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16 <br /> DRAFT <br /> 493 Beth Bronson: Apologies. I thought that that's what you were asking for feedback on. <br /> 494 <br /> 495 Tom Altieri: No,that's where we're going with upcoming public outreach. <br /> 496 <br /> 497 Beth Bronson: Yep. We'll get there. The only other question I had was an opportunity to let the public see that <br /> 498 you're engaging with the municipalities. And I understand emailing back and forth to managers <br /> 499 and making people aware that, Mebane letting the county know that they're hiring a consultant, <br /> 500 Orange County letting Mebane know that they've hired a consultant. However, I mean, in the <br /> 501 instance of Hillsborough or, as Charity mentioned, the incorporation of Efland,for instance. <br /> 502 Things like that, I think, seeing that type of engagement in a public forum between planning staff <br /> 503 and the commissioners, or planning staff and other municipalities,would give this opportunity for <br /> 504 the public engagement, because their officials are hearing it and receiving it on their behalf. And <br /> 505 then maybe more feedback from that. <br /> 506 <br /> 507 Tom Altieri: I'm hearing the point. So is the planning director. We're working our way through a contract and <br /> 508 scope of services and a process that has been approved by our board. <br /> 509 <br /> 510 Beth Bronson: Okay. So, you're saying there's no funding for going out and asking to be on the agendas of other <br /> 511 councils' meetings just for presentation,for information presentations? Okay. And that's <br /> 512 understandable. I don't know if it's common or not. Thanks. <br /> 513 <br /> 514 Lamar Proctor: Just a quick question about the land-use alternatives map. How do you define,what is <br /> 515 "urbanizing residential"? <br /> 516 <br /> 517 Tom Altieri: So,without the benefit of the map, I mentioned Mebane is expanding its utility service boundary. <br /> 518 It's not necessarily that they're going to be extending water and sewer lines immediately, but this <br /> 519 is the area that they could potentially see themselves growing in the somewhat distant future. So, <br /> 520 when we're thinking of our existing future land-use map,we have areas that aren't agricultural <br /> 521 residential, rural residential. They're not green, they're not yellow on the map. Transition areas. <br /> 522 So,think around, maybe around Efland,the 10-and 20-year transition areas,they're kinda the <br /> 523 khaki-orange type colors on the future land-use map. And originally it was envisioned that they <br /> 524 may have public utilities someday. So urbanizing residential would be an area in the county <br /> 525 jurisdiction that would also be potentially within Mebane's utility services area. So, it is a little <br /> 526 different from what you are all used to in terms of agricultural residential or rural residential. <br /> 527 <br /> 528 Lamar Proctor: Okay,thank you. <br /> 529 <br /> 530 Tom Altieri: You're welcome. Yeah,some of this will make a little more sense when we get there and you can <br /> 531 have the benefit of the maps and the descriptions, and also the criteria. <br /> 532 <br /> 533 Marilyn Carter: Tom,just a quick question. You had referenced the contract discussions with the consultant <br /> 534 happening or have happened perhaps. Can you just give us a brief update? I saw in the packet; <br /> 535 we're not being asked to consider or provide input on that. That's already been decided by the <br /> 536 commissioners. Is that right? <br /> 537 <br /> 538 Tom Altieri: It has not been decided by the commissioners, but they have mentioned that they wanted to do a <br /> 539 better job reaching some of the targeted communities and to try to do some things differently. And <br /> 540 so, it is to address that. It would be our second contract amendment. There's been one already, <br /> 541 and that was to accommodate additional Board of County Commissioners meetings, largely <br /> 542 bimonthly meetings, so that was done shortly after the original contract was approved. And then <br /> 543 this would be our second contract amendment, more specific to outreach. Also,testing the four <br /> 544 alternatives with the public. The original contract included the release of just one draft growth and <br /> 545 conservation framework map,future land-use map to the public, and it was decided during the <br /> 546 process that the staff team didn't want to make the decision in the narrowing of the four <br /> 547 alternatives to create one draft. So testing the alternatives with the public is now being done as <br />