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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 Additional resources Next Steps — County Administration Recommending: Referral of draft goals and Profile Element to Planning Board for a recommendation to be returned to BOCC no sooner than Sept. 19th. Planning Board will consider comments collected tonight; at July 31 St and August 7th public input meetings; and June 21't Joint Advisory Boards meeting. Important Note: BOCC will not be asked to formally adopt draft goals and County Profile Element during Phase I. Rather, the BOCC will be asked to consider formal adoption of these items during Phase 11 after the May 2008 Public Hearing. Jay Bryan thanked the staff and Planning Board members for this effort. Commissioner Jacobs thanked staff for the work on the Efland ,Cheeks Small Area Plan. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to B1.1 and Orange County Size, and said that this is really talking about Orange County Population. In the second paragraph, it lists the planning jurisdictions. He said that this would be an appropriate place to mention the rural buffer, which is a distinctive land use arrangement. Also, on pages D4 and D5 with the maps of North Carolina, he suggested putting an arrow on Orange County. Tom Altieri recognized Karen Markovics, Planner 11, who was instrumental in the preparation of the County Profile Element. Michelle Kempinski asked about the adoption sequence. Tom Altieri said that the staff would not be asking the Board of County Commissioners to formally adopt the profile element and draft goals during phase 1, but only to recognize them as generally acceptable to guide the completion of the remainder of the plan. He said that if the Board of County Commissioners formally adopted these two documents during phase 1, it would further fragment the comprehensive plan. Also, during the preparation of the plan, there could be some minor adjustments to the goals if determined necessary by the advisory boards or County Commissioners. Craufurd Goodwin said that some of the goals should be reworded because there are a lot of incomplete sentences. Tom Altieri said that these goals have been taken to public hearings as they were submitted by each of the respective advisory boards. The advisory boards felt like it was important to hear public comment on the goals as the individual advisory boards prepared them. The Dispute Settlement Center and Clarion are recommending that action verbs not be included in the goals, and that the goals should be expressed as a desired end. Commissioner Gordon asked that the public signed up to speak tell where they live. Marty Mandell said that it is her opinion that sustainability should be the big, main goal. She said that this word is confusing because it means different things to different people. She said that sustainability is at the heart of survival and reflects how humans treat the earth and the val6 es they place on preserving the earth's natural resources. She said that several years ago, Orange County made a sustainability commitment by creating a "green" infrastructure through the Lands Legacy Program. This was the first major step towards sustainability by a county in North Carolina, and it has received national recognition. She said that the next step should be to continue funding the Lands Legacy, but also to define just what sustainability means. She said that the Comprehensive Plan should describe the processes by which the basic needs of the