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Approved 113107 1 Sam Lasris asked if there would be any more public comment. Craig Benedict said that the Phase I stage is complete for public comment. There will be a completely new process with liberal public input as this moves forward with land use plan amendment stages, interlocal agreement stages, zoning changes, etc. In answer to questions about involvement of County residents, Craig Benedict said that there was a public hearing for County purposes on November 20"', and Hillsborough had one on November 27"'. The Hillsborough Planning Board had a meeting last night, and this meeting is to make a recommendation to the County Commissioners on the Phase I plan. Renee Price-Saunders said that she lives in area 3 and the only notice she received was because she was a member of the Planning Board. Judith Wegner said that having hearings is not the same as having community outreach meetings. She is afraid that the outreach has not been effective. Joel Knight said that he finds it interesting that within the rural buffer zone, there are some areas within the Town limits on NC 57. He thinks that the rural buffer is an illusion. Craig Benedict said that there would be an interlocal agreement to say that Hillsborough could not annex beyond the urban service and annexation line. In Chapel Hill and Carrboro, the agreement has been longstanding since 1987 and has been extended for the next 20 years. Craufurd Goodwin said that it should be pointed out that Hillsborough had a community outreach hour before the public hearing with the Town Commissioners and the committee members. The committee also had a table at Hog Day and Last Fridays. Jay Bryan asked for clarification on the jurisdictional changes and Craig Benedict showed areas on the map. Jay Bryan made reference to an issue that Renee Price-Saunders mentioned concerning annexation. In terms of the Northern Transition Area, this result occurred without an understanding about the effect of that. He asked if it was possible that part of the interlocal agreement would be that any proposed annexation would come before the Planning Board and the County Commissioners before it was annexed. Craig Benedict said that they would pursue this. Even after an agreement, the Town will have the ability to annex an area because authority has been given by the State to do this. Jay Bryan asked for any further written material for public comment. Craig Benedict read an email from Noah Ranells into the record, as follows: "This note is to provide public comment and input to the Hillsborough (-Efland) Buffer discussion at the 6 Dec 2007 Planning Board meeting. Greetings, I write this note from the perspective of a resident of Bingham Township and the thoughts herein represent my personal comments on the Hillsborough (-Efland) buffer. At a recent Efland-Mebane Small Area Plan Implementation Group meeting, the proposed Hillsborough Buffer was discussed. I was unable to attend the first part of the meeting, but inquired before the close of the meeting about this issue. I became aware that this was discussed but the group did not provide any 7