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15 DRAFT 438 towns. So, are you looking at extending the municipality boundaries so that they just take care of 439 the poop,or how would you encourage a new town somewhere to focus development? Like in 440 this day and age, are new towns even possible? 441 442 Tom Altieri: These are all great questions,and we're looking for feedback on these things. And what our 443 community members think? 444 445 Charity Kirk: So,the rural buffer is under question. 446 447 Tom Altieri: Well, potentially. 448 449 Charity Kirk: Okay. All right.Thank you. 450 451 Cy Stober: I've spoken about this before,and I'll maintain my personal and professional position, but I also 452 think the county department's position. If we do not ask the question, "Is the rural buffer serving 453 the county's goals?"we as planners,we're being cowardly, and we're not doing our jobs. The 454 answer may be it is doing a great job and we need to maintain it, or may even need to expand it or 455 strengthen it. That's fine. That's great feedback. It also may be it's not working as intended and 456 needs some modification, or we want to get rid of it. I mean,those are extremes. But we need to 457 ask the question, and we need to have it documented what the answer generally is. And I would 458 also note, as Tom covered in Scenario 2,that is very much an open-space agricultural protection 459 scenario. Frankly, and then we have Scenario 1,which is the business-as-usual model,which is 460 largely the framework of growth and development in the county, and preservation and protection is 461 maintained as it is today. 462 463 Charity Kirk: Are you specifically asking about the rural buffer in your questions, or is it just sort of one of the 464 options? Because that seems to be at least sort of a thing around the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area, 465 like people know that term. 466 467 Tom Altieri: The consultant will be presenting the maps to the county commissioners at their September 10th 468 work session. The maps are in the report that I mentioned,so you'll be able to see them very 469 soon. And one of the areas that is addressed in that Alternative 4 was the mixed-use center. We 470 mentioned Southern Village as a potential example. That would be one of the areas that is shown 471 on the map as the area around Blackwood Station on new NC-86,for example. So, that area 472 would extend into what is currently the rural buffer. 473 474 Charity Kirk: Because the sewer question is a very interesting applicable question to the rural buffer area and 475 how we take care of our waste. 476 477 Tom Altieri: Right. 478 479 Adam Beeman: Anybody else have any other questions? 480 481 Beth Bronson: Tom, I apologize. I did not hear the four descriptions. I have reviewed the maps, but I did not 482 hear your descriptions, so I appreciate it. I had a question about Land-Use Alternative 3 versus 4. 483 You see, up new 86, 1 guess? So, it goes along 40 outside, between basically new 86 and 15- 484 501. Just trying to make sure I understand. It's a rural conservation neighborhood, along,versus 485 mixed-use area in the Land Alternative 4. It's that density between Chapel Hill and Hillsborough. 486 487 Tom Altieri: I'm sorry. I'm not understanding the question. And I don't have the benefit of seeing the map. 488 489 Beth Bronson: Oh, you guys don't have maps? 490 491 Tom Altieri: No,the maps aren't part of the presentation. No. 492