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MT/WIDOW nA" STATEMENT GIVEN AT THE JOiNT PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING January 14, 1986 Members of the Governing Boards of Orange County, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro, and Citizens of the Joint Planning Area I am Alice Gordon, Chair of the Orange County Planning Board. Tonight, however, i am speaking to you as a citizen of the Joint Planning Area who has had the experience of being head of the Planning Board and one who will soon be just a private citizen again. Last July the Town Council and the Commissioners gave to the ChapetPlanning Board Chair and me the task of guiding the development of the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan. Over the past six months we have worked diligently to that end. I personally have spent many hours of my time. The representa- tives of the Orange County and Chapel Hill Planning Boards and Planning Staffs worked together extremely well, and the extent of agreement on the goals and objectives as well as on the implementation of those goals was phenomenal. The result is the Draft Land Use Plan which you have before you tonight. This Draft Land Use Plan is a good one. As far as i know, it contains all the elements requested by both jurisdictions though of course there are issues left to be resolved. I might mention that Carrboro has just entered the planning process recently, and that is why I am not focusing on their participation. I urge you to adopt this land use plan, or some reasonable modification of it which will evolve from this hearing and additional meetings. The joint planning process has its frustrations, as does any cooperative endeavor, but it is infinitely preferable to the alternative, which is extra-territorial planning jurisdiction for the Town of Chapel Hill. Al least joint planning allows all interested citizens to be represented by governing officials for whom they can vote.