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20 <br /> Slide #11 <br /> Possible Amendment Timeframe <br /> • October 2021 -Public Information Meeting to Explain the <br /> Amendments(this meeting is not required by the UDO but is <br /> historically customary) <br /> • mid November 2021-Post Sign J Mail Notices for Planning <br /> Board Meeting <br /> • November 2021 —Development Advisory Committee <br /> Meetings) (staff group of multiple departments) <br /> • end of November 2021-Staff Recommendation to the <br /> Planning Board <br /> • December 1,2021 —Planning Board Review and <br /> Recommendation <br /> • January 2022-Publication of Legal Ads!Sign Posting 1 Mail <br /> Notices for BOCC Public Hearing <br /> • January 2022-BOCC Public Hearing/Potential Decision <br /> Slide #12 <br /> Recommendation for Tonight <br /> • Receive the information presented. <br /> • Provide direction to staff on whether to <br /> pursue amendments. <br /> • If amendments are to be pursued, provide <br /> direction on the timeframe. <br /> Chair Price said she brought this item as a petition in June. She said the issue of <br /> changing the zoning in this area has been discussed for years, and she had hoped to make <br /> changes this month. She said it recently came to her attention because people in Whispering <br /> Pines want to know what is going on around them. She said the desire is to buffer the <br /> neighborhood in a way that would be complementary. She said various ideas have been <br /> discussed, including apartments. She said there has been some reluctance from Durham to <br /> provide utilities in this area. She said there are mobile home parks here, which are some of the <br /> affordable housing in the county. She said the desire was to focus on economic development <br /> in the Buckhorn and Hillsborough EDDs instead. She said she is concerned that staff only <br /> included two areas and wonders why it has to go to Planning Board for review again. She said <br /> her intent with this petition was to move forward with making some changes and not to consider <br /> further exploration, as the Board has already talked about the changes that need to be made. <br /> She said she wants the residents in the area to feel comfortable and know they will not be <br /> dislocated and relocated in the near future. <br />