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140 <br />APPROVED 2 1 93 MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY EOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />AND <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br />DECEMBER 1, 1992 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners and the Orange County Planning <br />Board held a joint meeting on December 1, 1992 at 7:30 p.m. in Superior <br />Courtroom, Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Moses Carey, Jr., and Commissioners <br />Alice M. Gordon, Stephen H. Halkiotis, Verla C. Insko and Don Willhoit. <br />PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Carol Cantrell and members James <br />Grey, Elizabeth Eidenier, D. Rent Scot, Clinton E. Burklin, and Joan Jobsis. <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br />STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Clerk to the Board <br />Beverly A. Blythe, Planning Director Marvin Collins, Recreation and Parks <br />Director MaryAnne Moore and Planner Mary Willis. <br />A. OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIRMAN <br />Chair Moses Carey, Jr. welcomed everyone to the meeting. He stated that <br />letters and statements have been received and will be noted in the minutes for <br />this meeting. <br />B. PUBLIC CHARGE <br />Chair Moses Carey, Jr. read the public charge. <br />PUBLIC HEARING ON A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT <br />A. C'P--1-92 UNIVERSITY STATION <br />Planning Director Marvin Collins presented slides to explain the <br />request. He emphasized that this public hearing involves an amendment to the <br />County's Comprehensive Plan. It is not a rezoning and is not involved in <br />considering the issuance of a Special Use Permit. It is not involved with any <br />specific site plan or any subdivision plat, but is an amendment to the <br />Comprehensive Plan. If tr-.t amendment is approved, there would be another <br />pudic hearing. process that the applicants would have to go. through.. That.. <br />could not occur before the February quarterly public hearing. If this <br />amendment is approved, then they would be involved in considering a specific <br />site plan for the project, the issuance of a Special Use Permit,. and also <br />rezoning of the property. He stated that normally they do not have this many <br />public hearings,involving a project which is simply an amendment to the Land <br />Use Plan. He noted that a dispute resolution group has beer, set up to try to <br />wore.. out some agreement in terms of the project. The plan shown tonight is <br />still in the conceptual stage. There is room for change. It is not as <br />detailed as the plan that will be considered at the February public hearing. <br />The slides show the location of the property at the intersection of <br />New Hope Church Road and Old NC 10. It is currently designated in the plan <br />as Rural Residential which allows one unit per acre. The slides show the open <br />space development area around the Town of Hillsborough. He noted that in that <br />area public water and sewer extensions would be permitted for any development <br />.hat preserves a significant amount of open space. He briefly told of the <br />historical background of this area beginning in 1938. In 1966 a change begin