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quality of his proposal. His approach ensures citizen participation. A contract with Mr. Kendig was signed in August, 1988. Mr. Kendig has considerable experience in rural planning and has worked extensively in the South, Midwest, and Northeast. Mr. Kendig's approach is broken down into three major phases, reconnaissance, issues resolution, and development of plans and guidelines. The reconnaissance phase of the study began on November 29, 1988 when Mr. Kendig visited the County for two days. His visit ended with a public information meeting held in the Orange County Courthouse on the evening of November 30. Approximately 300 citizens were in attendance at this meeting, 25 of whom addressed questions, comments, and/or concerns to the committee. The reconnaissance phase was completed with another two day visit by Mr. Kendig on January 24 and 25, 1989. The outgrowth of this phase was the identification of four goals for the study to focus upon: agricultural preservation, natural resources protection., visual resources protection, and growth management. Phase two, issues resolution, began with a three day visit by Mr. Kendig on March 20, 21, and 22 when he presented issues papers on implementation strategies for the Rural Character Study (Mr. Kendig's approach calls for an understanding and commitment to the methods that will be used to implement the plan before the plan is actually formulated) . Planning staff conducted a series of meetings the week of April 24 to enhance public understanding of, the various implementation, strategies and Mr. Kendig came back for one final visit on the subject May 15 an 16. He is tentatively scheduled to return around the end of June to present recommendations on the implementation techniques to the Rural Character Study Committee, Orange County Planning Board, and Orange County Commissioners. Once some level of agreement is reached on possible implementation techniques, Mr. Kendig will begin the development of plans and guidelines. He plans to return in late summer with drafts of these. Following a series of public information meetings, a public hearing will be scheduled in the fall. Following the public hearing, the Rural Character Study Committee and Orange County Planning • Board will make recommendations on the study which will be forwarded to the County Commissioners for final disposition. To date, much valuable public input has been received. The Rural Character Study Committee would like to encourage continued citizen participation to ensure a successful and productive study that will accurately convey the concerns of the people of Orange County. For further information, contact Gene Bell or Emily Crudup in the Planning Department at 732-8181, 967-9251, 227-2031, or 688-7331, extension 565 or 574.