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I personally would not say their "SE Durham study area" is in SE Durham County (-:</div>
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Regards, pat</div>
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<span class="EOP SCXW257925088 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW247805109 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW247805109 BCX0" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px">Community
Goals and Objectives – What’s Next?</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW247805109 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"> </span></span></h3>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 27px"><span data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px">Through Engagement Ambassadors, small groups discussions, and online surveys, we’ve been getting great input from residents
on the draft Community Objectives for the Comprehensive Plan! We’re organizing that data as it comes in to set ourselves up to spend March understanding the input and making revisions to the goals and objectives. Like in our work drafting the objectives, we’ll
start with what we heard from Engagement Ambassadors’ sessions and small group discussions to make sure we’re prioritizing the perspectives of folks who have been excluded from these conversations in the past. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"> </span></p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 27px"><span data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px">After incorporating your input the formal process to adopt the Community Goals and Objectives will begin. We want to make sure
that you know what the process for adoption of the Community Goals and Objectives will be, provide specific dates of meetings, and invite you to attend and speak about this work. Here is a schedule of what is upcoming:</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"> </span></p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 27px">On<span> </span><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-weight:600;font-family:"Open Sans""><span data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px">March 9<span> </span></span></b>the<span> </span><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-weight:600;font-family:"Open Sans""><span data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px">Planning
Commission</span></b><span data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><span> </span>heard background on the Community Goals and Objectives – this was an<span> </span></span><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-weight:600;font-family:"Open Sans""><span data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px">informational
agenda item</span></b><span data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><span> </span>– they did not make any official decisions or recommendations at this session.<span> </span><a href="https://durhamnc.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03092021-1691" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;color:rgb(206, 0, 159);transition:color 0.3s ease 0s">Here</a><span> </span>is
a link to the agenda for the meeting,<span> </span></span><span data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><a href="https://durhamnc.gov/DocumentCenter/View/37055/PC-memo-info-item-20210309" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;color:rgb(206, 0, 159);transition:color 0.3s ease 0s">here</a><span> </span>is
a link directly </span><span data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px">to the agenda item for the Community Goals and Objectives, and<span> </span><a href="https://youtu.be/10hoddvR7fw?t=18324" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;color:rgb(206, 0, 159);transition:color 0.3s ease 0s">here</a><span> </span>is
a link to view the meeting recording on YouTube</span><span data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px">. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"> </span></p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 27px"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-weight:600;font-family:"Open Sans""><span data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px">April 27 – Planning Commission</span></b><span data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"> will
hold a </span><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-weight:600;font-family:"Open Sans""><span data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px">public hearing</span></b><span data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><span> </span>on
the Community Goals and Objectives – they will receive the revised goals and objectives for this meeting and will hear comments from residents for or against adopting the Community Goals and Objectives. Planning Commission’s role is to make a recommendation
to the City Council and Board of County Commissioners to approve or to disapprove the Community Goals and Objectives. Each member of the Planning Commission will vote to recommend that City Council and Board of County Commissioners approve or disapprove the
goals and objectives.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"> </span></p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 27px"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-weight:600;font-family:"Open Sans""><span data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px">May – City Council and Board of County Commissioners</span></b><span data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"> will
each hear a similar </span><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-weight:600;font-family:"Open Sans""><span data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px">information item</span></b><span data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"> (like
the March 9 Planning Commission session) at one of their work sessions planned for May (we will provide dates when they are scheduled). </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"> </span></p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 27px"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-weight:600;font-family:"Open Sans""><span data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px">June – City Council and Board of County
Commissioners</span></b><span data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"> – we will then be asking our elected officials to hold a joint session for a public </span><span data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px">hearing
(like the April 27 Planning Commission session) likely in</span><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-weight:600;font-family:"Open Sans""><span data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"> </span></b><span data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px">June.
This will be a special session because these two groups don’t normally consider plans together. Elected officials will also receive the revised Community Goals and Objectives for this meeting, hear comments from residents for or against them, and will make
a </span><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-weight:600;font-family:"Open Sans""><span data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px">final decision</span></b><span data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"> by
vote on whether to approve or disapprove the goals and objectives.</span></p>
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<b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-weight:600;font-family:"Open Sans""><span data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px">Help shape the Southeast Durham Focus Area</span></b><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"> </span></h3>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 27px"><span data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px">A major part of creating a Comprehensive Plan is to work with the community to develop a new future land use plan and policies
(learn more about this at the link below!). To start this work, the Planning Department has been asked by City Council to focus first on the southeastern area of Durham to provide early guidance before the entire Comprehensive Plan is adopted. This area is
bounded by </span><span data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px">Sherron</span><span data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"> Road, Highway 98, Carpenter Pond Rd, and U.S. Highway 70, and is primarily the area to
be served by the city’s new Southeast Regional Lift Station. </span><a href="https://engagedurham.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/SERLS-Planning-Area-3.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;color:rgb(206, 0, 159);transition:color 0.3s ease 0s"><span data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px">View
a map of the study area.</span></a><span data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"> </span></p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 27px"><span data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px">We need your help understanding community needs and priorities for this area so we can develop new future land use designations
that are consistent with what the community wants to see from the draft goals and objectives for the Comprehensive Plan. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"> </span></p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><span data-contrast="none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px">You can find more background information, take a survey, and add comments to an interactive map of the study area on our online engagement site,
Social Pinpoint:</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"> </span></p>
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