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<br /> 1309 Charity Kirk: No, my driveway is too long.
<br /> 1310
<br /> 1311 Adam Beeman: Spectrum rates that first. Once the county signed the contract, they raced out to the county and
<br /> 1312 fed it. They stopped an eighth of a mile short of my house and told me if I wanted to get a third
<br /> 1313 phone line,they'll come to me. So, I've been on the telephone since.
<br /> 1314
<br /> 1315 Perdita Holtz: We can move it down the list so that it's not No. 1.
<br /> 1316
<br /> 1317 Charity Kirk: I'm fine with the way it is. Do we want to add anything? Is there more discussion?
<br /> 1318
<br /> 1319 Lamar Proctor: The only question I had is whether Whitney wanted to make a motion to add No. 8 for just like
<br /> 1320 general emerging issue work towards better community engagement. I don't know if this would be
<br /> 1321 something to add to our list of specific things, I would support a motion to add it.
<br /> 1322
<br /> 1323 Adam Beeman: The only comment I have to say about that is that you said 3 plus years ago and they have made
<br /> 1324 a huge,just like the broadband, a huge dent in reaching out to the community. The main page is
<br /> 1325 light years ahead of what it used to be. So, it's more from the folks that want to be engaged. 1
<br /> 1326 mean that's up for challenge. I understand trying to reach out to them, but just like Charity said,
<br /> 1327 that was the best they could get for numbers and those are the people that wanted to participate.
<br /> 1328
<br /> 1329 Whitney Watson: So,this is a question really for the planning staff is if they feel like they've made sufficient
<br /> 1330 progress, then it doesn't need to be added. But if we don't ask the question, have we made
<br /> 1331 enough progress,we can't decide to add it or not. So, if you feel like we've made enough
<br /> 1332 progress, all right, in terms of public outreach or public engagement,then I'm fine with omitting it.
<br /> 1333
<br /> 1334 Perdita Holtz: I think much progress has been made. We now have a monthly newsletter. There are a few
<br /> 1335 hundred subscribers. I don't recall the exact number off the top of my head. Your concern was
<br /> 1336 specific to a project going on in Orange County.
<br /> 1337
<br /> 1338 Whitney Watson: Well, that was what created the bruhaha 3 plus years ago. Is the project tied Orange County and 1
<br /> 1339 heard word from a lot of residents, they were like,wait a minute,where is this. What is the county
<br /> 1340 doing to us? And it wasn't the county that was doing it. So,that's just an example of how leading
<br /> 1341 the conversation could be useful. And I'm sure Adam probably hears this, that Orange County
<br /> 1342 inspectors can be really hard to work with. Well, my experience has been they're really great. But
<br /> 1343 that's not the reputation out there.
<br /> 1344
<br /> 1345 Cy Stober: So, a couple of things, one specific to Thermo Fisher and the Buckhorn area study and Buc-ee's
<br /> 1346 and everything that happened in 2021,that was squarely in the middle of COVID. So, messaging,
<br /> 1347 unfortunately,was very difficult and I think that the county went through three different meeting
<br /> 1348 platforms,you know, Zoom, and we went to Teams later after I got here, but it was a very difficult
<br /> 1349 time for messaging and communication period. I'm not making excuses, but I just want to
<br /> 1350 acknowledge the moment that the county was at that time. And Lord knows I think, especially with
<br /> 1351 the Buc-ee's,the county did a remarkable job at managing the input with the tools available and
<br /> 1352 everyone learning on the fly. The additional thing,we are already underway and working with
<br /> 1353 community relations on some sort of instructional videos about our processes, how to apply for a
<br /> 1354 permit,so forth. We can add this to the work plan. And that would obligate us to report on it, but 1
<br /> 1355 have the intention of working with Kristen Prelipp in community relations on developing some
<br /> 1356 videos about what we do and how to apply for a permit. What is zoning? You know what is it that
<br /> 1357 we do. And that'll be helpful also when the comp plan gets to the draft,and I can work with her on
<br /> 1358 that too. So,we can do that without adding it to the work plan and report back to you all and then
<br /> 1359 to Beth's point, if you all want to have a subcommittee where we develop a more informal
<br /> 1360 relationship and reporting back to you,we can do that. It would structure the activities a bit and
<br /> 1361 give us deadlines that, it's pluses and minuses, but for us as staff it's something we can do. We
<br /> 1362 just need to figure out what that looks like. I always think we can do a better, I mean my
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