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Approved 1-3-24 47 Mr. Stober emphasized that the Orange County Comprehensive Plan will guide future objectives of the 48 Board. 49 50 The Board was provided with an overview of updates to previous Board objectives. 51 52 Board members discussed the Lumos Project as it relates to current rollout of infrastructure and areas of 53 coverage. Melissa Poole discussed lowering the rank of the objective of wireless and broadband expansion, 54 since the project is moving along successfully. Ms. Holtz clarified that the work plan objectives were not 55 ranked. 56 57 Chair Beeman brought up Objective 4, asking what the innovative water and sewage disposal method would 58 be moving forward. Mr. Stober explained there have been conceptual ideas of decentralized wastewater 59 systems, though they pose challenges. Beth Bronson noted that it should be a focus of the County to see 60 how to go about the process and to monitor case studies. 61 62 Marilyn Carter: There's an item about describing the collaboration relationships with other advisory 63 boards and commissions and knowing that the Climate Action Plan was just approved, and I'm thinking "plan" 64 here refers to some potential collaboration areas or issues where there would be collaboration.Are we at the 65 moment now when we would have a sense of what those boards might be that we would be collaborating with 66 on the Land Use Plan in 2024? 67 68 Cy Stober: No, not at a staff level. I mean so the problem is that we feel disconnected from that 69 because we have a staff working group so we're working with 12 other department heads on the 70 Comprehensive Land Use Plan. What their board, the questions their boards are asking them about that, 1 71 don't know. I do know there has been some general interest from the Ag Preservation Board, so that's why 72 the Comp Plan is going to be the plenary session at the Ag Summit in February. So, that will be the 73 Comprehensive Land Use Plan, Clarion will be presenting at that Summit. Otherwise, I'm not aware at this 74 time. That's a good question just to ask the other departments as a homework item. If there are boards that 75 need to be briefed on this or brought into the mix, who those are and when. 76 77 Marilyn Carter: Thank you and just a quick follow up. The Climate Action Plan comes to mind and all of 78 the resiliency. It seems like it would be a logical area but there's likely other areas. Because the Climate 79 Action Plan is so robust. There's so much in it that that might be an area where we might have boards or 80 advisory boards that we would work with. And it looks like we're going be hearing from them pretty soon, 1 81 imagine. 82 83 Cy Stober: We can. There is no board that is designated to manage the Climate Action Plan. The 84 Commission for the Environment, I think, reviewed it, but Amy Eckberg is the coordinator. She has one 85 part-time staff member and that is the climate action staff for the County at this time. She also works closely 86 with the manager. She's working in partnership with the executive office of the County. So, it is a 87 commissioner priority and we'd be happy to have a briefing or a presentation on the Climate Action Plan, if 88 that's of interest. 89 90 The Board discussed transportation projects in the County, including the Hillsborough train station, which 91 staff were not able to comment on, and the South Churton Street widening, which NCDOT is currently 92 receiving public input for. 93