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19 <br /> Your PlanW ngl Effort., Re loctlon Questions <br /> Why do you want to Tara? <br /> How will things he different? <br /> — What's the scope of your plan? <br /> Who has a stake In'the Plan? <br /> Flow will you use and share your plan" <br /> Who leads what's <br /> Haw much will you temmiP <br /> 2 Commissioner Hamilton said this information has been helpful to see. She said she feels <br /> 3 even more like the Board should do the strategic plan. She said the visioning part of this is <br /> 4 important because some of the issues she is always bringing up about education, and what she <br /> 5 hears others bringing up about economic development, might be 20 years down the road. She <br /> 6 said it brings the question of what they want the community to be like in the future, what are the <br /> 7 limits to growth as far as water and other infrastructure, how many businesses are needed to <br /> 8 help get ahead. She said she thinks about these things, but not in a way that would be helpful to <br /> 9 planning. <br /> 10 Lydian Altman said these are great visioning questions for the elected body and <br /> 11 community to consider. She added that the vision should be 20 years out, but the detailed <br /> 12 planning should address the next 3-5 years. <br /> 13 Commissioner Richards said the aging population and other demographic changes is <br /> 14 important to consider when looking towards planning for the future. She said receiving this type <br /> 15 of information from staff would be helpful. <br /> 16 Lydian Altman said the county's new Planning Director would have some good data and <br /> 17 projections to help the Board ground their decisions and planning in the context of Orange <br /> 18 County. <br /> 19 Commissioner Hamilton said the aging demographic doesn't surprise her because of her <br /> 20 experience as a social worker. She asked the question of how many people are coming into the <br /> 21 community that are older compare to the number of people already here who are aging and how <br /> 22 much the Board should accommodate the influx. She said the issue is who is going to take care <br /> 23 of the aging population if there is no room for younger people to live here. <br /> 24 Lydian Altman said the Commissioners have identified important questions for the <br /> 25 visioning process. <br /> 26 Chair Price said this discussion validates that the Board is on the right track. She said <br /> 27 that things have changed even since the goals were adopted six years ago, and she has been <br /> 28 to conferences where there was discussion on the influx of people and the landscape changing <br /> 29 all across the Charlotte-Greensboro-Raleigh-Durham beltway. She said everything is changing <br /> 30 so much so quickly that the county has to be prepared for the needs that are coming. She said <br />