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Approved August 2 , 2023 <br /> 111 Cy Stober: So there ' s two different things to consider here that I think are relevant . First of all there is a state law in North <br /> 112 Carolina that prohibits us from having regulations that exceed those of the state . So that' s relevant to the water <br /> 113 conservation standards . So , we can ' t have a UDO standard that exceeds that of the state when it comes to water <br /> 114 conservation or water quality for that matter. The county , right now , is 5M0 % of the way through its climate adaptation <br /> 115 plan , that I anticipate will have very specific goals or objectives related to conservation and sustainability . That will be <br /> 116 one of the foundational documents that is referenced by Clarion and Associates that there can be crosstalk with and <br /> 117 whether it is a cross reference to the climate adaptability plan or it is a stand - alone , but complementary goal related to <br /> 118 land use and development , I think that can be in the comprehensive plan . That could be a land use or sustainability goal <br /> 119 depending on what direction this planning effort goes . That could be not supported by the Lawrence Road project in your <br /> 120 example , and you could say it' s not supportive of this goal and that is our grounds for voting against this . <br /> 121 <br /> 122 Charity Kirk : I know we ' ve been adding amendments or little add -ons for approval of stuff . . . <br /> 123 <br /> 124 Cy Stober: So that' s part of the conditional zoning process which is completely separate from the comprehensive plan . <br /> 125 That is baked into conditional zoning and your powers as the advisory board to the commissioners in saying "We would <br /> 126 approve this with these specified changes . " For example ; Water conservation measures , solar array . . . . <br /> 127 <br /> 128 Charity Kirk : But you were saying , for Lawrence Road that we couldn ' t do that . . . . <br /> 129 <br /> 130 Cy Stober : You can ' t, it has to be tied to the land use , yes . <br /> 131 <br /> 132 Charity Kirk : This is not the comprehensive plan where we can pull it to say we don 't want something ? It would be a <br /> 133 change to the UDO? <br /> 134 <br /> 135 Cy Stober: If I recollect, that was specific on fixtures in the schools and on the rec fields , so that would have been <br /> 136 exceeding the land use of parameters of the conditions that should be reasonably tied to the land use recommendation . <br /> 137 There is probably some wiggle room over the next two years that we can explore their broad goals that you could <br /> 138 explore . <br /> 139 <br /> 140 Charity Kirk : Which is the UDO ? <br /> 141 <br /> 142 Cy Stober : No , UDO is standards . UDO is law . Comprehensive plan is guidance . <br /> 143 <br /> 144 Charity Kirk : What I ' m talking about, is it changes to the comp plan or changes to the LIDO that need to happen in order <br /> 145 for us to . . . <br /> 146 <br /> 147 Cy Stober: I would say it is probably more the comprehensive plan to establish discrete goals and objectives related to , <br /> 148 in this case , sustainability . That may crop up in this other plan and we have good cross talk about how this land use <br /> 149 document talks with our climate adaptation strategy and how are they integrated and what is and is not supported by <br /> 150 those two documents . <br /> 151 <br /> 152 Charity Kirk : I just wanted to clarify , the public engagement windows are two- month periods in which public engagement <br /> 153 is ramped up and goes through the different lists of things , but it doesn 't talk about specifically how they are going to <br /> 154 reach the public . It talks about the website , and the coordination but what avenues are going to be used in order to <br /> 155 engage the public? Is it going to be mailing or do you have any kind of information on that or is it still too early in the <br /> 156 process to know? <br /> 157 <br /> 158 Tom Altieri : It' s a little bit early but certainly , all of the above . We are going to have that project branded website , we will <br /> 159 be working with our information officer with the county to push out notices via social media . That equity database will be <br /> 160 used to do some direct mailing potentially email but to reach them to make sure that they are involved in those outreach <br /> 161 activities . There will also be some monitoring by Clarion in terms of participation to make sure that some of these <br /> 162 targeted groups are being reached and , if not , take the opportunity to have some targeted meetings , specific <br /> 163 geographies to reach those people . <br /> 164 <br />