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3 1 list. There is no first class mail for these. He said this would be the case for the first hearing to 2 adopt the map and designations. He said that for the second step to formally amend the 2030 3 comprehensive plan and incorporate those uses onto the county future land use map, there are 4 state and county requirements to notify by first class mail. 5 Commissioner Pelissier asked if it wasn't a little late by the second hearing, when people 6 are actually notified by mail, to make any changes. She said she has some concerns about 7 this. 8 Town Commissioner Lloyd arrived at 7:18 PM. 9 Tom Altieri said that step one, which is being worked on now, has included some 10 notification and some community meetings and input. This first step is more germane to the 11 town. The second piece relates to the broader white area. He said the attempt to break it up 12 makes it more manageable and prevents an unnecessarily large scale mailing. 13 Frank Clifton asked how much the white boundary would be changing. 14 Margaret Hauth said it is a new boundary that has not existed before, but it is the same 15 as it was when the agreement was adopted to start down this road five years ago. 16 Frank Clifton asked about the specific impact on the people living in the white area as far 17 as reviews, and approvals. 18 Tom Altieri said it would be primarily the county and the town has no role in the white 19 area. 20 Frank Clifton asked about the notifications to the people in the white area and Tom 21 Altieri said, in step two, there would be notifications in the white area with regard to any changes 22 in land use or zoning. 23 Frank Clifton noted that most of this area is rural and questioned how they would be 24 notified. 25 Tom Altieri said this process in general is outlined in the inter-local agreement between 26 both boards. 27 Craig Benedict said that the general understanding is that if this area does not remain 28 rural around Hillsborough the impact of sprawl in that area would impact Hillsborough. He said 29 that, if Orange County were to ever consider higher or lower density, the impact of the rural area 30 is of common interest to Hillsborough, though not necessarily regulated by Hillsborough. 31 Chair Jacobs said the white area on the map was at one point a fifty-year water and 32 service area envisioned by Hillsborough and then recognized as not feasible. Margaret Hauth 33 said not all of it, but a good portion of it. 34 Chair Jacobs said this is vestige of older maps and older plans adjusted with a rural 35 buffer to the south, watershed to the west and a differentiation between Durham and 36 Hillsborough and the Eno River State Park to the east. This only left the north as an option for 37 movement up. 38 Frank Clifton said he wanted to make the point that many of these residents are quite a 39 distance from Hillsborough proper. 40 Commissioner Gordon said the key question is regarding what happens in the white 41 area. She said the first step is to notify the people in the blue and orange areas, then it is stated 42 that the people in the white area are to be notified if the zoning and land use are to be changed. 43 She asked for clarification of what would change in the white area to necessitate notification. 44 Tom Altieri gave an example, using the rural buffer, which has a zoning district that 45 applies to it - "rural buffer". This enables the county to have a different residential zoning 46 density in that area. He said the white area does not currently show up in the town's zoning, 47 and if the county were to suggest that the density be different in the white areas, some zoning 48 district would need to be created. This would be a re-zoning that would require property owners 49 to be notified.