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• Held Public Information Meeting on February 17 (was postponed from advertised date of February 13)  Flyers posted  Press Release • Has been a topic on a few agendas in the past year  BOCC (including Assembly of Governments)  Planning Board  Agricultural Preservation Board • Planning website posting on January 24 Recommendation • Receive the proposal to amend the Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Ordinance. • Conduct the Public Hearing and accept public, BOCC, and Planning Board comment on the proposed amendment. • Refer the matter to the Planning Board with a request that a recommendation be returned to the Board of County Commissioners in time for the September 4, 2014 BOCC regular meeting. • Adjourn the public hearing until September 4, 2014 in order to receive and accept the Planning Board’s recommendation and any submitted written comments. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Commissioner Gordon referred to the use specific standards chart and asked why this is not included in the rural buffer section. Perdita Holtz said the standards are the same in the rural buffer as they are in the agricultural residential. She referred to the amendment package, in article 5 and said any amendments in red are just adding RB to a few sections. She said the standards are the same, and there has been no re-write of standards to make it pertain to the rural buffer. Commissioner Gordon asked how the Planning Board consideration interfaces with the joint planning consideration. Perdita Holtz said, within the rural buffer, the planning board will make a recommendation on the JPA amendments as well. She said the planning board will be briefed on this in April, and information will be shared from the public hearing, planned for March 27th. She said the UDO revisions being considered tonight will be on the April planning board agenda for them to make a recommendation as well. Commissioner Gordon said the recommendation will be made with just the hearing comments, but not with the comments from the jurisdictions. Perdita Holtz said the UDO amendments are not what are being heard at the March 27th joint public hearing; this is to hear amendments to the joint planning land use plan and agreement, and there are very few amendments that need to occur. Commissioner Gordon asked for a memo listing those amendments. Perdita Holtz said this can be done. Commissioner Gordon asked when the input on the UDO from the Chapel Hill and Carrboro public officials will come. Perdita Holtz said public officials don’t comment on UDO amendments unless staff wants to bring something to their attention. Commissioner Gordon asked when these comments are due. Perdita Holtz said these were due by tonight, but these will still be accepted while the public hearing process is going on. She said written comments can be submitted as part of the JPA process. 256