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PAGE 3 <br /> interest in this. <br /> Commissioner Marshall stated that, although all the areas that are being studied are <br /> extremely important, the study has jumped from the Rural Buffer to the entire rural area <br /> and that a critical answer for that Rural Buffer area is needed. <br /> Lane Kendig shared the format for the public meeting being held the following <br /> evening. If the vast majority of people have seen the presentation it will not be <br /> repeated. If, on the other hand, there are new people in attendance the presentation <br /> will be done for them. The staff will be requested to continue the dialogue with the <br /> different groups to ascertain what they want for their community. As soon as the issue <br /> papers come out, then work will be started to move the groups together. <br /> John Link asked if after the issue statements are developed will they then go back <br /> to the Township Advisory Committees in an effort to finalize the techniques and start to <br /> quantify what these specific techniques would mean today. This will then begin to <br /> address those misconceptions. <br /> Commissioner Hartwell stated that what is clearly crucial in this is that the <br /> location of the airport will have an influence on this study. <br /> Commissioner Halkiotis stated that the Board received feedback after the first <br /> series of meetings about mistrust of the County. This concerned him and he questioned <br /> if this level of mistrust was typical and how a balance could be brought about. <br /> Lane Kendig stated that he was surprised that people don't trust the County. Some <br /> of that is part of what he sees as an inherent problem. The rural person who doesn't <br /> believe in zoning wants to be left alone. Its part of the political process that takes <br /> place when the rural people are outnumbered by those who want to buy the land. The <br /> intent is to get these citizens involved in the process so they won't be able to say <br /> that we have not involved them. A lot of people in the rural area think that they are <br /> being stifled as to what they can do with their land. <br /> Julie Andresen expressed a concern that as the Rural Buffer fills up, at what point <br /> those people pay taxes for the services they receive. <br /> Commissioner Willhoit stated that one of the problems with the Rural Buffer is the <br /> impact that increased traffic will have on an area. <br /> John Link asked Marvin Collins if he has shared the strategic plan with Lane Kendig. <br /> He stated that there are a lot of things that interact. There are other things such as <br /> the transportation plan, the University Lake Watershed Study, etc. that would have an <br /> impact on this study. He emphasized that as the County begins developing the issues and <br /> applying resources versus money, there is a need to stress what the benefits and costs <br /> are in the Rural Buffer and weigh the economic or noneconomic costs of greater traffic <br /> and less freedom. These issues need to be real and concrete. <br /> Lane Kendig stated that he has found that those communities with the strictest of <br /> standards draw more economic development. <br /> With no further comments, Vice-Chair Halkiotis adjourned the meeting. <br /> Moses Carey, Jr. , Chair <br /> Beverly A. Blythe, Clerk <br />