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8 1 Commissioner McKee said he had found the surrounding counties to be amenable to 2 accommodating Orange County on an equal basis and several projects were able to be moved 3 forward, particularly in the Chapel Hill area and Orange Grove area for paved shoulders to 4 accommodate safe bike travel. 5 Chair Jacobs said one of the advantages of Orange County staying in a rural entity like 6 TARPO is that we are a big fish in a smaller pond as opposed to being a little fish in a much 7 bigger pond. 8 Paul Guthrie said rural areas of Orange County and other counties are very critical to the 9 long term future of building a satisfactory transportation system. He said that Orange County is 10 just at the cusp of beginning to put together a comprehensive transportation system. He said 11 that we can, in our rural areas, begin to build a base for the more sophisticated systems as 12 population increases. He noted that Chapel Hill is planning to put in bus routes that will build a 13 generation of people using routes that will establish a ready customer base for future higher 14 forms of transportation. Building public awareness of systems is key. This is where TARPO 15 comes in, as well as relationship with metropolitan areas. 16 Chair Jacobs apologized for the lack of time, and asked David Neal to answer 17 Commissioner Gordon's question. 18 Commissioner Gordon asked about the first item on page 19- emerging issues. She 19 wanted to know what they plan to do with the Water Resources Initiative. 20 Dave Stancil said they built a stable base with their ground observation well network, but 21 they have several hydro geologic unit areas that are not covered yet. He said they would like to 22 build a database where all the different underlying geological areas in the county are covered 23 with wells in the network. There is also the idea of creating a water budget, but this is a huge 24 undertaking. 25 Commissioner Gordon asked about their department's resources and Dave Stancil said 26 they may have to re-task and re-prioritize 27 Commissioner Gordon said that this Water Resources Initiative has been around for a 28 long time. She noted that Orange County has a limited quantity of water and that everyone 29 deserves to have clean water. 30 31 Dave Gephart made one final point about the Visitor's Bureau. He said that an upcoming 32 issue they will be looking at is relocating the Visitor's Bureau to an area with more parking. 33 34 2. Town of Hillsborough/Orange County Central Orange Coordinated Area Land Use 35 Plan — Update and Next Steps 36 37 Craig Benedict introduced himself and said this item is an update. He said some of the 38 history pre-dates the slides. He said that in 2001 Commissioner Jacobs and Commissioner 39 Halkiotis and the Town of Hillsborough Board members met concerning the Waterstone 40 Development. There was concern that this growth was not in Hillsborough, but in Orange 41 County's economic development zone and how could there be coordination of what occurs in that 42 area. He said that, following two to three years of fighting, the 2005 Hillsborough Urban 43 Transition Task Force was formed. This set constraints on what happens in the Hillsborough 44 area, set size guidelines and was meant to protect both rural and urban areas. He then 45 introduced the Powerpoint slides, included below. 46 47 Town of Hillsborough/Orange County Central Orange Coordinated Area Land Use 48 Plan — Update and Next Steps (Slide 1) 49 January 29, 2013 50 BOCC Work Session