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t, <br /> 0000 <br /> kenning Board Committees,October 1983 <br /> - - <br /> This committee focuses on the Board's communication both to the public and <br /> from the public, and it deals with such matters as the Township Advisory Councils <br /> and public information meetings Its primary task is to devise methods to increase <br /> the quality of public participation as veil as public awareness of the Board's <br /> . _functions and policies The committee vill consider the Board's communication with <br /> the general public as veil as with specific groups such as homeownersordevelopers.- <br /> Economic Develppment(lbrineriv Industrial Development) : <br /> This committee focuses on economic development in the county end dealt__ <br /> with such matters as industrial d elopment,commercial development,andlialson <br /> with the Economic Development CommissiPn. _ • . <br /> Natural Resources Iformerly Water Resources) • <br /> = - This committee lbcuses on natural resources and their development,and deals <br /> with such matters as water resources,water and sever extension policies, soiland _ <br /> erosion control policies,environmental impacts,and agricultural policies.. It is also „ <br /> the liaison committee to conservation and environmental groups,and includes the <br /> Board's Resource Conservation and Development liaison. <br /> . thsthaturcierim <br /> This committee reviews and suggests revisions of county ordinances,ant - <br /> - deals with the zoning ordinance,subdivision regulations,and other ordinances and . <br /> standards. It also deals with questions concerning entOrcement of ordinances. The <br /> committee sometimes utilizes consultants in dealing'with,complicated ordinance . <br /> issues and currently has a professor at the University of North Carolina Institute of <br /> Government advising the committee. • <br /> Transportation, <br /> This committee focuses on transportation concerns in the county and deals <br /> with such matters as county and area thoroughfare plans traffic impacts,and local <br /> road collector systems Tice primary focus men roads,but all forms of transportation <br /> are included in the scope of the committee. _ <br /> Presented at the Planning Board meeting on 1010845 with one addition on 10/21/83 <br />