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on page 73 shows farms, and the most recent map in the agenda materials shows use value parcels. Commissioner Gordon said it is important to know which parcels have farms, which is about 27 percent of the parcels. She is not sure that the intent was to make everything agricultural, and her understanding of the intent was to keep the farmers farming and give them more ways to make a living. Commissioner Gordon said the other point she wanted to make is that Carrboro is discussing this tonight, and Chapel Hill is discussing this on June 9. She questioned why Orange County is approving this tonight without waiting to hear from their partners. She said it would be more collegial to wait for feedback from the towns. Michael Talbert said staff is running out of time to move this forward. He said the towns will receive this as a unanimous recommendation from the planning board, and there is no reason to think that the towns would have any objections. He said if the towns make any major material changes to the document, the Board would have to start over anyway. Commissioner Gordon said it would depend on the changes made to the document. She said the deadline is a self imposed deadline, and there will be no money lost. She said agricultural support enterprises are not being discussed until the fall. She would like to hear what the towns say, and she is concerned about approving this tonight and then having to start all over again. Michael Harvey said if one of the towns makes a word or language change, this would have to be re-reviewed by the planning board and the Board, as well as the town. He said it is the position of staff that there will be no language change with either of these two items. Commissioner porosin said the Board should go ahead and vote. A motion was made by Commissioner porosin, seconded by Commissioner Pelissier for the Board to: 1. Deliberate as necessary on the proposed amendments to the Joint Planning Land Use Plan and Agreement; and 2. Decide accordingly and/or adopt the Resolution contained in Attachment 2 which approves the amendments to the Plan and JPA. VOTE: 6-1 (Commissioner Gordon) d. Joint Planninq Land Use Plan and Aqreement Amendments —Aqricultural Support Enterprises Within the Rural Buffer Land Use Classification The Board considered amendments to the Joint Planning Land Use Plan and Agreement to allow for the possibility of locating appropriate Agricultural Support Enterprises within the Rural Buffer land use classification. Michael Harvey noted that the Agricultural Support Enterprises conditional zoning and the construct for the Rural Buffer are slated to come back to the Board in September. He said the approval of this item would merely allow that discussion to continue, but this Board will ultimately have the final say in what the program will look like. Michael Talbert reviewed the following PowerPoint slides: