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CITIZENS WITH THE PLANNING STAFF AND,,FORE IMPORTANTLY, FAMILIARIZE STAFF WITH LOCAL ISSUES AND POINTS OF VIEW. A SERIES OF FURTHER MEETINGS WERE HELD IN CHAPEL HILL TOWNSHIP TO WORK OUT THE DETAILS OF A PLAN FOR THAT TOWNSHIP. IN JUNE 1976, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT PRODUCED A REPORT ENTITLED A PLANNING/ MANAGEMENT PROCESS FOR ORANGE COUNTY WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SOUND LAND DEVEIDPMENT,. THE REPORT CONTAINED A LAND CLASELFICATION SYSTEM FORUM COUNTY AND A SKETCH DEVE- . OPMENT PLAN FOR CHAPEL HILI, TOWNSHIP. THE CHAPEL HILL TOWNSHIP PLAN INCLUDED A TEMP AND A MAP. BOTH WERE ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. 1 IN THE FALL OF 1977, TOWNSHIP ADVISORY COUNCILS WERE ORGANIZED IN ALL SEVEN TOWNSHIPS FOR THE PURPOSE OF INVOLVING PEOPLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COUNTY-WIDE LAND USE PLAN. AS THEIR NAME INDICATES, THESE GROUPS WERE ADVISORY TO THE PLANNING BOARD ON PLANNING MATTERS. MEMBERSHIP WAS OPEN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS. THE ADVISORY COUNCILS , Y. WERE INVOLVED IN REVIEWING THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS WHICH WERE TO BE EXTENDED COUNTY-WIDE. THE ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED FOR THE COUNTY IN MARCH 1978, BUT THE PROCESS OF ADOPTION AND SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS FULLY fi INVOLVED THE ADVISORY COUNCILS UNTIL JANUARY 1979 WHEN AMENDMENTS TO THE ORDINANCE WERE ADOPTED. IN THAT SANE MONTH, JANUARY 1979, THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ADOPTED A WORK PROGRAM FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WHICH INCLUDED AS AN OPJEC'TTVE ADOPTION OF LAND USE PLANS FOR BINGHAM, HTTLSBOROUGH AND CHEEKS TOWNSHIP. THAT OBJECTIVE WAS SUBSE- QUENTLY EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ADOPTION OF A LAND USE PLAN COUNTY-WIDE. BETWEEN JANUARY 1979 AND FEBRUARY 1981 EACH OF THE ADVISORY COUNCILS HELD REGULAR 40 MEETINGS, STAFFED BY THE PLANNING DEPARITENT. OVER SUCH MEETINGS WERE HELD, THE ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS FIRST DISCUSSED PLANNING ISSUES AND OUT OF THE ISSUES DEFINED A SERIES OF SEVENTEEN GENERAL PLANNING GOALS. THESE GOALS WERE REVIEWED BY THE r.!