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JOINT MEETING OF BOCC AND PLANNING BOARD Commissioner Gordon said that items 3 and 4 under 5a were not advertised. A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon to strike items 3 and 4 under 5a from the quarterly public hearing agenda. Planning Director Craig Benedict said that during the discussion of the advertisement for the public hearing, the issues about connectivity of streets were not listed as a specific written item but part of the discussion about clarifying. He agreed with Commissioner Gordon that it would be best to bring it up at another time. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Brown. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 3. Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment a. Identification of Potential School Sites Planning Director Craig Benedict made introductory remarks. He said that this was a request to hear public comment to consider putting potential school sites on the land use element of the comprehensive plan. There have been na sites noted on any plan since 1986. This proposal has been taken to the Schools and Land Use Council. Notices were sent out to property owners of land that was Hated as a potential school site. Also, notices were sent out to property owners adjacent to land that was noted as a potential school site. Comprehensive Planning Supervisor Gene Bell made reference to some handouts and described them. The first handout was an excerpt from the Orange County subdivision regulations, "Sites for Public Use." The second item was a table that identifies potential school sites for inclusion in the land use element of the comprehensive plan. The last item was a series of maps showing the potential sites. He said that if school sites are designated in the comprehensive plan and adopted by the Commissioners, then when a subdivision proposal comes in on a piece of property where a site is designated, the school board has the option of saying whether or not they are interested in the site for a school. If the school board is interested, then the board has 18 months to purchase the site. He talked about the process the Planning Department used in identifying proposed school sites. They used the County's GIS system to search for proposed school sites. They looked for property that was not environmentally constrained. They used a series of acreage ranging from 16 acres up. The first round of searches resulted in 187 potential sites. They then narrowed that dawn by deleting properties awned by the state, Orange County, Duke University, utilities, churches, and other quasi-public entities. They then looked at the shape of the property to be sure the shape was conducive to a school site. They also looked at safety of the access roads. They then narrowed this to 54 sites, which is what has been presented tonight. The administration recommends acceptance of staff and public input into the public hearing record and transmittal to the Planning Board for a recommendation back to the Board of County Commissioners no sooner than August 21, 2001. The tentative date far Planning Board consideration is July 3, 2001. This item differs from mast planning items in that a recommendation from the Orange County school board on the sites that they might have an interest in seeing included in the plan would have to be made to the Commissioners. QUESTIONS FROM THE BUCC AND MEMBERS QF THE PLANNING BOARD Commissioner Jacobs made reference to flora and fauna on page five and