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6 ~~ <br />Charlie Home said that there are a lot of things to consider in setting up public transit, <br />such as land use management. There are some fundamental questions to answer as Chatham <br />County is growing. <br />6. Joint Planningt <br />Planning Director Craig Benedict said that the Managers and Planning Directors have <br />met a few times since the last joint meeting to discuss who could be irnolved in joint planning, <br />the topics of irrterest, etc. He reviewed the handout, as shown below: <br />Joint Planning <br />1. Who are the potential .partners? <br />Orans~e County Chatham County <br />County Courrty <br />Chapel Hill Pittsboro <br />Carrboro Siler City <br />Hillsborough ~rY <br /> Goldston <br />Other <br />UNC OWASA Durham City/County Planning <br />2. Who should work on this? Orange and Chatham County Planners can take the lead to inflate <br />the program. <br />3. Methods of Sharing Information among Governments <br />Bi-Monthly Staff Meetings- Planners meet and/or conference call on a Bi-monthly basis. <br />Discussions inducts primarily two areas; <br />• sharing of planning concepts and possible coordinated government efforts <br />• discussion of developments, projects and the respective impacts. Other department staff <br />may also attend depending on the topic. <br />Shared Wehsite- Orange County Planning will be asking County Information Tech Department <br />if there is a host website that can house updates from multiple jurisdictions. Reports will be <br />posted regarding meeting topics. <br />Development Updaties- Development activity and proposals will be posted in a timelier manner <br />and adjacent GIS can forward my email to everyone for comment <br />Special Work Groups- If government staff is meeting or directed to meet on a particular topic <br />(i.e. UNC transportation-park and ride, Jordan Lake Intake, parks). A briefing of the meeting and <br />partidpants will be inducted on the website. <br />Tiered PrioritiesJWhat Topics? At this time planners are not proposing thresholds of <br />review~mpact or spedf~c areas of information exchange but a pilot program to share growth <br />management information. <br />