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Commissioner Price saidshe voted against it last time, and her comments are thesame. She questioned whether the public received notice of themeeting last year when thiswas on the agenda. Perdita Holtzsaid the notice went out for the November2012 quarterly public hearing, and the noticecontained an update on the information meeting held in November, which was attended by only ten residents. Commissioner Price said she would still like to see more discussion withthe community. Commissioner Pelissier said this reflects the comments of the small area plan. She said that was a big picture, and this is only a smallsection of the Efland area plan. She is fine with having communitymeetings. She said it is important to continue this to avoid waitinganother year. She said things get more difficult the longer this goes on. She suggested continuing the public hearingwith a set date. Perdita Holtz suggested this be continued to the May Quarterly Public Hearing. She said a public hearingout in the community has never been done before, and it would require a quorumof both the Board and the planning board. She said a public meeting can be held with staff in attendance. Commissioner Pelissier said she wasnot trying to imply having a public hearing in the community, as this will not allow for question and answers with staff, which is what the community wants. She saidthis is called a public information session. Ben Lloydsaid people really want a public information session. Chair Jacobs noted, in fairness to staff, that meetingswere held at theEfland Ruritan and there were repeated attempts to recruit people from Efland. He said therewere people fromEfland who served diligently. He said this was the Efland Mebane small area plan. He said the conversation included plans to get Mebaneinvolved to insure that it would not annex into Efland. He said if this is not a concernnow, it is because Mebane has agreed not to do this. He said there were signs up, and thereweremeetings attheEfland Community Center, the Efland Ruritan Club and Efland Cheeks Elementary school. He feels it is a good idea for the community to meet with staff to ask questions about this, andthenthis can come back to the Board. He said there have been no attempts to excludeanyone. An unidentified resident asked when the meeting was held at the Ruritan Club. He asked if the details presented tonight werediscussed at that meeting four years ago. Perdita Holtz said thedetails were discussed at the open house community meeting held in November of 2012from 4 - 6 pm at the Efland CommunityCenter, and 10 peoplecame. Greg Andrews said if this wasturned down last time, he would like to see what changes have beenmade since then. Chair Jacobs said staff does that in the documents, and this is included. Greg Andrews said it seemsthat at leasttwo of theBoard membersrecognize that there is not enough change to make a difference A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Price to turn thisproposal down and send it back to staffforfurther review and community input before bringing it back. Commissioner Gordon said this cannot be turneddown, as this is not voted on at this meeting. She asked if Commissioner McKee would like to turn it back to the staff. Commissioner McKee said it was turned back to staff a year ago. Commissioner Rich said she is fine with the description of the sidewalksbecause of the forward thinking that the sidewalk issue is not being dropped. She saidshe does not understand why this wouldn't just continue to be a public hearing to get more information. Commissioner Price said staff and the Commissioners would be able to have dialogue withthe community. She said it would givemore time for community input. Chair Jacobs said this may just be a difference of semantics. He said themotion is to defer further Board of Commissioner consideration until staff meetswith the members of the 55