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� <br /> News of Oranqe Chapel Hill Herald <br /> February 16, 2011 February 16, 2011 <br /> February 23, 2011 February 23, 2011 <br /> February 1, 2011 - Consent Agenda - Questions and Comments From Commissioner Gordon <br /> Item 4-f Community Development Block Grant Award (Rogers Road community) and <br /> Item 4-g DTCC Kitchen Culinary Program <br /> I would like to pull these two items from the Consent Agenda to highlight them. <br /> Item 4-i - Quarterly Public Hearing Notice <br /> A-1 Unified Development Ordinance (page 2) <br /> Is it true that hard copies of the UDO document are not available in the public libraries? <br /> If they are not, they should be made available since it would be a benefit to the public. Then the <br /> hearing notice should be modified to state in which libraries the document is to be found. That <br /> change should be made in the text for A-1 and also in the next to last paragraph on page 3. <br /> A-2 Master Telecommunications Plan Map (page 2) <br /> (Note: Shouldn't the abbreviation be MTP Map, not just MTP?) <br /> To make the notice more informative and transparent, I suggest the following additional language <br /> or something similar (and of course checked by the staff for accuracy). Also a good color MTP <br /> Map should be made available. <br /> (1) Start with the sentence "Properties identified on the MTP Map may include:" <br /> a. Change the third bullet to add the word "Private" so it reads <br /> "Private property where current owners have expressed a formal interest to the County in <br /> locating telecommunications towers." <br /> b. Now add the language given below: <br /> "The draft Master Telecommunications Plan (MTP) Map is available on the Planning <br /> Department's web site at (give reference)." <br /> "There are 14 proposed properties located on this map. Current owners may make a formal <br /> request to have their properties added to the map by (give the process and deadline). <br /> c. Change the first sentence of the next paragraph to the language below: <br /> "The MTP Map identifies potential locations for...." <br /> (2) Now go the next to the last paragraph on the page and add the following language at the end: <br />