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� 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMNIISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: MARCH 1. 1994 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # X -C, <br /> SUBJECT: REPORT: RURAL CHARACTER COMMUNITY MEETINGS COMMENTS <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: <br /> _YES R NO <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> • Meeting notice, agenda/format Dave Stancil, Extension 2590 <br /> • Meeting handouts <br /> • Memo: summary of meeting comments TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> • List of meeting comments <br /> • Letter from citizen Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> • Followup letter - New Hope meeting Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To report on comments received at the three Rural Character Study <br /> community meetings held in January 1994. <br /> BACKGROUND: In March 1993, the County Commissioners and Planning Board <br /> instructed staff to conduct meetings with rural citizens on the <br /> specifics of development options for rural character protection. <br /> Specifically, citizens were to be asked to compare the Rural <br /> Character Study Committee's (RCSC) development options of <br /> January 21, 1993 with a Planning Staff Alternative of March 10, <br /> 1993 which addressed Planning Board concerns. <br /> During meeting design in July 1993, Planning and Dispute <br /> Settlement Center staff noted the potential for substantial confusion <br /> about ongoing watershed rezoning and its impact on development <br /> options, and recommended that the meetings be delayed until <br /> watershed zoning issues were resolved. Watershed zoning was <br /> enacted December 21, 1993. <br /> On January 18, 25 and 27, community meetings were held at three <br /> locations in the rural portions of the County. The January 18 <br /> meeting was held at Walnut Grove Methodist Church Fellowship <br /> Hall in northern Orange, while the January 25 meeting was held <br />