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13 <br /> <br />community engagement and education process anew. He said part of the problem is that the 1 <br />district was set up a long time ago, and then nothing happened. 2 <br />Commissioner Burroughs said the public is now informed, and a long pause is not 3 <br />necessary, and suggested that the process keeps moving forward at a reasonable pace. 4 <br />Mayor Stevens said this item will come to the Town board at the end of March, and 5 <br />suggested that the Town go ahead and continue their process. 6 <br />Town Commissioner Bell said because the County has paused, it has deescalated the 7 <br />importance from the Town’s perspective, and he suggested waiting to hear from the County. 8 <br />Mayor Stevens said one option is for the Town to proceed, which would involve another 9 <br />public hearing 10 <br />Margaret Hauth said if the Town does not continue the process, then enough time would 11 <br />pass where the Town would have to re-conduct the public hearing. 12 <br />Town Commissioner Mark Bell said he is hearing that the County may pause for a while, 13 <br />and another public hearing may be needed 1 to 4 quarters from now, which would just be an 14 <br />extra hour of their joint time, which is not an impactful burden. 15 <br />Travis Myren said the County would intend to complete the additional public education 16 <br />over the summer, and be ready to continue the process in the fall. 17 <br />Mayor Stevens asked if the preference would be for the Town to continue. 18 <br />Travis Myren said yes. 19 <br />Margaret Hauth asked if the Town board wants to proceed with the process at the end 20 <br />of March. 21 <br />The Town Board agreed to proceed with its processes. 22 <br /> 23 <br />Commissioner Rich said she got a call f rom a resident in Waterstone, who asked if the 24 <br />“W elcome to Hillsborough” sign could be moved further toward the Waterstone area, or if 25 <br />additional signs could be put up to make more people feel welcome as they enter the area. 26 <br />Margaret Hauth said the sign was nowhere near the Town limits when it was built, but it 27 <br />was a convenient location and there was a willing property owner. She said staff will review 28 <br />this, but that is an old sign, and is probably too old and too heavy to move. She said it has to 29 <br />go on private property, and not in the right of way, and if staff receives direction to work on this, 30 <br />staff would find locations to put additional signs. 31 <br />Commissioner Marcoplos said Commissioner Jacobs is receiving the Sportswriter of the 32 <br />Year award tonight in Raleigh, and was unable to attend this meeting. 33 <br /> 34 <br />The meeting adjourned at 9:17 p.m. 35 <br /> 36 <br /> Mark Dorosin, Chair 37 <br /> 38 <br /> 39 <br />Donna Baker 40 <br />Clerk to the Board 41 <br /> 42 <br /> 43 <br /> 44