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MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY ASSEMBLY OF GOVERNMENTS <br /> SEPTEMBER 30, 1993 <br /> The Orange County Assembly of Governments meeting was held on Thursday, <br /> September 30, 1993 at the University Presbyterian Church, 309 E. Franklin Street, <br /> Chapel Hill, North Carolina. <br /> COUNTY ** ISSI* SENT: Chair Moses Carey, Jr. , Commissioners Verla <br /> Insko and Alice Gordon. <br /> COUNTY 00 ISSI ' m' ABSENT: Commissioner Stephen Halkiotis. <br /> ' " :*' * OF ID " SENT: Alderman Hilliard Caldwell and Mayor <br /> Eleanor Kinnaird. <br /> S 'EL HILL $ as CIL " SD : Council members Mark Chilton and Joyce <br /> Brown. <br /> HILLS:W' s CSI BO, ' 0 OF ois ISSI$ DI PRESENT: Mayor Horace Johnson and <br /> Commissioner Bob Rose. <br /> I ' SD CTION: Council member Joyce Brown welcomed the audience and introduced <br /> the steering committee for this event. David Godschalk, Professor of Planning <br /> at the University of North Carolina, introduced Dr. John DeGrove, the Director <br /> of Florida Atlantic University/Florida International University Joint Center for <br /> Environmental and Urban Problems. <br /> 40' TING VISION c* $ is ITY'S FUTURE AND m *PING A v . D IN <br /> S # . <br /> Dr. DeGrove stated that there was not one "solution" to the issue of growth <br /> management. These are complicated issues which must be discussed openly. <br /> Discomfort will result from this discussion, however, that is a necessary part <br /> of the creation of a countywide land use plan. He indicated that there are <br /> certain issues that all regions have in common. Some of those issues are land <br /> use planning, water/sewer, surface/air transportation, solid waste, affordable <br /> housing, and endangered species. It is vital that there be a countywide plan and <br /> a regional plan. Even where a countywide plan is in place and working well, it <br /> can become nonfunctional if the region's plans are in opposition to the county's <br /> plan. A review of several regional plans from across the nation made clear the <br /> common concerns and issues. <br /> ATLANTA ' D IONAL *$ ISSION: Georgia has adopted a statewide growth management <br /> system. They have come to realize that planning in isolation, or using "home <br /> rule" does not work. <br /> SAN DID** ASSOCIATION OF GO D I IN S: DeGrove indicated that this Association <br /> was not an especially strong organization until they were recommended to be the <br /> Regional Planning and Growth Management Board and with that title they were also <br /> given authority. This was critical to their mission of being a well planned <br /> community. <br /> 1 <br />