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84 <br />PLANNING STAFF RESPONSE: Additional time provided through BOCC revised <br />timetable, including the continuation of the November 22, 2010 Public Hearing. <br />- - - -- Original Message---- - <br />From: Alice Gordon [mailto:gordon.alice @gmail.com] <br />Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 12:38 PM <br />To: Donna Baker <br />Subject: Fwd: UDO proposal requires more time for further consideration <br />and much more citizen input <br />---- - - - - -- Forwarded message ---- - - - - -- <br />From: Mary Buonfiglio <mary.buonfiglio @gmail.com> <br />Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:54:34 -0500 <br />Subject: UDO proposal requires more time for further consideration and <br />much more citizen input <br />To: bjacobs @co.orange.nc.us, bpelissier @co.orange.nc.us, <br />gordon.alice @gmail.com, mikenelsonnc @aol.com, phemminger @bellsouth.net, <br />syuhasz @co.orange.nc.us, Vfoushee @co.orange.nc.us <br />November 22, 2010 <br />Dear Members of the County Board of Commissioners: <br />We want to address the Unified Development Ordinance which is being <br />discussed during your meeting tonight (11/22/10). <br />We are part of a citizens' group extremely concerned about the proposed <br />Obey Creek project in southern Chapel Hill, and more than a little <br />apprehensive about the impact on the rural buffer and extraterritorial <br />districts in Chapel Hill and Carrboro this new process will have. <br />In light of the massive 800 -page document which was updated and posted <br />on your website in mid - November, you are moving far too fast on the UDO <br />issue to give Orange County citizens a chance to digest the information <br />and participate in a process which will directly impact their lives. <br />We hope you will recognize that the UDO you propose engages in what <br />appears to be sweeping changes in the zoning process through the <br />introduction of "conditional zoning districts" and "conditional uses." <br />In essence, the Board is eliminating the Special Use Permit which <br />provides major protections for the residents of Orange County. The <br />problem is: who really knows? You're moving so fast that citizens' <br />input is being circumvented. <br />This has the effect of giving the citizens of Orange County the <br />perception that backroom deals out of the sunshine of public scrutiny <br />are in our future. And while we know this is not your intent, the <br />speed at which this UDO process seems to be moving forward ... a rush <br />before the Thanksgiving break when many of your constituents cannot <br />attend the County Commissioners' <br />meeting ... leaves an extremely bad impression of the process at hand. <br />