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