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Moses Carey stated that they were already paying more now for different services and the cost will go up if v~~e neglect it and do nothing about it. Sally Greene stated that the plan that we will undertake would be a complex, multi-layered plan. ~~Ve will need to engage in a lot of research to figure out where the money is. Part of what will be done early in the process is to get our own statistics to provide services to homeless people. John Hen•era asked about the ratio of homeownership versus rentals in the county. l~lark Kleinschmidt stated that he thought it was 42% homeownership in Chapel Hill. Roy ~~~illiford stated that it was around 65% in Carrboro. Diana NlcDuffee asked how we would come to an agreement that 15% of new housing would be affordable in the municipalities. If there were a goal put in place, it would give all of us more strength to ask for affordable housing from the University for Carolina North and others. More density is needed inside the rural buffer. It is hard to stand up for more density when citizens come to public hearing and speak against density. It is encouraging to see so much agreement among the members of the Assembly of Governments about affordable housing. L. Eric Hallman stated we need to expand our vision beyond single-family homes. Barry Jacobs said that part of the cost of health care for homelessness should come from the University. It has a stake in finding homeless folks housing. He expressed his desire to see mobile homes and manufactured housing and make sure mobile home parks stay in business. They provide great affordable housing. grange County has more mobile horses than almost any county in the state because of the lack of restrictions. Moses Carey stated that it was encouraging to hear municipal otTicials talking about increased density inside the rural buffer. Alice Gordon asked if the concept of transfer development rights is feasible within the Towns because that would «-~ork in the direction of more density. Alex Zaffron said that this concept has been discussed. The transition areas within urban services boundary are primary receiving areas. There are legal questions about whether enabling legislation will be required or not. The last. time it was discussed, there was agreement that the County and Towns could cooperate. It is a winhwin mechanism. l~lark Chilton said that the 15°./° goal is different in the County. IVlaybe where that goal needs to be focused on is if you transfer development rights for 100 units, 15 have to be affordable, for example. Mark Kleinschmidt suggested making it a requirement of developments. Sally Greene stated that the Chapel Hill Comprehensive Plan has preservation of the urban services boundary and at the same time increasing density as goals. They are looking at adding 300 housing units downtown with their redevelopment project. They have opportunity zones for dense developments along transit corridors. The concept is not foreign to Chapel Hill.