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Approved 2/5/14 <br /> <br />6 <br />part of a land use document. I think that maybe as a backdrop document, which would be more in the land 246 <br />use/Small Area Plan size if we explain what we are trying to do so it’s not all peak morning and afternoon traffic and 247 <br />that’s what we tried to do in Hillsborough. Maybe we could provide a background document. 248 <br /> 249 <br />Tony Blake: So we don’t plan ourselves into a corner. That was my only concern, otherwise I think it’s a great idea. 250 <br />It has a lot of merit, especially the idea of melding it with the partners on either side of the County, allowing that 251 <br />transition to become smoother and more predictable. 252 <br /> 253 <br />Pete Hallenbeck: It is interesting these days, the idea of and R & D group going into Class A office space. I think 254 <br />this is a great idea. I am currently involved in a software project but I may have to make a little bit of hardware. 255 <br />This is something that would be nice that doesn’t exist. The ability to have an R&D group that was doing software 256 <br />but had to make some hardware on the side and contract out pieces and bring it together and assemble it is great. 257 <br />I also think in a lot of startups you see when you start out, the R & D would be very heavy. If it works, that 258 <br />percentage of the company gets less and less and you start manufacturing there to see if it’s going to work and it 259 <br />just grows. I like it from that point of view. Another reason I think this is really important is something I am seeing 260 <br />people I work with, the old days of R & D are going away and the tendency now is to have a lot less separation 261 <br />between R & D and engineering and production and you want all those people to get together working with each 262 <br />other. This makes a ton of sense. Finally, I moved a company I started to Durham because there were problems 263 <br />with some of the Orange County rules. Another group I got in with talked about bringing something into the County, 264 <br />and we didn’t because we didn’t have time for all that was involved. From all levels, I like this a lot. 265 <br /> 266 <br /> 267 AGENDA ITEM 4: ADJOURNMENT 268 <br /> 269 <br />Meeting was adjourned 270 <br /> 271 <br /> 272 <br /> <br /> <br /> ____________________________________ <br /> Pete Hallenbeck, Chair <br />