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<br />		A  Note  from  the  SOCF  Task  Force       Acknowledgements   		Page
<br />      															SOCF Task Force Members:
<br />		Dear Orange County Citizens,       								Ellen Ironside,Co-Chair Sao       4    		Macon 011is,Co-Chair
<br />     											-Please read this newspaper insert carefully  			k    				Leo Allison
<br />		and keep it for reference. A full report is      	I  	�    *-"    	i `,      	William Barrows
<br />     									f y    		�  . .     		Kathy Buck
<br />		available that includes all the recommen-			-d	,     1       		Carole Crumley
<br />		dations the Task Force proposed to the       		';t.    		(  		James Foust
<br />		governing bodies in our County. A copy      		(^`   	_   		_.::    Linda Foxworth
<br />		to be shared will soon be available in all 								Kevin Foy
<br />		public and school libraries as well as in the 			i    				Theresa Grywalski
<br />		Planning Departments of Orange County,      							Norm Gustaveson
<br />		Hillsborough,Mebane,Carrboro,and     						'' ...-:-.7---'7.    Warren Jones
<br /> 		Chapel Hill. In addition,the entire report     							William Latta,Sr.
<br />      															Robert p 								Robert t Lauterborn
<br /> 		can be downloaded from the Orange County   Together,with our vision and values,we can     Marty Mandell
<br /> 		Planning Department's website at:       	shape our future.    				Errol McCauley
<br />		www.co.orange.nc.us/planning/compre_       							Hervey McIver
<br /> 		socf.htm    					If you have any questions or comments   	Bernadette Pelissier
<br />       								about this summary or the SOCF project,	Rachel Phelps-Hawkins
<br />      															Peggy Pollitzer
<br />		We thank the citizens of Orange County	please contact the Orange County Planning      Kenny Ray
<br /> 		for their many contributions to our work.       Department at(919)245-2575.     		Carl Shy
<br />      															Allen Spalt
<br />    		Timeline       of      Events	James Ward
<br />  		September 1993 -Conference sponsored by    by Task Force					Eddie Williams
<br />  		the Assembly of Governments,with Dr.John   November 1998-Step Six Work Group pre-      Susan Prothro Worley
<br />  		DeGrove as a speaker     			pares plan for beginning to develop scenarios      Aaron Nelson(UNC Liaison)
<br /> 		June 1994-The elected boards agree to a       of future and examines data needs 		Town and County Managers:
<br />  		15-step process     				January-March 1999-Staff produces"Base-      Cal Horton,Chapel Hill
<br />  		November 1996-Task Force retreat focusing   line Scenario-Year 2030"based on current      John Link,Orange County
<br />       															Bob Morgan,Carrboro
<br />  		on team-building and conflict resolution	trends						Eric Peterson,Hillsborough
<br />  		December 10 1996-First Task Force meet-     February-April 1999-Task Force splits into      SOCF Steering Committee Members:
<br />  		ing  						three facilitated scenario work groups to ana-      Joyce Brown,Chair
<br />  		February-March 1997-Community SWOT    lyze baseline and develop a preferred vision of     Margaret Brown
<br />  		(Strengths/Weaknesses/Opportunities/ 	the future    					Jay Bryan
<br />  		Threats)Exercise conducted      		May June 1999-Task Force develops"A  	Bill Crowther
<br />  		May-June 1997- "What's On Your Mind"      Preferred Scenario for Year 2030",to be Bevel-    Jacquelyn Gist
<br />       															Alice Gordon
<br />  		Community Forums and citizen surveys  	oped as a newspaper insert  			Rosemary Waldorf
<br />  		July-August 1997-Plans for Citizen Corn-      July-August 1999-Task Force begins examin-     David Brower,Advisor
<br />  		mittee Process     				ing ways to take scenario and create recom-	Primary Staff:
<br />  		September 1997-Speaker Series for 6 Corn-    mendations and the final report    		David Stancil,Project Coordinator
<br />  		mittee Topical Areas       			August-September 1999-Task Force     	Pam McIntosh,Project Planner
<br />  		October 1997-Citizen Committees formed    conducts two"storyboarding"sessions to  	Participating Staff:
<br />       															Craig Benedict,OC Planning Director
<br />  		February-May 1998-Children's Visioning     brainstorm possible recommendations     	Margaret Hauth,Hillsborough Planning Direct:
<br />  		Project with 5th graders   			October 1999-Newspaper insert runs in 	Roger Waldon,Chapel Hill Planning Director
<br />  		February 1998-Sustainability"Umbrella"      Chapel Hill News,Village Advocate,and  	Roy Williford,Carrboro   Planning Director
<br />  		Committee begins work   			News of Orange     				Michelle Adams,OC Planning
<br />  		March 1998-Community-Building"Urn-       October 1999-Task Force asks staff to    	Chris Berndt,Chapel Hill Planning
<br />  		brella"Committee begins work   		develop"strawman"final report based on 	Kendal Brown,Chapel Hill Planning
<br />  		April 1998-Six citizen committees complete   guidance from Task Force   			Marc degree,OC Planning
<br />  		reports     					November 1999-Strawman report presented     Erin Dissly,OC Planning
<br />       															Lora Franklin,OC Planning
<br />  		June 1, 1998-Interim Report and Update      to Task Force					Adhir Kackar,OC Planning
<br />  		to Assembly of Governments     		April 2000-Task Force adopts Provisional	Eileen Kugler,OC Health Department
<br />  		June 25, 1998-Reports of the Sustainabil-     Report and transmits to elected boards     	Patricia McGuire,Carrboro Planning
<br />  		ity and Community-Building Committees       May 2002-Comprehensive Plan Land Use       Greg Payne,OC Economic Development
<br />  		received    					Committee(CPLUC)reviews SOCF report       Dianne Reid,OC Economic Development
<br />  		July-September 1998-Synthesis Work  	and discusses how to incorporate recommen-      Beth Young,OC Planning
<br />  		Group prepares report coalescing work to	dations into the updated Land Use Element      Project Consultants:
<br />       															Andy Sachs,Dispute Settlement Center
<br />  		date						August 2002-Provisional Report is format-       Kit McGinnis,Sustainability Consultant
<br />  		September-October 1998-Conflict/Op-       ted for online viewing and made available at
<br />  		portunities Committee wrestles with identi-     www.co.orange.nc.us/planning/compre_ 	Orange County thanks all of those involved in
<br />  		fled difficult issues 				socf.htm     					development of SOCF,
<br />  		October 1998-January 1999- "Orange   	Late 2003 -Target date for completion of the     especially the citizens of
<br />  		County Profile"prepared by staff and received   Land Use Element  				Orange County!
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