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Approved 2/2/11 122 Craig Benedict: That is correct and we will also invite the people who sent emails. There were nine or ten people who spoke at 123 the meeting and they were looking at our process positively, it was the emails that we spent more time on. 124 125 Alan Campbell: That is the 27th? 19,6 127 127 Craig Benedict: Yes. 128 129 Alan Campbell: Is there an indication where that will be? 130 131 Perdita Holtz: In this room, 6:30 to 8:00. 132 133 Andrea Rohrbacher: Chapel Hill Town Council has been in recess since December 6 and their next meeting is Monday night so 1 134 expect you will hear from them this next week. 135 136 AGENDA ITEM 4: APPROVAL OF MINUTES 137 138 MOTION made by Rachel Hawkins to approve the December 1, 2010 minutes. Seconded by Alan Campbell. 139 VOTE: Unanimous 140 141 AGENDA ITEM 5: CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA 142 143 144 AGENDA ITEM 6: PUBLIC CHARGE 145 146 Introduction to the Public Charge 147 The Board of County Commissioners, under the authority of North Carolina General Statute, appoints 148 the Orange County Planning Board (OCPB) to uphold the written land development laws of the County. 149 The general purpose of OCPB is to guide and accomplish coordinated and harmonious development. 150 OCPB shall do so in a manner which considers the present and future needs of its citizens and 151 businesses through efficient and responsive process that contributes to and promotes the health, safety, 152 and welfare of the overall County. The OCPB will make every effort to uphold a vision of responsive 153 governance and quality public services during our deliberations, decisions, and recommendations. 154 155 PUBLIC CHARGE 156 The Planning Board pledges to the citizens of Orange County its respect. The Board asks its citizens to 157 conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner, both with the Board and with fellow citizens. At 158 any time, should any member of the Board or any citizen fail to observe this public charge, the Chair will 159 ask the offending member to leave the meeting until that individual regains personal control. Should 160 decorum fail to be restored, the Chair will recess the meeting until such time that a genuine commitment 161 to this public charge is observed. 162 163 AGENDA ITEM 7: CHAIR COMMENTS 164 Judith Wegner: We are all committed to working hard to get questions resolved about the UDO. We met with staff a couple of 165 weeks before Christmas and the staff will present tonight but I would like to know if there are any particular questions that any 166 Board member would like to have addressed. Let's go around the table. 167 168 Samantha Cabe: It might be helpful to give a short and broad overview of the different venues a developer can take in order to 169 do a project. For example, the applications Special Use Permit process versus the current process versus the new process. An 170 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 171 the only way something can be done. 172 173 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 174 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. 175 176 Alan Campbell: Specifically on the issue of mixed use, the master plan developments and how we now take them into a 177 structure where a special use permit is not required and therefore the decision is entirely legislative by the Board of County 178 Commissioners. Was an that intentional decision or did this just happen as a result of how this was reorganized? 179 180 Larry Wright: I do have some questions regarding the terminology. Also, there is confusion I would like clarified with conditional 181 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 C, 109