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5 <br /> 1 Slide#2 <br /> Project Timeline <br /> K F� <br /> Phase 1 Phase 2: Phase 3: Phase 4: <br /> Launch Identify New Evaluate Develop <br /> Project Issues and Planning Plan <br /> Opportunities <br /> influences <br /> Summer -.i xox3 Fau2oxs <br /> 2fl23J1111111111111110 winter <br /> 2024 20M <br /> Community Engagement Window#1 Community Engagement Window S2: <br /> Confirming Community Aspirations Testing the Conservation and Growth Framework[COMPLETE] <br /> [COMPLETE] Community Engagement Window 03: <br /> 10 Unveiling of Draft Plan <br /> PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Cy Stober explained that Orange County began its land use plan effort in summer-fall 2023, <br /> 4 contracting with Clarion Associates out of Chapel Hill. This represented the county's first land use plan <br /> 5 since 2008, nearly 20 years later, reflecting changing county dynamics. He emphasized that Mebane was <br /> 6 Orange County's smallest municipality by population but fastest growing, at nearly 10% annually, <br /> 7 compared to Chapel Hill's approximately 5%growth rate. <br /> 8 Cy Stober noted that the county had completed two public engagement windows, in October <br /> 9 2023 and September 2024, which informed a drafted plan presented to commissioners in March 2025. <br /> 10 However, the commissioners requested additional information on provocative ideas in the plan, <br /> 11 including community septic systems and the county's 13 different water supply watersheds. Phases four <br /> 12 and five are paused while staff addressed 17 different topics over the past year. <br /> 13 <br /> 14 Slide#3 <br /> Continue to Protect Critical <br /> Watershed Areas and Open <br /> Spaces and Preserve <br /> Agricultural Lands <br /> SUSTAINABLE <br /> ,F CULTIVATE <br /> DEVELOPMENT <br /> Advance Implement <br /> Opporturifflestor ableSustain <br /> DevelopmentAttainabte,Equitable Transportation <br /> Housing and Systems and Economi. <br /> k Employment <br /> Initiatives —A <br /> 15 Ll,.— __�A <br />