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15 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />6 <br />7 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />47 <br />48 <br />49 <br />50 <br />Forestry Notification <br />Commissioner Yuhasz said that he has some concerns with requiring people to notify <br />their neighbors about what they have a right to do. Most of the heavily wooded areas in Orange <br />County are under some kind of forestry plan and receive a reduced tax rate as a result of that. <br />Part of the requirement of any forestry plan is that the trees be cut and harvested. This is an <br />agricultural activity with timber being the product. He thinks that the people who live adjacent to <br />these large wooded tracts should anticipate that at some point in the future, the property will be <br />logged. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Yuhasz, seconded by Commissioner McKee to <br />not include this as an item of interest. <br />Commissioner Hemminger disagreed because when this activity is done there is a lot <br />of noise and trucks and it is a courtesy to notify of this activity. <br />Commissioner Yuhasz said that people should not necessarily be discourteous, but <br />they should not be required to do this. <br />Commissioner Jacobs agreed with Commissioner Hemminger. He thinks that many <br />times these are commercial entities doing the logging and it distresses citizens. <br />Commissioner Foushee agreed that it does require people to be courteous to their <br />neighbors, and then they have a right to do what they have a right to do. <br />VOTE: Ayes, 2 (Commissioner McKee and Commissioner Yuhasz); Nays, 5 <br />MOTION FAILED <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Foushee, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to <br />keep the Forestry Notification on the Items of Interest in Attachment 4. <br />VOTE: Ayes, 5; Nays, 2 (Commissioner McKee and Commissioner Yuhasz) <br />Electronic Advertising <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Yuhasz to <br />delete this item from the Items of Interest. <br />Commissioner McKee said that there is nothing to prevent anyone from advertising <br />these notices electronically. He agrees that this might be a step down the path toward <br />eliminating the requirement that the ads must be placed in newspapers. <br />Commissioner Hemminger said that she appreciates that, but the reality is that most of <br />these things will be electronic. <br />Commissioner Jacobs said that if the majority of the Board wants to take this off he <br />thinks they should still affirm that the staff should use both newspaper and electronic notices. <br />VOTE: Ayes, 4; Nays, 3 (Chair Pelissier, Commissioner Foushee, and Commissioner <br />Hemminger) <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Yuhasz to <br />direct staff to use both newspaper and electronic means for notices. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />Chair Pelissier asked for a motion on the Areas of Support, which is part of attachment <br />4. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Gordon to <br />approve the Areas of Support. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />