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z Gene Bell reported that this will be presented to the Board of Commissioners in the near future. This proposal is based on the Rural Character Strategies and the open - space development concepts presented by Randall Arendt. This is a part of the Albemarle /Pamlico Estuary Study in which Orange County is a participant. A Rural Design Guidebook applying Randall Arendt's principles will be a product of the study Bob Hall suggested that this work group could be briefed on this proposal. Dan Teichman requested that copies of the Flexible Development Proposal be distributed. Clint Burklin volunteered to make copies of the proposal and bring them to the next meeting. MINUTES: The minutes were approved by consensus as corrected. NEW MEMBER: Verla Insko announced that James Bumphus was appointed to this committee by the Board of Commissioners VISION COMMITTEE REPORT: The members of this committee are Trudy Cuffe, Dean Zehnder, Curtis Bane, Judson Edeburn and David Yelton. Trudy Cuffe felt that the process had worked and helped them stay focused on the overall vision. They submitted two draft vision statements because they did not have time to meet again to consolidate and agree on a final form. Elio Soldi felt that the Vision Committee could be asked to meet again and come up with a final vision statement. Clint Burklin suggested discussing the draft and then requesting that the subcommittee revise. He felt that protection of existing neighborhoods from incompatible land uses was an important point. There needs to be definitions of the words compatible and incompatible. Trish Rafalow felt that the words "internally oriented, commercial and services locations" were confusing. Commercial development was not a part of her vision. She requested clarification. David Yelton explained that the subcommittee was thinking of community stores which served only the local area. They agreed that commercial activity which drew customers from outside the area would not be acceptable. Bob Strayhorn stated that local stores are a part of his community vision. It was agreed that this is an area in which there is not group consensus and that further discussion was necessary. Lee Rafalow stated that he disagreed with the inclusion of all of the italicized comments in the last paragraph. He concurred with all of the bulleted comments. He suggested that the vision should not articulate that there will be dissent.