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Commissioner Gordon thanked the task farce members far all of their work. She said they need to go far option 2 to have mare input from the citizens. She said that June 27t" is very optimistic to adopt this plan. Bryan Dobyns said that the southeastern portion of the planning area is heavily impacted by the Seven Mile Creek Critical Watershed line. He said that there has been some talk of re- designating that if there is not going to be a reservoir. In addition, he said that in the land use element, the critical area lines, the zoning, and project area lines da not correspond. He would like to put some attention in addressing those inconsistencies. PUBLIC COMMENT: There was no public comment. A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, second by Commissioner Faushee to close the public hearing. VOTE: UNANIMOUS Commissioner Gordon asked if this hearing could be held open for written comments and Craig Benedict said yes. A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Foushee to refer the Efland-Mebane Small Area Plan to the Planning Board for consideration no saonei than June 7, 2006. VOTE: UNANIMOUS Craig Benedict said that on June 27t" the Board could determine which track to fallow far the adoption time frame. Commissioner Halkiotis endorsed Commissioner Cordon's comments to take a mare gradual amount of time and go with option 2. Chair Jacobs said that this will come to the June 27`" meeting but not advance to the public hearing in August. D. NON-PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS C)ran~e County Comprehensive Plan Update Process The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC} has restarted the Land Use Element Update process except for the Commissioner approved principles and the assignment of other elements to specific departments and boards. Otherwise, the BOCC has placed the Planning Board in charge of developing a new process far BOCC consideration. The BOCC has also asked the Planning Board for their suggestions an an approach/process for updating the overall Comprehensive Plan. A brief update on the progress of the Planning Board will be provided. The Planning Board has set up a work group of the Planning Board that consists of six members as well as staff. They have met twice and they are developing a process for the Planning Board and then the Board of County Commissioners to review. He said that they sent a letter to the Chair regarding clarification of the charge. The Chair's response was presented to the Planning Board tonight. The next meeting is June 15t at 6:30 p.m. Tom Alteiri, Planning staff, made a PowerPoint presentation. He said that, up until recently, they have been working to address several different items as part of the Land Use Element Update process. The more significant items are the Efland- Mebane Small Area Plan, Agricultural Support Enterprises, and NC 57/Speedway Area. With the new direction of the comprehensive plan, it may be some time before they are able to implement these projects if they are part of the land use element update. He said that staff