Agenda 06-03-2025; 8-a - Minutes

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9 1 Commissioner Greene asked if a new revised plan would be sent to the Board. 2 Tom Altieri said there is a preliminary draft plan that staff was intending to take to the 3 community with the authorization of the Board. He said there was an indication that the Board 4 may want to make some changes to this version based on the information that they will be 5 receiving. He said if changes are made, then there would amendments prior to the next round of 6 community engagement. 7 Commissioner Greene asked if it is the intention for the Board to receive all the information 8 listed in slide #10 by July. 9 Tom Altieri said no, and that staff can prepare the items in yellow in a matter of weeks and 10 present that in the near-term. He said the blue and red items will take additional time. He said 11 there would need to be meetings scheduled for those and they are looking for guidance on how 12 they may want to schedule additional meetings. 13 Commissioner Greene asked why they would revise the plan without the red information 14 available. 15 Tom Altieri said that it would be the purview of the Board and that the plan is not required 16 to be revised. He said they are looking for feedback from the public. He said it has been put 17 together based on comments received in the second engagement window. He said they are 18 looking to get feedback on items like the rural conservation neighborhoods. He said it is up to the 19 Board on how they move forward. 20 Commissioner Fowler said it seems they will need the second calendar alternative to get 21 more information. She said some of the questions were about how they came up with the locations 22 for some of the clusters. She asked if they avoid what could be prime farmland given the attempt 23 to preserve. She said that would be questions for later, but she would like to know if it is possible 24 to put those in the rural buffer. 25 Tom Altieri said once the questions are known they can be prepared to answer them. He 26 said the questions in yellow are relatively simple and quick. 27 Cy Stober, Planning Director, said the question is if they want to have all the questions 28 answered before they go back to the public or if they want to move forward in getting the feedback 29 and then coming back to the Board. 30 Chair Bedford said that she thinks the Board should see it first and provide feedback and 31 then it should go to the public. 32 Commissioner Carter said she agrees. She asked about the NC General Assembly and 33 the bills that affect land use planning, specifically, how does the timing align with the tentative 34 calendar. 35 Cy Stober said that staff would pivot accordingly whatever the General Assembly does. 36 He said that they will keep their work going until they are directed to change course. 37 John Roberts said he cannot predict the timing, but most bills filed in the General Assembly 38 never pass. He said it depends on support in both the House and Senate. 39 Commissioner McKee said he agrees with the timing that Chair Bedford suggested. He 40 said that he fears if it goes back to the community first, it will create an excess feedback loop. He 41 said this could make it get lost in discussion. He said he did not want to eliminate community 42 feedback, he wanted to make sure they moved forward. 43 Chair Bedford said it sounds like the Board agrees that the alternative timeline is 44 preferable. She said that staff and the consultants have done a great job but none of the Board 45 have master's in planning and they have different learning styles. She said that the Board needs 46 to have some mini sessions on the various aspects of the plan. She said that they can look at a 47 Saturday retreat in December. 48 Commissioner Fowler said there are action items that they need to make comments on in 49 open session. 50 Commissioner Portie-Ascott said she was hoping to have a session in which the Board 51 could discuss the items in yellow in depth.