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254 <br />fc~r selecting r~~lzich ptal~lic can2nients to incorparata i7~lc~ tJ3ei~' zeccmrirci~datious rather to for Planni~rg <br />Y~elaartr~xeixt pcrsannel to ~1t~~ the c+~rrrar~elxfs that will be cc~Asi~~ered_ Such ~1tci7ng could ~Jl too e~s~1.y be <br />ruistaltc:n as staff+~ensarship aaxc3t`c~r usux-F~alat~rt c~~l't17e ~I~nin~ 1.3©a7d's raJe." <br />Persa~xally, J cia zte~! tlxiz~k t3~e~ iiJitx~ is ini~rxti~nally cc~sorious; but ratl~t~- tlxe resuIt of t1xc;~~or1c loa€1 <br />anti tixrxe canslr"r~i1~1s ~la~ecl tin the Pl~~~»g ~4ar~3 ~i~~ StaIJ: ~7-~crcas Pia~r~ir~g de~riartrr,~~r~t stafr <br />«t~stucc~s~:fulJy att~~pi~. - c~4~~- a ~e~yc~tl of 1'ouz' ;re~i'S -- to ~.pclate ~n]~~ t]~o rural ~~ai~rsi~ed, residct~ty~11}r- <br />~cx~~~cl seciic~~s of lktc cc~uui.~r'~ 1:„at~ti J.Fse el~~i;i~nt, ~e 1?la~~ux,g ~o~rt1 has tl~e r~spcytzsybi3ity (Sttppc~rted lyy <br />si~f.~ to speaFl~eaci a ca~plete agd~ie of the Mire eig~it-elomet~d. ~+~~x~l7xeb~xsive T'l;~ lax less #hali~l:4~v <br />years, ~liiie also conducting its re~alHr krusiness, x~e;~ie~~ing tlxc J3uc~lxt~~n ~ilia~c pzapc~s~J ~uxd <br />integrating eight ~ot77~ty advisar57 bc-axds Into, the pl~x npci~.#e praceSS. In tS~.is coilte~t, it's nt~t uiie~cpectecl <br />tl~~t a tirr~e-sa~-ing meclianisrEi such as ear~ment filtering ~~•as utiliz•ecl. <br />Mill, ci~en it the ~1t+/rin; ~~; as clone v~•itlx the best of intcntians, tlxc effect is tl~c same ~- some pul~l.ic <br />cowments both from the coalition and all other c©ncernQC1 parties mho tcrolc tlxc tioxe t© ~gagc in t}ie <br />process are not getting tlic €t~ll atter~ti+~n of the Planning .Board. cluriuF; their mcetings• Rath.; as tiyis <br />process cornc~~ tc~ a close some Public cr~rnme+nts} ~txYhetJ~~• controv~~•si~ ancLlpr Prcrgxessi~e aid fc~rward- <br />thir~kl~ng, ~x~i7J c~r~l~ be ta7~c~~ uP by ttz~ Plaixrii~ig ~c~ard i fare x~2cli~>7~u~.1 bcx~d n~et~b~z` tal«s it upvr~ <br />J"iisfll~zs~:li'!f} b]-lzag sp~Gix~c ile~x~s to tJte l~c~ari~'s ~.tt~ttt%oyt atttt. a~~~~ocate i'c~r Gh~.«ges l.o the J~IAU. <br />'7['iiereft~e•e the C:aa~itian strr~ugly emec~nrages 91te Cc~~nts~ ~lomrn2ssic~xters ~ make sr~re tlpat <br />1. all l~r~blie cninmeuts are treated e€iE9a11~• iii tie re~Ti~ev~• process, <br />2. tie l~lmmning I#oard has ~ui~fi~i~r~! tl~ne a~~c~rnrn.od~.l:e ~~. ~t~~ila~rl~ r~t•i~;~~ ~rc~~c~s3, azxcl <br />~, the comrn~issiau+ers vote on tie C:vmPr~eE~en.~ii~e J?Eon takes ~rlac~ nt~ soan~r ti~a~ ;~€} cl~vs after <br />tllye Planning Eiaard's ~r~-ritten re~coxnrn~er~€lati€~~ts are made ~+~~il!al~le irr l:f~~ ~trlali~, <br />.any aclvcrse, et~izsc~ucrtccs o.t ~~stcnditig tl~u process to accominadate equi>ahle Pufrlic parti~ip~tit~~z is <br />si~xa{1 coxr~parecl to the benefits; cspcGlall3~ far a ~ocitrrt~t iritci~dccl tc- Dave sncl~ lc~na-J~astiz~g i~~G~JixenGe, <br />laage 2, Public Coxnrnenl: a.~ be:~aIf of the Orange CQttnt}~ C'.arra~r~h~z~i~e _l'lati Coaliiicnz, A.ub. 2~, 20a8 <br />.C>apel dill-Carrborca Cbar~ib~r e~f C~r:nm~c, ~mrnuni~y A.ctioir T~+1~t~~•c~rk, ~r~'{}'~V.I:;Rment, Use-, <br />1'ciundatian i'or a Sustair~al~lc O'amsu~,~t~sty, use C~'ea.tGr Gk~aPe] :Fill Asso~iat:un ~f~E.~.f,TC~RS. <br />Htmzcbuiidei~s' ~~sSOCiatieil of7~url~am, Urruige anci t<hath~ Ot~~snties, Isiter-Fs:tl~ Couoc~l ~n social :~en~iee, <br />'1'~e ~~illa~e Prc~icct, Walkable ]FTillsbarouglx • <br />