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11 <br /> 1 • Walkable Community concepts (pedestrian and bike) <br /> 2 • Co-location considerations <br /> 3 ■ School Building Standards <br /> 4 • Energy and water conservation <br /> 5 • Access to site (ingress/egress) <br /> 6 • Public access to buildings and athletic facilities <br /> 7 <br /> 8 Smart Growth and School Siting <br /> 9 Informal Staff workgroup is expected to conclude work on the draft process by the end of 2004 <br /> 10 <br /> 11 (end of"Smart Growth and School Siting" materials) <br /> 12 <br /> 13 Update on Comprehensive Plan <br /> 14 Land Use Element and TDR Activities <br /> 15 <br /> 16 Land Use Element: <br /> 17 ®:Report on Public Outreach Process' - online atwww.co.orange.nc us/planning <br /> 18 ■ Emphasis - watersheds, air quality/less VMT, farm economy, and urban/rural <br /> 19 ■ Orange County/Town of Hillsborough Urban Transition Area Task Force <br /> 20 ■ Efland/Mebane Small Area Plan <br /> 21 ■ Next steps <br /> 22 <br /> 23 Transfer of Development Rights (TDR): <br /> 24 ■ Request For Qualifications (RFQ)/consultant <br /> 25 ■ Timeline <br /> 26 ■ Sending and receiving areas <br /> 27 ■ Intra-county vs, multi jurisdictional <br /> 28 ■ Phase I — Feasibility_ <br /> 29 • Legal <br /> 30 • Economics <br /> 31 • Political <br /> 32 • Financial <br /> 33 • Administrative <br /> 34 ■ Phase II — Implementation Process <br /> 35 <br /> 36 <br /> 37 Chair Jacobs asked about the timeframe and Craig Benedict said that within a month, there <br /> 38 would be a report to the Board of County Commissioners. <br /> 39 <br /> 40 Chair Jacobs recognized that there were five school board members present from both school <br /> 41 systems, as well as Orange County Schools Superintendent Shirley Carraway and Chapel Hill- <br /> 42 Carrboro City School Assistant Superintendent Steve Scroggs. The board members included <br /> 43 OCS Chair Libbie Hough, Vice Chair Brenda Stephens, CHCCS Vice Chair Lisa Stuckey, and <br /> 44 Board Members Valerie Foushee and Nick Didow. <br /> 45 <br /> 46 Joel Hall Braun said that they know the siting of schools encourages growth around those <br /> 47 schools. The issue is where to site these schools in terms of providing growth where it is more <br /> 48 appropriate. Secondly, because of the early integration of schools, the lack of schools in <br /> 49 historically African American neighborhoods is something they need to think about. When <br /> 50 thinking about siting another school in the southern part of Orange County, they may need to <br /> 51 think about siting it near or around Rogers Road. Thirdly, she said that they always think about <br />