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<br /> 1038 had a lot of stuff and other meetings. And then on page 39 of your agenda packet,we list the
<br /> 1039 activities that we expect to be working on in 2025, and so that includes the Land Use Plan update,
<br /> 1040 which is a major work product that staff is working on as well as the consultant. And then also,
<br /> 1041 UDO amendments,just so you know,with the talk of the conservation subdivisions,there is
<br /> 1042 actually an effort by staff right now to draft some UDO amendments pertaining to the conservation
<br /> 1043 subdivisions in response to a petition that was made by a Board of County Commissioners
<br /> 1044 member earlier this year. And then, there are the three others that are a little bit less staff time
<br /> 1045 intensive. I will note that Meg has already done her first training session, and we are going to
<br /> 1046 knock that out quick. We are going to be done by early January. She's the only new board
<br /> 1047 member, and then here,we're now at the end of the page,where the concerns or emerging issues
<br /> 1048 that the planning board may wish to bring the commissioner's attention. We have still wireless
<br /> 1049 and broadband access,which is a continuing project in the county.And concerns with Mebane in
<br /> 1050 western Orange County. And continuing onto the last page,the watershed review and then a
<br /> 1051 couple things for inclusion into the land use plan pertaining to rural enterprises and to
<br /> 1052 transportation even though the planning department no longer includes the transportation
<br /> 1053 component within our department. It was moved out of planning a couple of years ago, and is
<br /> 1054 now its own separate department, but there is still a land use and transportation connection that
<br /> 1055 everybody acknowledges. So,the recommendation for tonight is for you all to, hopefully, review
<br /> 1056 the document prior to the meeting, and to talk about any ideas that any of you may have for
<br /> 1057 additional activities to be worked on in 2025. You know,time permitting of course, or any
<br /> 1058 additional issues to be brought to the attention of the BOCC,and then to either approve the work
<br /> 1059 plan and annual report or ask staff to incorporate the results of any discussion,and submit the
<br /> 1060 form to the clerk's office, or for us to incorporate the results and then bring it back for your further
<br /> 1061 review at the January 8, 2025, meeting.And with that, I will turn it over for you all.
<br /> 1062
<br /> 1063 Adam Beeman: Go ahead, Charity.
<br /> 1064
<br /> 1065 Charity Kirk: So,the private water and sewer system is coming up.What can we have a say on? What can
<br /> 1066 land use do to specify systems.That keeps coming up as a concern, but besides just hearing
<br /> 1067 about it and expressing opinion,what power,what information, is there anything that we can be
<br /> 1068 involved in there?
<br /> 1069
<br /> 1070 Perdita Holtz: Right. You know, actually,that is something that we need to look at more because by default
<br /> 1071 they're allowed. And as you know in North Carolina, if it's allowed,we're not quite sure if we can
<br /> 1072 not allow it. And this is one of things that Cy talked about doing a bit more research for staff to
<br /> 1073 figure out. Number 1,what are the options? And then, Number 2, do we want to do anything with
<br /> 1074 the options?
<br /> 1075
<br /> 1076 Charity Kirk: Yeah. I talked with an inspector at Environmental Health, and he was talking about mobile home
<br /> 1077 parks, and how there is a turnover, and they just sort of let the systems degrade, how could we
<br /> 1078 prevent that stuff that's already happening? How can we prevent that in the future too? But that
<br /> 1079 would be our suggestion to staff to look into it.
<br /> 1080
<br /> 1081 Perdita Holtz: Yeah, and it would really be as passing it on to Environmental Health because once it's in the
<br /> 1082 ground, it's on Environmental Health.
<br /> 1083
<br /> 1084 Charity Kirk: So, is there land use? Can land use dictate what systems would be allowed?
<br /> 1085
<br /> 1086 Perdita Holtz: Maybe. Maybe not. There was a time where we had regulations that if you were over a certain
<br /> 1087 size,that you had to get an SUP but that was taken out of the UDO several years ago.
<br /> 1088
<br /> 1089 Cy Stober: Another missing component that is present is storm water and the requirement of a performance
<br /> 1090 guarantee and that is complicated because,would that be environment health,would that be
<br /> 1091 planning, I don't know. But it's kind of ambiguous whether we could require this at that time. So,
<br /> 1092 again, Perdita's point, having some kind of regulations regarding an engineered system would be
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