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3~-~. 7 r"~ ~' - ?^ ~' ~' dUAL F~NAPdCIAL, REPORT The Board of Commissioners received the Annual Financial Report (Audit). v7allace FIarding, Director of Finance, expressed appreciation to the Finance Department staff and in particular I:en Chavious, Deputy Finance Director. The report represents 700 hours of staff time. Harding noted that Orange Gaunty is in a sound financial position. The report is very thorough going beyond what is required. ldichael Nelson thanked the Board of Commissioners for the opportunity of .working with Orange County and indicated to the Board he would be available for any questions. Chair tiiillhoit commended Harding and his staff on the report. G. ITF•45 FOR DEC~,~?O*•i a 1. ~j;)~~1~,,~ TOL'jQ$F]IP_ ZO~IAIG_ _ (seQ Zo~j,~a~~,an_ _ its _Ci~ in the permanent files) i4arvin Collins stated that in November of 1983 a public hearing was held for the purpose of receiving citizen comment on a proposed Land Use Plan for the i~Test Orange Study area. A final part of the public hearing involved a proposal far the zoning of Cheel:s Township. Because of an engineering report that was to be completed soon and provide information/recommendations regarding what reservoir sites within the Upper Eno basin should be designated as water sources and protected, and an accompanying report for providing water/sewer service to the Cheeks ':ovrnship area, a on recommencation on the Plan and text amendments and extension of zoning was postponed. At its t~5arch 19, 1984, meeting the Planning Board decided to reaffirm the recommendation of the Plan presented at public hearing and voted to approve the ~4est Orange Land Use Plan, proposed Land Use Plan and Zoning Ordinance text amendments with revisions and the proposed extension of zoning to Cheeks Township. Because of delays in consideration of the proposals by the Cheeks Township Advisory Council and controversy surrounding the receipt and review of the ,john R. [4cAdams engineering studies, the zoning of Cheeks was again delayed. The Planning Board at their G?ay 21, 198n meeting requested that the Cheeks Township Advisory Council develop comments and recommendations on the proposed zoning. EIowever. no information was received in time to be considered at the September Planning Board meeting. Bill Dorsett from the Cheeks Tovmship Advisory Council made the following comments which were received by the ManFger's office on 5eptenber 28, 1989: 1. The zoning as proposed does not allow any growth of industry or commerce. The only uses permitted are R1 and AR. The Cheeks Advisory Council recommends the I8S-US70 Corridor be zoned commercial and light industrial as the land use plan now so designates. Collins commented and showed on the proposed zoning map those areas that will be zoned AR and R1 and those areas that represent those existing industrial uses as identified by the Planning staff. The land use plan has designated about 1800 acres in this corridor as commercial industrial transition nodes. 2. Ordinance X2.4.2 - The Cheeks Advisory Council requests that the Development Advisory Committee b2 activated immediately to help streamline the planning process in Orange County. Collins indicated that section 2.a.2 of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance provides for the creation of a Development P.dvisory Committee. The purpose of this committee is to review the zoning ordinance,