Agenda - 10-16-2018 8-a - Minutes

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12 1 Commissioner McKee agreed with Chair Dorosin with putting the pre-zoning in place, 2 and do what was identified in the PowerPoint presentation: studies, analysis, etc. He said he 3 does not want to get too far down in the weeds of what the Board wants and does not want, and 4 the more expeditiously this moves forward, the better it is for all. 5 Commissioner Marcoplos said a lot of these things can be done simultaneously, and he 6 also does not want to get hung up on what kind of ED they want. He said the Board should 7 take away as many of the roadblocks as possible. 8 Commissioner Rich said she is excited about the pre-zoning, and would like to add 9 public—private partnerships to the list, besides the universities. 10 Commissioner Rich said she went to the Chairs/Mayors meeting at Triangle J Council of 11 Governments (TJCOG), and the topic was behavioral patterns in government, and the lack of 12 innovation in comparison to the private sector. She said it is important to think outside of the 13 box, and be more innovative. She said she liked the idea of allowing some mixed use. 14 Commissioner Jacobs referred to what Craig Benedict was describing with the Eno EDD 15 property owners coming together to develop a parcel, and said at least 10 years ago he and 16 Senator Valerie Foushee met with the residents of the Eno EDD, who very much wanted to 17 develop it. He said this is a great opportunity to partner with small, private investors. 18 Chair Dorosin said it may be possible for the County to play a role without actually 19 buying the parcels. 20 Commissioner Price said when she was referring to understanding trends; it was not to 21 define who would move into the spaces, but rather related to site readiness. 22 Chair Dorosin said there is consensus here regarding: pre-zoning; a site readiness 23 capacity study; and identifying marketable sites, with the Board needing to determine whether 24 to limit it just to EDDs or broaden it outside of the EDD; he is in favor of broadening this. 25 Commissioner Rich said she would like to add access points. 26 Commissioner McKee referred to sites outside of the EDDs, and asked Steve Brantley if 27 it is more efficient to focus on areas within EDDs now, and broaden the scope as a second 28 step. 29 Steve Brantley said the staff can go either way, and knows where most of the outside 30 sites are, but have yet to approach property owners. He said the Economic Development 31 Advisory Board would also be excited to participate in this matter as they have a great deal of 32 expertise. 33 Commissioner McKee said he does not want to shift focus by making the scope too 34 large. 35 Chair Dorosin said the GIS study would be a first step, and knocking on the doors of 36 property owners may come next. He said there may be parcels in the towns or town 37 extraterritorial jurisdictions (ETJs) that may be more marketable options to consider. 38 Commissioner McKee said that is good and he just does not want to give too much 39 workload to staff. 40 Bonnie Hammersley said, as staff looks into the most marketable sites, a third party 41 would be brought into to do much of the legwork. 42 Commissioner Jacobs suggested not venturing out too far from EDDs prior to 43 investigating the capabilities within them, because that is where sprawl occurs, like in Wake and 44 Durham counties. He said when this happens, the integrity of the land use plan is 45 compromised. 46 Commissioner McKee said that is part of his concern too. 47 Commissioner Jacobs said the more deliberative way to do this is to use what currently 48 exists and see if that is enough; if not, then decide where you want to go. 49 Commissioner Marcoplos agreed with the danger of overreach, but knows there is land 50 that has been asked about, and the sooner marketable sites are identified, the better the Board