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5 <br /> Slide#2 <br /> Project Timeline <br /> K <br /> Phase 1� Phase 2: Phase 3: <br /> Launch Identify New Evaluate <br /> Project Issues and Planning <br /> Opportunities <br /> Inftuences <br /> Surnil�e, -.�zo2s Fauzo2s <br /> 2023 � - to winter <br /> 2024 2024 <br /> Community Engagement Window#1: Community Engagement Window 82: <br /> Confirming Community Aspirations Testing the Conservation and Growth Framework COMPLETE]_ <br /> [COMPLETE] Community Engagement Window It3: <br /> Unveiling of Draft Plan <br /> PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT <br /> Cy Stober explained that Orange County began its land use plan effort in summer-fall 2023, <br /> contracting with Clarion Associates out of Chapel Hill. This represented the county's first land use plan <br /> since 2008, nearly 20 years later, reflecting changing county dynamics. He emphasized that Mebane was <br /> Orange County's smallest municipality by population but fastest growing, at nearly 10% annually, <br /> compared to Chapel Hill's approximately 5%growth rate. <br /> Cy Stober noted that the county had completed two public engagement windows,in October 2023 <br /> and September 2024,which informed a drafted plan presented to commissioners in March 2025. However, <br /> the commissioners requested additional information on provocative ideas in the plan, including <br /> community septic systems and the county's 13 different water supply watersheds. Phases four and five are <br /> paused while staff addressed 17 different topics over the past year. <br /> Slide#3 <br /> tVision <br /> Continue to Protect Critical <br /> Watershed Areas and Open <br /> Spaces and Preserve <br /> Agricultural Lands <br /> r SUSTAINABLECULTIVATE <br /> DEVELOPMENT <br /> OpportunitiesAdvance Implement <br /> DevelopmentI Attainable,Equitable Transportation <br /> Housing and Systems and Economu&, <br /> Employment <br /> Initiatives A <br />