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Approved 12.4.24 towns. So, are you looking at extending the municipality boundaries so that they just take care of 438 the poop, or how would you encourage a new town somewhere to focus development? Like in 439 this day and age, are new towns even possible? 440 441 Tom Altieri: These are all great questions, and we're looking for feedback on these things. And what our 442 community members think? 443 444 Charity Kirk: So, the rural buffer is under question. 445 446 Tom Altieri: Well, potentially. 447 448 Charity Kirk: Okay. All right. Thank you. 449 450 Cy Stober: I've spoken about this before, and I'll maintain my personal and professional position, but I also 451 think the county department's position. If we do not ask the question, "Is the rural buffer serving 452 the county's goals?" we as planners, we're being cowardly, and we're not doing our jobs. The 453 answer may be it is doing a great job and we need to maintain it, or may even need to expand it or 454 strengthen it. That's fine. That's great feedback. It also may be it's not working as intended and 455 needs some modification, or we want to get rid of it. I mean, those are extremes. But we need to 456 ask the question, and we need to have it documented what the answer generally is. And I would 457 also note, as Tom covered in Scenario 2, that is very much an open-space agricultural protection 458 scenario. Frankly, and then we have Scenario 1, which is the business-as-usual model, which is 459 largely the framework of growth and development in the county, and preservation and protection is 460 maintained as it is today. 461 462 Charity Kirk: Are you specifically asking about the rural buffer in your questions, or is it just sort of one of the 463 options? Because that seems to be at least sort of a thing around the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area, 464 like people know that term. 465 466 Tom Altieri: The consultant will be presenting the maps to the county commissioners at their September 10th 467 work session. The maps are in the report that I mentioned, so you'll be able to see them very 468 soon. And one of the areas that is addressed in that Alternative 4 was the mixed-use center. We 469 mentioned Southern Village as a potential example. That would be one of the areas that is shown 470 on the map as the area around Blackwood Station on new NC-86, for example. So, that area 471 would extend into what is currently the rural buffer. 472 473 Charity Kirk: Because the sewer question is a very interesting applicable question to the rural buffer area and 474 how we take care of our waste. 475 476 Tom Altieri: Right. 477 478 Adam Beeman: Anybody else have any other questions? 479 480 Beth Bronson: Tom, I apologize. I did not hear the four descriptions. I have reviewed the maps, but I did not 481 hear your descriptions, so I appreciate it. I had a question about Land-Use Alternative 3 versus 4. 482 You see, up new 86, I guess? So, it goes along 40 outside, between basically new 86 and 15-483 501. Just trying to make sure I understand. It's a rural conservation neighborhood, along, versus 484 mixed-use area in the Land Alternative 4. It's that density between Chapel Hill and Hillsborough. 485 486 Tom Altieri: I'm sorry. I'm not understanding the question. And I don't have the benefit of seeing the map. 487 488 Beth Bronson: Oh, you guys don't have maps? 489 490 Tom Altieri: No, the maps aren't part of the presentation. No. 491 492