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122 <br />123 <br />124 <br />125 <br />126 <br />127 <br />128 <br />129 <br />130 <br />131 <br />132 <br />133 <br />134 <br />135 <br />136 <br />137 <br />138 <br />139 <br />140 <br />141 <br />142 <br />143 <br />144 <br />145 <br />146 <br />147 <br />148 <br />149 <br />150 <br />151 <br />152 <br />153 <br />154 <br />155 <br />156 <br />157 <br />158 <br />159 <br />160 <br />161 <br />162 <br />163 <br />164 <br />165 <br />166 <br />167 <br />168 <br />169 <br />170 <br />171 <br />172 <br />173 <br />174 <br />175 <br />176 <br />177 <br />178 <br />179 <br />180 <br />181 <br />Approved 2/2/11 <br />Craig Benedict: That is correct and we will also invite the people who sent emails. There were nine or ten people who spoke at <br />the meeting and they were looking at our process positively, it was the emails that we spent more time on. <br />Alan Campbell: That is the 27~"? <br />Craig Benedict: Yes. <br />Alan Campbell: Is there an indication where that will be? <br />Perdita Holtz: In this room, 6:30 to 8:00. <br />Andrea Rohrbacher. Chapel Hill Town Council has been in recess since December 6 and their next meeting is Monday night so <br />expect you will hear ftom them this next week. <br />AGENDA ITEM 4: APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br />MorloN made by Rachel Hawkins to approve the December 1, 2010 minutes. Seconded by Alan Campbell. <br />VOTE: Unanimous <br />AGENDA ITEM 5: CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA <br />AGENDA ITEM 6: PUBLIC CHARGE <br />Introduction to the Public Charge <br />The Board of County Commissioners, under the authority of North Carolina General Statute, appoints <br />the Orange County Planning Board (OCPB) to uphold the written land development laws of the County. <br />The general purpose of OCPB is to guide and accomplish coordinated and harmonious development. <br />OCPB shall do so in a manner which considers the present and future needs of its citizens and <br />businesses through efficient and responsive process that contributes to and promotes the health, safety, <br />and welfare of the overall County. The OCPB will make every effort to uphold a vision of responsive <br />governance and quality public services during our deliberations, decisions, and recommendations. <br />PUBLIC CHARGE <br />The Planning Board pledges to the citizens of Orange County its respect. The Board asks its citizens to <br />conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner, both with the Board and with fellow citizens. At <br />any time, should any member of the Board or any citizen fail to observe this public charge, the Chair will <br />ask the offending member to leave the meeting until that individual regains personal control. Should <br />decorum fail to be restored, the Chair will recess the meeting until such time that a genuine commitment <br />to this public charge is observed. <br />AGENDA ITEM 7: CHAIR COMMENTS <br />Judith Wegner: We are all committed to working hard to get questions resolved about the UDO. We met with staff a couple of <br />weeks before Christmas and the staff will present tonight but I would like to know if there are any particular questions that any <br />Board member would like to have addressed. Let's go around the table. <br />Samantha Cabe: It might be helpful to give a short and broad overview of the different venues a developer can take in order to <br />do a project. For example, the applications Special Use Permit process versus the current process versus the new process. An <br />overview of the choices they have if the property is zoned for what they want or not because I think we get tunnel vision as this is <br />the only way something can be done. <br />Pete Hallenbeck: I am fairly comfortable with this the way it is. There is some clean up we can do. Way back in this process, we <br />made this a manual and not a UDO for dummies and I think that decision has bit us a little bit in this area of floating zones. <br />Alan Campbell: Specifically on the issue of mixed use, the master plan developments and how we now take them into a <br />structure where a special use permit is not required and therefore the decision is entirely legislative by the Board of County <br />Commissioners. Was an that intentional decision or did this just happen as a result of how this was reorganized? <br />Larry Wright: I do have some questions regarding the terminology. Also, there is confusion I would like clarified with conditional <br />uses. If you look at Section 5.1.4 Conditional Uses on page 53 of our current draft and look at exclusions, there is a reference to <br /> <br />3 <br />