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10 <br /> 1 Slide #15 <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Chair Bedford asked how the Board will be involved in updating the plan and what phase <br /> 4 it will be in when they see it. <br /> 5 Leigh Anne King said that they are currently in the community engagement segment, and <br /> 6 they are working on phases 2 and 3. She said that in phase 4 they will have another community <br /> 7 engagement session during which they will test different alternatives against the actual land use <br /> 8 plan. She said at that point they will work with the Board to review the feedback they receive from <br /> 9 the community. <br /> 10 Chair Bedford said that the reason it came up is because Chapel Hill wants to review the <br /> 11 Water and Sewer Management, Planning and Boundary Agreement(WASMPBA)at their meeting <br /> 12 on the 15th and she was curious about how they could all take a comprehensive look. <br /> 13 Commissioner Richards asked how the land use plan relates to other plans. <br /> 14 Leigh Anne King said their rule of thumb is that they want to make sure they use concrete <br /> 15 policies with anything that will affect how the Board makes decisions or anything that has <br /> 16 ordinance implications. She said they wanted to be disciplined in thinking about land use policies <br /> 17 for this document. She said that they try to have a "sandbox" where they collect ideas that do not <br /> 18 live in the Land Use Plan but could live somewhere else. She said that feedback that they get <br /> 19 throughout the process can be used in other areas and be very valuable. <br /> 20 Cy Stober, Planning Director, said that the plan is focused on land use. He said the <br /> 21 implementation strategy will speak to how the other agreements and plans. He said that this will <br /> 22 bring up the questions about amending other plans or not and would this lead to having hard <br /> 23 conversations with their partners. <br /> 24 Commissioner Richards asked if there might be adjacent policies that would lead to <br /> 25 amendments in the Land Use Plan. <br /> 26 Cy Stober said one example is the North/South BRT lines and how that will have an impact <br /> 27 on the Land Use Plan in Orange County. He said that is a Chapel Hill plan with federal funding <br /> 28 but impacts the rural buffer and requires that Orange County reflect that plan in their actions and <br /> 29 plans. <br /> 30 Commissioner Richards asked if there was something that was not that specific, would it <br /> 31 be explored with the party that has the jurisdiction and does that add time. <br /> 32 Cy Stober said yes. He said that is a reason that outreach is so important, because it is <br /> 33 about values. He said the future of development and growth is all determined by values and there <br /> 34 are things like transit and climate change that they need to account for. <br /> 35 Commissioner Fowler said she was looking at the Future Land Use Map (FLUM)and there <br /> 36 is a place for people to make comments. She said it seems that people would really have to have <br />