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<br /> 220 Marilyn Carter: Okay.
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<br /> 222 Tom Altieri: It's similar in a way to our first engagement window. So have a kickoff, in-person meetings, online
<br /> 223 engagement, and we will be having two surveys. If you recall,we had good survey participation
<br /> 224 from those that attended our meetings and completed them in person. Participation was not so
<br /> 225 hot online, and so a short survey has been developed as well, and one that's a little bit longer. It's
<br /> 226 pretty detailed information on each of the alternatives, but we want to get feedback from as many
<br /> 227 people as we can, so we do have two surveys, and we're also doing some tabling events, and last
<br /> 228 Fridays, and festivals and that type of thing during our engagement window. We know we can't hit
<br /> 229 somebody with a 15-or 20-minute survey at those types of events, so something short that they
<br /> 230 can complete in 5 minutes.
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<br /> 232 Dolores Bailey: Tom, I have two questions back towards what you just talked about. Are you doing anything
<br /> 233 different as you're reaching out to different communities so that you can get some response?
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<br /> 235 Tom Altieri: Yes,we are. We've got two public workshop engagement meetings that are coming up that we've
<br /> 236 started advertising and that Community Relations is pushing out through county notices all over;
<br /> 237 on the website,social media accounts and so forth. And you'll notice these meeting locations are
<br /> 238 in kind of strategic areas,so we've had a lot of growth pressure from the west from Mebane along
<br /> 239 West 10 Road in the area of Gravelly Hill Middle School, some of the developments that have
<br /> 240 gone in there. And so, one of our meetings will be at that school in the auditorium. We're sending
<br /> 241 out first-class mail notification to about 1,000 property owners that live within the area of the
<br /> 242 school, hoping that will help attendance at the meeting. And then of course the American Legion
<br /> 243 post, if you're familiar with that, that's down in the southwestern part of the county down near
<br /> 244 White Cross. Again, in the area of the Fiddlehead Corners development proposal. So,we think
<br /> 245 those,we know those should be pretty well attended. Hard-to-reach communities, I've been
<br /> 246 working more directly with some community leaders to host meetings. I mentioned that we'd be
<br /> 247 working on a contract amendment. We do anticipate doing additional meetings and have started
<br /> 248 planning for those, and it's really more of a grassroots effort to notification, so it's not the model of
<br /> 249 county staff advertising for a meeting in a county facility,the agricultural center for example, and
<br /> 250 sending out notices to everyone and just hope and pray that someone comes. We're working with
<br /> 251 the community leaders for them to host and for them to invite the right people, those within their
<br /> 252 communities, to the meetings.We're going to have some success and we'll be able to provide
<br /> 253 more information on that shortly.
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<br /> 255 Dolores Bailey: Thank you. That's exactly what I wanted to know. I also want to make sure we're covering
<br /> 256 minority communities around this area, making sure that they get their voices heard as well. My
<br /> 257 second question is about the mixed housing use that you talked about. Give me some examples
<br /> 258 of that, please.
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<br /> 260 Tom Altieri: This would be potentially higher density, smaller lots, a mix of residential, potentially townhomes,
<br /> 261 and some services, businesses that would serve the neighboring area.
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<br /> 263 Dolores Bailey: And we're talking home ownership and rental?
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<br /> 265 Tom Altieri: Potentially. We haven't really gotten to that granular level of detail about exactly what it would
<br /> 266 look like. The modeling has been primarily on putting it in the right places, on density, and then
<br /> 267 for each alternative, how much capacity would we have in the county, based on land area,for that
<br /> 268 development. And not just residential capacity, but also non-residential square footage.
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<br /> 270 Cy Stober: If I may,we're really focusing on the land use, and the model really focuses on the number of units
<br /> 271 that would be generated, so like Tom said, that granular level of ownership model or affordability,
<br /> 272 and how this comprehensive plan will integrate or interact with the adopted strategic plan and the
<br /> 273 housing goals that are established in it,will be something to determine politically by the county
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