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Planning Board, and a final decision made by the County <br />Commissioners. He also shared one other idea with the group, an <br />open house prior to the hearing. He reminded everyone that the <br />process had begun in February or early March with an open house. <br />He said it might be worth having an open house once the group had <br />proceeded further with its work and actually had something tangible <br />to show; he thought that it might be good to let people know what <br />was going on and that it was not a "done deal" at that stage and <br />that they could convey comments to staff or to their <br />representatives, either at- large, neighborhood, or agency. <br />Verla Insko said it would be a good idea for to have a future <br />discussion about how to do that (the open house). <br />Lee Rafalow asked that the minutes for this meeting show that the <br />revised students' report still contained the same errors regarding <br />projected impacts of their proposed plans. <br />2. MINUTES - No action. <br />3. FOLLOW -UP ON QUESTIONS FROM AUGUST 17 - Gene Bell distributed <br />a memo from Mary Willis' "Soil Suitability in Stoney Creek Area," <br />which is included as Attachment 1 to these minutes. <br />4. REVIEW OF RURAL CHARACTER PLAN ALTERNATIVES AND LISTING OF <br />DESIRABLE FEATURES - After brief introductory comments by Gene Bell <br />and Verla Insko, the group was asked to list desirable features of <br />the Rural Character Plan alternative presented on May 18. the <br />following features were identified: <br />1. Incentives, sliding scale with density bonuses <br />2. Allows alternatives for water and sewer <br />3. Flexible options for land owners <br />4. Based on voluntary options <br />5. Some options without density bonuses <br />6. Responsive to land form /character -- - - --- - <br />7. Applied to whole county <br />8. Encourages exceeding minimum standards <br />9. Promotes (allows) variety of housing <br />10. Unpredictability (within guidelines) <br />11. Incorporates natural features <br />12. Goal to preserve rural character <br />13. Five one -acre lots per lot of record <br />14. Allowing agriculture in open space <br />15. Addresses affordable housing <br />16. Reinforces urban growth boundaries <br />17. Possibility of open space <br />18. Cooperation between owners /planners /boards <br />19. Allows for internally oriented commercial <br />