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• Walkable Community concepts {pedestrian and bike} <br />• Co-location considerations <br />School Building Standards <br />• Energy and water conservation <br />• Access to site {ingress/egress) <br />• Public access to buildings and athletic facilities <br />Smart Growth and School Siting <br />Informal Staff workgroup is expected to conclude work on the draft process by the end of 2004 <br />{end of "Smart Growth and School Siting" materials) <br />Update on Comprehensive Plan <br />Land Use Element and TDR Activities <br />Land Use Element: <br />^_"Report on Public Outreach Process" -online at www.co.orange.nc.us/planning <br />^ Emphasis -watersheds, air quality/less VMT, farm economy, and urban/rural <br />^ Orange County/Town of Hillsborough Urban Transition Area Task Force <br />^ Efland/Mebane Small Area Plan <br />^ Next steps <br />Transfer of Development Rights (TDR): <br />^ Request For Qualifications (RFQ}/consultant <br />^ Timeline <br />^ Sending and receiving areas <br />^ Intro-county vs. multi-jurisdictional <br />^ Phase I -Feasibility; <br />• Legal <br />• Economics <br />• Political <br />• Financial <br />• Administrative <br />^ Phase II -Implementation Process <br />Chair Jacobs asked about the timeframe and Craig Benedict said that within a month, there <br />would be a report to the Board of County Commissioners. <br />Chair Jacobs recognized that there were five school board members present from both school <br />systems, as well as Orange County Schools Superintendent Shirley Carraway and Chapel Hill- <br />Carrboro City School Assistant Superintendent Steve Scroggs. The board members included <br />OCS Chair Libbie Hough, Vice Chair Brenda Stephens, CHCCS Vice Chair Lisa Stuckey, and <br />Board Members Valerie Foushee and Nick Didow. <br />Joal Hall Braun said that they know the siting of schools encourages growth around those <br />schools. The issue is where to site these schools in terms of providing growth where it is more <br />appropriate. Secondly, because of the early integration of schools, the lack of schools in <br />historically African American neighborhoods is something they need to think about. When <br />thinking about siting another school in the southern part of Orange County, they may need to <br />think about siting it near or around Rogers Road. Thirdly, she said that they always think about <br />