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possible about the proposed zoning overlay district. (See Attachment 7 for an excerpt of the approved BOCC meeting minutes for October 9, 2007). Planning Staff held an open-house style Public Information meeting on Thursday, November 1, 2007 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Efland-Cheeks Community Center. Notification letters were mailed to the approximately 200 property owners within the ECOD boundaries on October 12, 2007. Flyers were posted at the following locations in the community on October 16, 2007: The Pop Shoppe at the corner of Buckhorn Road and Highway 70, Sam's Food Mart (Citgo) on Highway 70 (across from the Pop Shoppe), the U.S. Post Office in Efland, Efland-Cheeks Park (one outside and one inside), and the Efland Supermarket. Additionally, flyers were dropped off at all known religious facilities in the ECOD and in close proximity to the ECOD boundary on October 16: Hunter's Chapel AME Church, Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, Faith Tabernacle Holiness Church, McCoy's Temple, Gaines Chapel AME Church, and Efland Presbyterian Church. Materials related to this notification effort are included as Attachment 4. A total of 15 individuals and 2 members of the EMSAP Implementation Focus Group attended the Public Information meeting (Attachment 5 is the sign-in sheet for the meeting). Planning staff members spoke to attendees on a one-on-one basis and explained the proposed action to them. The vast majority of attendees were interested in how the proposal would affect their individual property. Planning staff explained that the existing zoning would not be changed by this action and that people could continue to live in their homes and build new homes on residentially zoned lots but that it would be likely that some non-residential uses would locate on up to 40% of the lots along Highway 70. Staff also made a point to tell attendees that in the pre- designated commercial area all of the lots could potentially be changed to non-residential uses. It was explained that non-residential uses would have to be constructed to certain standards, that there were limits on how large a building could be, and that landscaping and buffering would be required. The concerns of most attendees seemed to be assuaged by the knowledge that the proposed zoning action would not force them to sell their homes against their will or change their status to non-conforming. One attendee seemed to be in opposition to any type of change within the corridor due to concerns over "potential impacts on the long-time, poor, black community." No meeting attendees availed themselves of the opportunity to provide written comments. Planning Board Recommendation: The Planning Board considered the proposed text amendment at their regular meeting on September 5, 2007. The Planning Board voted 6-3 in favor of recommending approval of the text amendment. (Planning Board vote - `Yes': Bryan, Crawford; Goodwin, Pelissier, Quinn, Wegner; `No': Kempinski, Price, Lasris; Absent: Knight, Schmitt). Attachment 6 is an excerpt of the approved Planning Board minutes for September 5, 2007. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no direct financial impact. Staff time has been accounted for in the departmental budget. RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the Board adopt the Zoning Text and Atlas amendments as presented.