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Planning Baard member Rachel Preston asked where the tree and shrub list came from. Craig Benedict said that this list is the original list from the 1993-94 design manual. He would be willing to work with someone on this. Public Comment Scott Radway requested an electronic file of this abridged manual. Vic Knight made reference to area two and asked whose area this was in and Craig Benedict said that area two is within Hillsborough's jurisdiction. The jurisdictional boundary between Orange County and Hillsborough is Cates Creek. Vic Knight asked if the manual that is being discussed tonight will be adapted by the Town of Hillsborough and Craig Benedict said that they are working toward a code that is similar or the same as the County's. Mr. Knight has asked Robert Davis for a copy of the abridged manual. A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Carey to accept the staff and public input into the public hearing record, and to refer item C1 a to the Planning Board for a recommendation to be returned to the Baard of County Commissioners no sooner than January 18, 2001. VOTE: UNANIMOUS At this time, it was 10:35 p.m. The Board agreed to continue the meeting until 11:00 p.m. f. Non-residential subdivision amendments continued from November 27, 2000 public hearing. Craig Benedict said that this would set standards far non-residential subdivisions. Presently, there are no minimum lot sizes for non-residential subdivisions. The amendments would establish a minimum lot size of four acres in an EDD. If someone brings forth a master plan of 20 acres ar more, they have the ability to have pods that could be two acres in size. Public Comment Vic Knight feels that the current subdivision regulations address this issue. There are many uses for parcels of property less than four acres. For an office building, afour-acre lot is extremely large. He understands the issue with curb cuts but feels that there are other ways to control traffic within a parcel. A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Brown to accept the staff and public input into the public hearing record, and to refer item C1f to the Planning Board for a recommendation to be returned to the Baard of County Commissioners no sooner than January 18, 2001. VOTE: UNANIMOUS ADDED ITEM -Economic Development Districts Workaraup Continuation Craig Benedict said that there was a need to continue and evolve this task force to address transportation related issues to handle the potential impacts of the EDD. The staff believes that the task force should include other stakeholders besides elected officials and staff. Page two has a list of suggested stakeholders. Attachment two is a list of transportation capacity considerations. The staff is asking that the Board authorize the staff and the EDD task force to recruit for appointment at the January 18, 2001 meeting. Chair Halkiotis said that he is willing to step off of the EDD task force if there is another County Commissioner who would like to serve. Commissioner Gordon suggested adding an environmental advocate to the list of stakeholders. Regarding the purpose, she suggested changing the opening statement to say, "Therefore the following issues must necessarily be considered and affirmed or rejected....." She also asked that notices be sent out about these meetings. A motion was made by Commissioner Brown, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to authorize staff and existing EDD workgroup to be empowered to recruit to fill these organization- oriented stakeholder positions as revised above.