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2 The August 25t" public hearing was held open to provide additional time for the municipalities of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Durham,.. Hillsborough, and Mebane to submit courtesy review comments. Comments have been received from Chapel Hill and Durham, which are attached. Staff does not expect any additional courtesy .review comments at this stage but anticipates significantly more during subsequent Plan implementation phases. General Contents of Comprehensive Plan The Draft Comprehensive Plan includes the following Elements: ® County Profile (Data) ® Economic Development ® Housing ® Land Use ® Natural and Cultural Systems ® Parks and Recreation ® Services (Utilities) and Community Facilities ® Transportation Recommendations are. also provided in the draft Comprehensive Flan that addresses the administration, implementation, and monitoring of the Plan that will need to take place following its adoption. There are no major changes to existing/current policy directions incorporated into the draft Plan. Furthermore, the draft plan does.. not include specific implementation recommendations. Work on those will start once this. Plan, (with its framework of goals, objectives, and linkages) is ,..adopted... This Plan update. effort is designed. to establish a common data source, to pull together existing ideas and information that.. heretofore :have been scattered among a series of topic-specific plans and documents, and to set the stage for subsequent community discussions about implementation strategies. Public Access to Materials All key documents that have been produced during the planning process have been posted on the County's website. Following is the address to the .Comprehensive Plan ,Update Webpage: . www.co.orange. nc. us!planning/compre_cpupdate.asp. PLANNING BOAa2D: Planning Board's .Statement for the Public Record -Review of Public Hearing Comments on the Draft Comprehensive Plan Plannin Board members made the followin statement at the Se g 9 ptember 10t" Special Planning Board Meeting. "At the August 25, 2008 Public Hearing on .the draft Comprehensive Plan, the ..Planning Board learned that there was some confusion in the community that the Planning Board may not ,have .received and reviewed all of the- public ..comments submitted on the draft Comprehensive Plan.. For the purpose of the. public record,: let it be made clear that `the Planning Board has received. all .public. comments that .have been submitted on the draft Plan and all comments have received thorough and equal consideration by the Board during its review process. The Planning Board attended public hearings in May and August to hear ..public. comments, reviewed all written public comments submitted, and held meetings on July 9t", August. 6t", September 3~tl, and September 10t" to discuss comments and develop .proposed revisions for further consideration by the Board of County Commissioners."