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l 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 g 10 11 }2 13 14 15 16 17 18 lQ 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 20 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 4% 43 44 45 /6 47 /8 49 50 51 11 development corridor. He owns property within this corridor. He said that two and a half years ago, the County Commissioners, along with the Economic Development Department, committed that h«June 2O1O,b'OOO new commercial jobs and $45 million Of new commercial tax base would be created. Nothing has happened yet. He said that it was reported in the State Cf the County meeting iOthe spring that there had been Q15 new commercial jobs created and $45 million in new commercial tax base. He found out later that this was not true, but that it was referring tO K8ead0NOOont. He said that the developer of Meadowmont told him that Orange County had nothing bDdowith this growth. He said that 1-85 runs through DU[haDl' Orange, GOdA|8Dl8nCe Counties, and in the past 20 months, Durham County has created in excess of 2,500 new commercial jobs and has added $545 million Vf new commercial tax base. A|gnnaOCe County has created some $2OO-3OO million iD new commercial tax base and hundreds nfjobs. C)n3ng8 County property tax has increased 524%in the last 2Oyears. The property tax has increased every year for 1Q straight years. He said that Orange County has aD image that has b]be [xe[conlg. HB asked the County Commissioners what they intended tOdO about it. Sam L8S[is lives in Cedar Grove. He spoke OD behalf Vf the Orange Unified Transportation Board. H8 said that it has come tO the attention Of the CJUTB that the Durham/Chapel Hi||/Cgr[bOnOK8P[Jis going tDrelease socioeconomic data and projections that will be used for regional transportation planning for the years 2OO5-2O35. |tiS anticipated that this data will bg released after the meeting OO September 12m. H8 formally requested that this data be included in the profile element. James Carnahan lives OD122 Oak Street, C8[[borV. H8iS8 board member Of The Village Project, but he said that the CDD1rDent8 he was going to make were his OVVD. He distributed a handout. The column VO the right includes his suggested wording Of the draft goals. He said that he is particularly iOi8r8St8d in the concept OfsVstaiDabi|ih/. He agreed with K8@rt« K8aOde|| that clarity Of the 8UstaiDabi|if« goal is very important. He said that itiG important tO talk about the outcomes of growth and development rather than use a phrase like "sustainable growth" or " sustainable dgme|opUlenY'. He thinks that the goal iS that the outcome Of all activities iS ecologically, 8cOOOnnicg||y' and GOCia||y sustainable. He thinks that the language ShOU|d reflect this and avoid the ambiguity Of"sustainable growth" or "sustainable dgve|opDleOt''. He said that a couple Ofthe elements did not have over-arching goals, and he thought that it was important for consistency that they did, 8Ohe created them. Hg asked the County Commissioners tOconsider the amended language Of the goals, which i8 in bold italics. Laura Blackmon made reference to the Economic Development overarching goal and said that the staff is looking 8[ the definition Ofeconomic development. She would like for the Economic Development Commission to look at this again and perhaps broaden the definition. Patrick McDonough lives 8t1O5 Fidelity Street, C8[[bOFo. He said that hg thinks that the fundamental question before the Board i8where growth goes. He thinks that the County has been great at deciding where growth will not go, but not so great at deciding where it will go. He said that a lot of his friends are planning to move to Durham so that they can buy a house. He said that there are not enough homes that are affordable iD Orange County. H8 said that it will be great to have all Of the elements done g[ once for the Comprehensive Plan. Dolly Hunter lives iD Bingham Township. She made reference tOthe stated goal ofthe County Profile Data Element, which states that it is to be "updated, useful, and relevant." She suggested adding the word "@cCUngte". For example, the most recent water resource research is from 1981, and water resources govern the amount of growth that can occur. She also requested that there be 8CcUngte historic subdivision and lot size data and something to show that the number Df minor and major GUbdivisiODSh8VeAOOedVVvO'gDdth@tp[iDOari|y1O-@cPe|otSh@Ve been created because itis so difficult to get subdivision approval. She said that the minimum lot size being created iG closer bo three acres and not the one Or two-acre lot size minimum allowed. She said that the fact that minor and major GubdivisionappPOV@|ig8odifficu|tGhou|db8 researched. The Land Use Element Goal #8iGtO have the land use planning process be