Agenda - 09-02-2021; 8-a - Minutes

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13 1 owners of property located within Outreach Focus Areas "A" and "B", as well as those within 2 1,000-feet of these areas. The mailed notification letter, which included a map, is provided as 3 Attachment 1. Approximately 70 people attended, 21 people provided comments and/or 4 questions. At the end of the meeting, all people who had hands raised by the 8:00 end time 5 were able to speak at least once, and a few spoke more than once. Instructions were provided 6 at the beginning of the meeting, as well as the end, directing the public to send any additional 7 comments or questions to BuckhornStudy@orangecountync.gov. Comments and/or questions 8 received at that address by 11:59 PM on Sunday, May 23, 2021 are provided in Attachment 2. 9 In response, staff has developed a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document provided as 10 Attachment 3. 11 12 The purpose of the outreach meeting was to: 13 • Continue engagement with the community as a follow-up to previous Buckhorn Area 14 Study meetings; 15 • Communicate that Areas "A" and "B" are to be the focus for outreach and planning 16 coordination between Orange County and the City of Mebane; 17 • Provide additional context for Outreach Focus Areas "A" and "B"; and 18 • Collect public comments and common questions to guide the development of a 19 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document for public and BOCC information. 20 21 Consistent themes and questions from the meeting emerged during the Q&A portion of the 22 meeting, and are being documented as part of the FAQ document. Some of the key topics that 23 were raised in questions and comments include the following: 24 • Concerns with the tributaries feeding into Seven Mile Creek and Eno River 25 • A sense of lost trust in Orange County and the Planning Department 26 • The absence of"social impacts" as a facet of the study 27 • The challenges around holding public meetings over Zoom, especially for those with 28 poor broadband connectivity, as opposed to holding in-person meetings 29 • The absence of a comprehensive Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) for the West Ten Road 30 and Buckhorn Road areas (as opposed to project-specific TIAs) 31 • The presence of Gravelly Hill Middle School in an area that could become surrounded by 32 `big box' industrial or warehousing sites and the associated air quality concerns 33 • The potential for economic development to displace multiple groups of people, some of 34 whom have had land passed down through family for a century 35 36 DRAFT BUCKHORN AREA STUDY— SUMMARY OF ORANGE COUNTY MEETINGS AND 37 AGENDA ITEMS*: 38 • November 10, 2020—Joint City of Mebane and Orange County-hosted Virtual Open 39 House (Public Comments Taken) 40 • November 23, 2020 — BOCC Information Item 41 • February 16, 2021 — BOCC Report Item (Public Comments Taken) 42 • March 9, 2021 — BOCC Work Session with City of Mebane Council 43 • April 20, 2021 — BOCC Regular Item** (Public Comments Taken) 44 • May 17, 2021 — Orange County-hosted Virtual Public Outreach Meeting (Public 45 Comments Taken) 46 47 *The City of Mebane Planning Board and Council also conducted meetings between November 48 2020 —January 2021, which included opportunity for public comments and a formal public 49 hearing.