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2. The Orange County special Board of Equalization and Review shall consist of 3 regular <br />members, each to serve for a term beginning on the date of appointment and continuing until this resolution is <br />rescinded or revised. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />X. REPORTS <br />A. FIRE INSPECTION PROGRAM FEES (8:55-9:10) <br />Rod Visser provided a report on current fire inspection program fees and suggestions for <br />reviewing the schedule of fees as outlined in the agenda. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis said he supports the recommendations. His concern is with small <br />businesses paying the full fee. He feels that the 10% fee that Hillsborough has added is not fair. His other <br />concern is that, because of doing the fire inspections for the Town of Hillsborough, the County does not have <br />time for inspections in the County. <br />In answer to a question from Commissioner Gordon, Rod Visser indicated that the Town would <br />need .8 of a person to do their own inspections. <br />Mr. Jack Davis made reference to the fire inspection at his place of business on July 13, 1994. The <br />inspection took 20 minutes and they found two violations. He does not feel it is fair to charge him $165.00 -- <br />the same as it cost to inspect WalMart or other larger facility. He told about his ordeal with the Magistrate's <br />office. He asked that the County Commissioners rescind the contract with Hillsborough and charge a <br />reasonable amount for the inspection. <br />Commissioner Gordon said she wants the program to be self-supporting through fee revenue but the <br />County should review the fee schedule to see if changes should be made. <br />Commissioner Willhoit said he does not want to charge a fee to schools or public entities. He feels <br />the fees should be realigned with the time it takes to do the inspection or the square footage to be inspected. <br />B. REPORT - FLEXIBLE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL <br />Planner David Stancil presented a report on the Planning Board's recommendations concerning <br />proposed Flexible Development open space preservation strategies that were presented at a public hearing on <br />November 27, 1995. He summarized the recommendations as listed on pages 5, 6 and 7 of the agenda <br />abstract. He presented an implementation schedule for the Board's consideration of approval. <br />Commissioner Willhoit noted that the Planning Board discussed having an intensive orientation <br />to distribute the information and asked if June 17 through June 28 workshops address this issue. David <br />Stancil said that the intent is to do these initial training workshops and then to provide ongoing workshops once <br />a month or as often as necessary. <br />Commissioner Willhoit made reference to the issue of the yield plan and asked if it was <br />necessary to do a conventional design in order to get a yield plan. David Stancil said that the basic yield plan <br />would be to do a conventional design to see how many lots could be created on the site and then to rearrange <br />them in accordance with the open space provisions. <br />Commissioner Willhoit said he feels that affordable housing should be a flexible option rather <br />than a separate category. He feels that if a developer comes in with a flexible plan that provided affordable <br />housing or one that provided open space and met a criteria of 40 or 50% open space, they should not have to <br />do a yield plan. David Stancil stated that, as it now stands, they would still need to do a yield plan. <br />Commissioner Willhoit feels that if a plan comes in which more than meets the level of open <br />space required, that it may be desirable to eliminate the yield plan. He made reference to the annual review <br />and said he preferred a system where each time a development comes in it is tracked instead of waiting for a <br />year to accumulate the data. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Crowther to accept <br />the report and approve continuing the discussion on this item at a work session scheduled for March 21, 1996 <br />at the Government Services Center in Hillsborough at 7:30 p.m. After the work session the Board will <br />consider the timeline for implementation of the flexible development proposal. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />C. SISTER COMMUNITY PROJECT: LOCAL HOST FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION <br />EXCHANGE PROGRAM