Carey asked who would receive the recommendations. Craig Benedict said that the comments would ga back to the local governments. Commissioner Gordon and Commissioner Brown volunteered to work with Craig Benedict and Commissioner Jacobs will serve as an alternate. Commissioner Brown said that she feels that one piece left out of this is the reality of the University of North Carolina and the University plan for growth and building projects. 5. Sustainability Planning for Orange County & Demographic Chance Report Postponed 6. Library Services Task Force Report Postponed 7. Recommendations on Chapel Hill Township Park and Educational Campus Environment and Resource Conservation Director David Stancil summarized the information in the agenda abstract. He distributed a list of the proposed members of a committee called the "Master Plan Work Group, Chapel Hill Township Park and Educational Campus". Commissioner Gordon said that she feels that the work group as described by David Stancil would be a group that would work on the park and that there would be another committee that would work on the school part of the plan. She thought that the County Commissioners were going to designate the specific areas and functions of the parks and that the committee would develop a plan for the specific areas. Commissioner Brown said that to help people become aware of the property and what is planned for the area would mean including all passible uses for the property. She feels that the schools can work and participate with the proposed master plan work group. Commissioner Gordon feels that if the work group is going to include the educational component that there should be additional representatives from the school system including the PTA's and the 5GC's and at least three members of the school board. Commissioner Jacobs said that he feels that once the specific uses of this property are determined, then it would become more of a school function for the educational portion and more of a recreation function for the remainder of the park. He thought all along that we would look at the entire property and then separate out the needs and functions to different groups. Commissioner Gordon said that she understood that the County Commissioners would decide on the areas where the schools would be located and where the active and the low impact recreational area would be. David Stancil said that the charge and the map that will be given to this work group would be one where the Board of County Commissioners has already made significant decisions. Decisions on