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14} Implement the Water Resources Initiative: Commissioner Gordan said that the Board adapted this last May, but it has not been implemented. She wants to concentrate on things that will help the citizens. Commissioner Carey said that this is an initiative that cuts across many stakeholder groups and they all need to play a role. Jahn Link said that the most recent statement on this is in the blue book under Resources Protection and Development, and the goal is Water Resource Quantity and Quality. There will be a short-term working group that he will be leading on this issue. Chair Jacobs asked about the statement on the back of this goal page that reads: "The Planning Board would like to participate in the process of haw policies are implemented through land use regulations that are part of their regulatory review during subdivisions, special use permits, and rezonings." He asked what this means. Planning Director Craig Benedict said that the Planning Board is concerned about rural subdivisions and what the water resource impact is. They are concerned that some ideas might be promulgated in other departments, which will end up in their lap to implement. They just want to be part of any early thought process on haw this affects development. 15) Decision on options to use in updating Comprehensive Land Use Plan: There is a schedule on making these decisions and receiving public input. 16}Accelerate Transfer of Development Rights discussions: Chair Jacobs said that they have a table from the Planning Director with casts attached. He said that they only empowered the task force to research the feasibility and not implement it. John Link said that their inclination of going with the people from UNC-Charlotte was that they were willing to approach it from a feasibility perspective and then the Baard would make a decision from the information on whether to go forward. Other vendors made the assumption upfront that the Board wanted to pursue TDR. Commissioner Carey asked about the timing for the last phase. Craig Benedict said that it could unfold within four to six months. The cost would be $40-60,000. 17) Devote more attention to rural activity nodes, non-conforming uses: Chair Jacobs said that this is happening in two different places -Planning and Economic Development. He wants to make sure that they are coordinated. The EDC group may have a different take on this than Planning. 18) Meet with Durham Economic Development District owners and Durham elected officials: Chair Jacobs said that they met with the owners on December 29t" and the minutes should be coming soon. There is a tentative date to meet with the Durham elected officials at the end of February. He made reference to the goals, Cooperative Agreements-Durham, and said that the standards are dysfunctional. This is a key unresolved issue for him. He said that the EDDs in EflandlMebane and Durham need to have standards at the same level of simplicity and predictability as Hillsborough's EDD. He wants to make sure that this moves forward. 20} Bring closure to school capacity issues for SAPFO: Commissioner Carey said that the collaboration group did something and Rod Visser said that this item is on the agenda for January 24`" Rod Visser said that at the collaboration meeting an November 10t", it was a consensus among the Chairs, Vice-Chairs, Manager, and Superintendents that the best approach to take is to signal the intent to move to the lower class size standards effective with the opening of the