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see the people who sat on this committee and made these recommendations. He referenced the discussionaboutsidewalks and said he does notknow how safe walkways would beon highway 70. He asked that this issue remain open. He saidthe Efland Ruritans would be happy to hold this event in Efland. Doug Efland said he owns property in the Efland village area. He said he has a lot of questions, and he would like this to continue with some sort of public meeting in Efland. He said there are a lot of things that are alarming or hard to understand in the proposed text. He referenced shared right of ways and other parts of the text that he did not understand. He referenced thesection on easement agreements between contiguous parcel owners and asked what incentive it is for an adjacent property owner to enter an agreement with you if there are no plans to develop their property. He said there are certainly questions. He questioned the stipulations on connecting roadways to the east and west side of Mount Willing. He asked that this discussion be continued. Ben Lloyd said urban to him is Chapel Hill, Charlotte or New York City. He saidEfland is a sleepy little community where most of the residents have been living there all of their lives. He said this small area study has been going on for 20 years and notice of this public hearing was given 15 days ago. He has taken a quick look at this plan, and it would take a lawyer to pick all this stuff out. He said the people in the Efland community need to have the opportunity to have some input into this plan. He asked for an openEfland community meeting, followed by a public hearing for generalpublicinput. He said he has a letter fromJoseph Forrest and he asked what to do with that. He read theletter and asked it to be entered into therecord. Bill Efland said he also agrees with having the hearing in Efland. He asked if the residents are privy to having thenames of the people on the Mebane Efland small area plan committee. He asked if therewereany Efland family members on that committee and he said he feels that they should have been involved in this process. Commissioner McKee said there were Efland folks on this committee. He said he would share the list of names after the meeting. Lindsey Efland said he has had40 years of Orange County government saving us from ourselves. He said when all is said and done this languageaffects approximately ten parcelsof land. He said there are only a few developable properties. He said it has also beennoted that he community has not been part of the planning process of late. He said this is a significant change for the future of the community and there is not any understandable language as it relates to the re-development of buildings. He feels work needs to be done on this and local input should be involved. He respectfully requests that the public hearing be continued while planning staff works with land owners to help them, and the planning board, understand thefull implications of what is going on. Mike Efland questioned how many landowners ofinvolvedparcelswere on the committee. He wants to knowwhose brainchild this is. BrianEfland said there are a lot of Eflandsfrom Efland, and he is not awareof any who were on the committee. He feels that stake holders should be involved in these decisions. He noted the large number of community memberspresent, and he said no one who sees this likes it. He would like to see continued discussion in the community. Commissioner McKee said thiscamebefore the Board a year ago, and hestill does not like it. He feels this should be sent back to staff with instructions to work withthe affected community to address their concerns. He said this is not a countywidezoning overlay; it affects a very small number of people in a very big way, and these people needto be involved upfront. He understands therewas a public meeting two years ago, butthere have been changes made. He does not think the public hearingneeds to be held over, butthisshould be sent back to staff instead. 54