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some of them are property owners that could be developers of housing, affordable housing, if they are 447
<br />approached, and they are at that level of that type of land, by opening a discussion in a practical manner with 448
<br />them, could then, and that is incorporated into the policies where you can, and it helps promote the right type 449
<br />of development, could be beneficial. I haven't heard a discussion where those major policy owners as a group, 450
<br />have been taken into account. That would be my comment there. Because sometimes that focus is what 451
<br />makes the most practical solutions. The only other question I've got, and this one's going to be a little bit, 452
<br />deals with historic sites, and there are many of them within the County. Now, there is the courthouse in 453
<br />downtown Hillsborough. That is a very significant historic site. That is public, everybody's aware of it. There 454
<br />are also, traditionally, many public sites that are historic that they're not publicized purposely, because if you 455
<br />openly publicize them, that leaves them, and they're rural areas, that leaves them very exposed for vandalism 456
<br />and stealing on those sites. Therefore, traditionally, whether it's England or the United States, many of those 457
<br />sites have not been covered. In what you're doing in land use, because some of those sites may impact 458
<br />potential development areas. I'm just raising this point, is there any discussion of how you've handled that in 459
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<br />Leigh Anne King: Let me start with the first question. I think it's a really good idea that you raise about 462
<br />thinking about the next round of engagement, which honestly, is probably when the larger landowners would 463
<br />be most interested in engaging, when we're starting to talk about the Future Land Use Map and how that could 464
<br />or might change, if at all. I think that's an important idea to be reaching out to them directly as part of this 465
<br />process to let them know that that's part of the discussion that the County's having in development of this Plan. 466
<br />So, that's a really good suggestion. On the historic sites, in terms of how they might be protected or what 467
<br />might happen to those, I think we definitely want to be looking at those, kind of culturally and historically 468
<br />significant properties, as part of this process and thinking about the land use designations that would apply to 469
<br />those properties and how that could potentially influence them. Particularly if they're places that are valued or 470
<br />if you all have a prioritization of historic properties that you want to be protecting. That might be something 471
<br />that the County has, I haven't looked into that, but – 472
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<br />Statler Gilfillen: I would discuss that with Peter Sandbeck, who is in charge of historic preservations. 474
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<br />Leigh Anne King: So, that's something that we could definitely take a look at, as part of the more rural parts 476
<br />of the county, when we're looking at the Future Land Use Map. 477
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<br />Marilyn Carter: First off, thank you for a very comprehensive update to the committee. I had a chance to 479
<br />go to two of the three engagement workshops and a friend and community member from Cedar Grove 480
<br />attended the Cedar Grove workshop and I was happy to hear her report back that there was good 481
<br />representation at that workshop. And the participation level was very high as well. So, I was pleased to hear 482
<br />about that. And I'm also pleased to hear that the plan is to go into the next engagement window and the future 483
<br />land use alternatives discussion, to bring in other groups that might not have been represented. I appreciate it, 484
<br />Emily and yourself, Leigh Anne, referencing that. I noticed in the report, and this is a question, that there's 485
<br />several groups that are referenced, the Occoneechee tribal communities, as well as, of course, we've already 486
<br />discussed some of the other committee members mentioned renters, the Latino population, and so, will those 487
<br />three groups expressly be engaged as part of that next engagement window? 488
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<br />Leigh Anne King: Yes, I think that's one of the things that Tate Consulting on our team can be focusing in 490
<br />on, as opposed to 200 different contacts, we can be kind of narrowing that focus a little bit. Not that we won't 491
<br />continue to advertise and reach out to the other organization and groups, but that we might want to be paying 492
<br />specific and putting more energy behind connecting with the folks that we did not connect with this time. 493
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<br />Marilyn Carter: Okay. Thank you for confirming that. And then, this is more of an observation than a 495
<br />question, but when you showed, and appreciated seeing the Strategic Plan Survey feedback in this context, I 496
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