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i. Authorize staff to notify the public of the November 22 public hearing continuation through email distribution lists, County website, press release, posted bulletin, and letter to municipalities (item, "ii" below). If the BOCC chooses to publish an additional legal advertisement in the newspapers, the BOCC will need to allocate an additional $3,000 to the Planning Department's advertising budget. ii. Direct the County Manager to send a letter to the four municipalities located in Orange County (Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough, and Mebane) asking what form of UDO presentation is necessary and what dates in January 2011 are suggested if a formal presentation by County staff is requested. iii. Direct the Planning staff to hold a public outreach meeting on the UDO by the end of January 2011. iv. Direct that written comments on the proposed UDO from municipalities and advisory boards (other than the Planning Board) must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on February 2, 2011 in order for the Planning board to consider the comment prior to making a recommendation to the BOCC. v. Continue the November 22, 2010 public hearing to February 28, 2011 (note: public hearing will be continued to April 5, 2011 at the February 28 hearing in order to receive the Planning Board's recommendation). vi. Direct the Planning board to complete its review and make its recommendation on adoption of the UDO in time for the April 5, 2011 BOCC meeting. Commissioner Yuhasz made reference to the difficulty of the Planning Board having a meeting so soon after the public hearing. He asked if the public hearing could be moved to February 21st or the Planning Board meeting could be moved ahead a week. Craig Benedict said that the 28th is a regular QPH and on February 1, 2011 the BOCC would have to advertise for that public hearing. If it were moved earlier, by January 20th, the public hearing date and the proposed items would have to be decided upon. One recommendation was to have a public outreach in January to supplant the legal public hearing. Staff believes that they can do more one-on-one in a public outreach session and address issues directly with the people that are sending emails and asking questions. Commissioner Gordon asked about the other option of having the Planning Board set their meeting on March 9th and Craig Benedict said that the Planning Board would have to address the comments from the public and have the minutes approved that night. Commissioner Yuhasz said that his preference would be to have another public hearing, but not to bring it back to the Board of County Commissioners any later than April 5th Commissioner Gordon said that she thinks the Planning Board can work with this schedule. Commissioner Jacobs said that it is commendable that the Planning Board wants to do as much as possible in advance of the February 28th public hearing. He wants to support the motion and have the public hearing on February 28th. Regarding the outreach meetings, he said that he does not have confidence that these work as well as a public hearing because he has been to a few on the UDO where very few people attended. VOTE: UNANIMOUS d. Permit Extension Act of 2009 The Board received the Planning Board and Board of Health recommendations on whether the County should formally opt out of provisions of the Permit Extension Act of 2009. Michael Harvey gave some background and summarized this item. This Act temporarily suspends local land use regulations that rescind previously issued development approval(s)