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50 Commissioner Price said she voted against it last time, and her comments are the same. She questioned whether the public received notice of the meeting last year when this was on the agenda. Perdita Holtz said the notice went out for the November 2012 quarterly public hearing, and the notice contained an update on the information meeting held in November, which was attended by only ten residents. Commissioner Price said she would still like to see more discussion with the community. Commissioner Pelissier said this reflects the comments of the small area plan. She said that was a big picture, and this is only a small section of the Efland area plan. She is fine with having community meetings. She said it is important to continue this to avoid waiting another year. She said things get more difficult the longer this goes on. She suggested continuing the public hearing with a set date. Perdita Holtz suggested this be continued to the May Quarterly Public Hearing. She said a public hearing out in the community has never been done before, and it would require a quorum of both the Board and the planning board. She said a public meeting can be held with staff in attendance. Commissioner Pelissier said she was not trying to imply having a public hearing in the community, as this will not allow for question and answers with staff, which is what the community wants. She said this is called a public information session. Ben Lloyd said people really want a public information session. Chair Jacobs noted, in fairness to staff, that meetings were held at the Efland Ruritan and there were repeated attempts to recruit people from Efland. He said there were people from Efland who served diligently. He said this was the Efland Mebane small area plan. He said the conversation included plans to get Mebane involved to insure that it would not annex into Efland. He said if this is not a concern now, it is because Mebane has agreed not to do this. He said there were signs up, and there were meetings at the Efland Community Center, the Efland Ruritan Club and Efland Cheeks Elementary school. He feels it is a good idea for the community to meet with staff to ask questions about this, and then this can come back to the Board. He said there have been no attempts to exclude anyone. An unidentified resident asked when the meeting was held at the Ruritan Club. He asked if the details presented tonight were discussed at that meeting four years ago. Perdita Holtz said the details were discussed at the open house community meeting held in November of 2012 from 4 - 6 pm at the Efland Community Center, and 10 people came. Greg Andrews said if this was turned down last time, he would like to see what changes have been made since then. Chair Jacobs said staff does that in the documents, and this is included. Greg Andrews said it seems that at least two of the Board members recognize that there is not enough change to make a difference A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Price to turn this proposal down and send it back to staff for further review and community input before bringing it back. Commissioner Gordon said this cannot be turned down, as this is not voted on at this meeting. She asked if Commissioner McKee would like to turn it back to the staff. Commissioner McKee said it was turned back to staff a year ago. Commissioner Rich said she is fine with the description of the sidewalks because of the forward thinking that the sidewalk issue is not being dropped. She said she does not understand why this wouldn't just continue to be a public hearing to get more information. Commissioner Price said staff and the Commissioners would be able to have dialogue with the community. She said it would give more time for community input. Chair Jacobs said this may just be a difference of semantics. He said the motion is to defer further Board of Commissioner consideration until staff meets with the members of the