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APPROVED 4/21/2009 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br /> QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING <br /> February 23, 2009 <br /> 7:30 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners and the Orange County Planning Board <br /> met for a Quarterly Public Hearing continuation meeting on Monday, February 23, 2009 at 7:30 <br /> p.m. at the Central Orange Senior Center in Hillsborough, NC. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Valerie P. Foushee, and Commissioners <br /> Alice M. Gordon, Barry Jacobs, Pam Hemminger, Mike Nelson, Bernadette Pelissier, and Steve <br /> Yuhasz <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geof Gledhill <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: Assistant County Manager Willie Best and Deputy Clerk to <br /> the Board David Hunt (All other staff members will be identified appropriately below) <br /> PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Brian L. Crawford, Jay Bryan, Mary <br /> Bobbitt-Cooke, Judith Wegner, Rachel Phelps Hawkins, Dr. Larry Wright, and Mark Marcoplos <br /> PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Vice-Chair Jeffrey L. Schmitt, Joel Forrest <br /> Knight, II, Samantha Cabe, Tommy McNeill, and Nathan Chambers <br /> A. OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR <br /> Chair Foushee called the meeting to order at 7:49 PM. She called attention to the public <br /> charge. She turned the meeting over to Brian Crawford, Planning Board Chair. <br /> B. PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> The Chair dispensed with the reading of the public charge. <br /> C. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS <br /> 1. Zoning Ordinance and Atlas Amendment: To receive public comment on creation of a new <br /> Zoning Overlay District entitled Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) incorporating the County's <br /> existing Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance within the Orange County Zoning Ordinance as <br /> well as amending the official Zoning Atlas map to delineate the SFHA on properties within the <br /> County encumbered by flood zones as delineated on the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps <br /> (FIRM). <br /> Planning Director Craig Benedict introduced this item. He said that it took about 1,700 <br /> certified mailings and about 6,000 postcard mailings to residents living within an adjacent area. <br /> Michael Harvey and Glen Bowles summarized parts of the PowerPoint presentation <br /> also. <br />