Minutes 11-12-2024 - Work Session

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14 Leigh Anne King said they do not have a plan specifically to engage that community but are working on an approach. Cy Stober said they learned helpful lessons from the Greene Tract community sessions, and they will be building on relationships that they have developed in this process to reach further to the community. He said that in terms of reaching out to younger people, they will work on that. Commissioner Hamilton echoed Commissioner Portie-Ascott's concern about making sure the survey results include other demographics other than diversity of race and ethnicity. She said that economic lines and age would be important. She said that she is missing the "why" in the summary. She said when there are numbers that are almost even support and not support, she would like to get further into that. She said that she will need more information on what those people are thinking. Chair Bedford asked if the disaggregated data can be provided. Emily Gvino said statistically valid information can be provided by demographic groups, but they are not able to do that with this information because it was from a voluntary exit survey. Commissioner Richards asked if people favor rural conservation neighborhoods, does that depend on private water and sewer? She said this is an example but are any of the options impossible to do without dependency on another item. She asked about how to make the comments as connections in the plan. Leigh Anne King said rural conservation neighborhoods could be supported by private water and sewer or public if that was the choice. She said that mixed use would likely require public infrastructure. She said it is her understanding that a cluster subdivision is allowed in the county, with private water and wastewater systems being allowed and this would not be a huge policy change. Commissioner Richards asked if those connections will be made when the recommendations are brought forward to the Board. Leigh Anne King said yes. Commissioner McKee asked if there is a way to tease out how rural residents answered vs. how urban residents answered the survey. Leigh Anne King said no, the exit surveys are separate from the land use survey. Chair Bedford said it seems like everyone taking the survey seems to want everything, so it is not really helping her. Leigh Anne King said it seems they are asking the right questions, and most people want to get to the sweet spot but their ideas of how to get there may be different. Commissioner Hamilton said the geographic issues are important because it may be separated by location. She said that Commissioner McKee mentioned it and it is important because it gives context for maybe why people want different things which can inform the Board as they try to balance that. Cy Stober said when demographic information is asked it can depress survey results. He said in the next engagement window, they can ask a question about Township or something similar that would not be too identifying. Commissioner Fowler said if they sent out surveys to people who live around Gravelly Hill, this seems like a very specific area. She said that it might explain the mix in survey results. She asked if it is legal to do these surveys at the polls. Leigh Anne King said Clarion has never done that. She said if they were to do that, they would have had to use the short survey. Chair Bedford said she attended the Voluntary Ag breakfast this morning and they are close to presenting a document for preserving farmland. She said that her overall concern is how Mebane annexations need to be factored into this update. Leigh Anne King said they are staying plugged into the Mebane CLUP as a starting point. She said that will be folded into their thinking with this plan.