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t <br /> r 1 <br /> APProved May, 310. 1993 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD of COMMISSIONERS <br /> AND <br /> ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING HOARD <br /> REGULAR QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING <br /> FEBRUARY 2 , 1993 <br /> The Orange County Board, of Commissioners met in Joint Session with the Orange <br /> County Planning Board for the regular Quarterly Public Hearing on February 22, <br /> 1993 at 7: 30 p.m. in Superior Courtroom, new County Courthouse, Hillsborough, <br /> 3 <br /> North Carolina. <br /> BOARD B PRESENT: Chairman Moses Carey, Jr. , and Commissioners Alice <br /> Cordon, Verla Insko, and Don Willhoit. <br /> BOARD MEMBER ABSENT: Commissioner Stephen Halkiotis ( illness) <br /> PLANNING BOARD-MaERS PRESENT: Clint Burklin, Paul Hoeoke, Larry Reid, Vice- <br /> Chair Betty Eidenier, Chair Carol Cantrell, James Cray, Joan Jobsis, and Jean <br /> Hamilton. <br /> PLANNING BOA _ E ABSENT: William Waddell, Kent Scott and Virginia Boland.. <br /> COUN ATTORNEY ._PREBENT: <br /> Tf Geoffrey Gledhill <br /> TAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr. , Assistant County Manager Albert <br /> Kittreli, Clerk to the Board Beverly Blythe, Deputy Clerk to the Board Kathy <br /> Baker, Planning Director Marvin Collins and Planners Emily Cameron, Mary Willis, <br /> and Gene Bell, Economic Development Director Ted Abernathy, and Library Director <br /> Brenda Stephens. <br /> A+ oPENIN R FR0j4 THE CHAIRMAN <br /> Chairman Carey welcomed everyone and made introductory remarks, <br /> B. PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> Chairman Carey read the public charge. <br /> NOTE:, All documents referred to in these minutes are located in the permanent <br /> agenda file in the Clerk's office. <br /> C. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS <br /> 1. Voluntary Farmland Preservation ordinance <br /> a. Section V-B-1 - Requirements for Inclusion ire a Voluntary <br /> Agricultural District <br /> The item was chaired by Commissioner Carey and presented by Marvin <br /> Collins; In summary this item was presented in order to receive citizen comment <br /> on a proposed amendment to the Voluntary Farmland Preservation. Program ordinance. <br /> When the Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program Ordinance was enacted in March <br /> 1992 , the minimum size of an agricultural district was set at: <br /> 1. At least 155 contiguous acres of certified qualifying farmland; or <br /> 29 At least two or more certified qualifying farms, contiguous to each <br /> other, which will create a district of not less than 155 acres. <br /> On September 22 , 1992 , the ordinance was amended to reduce the minimum size of <br />