* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] UPDATE WORK [Planning Commission Work Session on August 25, 2026.] SESSION WITH BOARD SUPERVISORS. AUGUST THE 25TH, 2026. ITEM 1.1 MEMBERS PRESENT AND ABSENT TO DETERMINE AQUARIUM. TINA, IS THERE ANY, IS THERE A QUORUM PRESENT? WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. 1.2. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA. CAN I GET A MOTION THAT WE WOULD ADOPT THE AGENDA AS PRINTED? SO, SECOND. SECOND. IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED. AND SECOND THAT WE ADOPT THE AGENDA AS PRINTED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. CONSIDER ALLOWING REMOTE PARTICIPATION OF THE BOARD MEMBERS. MR. MASON, IS THERE WARRANT FOR ANY, UM, REMOTE PARTICIPATION? NO, NO PARTICIPATION. THANK YOU. OUR INTRODUCTION. WE'LL HAVE THE COMMISSION OPEN THEIR MEETING OFFICIALLY AS WELL. OKAY. CALL MEETING WORK. SESSION OF PLAN. THE ORDER WE HAVE FORM. LOOKS LIKE. YEAH, I USUALLY SAY WHO'S ABSENT, BUT I, I DON'T HAVE THAT LIST, BUT, UM, OKAY. AND THERE IS, UH, NO REQUEST FOR REMOTE PARTICIPATION FROM THE COMMISSION EITHER. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. OKAY. 2.1. ASK, UM, MR. LEE PECK, DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY ECONOMICS. IT'S IN YOUR HANDS. THANK YOU MADAM. UH, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, UH, MADAM CHAIRWOMAN OF THE, UH, OF THE COMMISSION. LEE PAM, DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND I'M JUST GONNA KEEP MY COMMENTS VERY BRIEF. AGAIN, THIS IS GONNA BE THE FIRST OF FOUR WORK SESSIONS, UH, JOINT WORK SESSIONS TO ACTUALLY DIVE INTO THE, UH, INTO THE CONTENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH THE BERKELEY GROUP HAS BEEN HARD AT WORK AT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW, IF YOU RECALL, WE DID, UM, WE DID, UH, SEVERAL WEEKS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, TRYING TO GET SOME, UH, SOME, UH, UH, DATA POINTS AND SOME INFORMATION FROM THE COMMUNITY. THE BERKELEY GROUP WILL GO OVER THE RESULTS OF SOME OF THAT, AND THEN THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME DISCUSSION ON REALLY THE FIRST COUPLE OF CHAPTERS, WHICH, WHAT I WOULD CALL LAYING THE, YOU KNOW, SETTING THE TABLE FOR THE REST OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO WHILE TONIGHT IS REALLY JUST SETTING THE TABLE IN YOUR SECOND, THIRD, AND, UH, FOURTH JOINT WORK SESSIONS, YOU'RE REALLY GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THE ISSUES AT THAT TIME. SO TONIGHT THERE'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT OF A, A DISCUSSION ABOUT YOUR VISION STATEMENT, UH, AND ABOUT THE STRUCTURE, THE OVERALL STRUCTURE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ITSELF. SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO CECILE GAINES WITH THE BERKELEY GROUP. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND COMMISSION. WE'RE PLEASED TO BE HERE. MY NAME IS CECILE GAINES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH. YES. OKAY. THIS IS, UM, BROOKE FRANK HERE FROM BERKELEY GROUP. SHE'S GONNA BE TAKING NOTES AND, AND MAYBE ANSWERING QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. UM, SO I WILL JUST DIVE IN SINCE LEE GAVE US A, UM, A PREVIEW THERE. SO WE'RE GONNA GO OVER THE SCHEDULE AND PROGRESS UPDATE. THEN WE'LL GO OVER, DO AN OVERVIEW OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FINDINGS, AND THEN TALK ABOUT THE STRUCTURE OF THE PLAN AND, UM, THE INTRODUCTION AND KIND OF LAUNCHING THE PLAN. I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW AT THESE DRAFTING WORK SESSIONS, THEY SHOULD BE INTERACTIVE. SO AT ANY TIME YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR IF YOU DON'T LIKE SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE'VE WRITTEN OR SOMETHING WE'RE DOING, PLEASE LET US KNOW. THIS IS YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S IN YOUR VOICE AND YOUR COMMUNITY'S VOICE. SO JUST SPEAK UP IF YOU HAVE ANY, ANYTHING YOU WANNA SAY. SO WE ARE FINISHED WITH THE INVESTIGATION PHASE. WE DID A PROJECT KICKOFF WITH YOU ALL AND THEN, UM, A LOT OF DATA GATHERING KIND OF BEHIND THE SCENES. AND THEN WE HAD COMMUNITY INPUT EXERCISES, AND I'LL GO THROUGH THOSE MORE LATER. WE'RE, UM, AT OUR FIRST OF FOUR DRAFTING WORK SESSIONS, WHICH WE'LL BE GOING OVER, UM, THROUGH MARCH. AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO THE REVIEWING AND REFINING STAGES. SO GETTING TO COMMUNITY [00:05:01] ENGAGEMENT IN YOUR PACKET, YOU DO HAVE, UM, THE DOCUMENT YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN. IT CONTAINS ALL OF THE PUBLIC INPUT RECEIVED DURING THE ENGAGEMENT EVENTS AND THE SURVEY RESULTS. UM, WE'LL SUMMARIZE THE FINDINGS NOW, AND LIKE I SAID, FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY ALONG THE WAY. SO WE HAD A PUBLIC SURVEY THAT RAN FOR SIX WEEKS WITH 173 RESPONSES. WE, UH, HOSTED FOUR FOCUS GROUPS, AND WHEN I SAY WE, IT'S THE COUNTY AND, UH, WITH BERKELEY GROUP'S ASSISTANCE. BUT, UH, THE COUNTY HOSTED FOUR FOCUS GROUPS WITH ABOUT 30 PARTICIPANTS. AND THEN FIVE POPUPS WITH ABOUT 40 PARTI PARTICIPANTS. AND HELD TWO WORKSHOPS WITH ABOUT 17 PEOPLE. SO, FIRST, GOING OVER THE PUBLIC SURVEY, UM, 62% OF THE RESPONDENTS ARE COUNTY RESIDENTS, WHILE 33% OF THEM LIVE IN THE TOWNS, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE ALSO COUNTY RESIDENTS. AND, UH, 10% WERE VISITORS, 53% ARE EMPLOYED, AND 34% RETIRED. THE MOST REPRESENTED AGE GROUP WAS 65 AND OVER, AND THE SECOND MOST WAS 35 TO 54. SO, UM, I'LL JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH THE MOST SUBSTANTIVE QUESTIONS OF THE SURVEY. THE ANSWERS YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN FOR EACH QUESTION ARE THE MOST COMMON OR REPEATED ANSWERS OUT OF ALL THE RESPONSES IN DESCENDING ORDER. SO, UM, WHEN ASKED, WHICH WAS THE, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO THE IDENTITY OF MACK COUNTY? UH, THE FIRST WAS AFFORDABLE COST OF LIVING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES, FOLLOWED BY AQUACULTURE, SEAFOOD, HERITAGE AND WATERMAN CULTURE. AND THEN THE SMALL TOWNS AND HISTORIC COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL CHARACTER CONCERNS INCLUDE HOUSING OPTIONS THAT ARE BECOMING TOO EXPENSIVE OR UNAVAILABLE, LACK OF GOOD LOCAL JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND AGING OR INADEQUATE UTILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, THE WORD CLOUD, YOU SEE HERE, WE ASK PEOPLE TO SHARE ONE WORD THAT THEY HOPE WILL DESCRIBE THE COUNTY IN, UM, BY 2050. SO THE BIGGER THE WORD, THE MORE TIMES IT WAS, UH, WRITTEN. SO THRIVING WAS THE MOST POPULAR WORD FOLLOWED BY RURAL AND THEN COMMUNITY AND, UH, BEAUTIFUL, PEACEFUL AND AFFORDABLE. AND THEN SO ON FROM THERE. UM, THIS QUESTION, WOULD YOU ENCOURAGE OR DISCOURAGE THE FOLLOWING NON-RESIDENTIAL LAND USES IN THE COUNTY? UM, PEOPLE WANT TO DISCOURAGE WAREHOUSING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTERS, DATA CENTERS, AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES WITH A LOT OF EXTERNAL IMPACTS. AND THEY WANT TO ENCOURAGE COMMU, UM, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, MIXED USE, WHICH IS COMMERCIAL OFFICE AND RESIDENTIAL TOGETHER. AND THEN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL WITH LIMITED EXTERNAL IMPACTS AND THE AEROSPACE AND RESEARCH. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SERVICES OR AMENITIES WOULD YOU PRIORITIZE IMPROVING OR EXPANDING IN THE COUNTY? UM, PEOPLE SAID HEALTHCARE FACILITIES AND ACCESS TO CARE, EMERGENCY SERVICES AND ROAD MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS. AND THEN AS ACK COUNTY GROWS IN THE FUTURE, WHERE SHOULD MOST NEW DEVELOPMENT OCCUR? UM, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, ALONG ROUTE 13, AROUND THE TOWNS AND THEN IN EXISTING NON TOWN SETTLEMENT OR COMMUNITY AREAS. THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF HOUSING ARE WHAT PEOPLE THINK THE COUNTY NEEDS MORE OF. UM, HOUSING IN NEIGHBORHOODS OR VILLAGES, APARTMENTS AND CONDOS, TOWN HOMES AND DUPLEXES, CLUSTERED SUBDIVISIONS WITH OPEN SPACE AND ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS. UH, WHAT STRATEGIES SHOULD THE COUNTY PRIORITIZE TO STRENGTHEN THE ECONOMY? SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS SUPPORTING AGRICULTURE, AQUACULTURE AND SEAFOOD INDUSTRIES. JOB TRAINING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. WHAT CHALLENGES OR BARRIERS MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO FIND A JOB, KEEP A JOB OR ADVANCE A CAREER? IN ACK COUNTY, [00:10:01] PEOPLE SAID LIMITED AVAILABILITY OF WELL-PAYING JOBS, LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEAR THE JOBS, AND LIMITED ACCESS TO RELIABLE CHILDCARE. WHAT TYPES OF JOBS OR INDUSTRIES WOULD PEOPLE LIKE TO SEE MORE OF? UH, THE SKILLED TRADES, HEALTHCARE AND MEDICAL SERVICES AND AEROSPACE AND AVIATION. SO YOU START TO SEE SOME COMMON THEMES EMERGING. UM, MOVING ON TO THE FOCUS GROUPS. FOUR IN-PERSON FOCUS GROUPS WERE HOSTED ON MAY 1ST. EACH GROUP WAS COMPOSED OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS CHOSEN BY THE COUNTY FOR THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECT AND THEIR ROLES WITHIN THAT AREA OF FOCUS IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEIR ABILITY TO REPRESENT THE TOPIC AS IT RELATES TO THE COUNTY. EACH GROUP WAS PROVIDED WITH A SET OF QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER PRIOR TO THE MEETING. AND THEN, UM, BERKELEY GROUP FACILITATED DISCUSSION AMONGST THE GROUP. THE FOLLOWING SLIDES PROVIDE KEY TAKEAWAYS THAT EMERGE DURING THESE CONVERSATIONS, FOCUSING ON CHALLENGES THE COUNTY FACES REGARDING PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE. SO THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP ON THEIR KEY TAKEAWAYS WERE LIMITED INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY TO SUPPORT FUTURE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED ROCKET LAUNCH, VIEWING LIMITED INFRASTRUCTURE AND VISITOR ACCOMMODATIONS TO FULLY CAPITALIZE ON THE AEROSPACE TOURISM OPPORTUNITIES. AND THEN AGING UTILITY SYSTEMS AND CONSTRAINED INFRASTRUCTURE CORRIDORS. THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS GROUP, THEIR KEY TAKEAWAYS WERE, UH, FOOD INSECURITY AND ECONOMIC HARDSHIP AMONG VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, INCLUDING SENIORS AND CHILDREN. LIMITED AWARENESS OF AVAILABLE SERVICES AND COMMUNICATION BARRIERS RELATED TO LITERACY AND DIGITAL ACCESS, LIMITED MOBILITY OPTIONS AFFECTING ACCESS TO BASIC NEEDS AND SERVICES AND FUNDING AND CAPACITY CHALLENGES FACING COMMUNITY AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS. THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND LAND USE GROUP TALKED ABOUT LACK OF HOUSING VARIETY AND AFFORDABILITY, REGULATORY BARRIERS THAT SLOW DOWN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, ZONING REGULATIONS THAT FAVOR LARGE LOT DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS AND LIMITED INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY TO SUPPORT GROWTH. THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT GROUP, THEIR KEY TAKEAWAYS WERE LACK OF AFFORDABLE WORKFORCE HOUSING, LIMITED INFRASTRUCTURE AND UTILITY CAPACITY TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC GROWTH, SEASONAL ECONOMIC PATTERNS THAT AFFECT BUSINESS STABILITY AND YEAR ROUND EMPLOYMENT, LIMITED INCENTIVES, REDEVELOPMENT SUPPORT, AND STATE LEVEL VISIBILITY COMPARED TO OTHER REGIONS AND THE NEED TO BALANCE ECONOMIC GROWTH WITH PRESERVATION OF THE EASTERN SHOR'S RURAL CHARACTER. SO YOU SEE THERE ARE SOME COMMON THREADS, UM, FORMING THROUGHOUT ALL OF THESE. UM, IN THE POPUP EVENTS, WE HELD, UH, FIVE POPUP EVENTS AROUND THE COUNTY TO TRY TO GIVE RESIDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY A CHANCE TO STOP BY AND GIVE THEIR FEEDBACK. YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN WHERE ALL OF THOSE WERE HELD. AND THE FOLLOWING SLIDES WILL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE FEEDBACK FROM THE POPUP EVENTS. SO THIS EXERCISE AS PARTICIPANTS TO ALLOCATE LIMITED FUNDS TO DIFFERENT PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND THEY WERE USING DOT STICKERS AND A BOARD WITH BOXES REPRESENTING VARIOUS OPTIONS FOR INVESTMENT. EACH PARTICIPANT DISTRIBUTED THEIR IMAGINARY MONEY TO REPRESENT THEIR PRIORITIES FOR INVESTMENT IN THE COUNTY. THE TOP THREE PRIORITIES WERE PARKS AND RECREATION, SCHOOL AND EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THIS WAS AN OPEN-ENDED ACTIVITY THAT ASKED PARTICIPANTS TO SHARE THEIR IDEAS TO MAKE THE COUNTY AND EVEN BETTER PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND VISIT COMMUNITY FEEDBACK IN THIS EXERCISE FOCUSED HEAVILY ON HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND AVAILABILITY, EXPANDING JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND WAGES, AND INCREASING SHOPPING, DINING AND COMMUNITY AMENITIES. [00:15:01] THIS IS ANOTHER OPEN-ENDED ACTIVITY THAT ASKS PARTICIPANTS WHAT THEY LOVE ABOUT THE COUNTY, WHAT COULD BE IMPROVED OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FUTURE, AND POTENTIAL CONCERNS. RESPONSES CONSISTENTLY HIGHLIGHTED, APPRECIATION FOR THE COUNTY'S RURAL CHARACTER AND SMALL TOWN COMMUNITIES. PARTICIPANTS ALSO EXPRESSED A DESIRE FOR MORE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, COMMUNITY AMENITIES, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, ACCESS, JOBS AND SERVICES. FUTURE CONCERNS FOCUSED ON MAINTAINING AFFORDABILITY, PROTECTING ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES, AND RETAINING LOCAL RESIDENTS WHILE THE ACCOMMODATING FUTURE GROWTH. THIS ACTIVITY ASKS PARTICIPANTS TO RESPOND TO A SERIES OF STATEMENTS. EACH STATEMENT REFLECTS A DIFFERENT TOPIC OR PLANNING ELEMENT WITHIN EACH STATEMENT, PARTICIPANT COULD CHOOSE BETWEEN TWO CONTRASTING APPROACHES OR SCENARIOS TO INDICATE THEIR PREFERENCES FOR THE COUNTY'S FUTURE. OVERALL RESPONSES REFLECTED A RANGE OF PERSPECTIVES RATHER THAN A CLEAR CONSENSUS ON ISSUES. PARTICIPANTS SHOWED SOMEWHAT STRONGER SUPPORT FOR EXPANDING HOUSING OPTIONS SUCH AS APARTMENTS, TOWN HOMES, AND DUPLEXES, WHILE STILL RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING RURAL CHARACTER RESPONSES. ALSO SUGGESTED SUPPORT FOR BALANCING FARMLAND PRESERVATION WITH SOME FLEXIBILITY FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. A GENERALLY FAVORED CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, THOUGH MANY ALSO EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR TARGETED INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS IN APPROPRIATE AREAS. THIS ACTIVITY ASKED PARTI PARTICIPANTS TO IDENTIFY WHERE CERTAIN TYPES OF FUTURE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE MOST APPROPRIATE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. UM, SO THEY PLACED COLORED DOT STICKERS ON A LARGE MAP ON ON THE MAP. YOU SEE, EACH COLOR REPRESENTS A LAND USE CATEGORY INCLUDING HOUSING, BUSINESS, INDUSTRIAL CONSERVATION, OPEN SPACE, AND PUBLIC SPACES. IT'S THIS MAP SUMMARIZES THE RESULTS WITH THE LARGER SYMBOLS INDICATING AREAS THAT RECEIVED MULTIPLE RESPONSES FROM PARTICIPANTS. SO THIS IS ON PAGE A 24 OF ATTACHMENT B OF THE ENGAGE. IF YOU WANNA LOOK AT THAT, UM, UP MORE CLOSELY, I GUESS IT'S PRETTY BIG ON THERE. BUT, UM, YOU GET AN IDEA THAT OF WHERE, WHERE THOSE BIG BUBBLES ARE IS, IS, UM, WHERE PEOPLE, THE MOST PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT THAT TYPE OF LAND USE SHOULD BE OKAY. TWO PUBLIC WORKSHOPS WERE HELD IN APRIL AND MAY. UM, ONE WAS AT THE PAINTER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE OTHER ONE WAS HERE AT THE LIBRARY. PARTICIPANTS WORKED IN SMALL GROUPS TO ANSWER TARGETED QUESTIONS RELATED TO HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNITY, FACILITIES, AND NATURAL RESOURCES. WHEN ASKED WHAT TYPES OF HOUSING ARE NEEDED AND WHERE, UM, THEY PEOPLE WANTED TO LOCATE HOUSING, NEAR JOBS, SCHOOLS, SERVICES AND EXISTING TOWNS FOCUS THE GROWTH IN OR NEAR EXISTING COMMUNITIES, PROVIDE A WIDER RANGE OF HOUSING TYPES, INCREASE AFFORDABLE OPTIONS FOR LOCAL WORKERS, TEACHERS, HEALTHCARE EMPLOYEES, SENIORS, AND LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, AND KEEP HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING NEAR HIGHWAYS AND DEVELOPED AREAS AND AWAY FROM THE FARMS AND, AND RURAL AREAS. WHEN ASKED ABOUT TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS, UM, PEOPLE WANNA IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND CONNECTIVITY WITH MORE SIDEWALKS, CROSSWALKS, AND SAFER CROSSINGS, PARTICULARLY IN ONANCOCK, ONLEY, PARSLEY, AND THE FOUR CORNERS AREA. THEY'D LIKE TO ADDRESS DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS AND HIGH CRASH LOCATIONS, PARTICULARLY ALONG ROUTE 13. AND AT THE GO GLASS MERGE AREA. THEY'D LIKE TO ENHANCE THE STAR TRANSITS SERVICE WITH MORE FREQUENT ROUTES AND STOPS AND EXPLORE SMALLER TRANSIT VEHICLES AND ON DEMAND MICRO MICRO TRANSIT OPTIONS TO, TO BETTER SERVE THE DISPERSED COMMUNITIES. OKAY, WHEN ASKED WHAT TYPES OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES OR INFRASTRUCTURE [00:20:01] THE COUNTY NEEDS, UM, EXPANDING WA AND MODERNIZING WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER TREATMENT AND STORAGE CAPACITY, UH, IMPROVING BROADBAND AND CELLULAR COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. EXPANDING HEALTHCARE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES INCLUDING MEDICAL, TRANSPORT, EMERGENCY CARE IN THE NORTHERN COUNTY AND ADDITIONAL FIRE DEPARTMENT STAFFING, INCREASING AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE AND ADULT DAYCARE OPTIONS AND EXPANDING PARKS, RECREATION AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES FOR ALL AGES. AND THE LAST QUESTION FOR THE WORKSHOPS. UM, HOW CAN THE COUNTY PROTECT AND IMPROVE ITS NATURAL RESOURCES? PEOPLE SAW, UM, AS THE COUNTY'S STRENGTHS, THE HUNTING, BIRDING, FISHING, CRABBING, EXISTING PUBLIC ACCESS AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION. THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT CLEAN WATER, DRINKING WATER AND PUBLIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT, ILLEGAL DUMPING AND ROADSIDE TRASH. AND THE SHALLOW WATERWAYS, THEY SUGGESTED SOME ACTIONS THE COUNTY COULD TAKE WOULD BE TO REMOVE DERELICT STRUCTURES, VEHICLES, APPLIANCES, AND OTHER LARGE DEBRIS AND MONITOR POULTRY WASTE, PESTICIDES AND FERTILIZER IMPACTS. SO THESE KEY THEMES WERE EXTRAPOLATED FROM ALL THAT COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, WHICH DID FALL INTO SOME PRETTY, UM, CONSISTENT KEY THEMES, WHICH MADE IT KIND OF EASY TO SEE WHERE THE COMMON CONCERNS ARE. UM, DO ANY OF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE KEY THEMES OR ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT? YES, MA'AM. UHHUH, UH, I'M SORRY. I I ALWAYS FORGET THIS. I GOT, UH, MY QUESTION IS, DO YOU EVER ASK A QUESTION, A FOLLOW UP QUESTION WHEN THEY, THE PUBLIC MAKES THE RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS COST MONEY. DO YOU EVER ASK A QUESTION, ARE YOU WILLING FOR A TAX INCREASE TO, UH, TO PAY FOR THESE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS? I DON'T KNOW IF WE POINT BLANK SAID, ARE YOU WILLING TO HAVE YOUR TAXES RAISED? BUT WE DID DO THE, YOU KNOW, THE ALLOCATING MONEY AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF YOU GUYS' JOB TO DECIDE THAT IT, IT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION IN THE FUTURE TO, TO ALLOW THAT QUESTION TO BE ASKED. MM-HMM . IT'S EASY TO, TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS, WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT. BUT IF YOU ASK A FOLLOW UP QUESTION, WELL, THIS WOULD COST X, Y, AND Z, THAT MIGHT CHANGE SOME OF THEIR, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS. MM-HMM . THANK YOU MA'AM. I DON'T RECALL IF THERE WAS A TAX QUESTION, LIKE IN THE SURVEY AND STUFF, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK, BUT I, I SEE YOUR POINT. , ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR, I HAVE A QUESTION. UM, YOU WERE BACK EARLIER, YOU WERE TALKING IN ONE OF THE SCREENS THAT YOU HAD THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT JOBS MM-HMM . HERE ON THE SHORE. AND SO MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF JOBS, BECAUSE THERE ARE JOBS HERE ON THE EASTERN SHORE, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE THAT WANT THOSE PARTICULAR JOBS, BUT THERE ARE JOBS AVAILABLE MM-HMM . HERE ON EASTERN SHORE. I WOULD HAVE TO DIG IN TO THAT ENGAGEMENT SUMMARY PIECE THAT YOU HAVE THERE, UM, TO SEE IF, IF PEOPLE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT, LIKE IN THE SURVEY, IN THEIR COMMENTS, IF THEY SAID SPECIFICALLY WHAT TYPES OF JOBS THEY WANT, I THINK IN GENERAL THEY WANT HIGHER PAYING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MORE PROFESSIONAL TYPES OF JOBS. UM, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO, I DON'T KNOW IF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, IF WHAT THEY ALL SAID IN THEIR COMMENTS, BUT THAT SHOULD BE IN THOSE SURVEY RESULTS AND, AND SOME OF THE OTHER RESULTS YOU HAVE THERE. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. HI. AND MA'AM, I MISSED YOUR NAME. I'M SORRY. CECILE. CECILE, I, I, I'D BE CURIOUS TO SEE IF YOU'VE LOOKED AT THE DATA TO SEE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE POPUP SURVEY SITES AND THE STANDING SURVEY SITES. 'CAUSE I THINK YOU MAY HAVE REACHED A DIFFERENT, OR I'D BE INTERESTED TO SEE IF YOU GOT DIFFERENT FEEDBACK. UM, AND, AND I, I MAYBE YOU COULD GIVE BACK THAT BACK TO US OR SEND IT TO US IN AN EMAIL. THE OTHER THING IS JUST TO POINT OUT FOR THE RECORD AND FOR EVERYONE, THE SURVEY IS PART OF DOING A COMP PLAN. BUT I MEAN, WE HAVE TO BE HONEST, THESE ARE, THIS IS VERY INTERESTING DATA, BUT IT'S ONLY A DATA POINT 'CAUSE WE'RE ONLY REPRESENTING 0.49% OF THE, THE, THE COUNTY'S POPULATION. MM-HMM . SO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, TO YOUR POINT, THEY MAY [00:25:01] HAVE NOT HIT SOME OF THOSE FOLKS FOR THOSE JOBS. BUT, UM, AND, AND SO I THINK THE, A BURDEN'S GONNA FALL ON THE COLLECTIVE BOARDS HERE TO TRY TO FIGURE SOME OF THIS OUT. BUT YOU, DO YOU HAVE THAT DATA, SEE IF THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SURVEY TYPES. I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE OH, YOU YOU MEAN SEPARATING THE POPUP? YES MA'AM. FEEDBACK FROM EACH OF THE FIVE, JUST FROM A DATA STATISTICS POINT TO SEE IF YOU SAW A DIFFERENT TREND BASED ON THOSE EVENTS. I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE RAW DATA, BUT, UM, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT'S, WELL, I GUESS WITH YOUR DISTRICTS, I CAN SEE HOW THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTING TO YOU ALL. BUT WE ALSO ARE WRITING A, A VERY FULL COMMUNITY PROFILE THAT'S FULL OF DATA AND ABOUT EXISTING CONDITIONS. IT INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, HARD DATA FROM CENSUS, ET CETERA. SO THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IS PART OF THE DATA THAT WE GET. AND THEN WE GO IN AND GET HARD DATA AND YOU WILL HAVE, UM, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT PART OF THE PRESENTATION, BUT YOU WILL HAVE A COMMUNITY PROFILE WHERE YOU CAN COMPARE WHAT IS THE PUBLIC SAYING AND WHAT IS THE DATA SHOWING. AND, UM, THAT WILL INFORM ALL THE STRATEGIES IN THE PLAN. OKAY. THANK YOU. I GUESS I HAVE ONE QUESTION. I, UH, I NOTICED IN MY PACKET THERE WASN'T MUCH SAID ABOUT THE, UH, PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND I NOTICED THAT YOU, MOST OF YOUR PARTICIPANTS WERE 35 TO 65. IS THERE ANY WAY YOU CAN ENGAGE 20 TO 35 YEAR OLDS TO SEE THEIR, UH, POINT OF VIEW OR SURVEY THEM? WELL, NOT EVERYBODY WHO TOOK THE SURVEY ANSWERED THOSE, THOSE DEMOGRAPHIC QUESTIONS, BUT I, I THINK THE COUNTY MADE A REALLY GOOD EFFORT TO TRY TO GET INPUT FROM EVERYBODY. UM, WE CAN'T FORCE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE UNFORTUNATELY, BUT, UM, THAT'S WHY WE KIND OF SPREAD THE POPUPS AROUND THE COUNTY AND DID 'EM AT DIFFERENT TIMES A DAY AND HAD THE WORKSHOPS IN THE EVENING, AND THEN THE ONLINE SURVEY WAS AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY. SO WE REALLY TRIED TO GET THEM ALL. AND, UM, IT'S NOT OVER. THERE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC MEETINGS ALL THE WAY THROUGH LIKE TONIGHT. AND THEN ONCE THE PLAN IS FULLY DRAFTED, WE WILL GO BACK TO THE PUBLIC WITH THE PLAN AND, AND ASK 'EM WHAT THEY THINK. SO HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL GET INVOLVED AND, AND LET US KNOW. YEAH, I, I'D, I'D LIKE TO SHARE THAT. UM, FOR THAT GROUP, UH, WE WOULD HAVE TO LOCATE WHERE THEY GATHER AND PARK AND RECREATION IS, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE TOP THREE MM-HMM . THAT IS THE PLACE WHERE THE 20 TO 35 ISH, BECAUSE THEY GATHER THE CHILDREN TOGETHER A LOT. MM-HMM . AND SO IF THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE ONE OF THE POPUP AREAS THAT WOULD BE A LOCATION WHERE YOU PROBABLY COULD GET THAT DATA FROM. IF YOU COULD SHARE, UM, WHO SHOULD, WHO SHOULD THEY SHARE THINGS WITH SHANTE OR WITH JULIE? YEAH. OKAY. OR, YEAH, IF YOU COULD SHARE WITH THE STAFF THE EXACT LOCATIONS WHERE YOU'D LIKE TO SEE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HAPPENING, WE CAN, UM, TARGET THOSE AREAS WHEN, AT THE END OF THE PROCESS WHEN WE HAVE THE PLAN DRAFTED. UM, THAT'D BE GREAT. 'CAUSE WE CERTAINLY WANNA REACH EVERYBODY. GREAT. WHAT, WHAT I WILL MENTION IS THAT THE POPUPS, THE, THE CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT HAS ACTUALLY ALREADY OCCURRED. THAT'S WHERE ALL THIS DATA IS COMING FROM. UM, YOU KNOW, WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, THERE COULD, THERE COULD ALWAYS BE MORE, BUT AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO GET ON WITH IT, IF YOU WILL, TO START WRITING A PLAN, UM, WITH REGARDS TO THE 20 TO 30 5-YEAR-OLD DEMOGRAPHIC AND, AND WHATEVER THAT NEXT BRACKET IS. IRONICALLY, ONE OF THE POPUPS WAS HELD AT A SCHOOL EVENT, WAS HELD AT A SOFTBALL AND BA YOU KNOW, A A, UH, YOU KNOW, A SOFTBALL, NOT A BASEBALL GAME UP AT, UH, ARCADIA HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME. AND MOST OF THE PARTICIPANTS AT THAT POPUP WERE ACTUALLY STUDENTS. WE ACTUALLY TRIED TO DRUM UP, YOU KNOW, ACTIVITY AND WENT OUT INTO THE, UH, INTO THE CROWDS AND, AND HANDED OUT INFORMATION, HANDED OUT DECALS SAYING, HEY, TAKE FIVE MINUTES TO, UH, PARTICIPATE [00:30:01] IN OUR, IN OUR INFORMATION GATHERING, UH, UH, EXERCISE. BUT AGAIN, MOST OF THE, UH, MOST OF THE PARTICIPANTS, THERE WERE STUDENTS. WE ALSO HAD A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF, UM, OF, UH, A STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AT THE, UH, AT THE, THE WORKSHOP HERE, THE SECOND OF TWO WORKSHOPS HERE AT THE LIBRARY. SO, UH, AS WE TRIED TO GEOGRAPHICALLY DISPERSE THESE, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS, UH, THAT WAS REALLY OUR BEST WAY TO TRY TO GET A GOOD CROSS SECTION OF THE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, OF THE POPULATION OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC WITH THE LIMITED, UH, WITH THE LIMITED NUMBER OF ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAD BUDGETED. YEAH, I, I, I THINK TO THE POINT, IT'S ONLY ONE OF THE DATA POINTS AND YOU DO THE BEST YOU CAN WITH THE DATA YOU HAVE, RIGHT? YEAH. WE WOULD, OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE HAD MORE CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE COULD BE THE POSSIBILITY FOR MORE. BUT AS IT PERTAINS TO WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT IN THE, UH, IN THE PROCESS, UH, THE BERKELEY GROUP IN THE COUNTY, UH, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE DATA THAT WE HAD GATHERED WITH THE, I BELIEVE IT WAS EIGHT TOTAL EVENTS, NOT INCLUDING THE SURVEY. MM-HMM . JUST PROBABLY A QUESTION AND A COMMENT. I KNOW RECENTLY IN THE POST THERE WAS A SOLICITATION FOR INPUT FROM THE COUNTY FOR, UH, BY MR. GEORGE MCMATH, I THINK IT WAS. SO IS THAT DATA SHARED WITH THE COUNTY, OR SHOULD THAT BE POSSIBLY REVIEWED AND MAYBE THAT THAT AGE GROUP BE MAYBE RESPONDED TO HIS DATA CALL VERSUS WHAT YOU'VE SEEN? AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THE COUNTY WOULD ACTUALLY OBTAIN THAT DATA FOR HIM, BUT IT MIGHT BE A POINT. WHAT WERE THEY RESPONDING TO? I, I MISSED THAT. I, UH, THERE WAS A SOLICITATION IN THE POST RECENTLY FOR INFORMATION REGARDING THE COUNTY. UM, YOU COULD GIVE YOUR INPUT AS TO WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IN THE COUNTY. SO IT WAS A CITIZEN THAT HAD SOLICITED FOR THAT INPUT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT OR IF IT COULD BE SHARED AND IF THAT WOULD GIVE US THAT AGE GROUP THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CAPTURE. IS THIS A SOCIAL MEDIA POST OR NO SHORE? OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE EASTERN SHORE POST, A SHORT POST THAT WOULD NOT BE SOCIAL MEDIA , WHEN YOU SAID POST, I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT, UM, UH, IT WAS A LETTER TO THE EDITOR. OKAY, SURE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD CONSIDER THAT QUALITATIVE DATA AS OPPOSED TO QUANTITATIVE DATA AND QUALITATIVE DATA. YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF, UM, UH, THAT, THAT KIND OF INFORMATION WE CAN ALWAYS THROW INTO THE HOPPER. BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THAT WAS A CALL TO ACTION FOR OTHERS TO MAKE THEIR VOICES KNOWN IN TERMS OF, UH, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY FELT THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY WANTED TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS OF WHAT SHOULD BE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD ACTUALLY FIT THAT INTO THE, INTO THE DATA POINTS IN TERMS OF HOW, UH, THE STATISTICS ARE RUN. BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, QUALITATIVE DATA, WE'RE, WE'RE ALWAYS SUBJECT TO THAT AND FOLKS MAKING COMMENTS AND, UH, AND THAT THAT DOES INFLUENCE THE END RESULT. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT? OKAY, SO MOVING ON TO PLAN VISION. SO USING THE KEY THEMES THAT, THAT WE GOT EXTRAPOLATED SO FAR, WE DRAFTED A VISION STATEMENT FOR YOU TO CONSIDER. THIS STATEMENT EXPRESSES THE GUIDING VISION FOR THE COUNTY OVER THE NEXT 25 OR SO YEARS. SO THE GOALS AND STRATEGIES IN THE PLAN WILL FLOW FROM THAT VISION, AND THEN ONCE THEY'RE ALL IMPLEMENTED, THEY WILL MAKE THAT, UH, VISION COME TO FRUITION. THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE HOPE THAT, THAT THAT'S HOW, HOW THE PLAN IS IMPLEMENTED OVER THE NEXT 25 YEARS. AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT, AT THAT VISION AND SAY, OKAY, WE DID IT. SO, UM, I'M GONNA LET YOU READ THIS, THIS VISION THAT'S WRITTEN ON THE SCREEN, IF YOU'D LIKE, I'LL READ IT ALOUD, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU ALL A, A COUPLE MINUTES TO READ IT FIRST. DOES ANYBODY WANT ME TO READ IT OUT LOUD OR SHOULD I DO THAT FOR THE SAKE OF THE AUDIO [00:35:01] LISTENERS? YEAH, I THINK YOU NEED TO READ IT. OKAY. AUDIO, AUDIO LISTENERS. OKAY. SO, UM, THE VISION IS THAT IN 2050, ACK COUNTY IS A PLACE WHERE THE EASTERN SHORE'S HERITAGE AND FUTURE ARE EQUALLY VALUED. IT'S TOWNS, WORKING LANDSCAPES AND COMMUNITIES ARE CONNECTED THROUGH THOUGHTFUL GROWTH, STRONG PARTNERSHIPS, AND RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP, ENSURING THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN CONTINUE TO LIVE, WORK AND PROSPER IN AKIMA COUNTY. SO, UM, WE'RE DRAFTING, WE'RE GONNA BE DRAFTING FOR MONTHS, BUT I JUST KINDA WANNA GET A CONSENSUS ON WHETHER YOU ALL ARE HAPPY WITH THIS VISION. IF YOU HATE IT, YOU LOVE IT, IF YOU WANT ANYTHING CHANGED AT THIS POINT. I, I WOULD ONLY SAY I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT IT'S NOT, AND WE UNDERSTAND THERE'S, THIS IS MY OPINION, UH, THAT WE UNDERSTAND WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE PRO OUR COMMUNITIES AND THESE THINGS, BUT ALSO THERE'S GOTTA BE A GROWTH COMPONENT AND MAYBE WITH THE AEROSPACE SIDE, UH, EMPHASIZING THAT AS WELL. OKAY. THIS KIND OF READS LIKE THE GARDEN OF EDEN, TO BE HONEST, , SOME PEOPLE WANT THAT, BUT THAT MAY NOT BE WHAT WE CAN DO. I MEAN, IS WE HEARD, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOKED AT WHAT PEOPLE, PEOPLE WANT THINGS, BUT WE'VE GOTTA BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THINGS MM-HMM . AND WE, THE VISION STATEMENT TYPICALLY DOESN'T CALL OUT CERTAIN INDUSTRIES OR GET THAT SPECIFIC. WHAT WE'LL DO IS FROM THIS VISION, WE'LL WRITE GOAL STATEMENTS FOR EACH OF THE, EACH OF THE, UH, TOPIC AREAS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE SOME GOAL STATEMENTS DIRECTED TOWARD THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY, AND THEN STRATEGIES BENEATH THAT, UM, THAT THE COUNTY INTENDS TO CARRY OUT. SO I AM NOT SURE HOW YOU, I, I, WELL, MY POINT IS THAT I, AND I, I GUESS MORE DIRECT THAT I DON'T SEE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASPECT OF THAT STATEMENT. OKAY. SO YOU'D LIKE THAT TO BE EMPHASIZED. ARE OTHER PEOPLE IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT? YES, I AM. OKAY. OKAY. UM, THAT INCLUDES OUR TRADITIONAL INDUSTRIES AS WELL, I MEAN MM-HMM . DO YOU WANT TO, UM, GIVE ME CERTAIN WORDS YOU WANNA SEE IN IT, OR WOULD YOU LIKE US TO GO BACK AND, AND REDRAFT IT AND BRING IT BACK TO YOU AT THE NEXT WORK SESSION? I MEAN, I'D BE GLAD TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS ON IT. I KNOW WE'VE GOT A LOT OF SLIDES TO GO THROUGH, EVEN THOUGH SO, SO SMALL I CAN'T READ IT, SO I DON'T, WELL, IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH US JUST WORKING ON IT SOME MORE AND BRINGING IT BACK AT THE NEXT ONE, FINE. WE CAN DO THAT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER, ANY ISSUES WITH IT OR ANYTHING YOU WANT CHANGED? IS IT, IS IT NOT CAPTURED ALREADY THOUGH IN THE THOUGHTFUL GROWTH? IS THAT NOT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PART OF THAT? IT, IT DIDN'T FOR ME, BUT I MEAN, IT MAY FOR SOME I, YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT FOR, OR DO YOU WANNA ADD, UM, SOMEHOW IN THE THOUGHTFUL GROWTH, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IS THAT WHAT WOULD SATISFY THAT? SORRY, THAT DIDN'T WORK ON, YEAH, THAT'S OKAY. OKAY. YEP. WE'LL TRY TO EMPHASIZE THAT ECONOMIC STRENGTH A BIT MORE. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? OKAY. OKAY. SO, UM, PAGE 19, IN ATTACHMENT C, WHICH IS THE ACT SECTION, UM, THERE ARE SOME PRINCIPLES AND QUESTIONS, AND THESE QUESTIONS ARE WHAT WE WILL ANSWER WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND, AND STRATEGIES THAT WILL BE IN THE PLAN. UM, SO I'M JUST GONNA QUICKLY READ, UH, THE QUESTIONS AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S COMFORTABLE WITH THEM. UM, AND THESE BASICALLY CAME FROM THE COMMUNITY CONTEXT. THE FIRST ONE IS, HOW SHOULD MIMA GROW? AND THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE FROM THAT IS, IS GUIDE THOUGHTFUL GROWTH. UM, THE SECOND ONE IS, WHAT SHOULD WE PROTECT AS WE GROW? AND THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE IS PRESERVE THE EASTERN SHORE [00:40:01] IDENTITY. THE NEXT ONE, WHAT INVESTMENTS WILL HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT ON QUALITY OF LIFE? AND THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE IS TO INVEST IN PEOPLE AND PLACES. THEN HOW CAN MORE RESIDENTS BUILD SUCCESSFUL LIVES IN THE COUNTY? AND THAT PRINCIPLE IS CREATE OPPORTUNITY. AND THE LAST ONE, HOW DO WE PREPARE THE COUNTY FOR FUTURE CHALLENGES? AND THAT IS, UM, STRENGTHEN LONG-TERM RESILIENCE. SO FROM THAT, UM, THESE ARE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND, UM, THEY'RE SUPPORTED BY BOTH THE COMMUNITY INPUT AND DATA-DRIVEN EXISTING CONDITIONS IN THE COUNTY. SO AS THE FORTHCOMING, UH, SECTIONS OF THE PLAN COME TOGETHER, YOU'LL SEE THESE PRINCIPLES, THESE GUIDING PRINCIPLES BEING ADDRESSED WITH THE GOALS AND STRATEGIES IN EACH OF THE TOPIC AREAS. SO AT THIS POINT, I JUST WANNA SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK OR THOUGHTS ON THESE GUIDING PRINCIPLES OR IF YOU LIKE THEM. UM, LIKE I SAID, WE PLAN FOR EACH, EACH SECTION OF THE PLAN TO ADDRESS THESE PRINCIPLES AND GENERATE STRATEGIES FOR THE COUNTY. ANY, ANY THOUGHTS OR DISAGREEMENTS? OKAY. ALRIGHT. I'M GONNA KEEP MOVING AHEAD. UM, WE'RE GONNA GO OVER, UH, THE PLAN STRUCTURE THAT WE PLAN TO, UM, DRAFT, DRAFT EVERYTHING UNDER. SO, UM, PART ONE IS THE INTRODUCTION TO THE PLAN, UM, LAUNCHING THE PLAN, WHICH IS THE VISION AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. THEN WE'LL GO INTO THE POLICY PIECES AND, AND THAT'LL INCLUDE THINGS LIKE COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. UM, WHAT ELSE, BROOKE? I'M BLANKING ON . BUT THOSE ARE THE, LIKE YOUR MAJOR TOPIC AREAS IN THE PLAN. AND THEN THE CULTIVATING PART IS IMPLEMENTING THE STRATEGIES FROM EACH OF THOSE AREAS. PART TWO COMPILES THE EXISTING CONDITION DATA, SO THAT WILL INFORM THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN'S, POLICIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS. AND, AND THAT'S ALL THAT DATA I WAS TALKING ABOUT, THE HARD DATA THAT, UM, YOU'LL BE GETTING THOSE PIECES WITH EACH PIECE IN THE, IN THE UPCOMING WORK SESSIONS, YOU'LL RECEIVE THE DRAFTED STRATEGIES AND GOALS AND YOU'LL ALSO RECEIVE THE EXISTING CONDITIONS DATA. AND THEN PART THREE IS, UM, ENGAGE, WHICH IS WHAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH. SO THAT PART, UM, AS OF TONIGHT HAS BEEN DRAFTED AND REVIEWED. AND THEN THE FIRST PART OF PART ONE HAS BEEN DRAFTED AND REVIEWED. SO, UM, NEXT WE'LL BE WORKING ON THOSE POLICY PIECES AND IMPLEMENTATION AND THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, AND WE'LL BE COMPLETING THOSE TOGETHER PER TOPIC AREA. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PLAN STRUCTURE? SURE. OKAY. SO MOVING ON TO NEXT STEPS. UM, AFTER TONIGHT, YOU GO HOME, YOU THINK ABOUT THIS, YOU WISH THERE WAS SOMETHING YOU HAD SAID, OR A QUESTION YOU HAVE OR COMMENTS, PLEASE SEND THEM TO STAFF AND THEY WILL GET 'EM TO US AND WE WILL FOLD THAT INTO THE PROCESS. IF YOU GO HOME AND THINK OF, UH, OTHER WAYS YOU'D LIKE TO WORD THE VISION STATEMENT, PLEASE SEND THAT ALONG. UM, WE DO ASK THAT YOU GET ALL YOUR COMMENTS TO STAFF BY FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH. AND THEN OUR NEXT JOINT WORK SESSION WILL BE IN OCTOBER. AND WE'LL BE GOING OVER TRANSPORTATION POLICY AND EXISTING CONDITIONS, AND THEN COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES. AND WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT FOR ANY EXI, ANY MORE QUESTIONS. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY, I'LL, I'LL SIT DOWN AND, AND LET YOU ALL DISCUSS OR ADJOURN HOWEVER YOU'D LIKE. [00:45:22] I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK THE BERKELEY GROUP, THE COUNTY STAFF, AND OTHERS. AT THIS TIME WE HAVE AN ADJOURNMENT. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT? MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND. IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY. SECOND THAT WE ADJOURN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN AS AYE. AYE, AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED, THE MOTION HAS CARRIED. WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.