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Jay Bryan: On the idea of every board reporting to you every year, you could do it at your retreat. Renee Price: It could be part of the implementation section of the Comprehensive Plan altogether; that the methodology for doing this could be put into the implementation so that it doesn't get lost. Chair Jacobs: If you all could put it in writing and then we'll share it with the other Commissioners. On 3-20 and some other pages, ED-3.3, Durham Tech has asked that they be changed to what they're called, which is , Durham Technical Community College. On 3-21 at the very bottom, there are a couple of places like this that are things like tax relief or reduced taxes, and it's just very vague. I'd rather have something specific. Since we're saying, "such as extending use value to smaller parcels that produce sufficient income " That was the recommendation of the Smart Growth Commission, which is that if somebody's growing herbs on an acre, they can't qualify for use value even if they make $5,000 on an acre when they would otherwise qualify. If we're talking about actually saying, "such as", that's something that would be of little use to producers in Orange County and probably in Durham and Chatham as well. Instead of just saying "tax relief', I'd like to give an example. This is on page 3-21, Objective AG-2 (Ongoing). Commissioner Gordon: Let me just take issue with "tax relief." You should call it "tax assistance," and the reason is, if you're a government, and people need tax relief from you, you might want to think about whether you're talking about tax assistance or tax relief. From a government point of view, I think you want to talk about tax assistance. Chair Jacobs: And then on the next page, ED-2.7, on page 3-22, where it lists the elements that should be available in industrial sites and it doesn't mention public transit. And then on Intergovernmental Coordination on 3-23, we totally missed Mebane and the fact that we're working in partnership with Mebane in the Economic Development District. Commissioner Carey: I want to go back to 3-22, WW-5. I thought we had already done that, "Work with municipalities to designate Urbanizing Reserve areas for public water and sewer services when land capacity is needed for higher density development." Commissioner Gordon: What is urbanizing reserve? Commissioner Carey: It's a new term, but I was using it synonymous with transition areas. Chair Jacobs: I know there was an urbanizing reserve area with the Eno EDD. That's the only place I've ever seen it. Craig Benedict: There is an area outside our transition zones that are still within the Water and Sewer Boundary Agreement. So, it's an area that the Water and Sewer Boundary says you can have utilities, that have not yet been designated as these urban transition areas. So what this plan suggests is to just call that a transition reserve, or urban reserve, because there is still that potential for public water and sewer.