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<br />Leigh Anne King: One of the reasons that we take a more qualitative approach versus quantitative, is we do 398
<br />want to be representative of the community when we do quantitative analysis, whereas the qualitative analysis 399
<br />with stakeholder surveys is really an opportunity to meet with County leadership, advisory board members, 400
<br />staff, which aren't necessarily going to be representative sociodemographically of the community, but they are 401
<br />the people that are working on a regular basis in this area. So, that's why we take a more qualitative approach 402
<br />as opposed to a quantitative approach. 403
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<br />Melissa Poole: So, on the renter engagement, obviously, that's of concern, because it was so low, and I 405
<br />can't help but wonder if that could be, intuitively, when you hear “land use plan,” and you are not a land owner, 406
<br />or a property owner, you're naturally like, “why, how does this affect me?” So, perhaps in trying to generate 407
<br />more engagement, kind of outlining whether you own property or not, the importance of the Land Use Plan, 408
<br />and probably a particular emphasis on the communities seeming to drive for affordable housing, because one 409
<br />has to assume, if you are not a homeowner, that you're renting because it's expensive to own a home. The 410
<br />second is, I'm concerned with the engagement of, and if I looked at it correctly, obviously those that are 64 and 411
<br />older are turning out, because, generally speaking, those are the folks who are most concerned with, “I've lived 412
<br />here all my life, this is my property, this is what I want.” But, I think, now, I know what I put on, every time y'all 413
<br />have sent us stuff, I put it on my social media. I think that broadening the social media, more so than just 414
<br />Facebook, if you want to reach them 15 and older, you got to do Instagram. I mean, there's no two ways about 415
<br />it. They don't Facebook, they don't Twitter. But I also think you can possibly engage more diversity as well, 416
<br />diversity both ethnicity as well as age, if you thought about sending home something, dropping it off at the 417
<br />schools in the office to go home with kids. Because I know, when my children were in elementary school, in 418
<br />particular, everything that went on in this county come home in their little folder on Friday, and I would have to 419
<br />go through 20 pages of stuff. So, you're going hit a greater diversity ethnically, you're going to hit a greater 420
<br />age group. And then, my question. That's my two cents. I'm good at giving an opinion. Looking at the parks 421
<br />and rec, when I was looking through this, and y'all identity what the purpose of, what they are, the key 422
<br />objectives, how are y'all coming up with that? I’m looking at where it breaks out specifically the different parks 423
<br />and areas, so Blackwood Farm Park Master Plan, Little River Regional. 424
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<br />Leigh Anne King: The Community Policy Profile, different policy documents the County has. So that is a 426
<br />summary report of adopted and relevant policy plans that the County has on the books right now, and we 427
<br />wanted to do a review of all of those so we understood what's out there right now, in terms of policy direction, 428
<br />that we need to be considering in this process that has an influence on this Plan. And they're organized by 429
<br />different topic areas because there are so many of those plans. 430
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<br />Statler Gilfillen: I assume that the real goal of this, the whole study, it's to take, and you've done, I think, 432
<br />an excellent job of surveying people for what their desires are. I'm not questioning that at all. It's to take those 433
<br />citizens' desires, and then create a plan that becomes a law, that we can promote fulfillment of those goals. 434
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<br />Leigh Anne King: Yes. I would be careful about saying the law because it is a policy document. So, it's not 436
<br />the same as your Zoning Ordinance, but – 437
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<br />Statler Gilfillen: It's not quite that rigid. I'd like to ask a stupid question. Who is the largest land property 439
<br />owner in the county? 440
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<br />Cy Stober: It's either Orange County or Duke Forest. 442
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<br />Statler Gilfillen: Let’s say Duke Forest. The County has a lot within the urban areas, that may be one 444
<br />thing and the impact of the study and promoting things might be different. How many of that list at the top 10 445
<br />or 20, that own the most open rural land, that your study, as I'm understanding, will be most directed at, and 446
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