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16 <br /> 1 WHAT THIS DOES NOT DO: <br /> 2 • Alter/modify submittal requirements <br /> 3 • Alter/modify pre-application standards (i.e. balloon test, notification of surrounding <br /> 4 property owners, etc.) <br /> 5 • Alter/modify inspection requirements for towers both during and after construction <br /> 6 • Eliminate/modify required fees, including consulting escrow fee <br /> 7 <br /> 8 RECOMMENDATION: <br /> 9 1. Receive the request, <br /> 10 2. Conduct the Public Hearing and accept public, BOCC, and Planning Board comments. <br /> 11 3. Refer the matter to the Planning Board with a request that a recommendation be <br /> 12 returned to the County Board of Commissioners in time for the May 1, 2012 BOCC <br /> 13 regular meeting. <br /> 14 4. Adjourn the public hearing until May, 2012 in order to receive and accept the Planning <br /> 15 Board's recommendation and any submitted written comments. <br /> 16 <br /> 17 Clarifying questions were answered by staff. <br /> 18 Commissioner Jacobs said that the tower height related to bird fatalities. He suggested that it <br /> 19 would be nice to track that in the document somehow. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to <br /> 20 page 5 and avoiding areas with protected natural and cultural resources. He asked about the <br /> 21 environmental assessment. <br /> 22 Michael Harvey made reference to pages 25-27 where there are provisions about <br /> 23 environmental assessments. <br /> 24 Commissioner Jacobs said that the County requires that developments identify significant <br /> 25 natural areas and have a plan to protect them or avoid them. He would like this reflected. <br /> 26 A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner Yuhasz to <br /> 27 refer the matter to the Planning Board with a request that a recommendation be returned to the <br /> 28 County Board of Commissioners in time for the May 1, 2012 BOCC regular meeting and adjourn the <br /> 29 public hearing until May 2012 in order to receive and accept the Planning Board's recommendation <br /> 30 and any submitted written comments. <br /> 31 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 32 <br /> 33 Commissioner Yuhasz asked to amend the motion to include Commissioner Jacobs' <br /> 34 concerns about the natural areas. <br /> 35 VOTE ON AMENDED MOTION: UNANIMOUS <br /> 36 <br /> 37 5. Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Text Amendments -To review government- <br /> 38 initiated amendments to the text of the UDO to add a new Section 6.20 that will pertain to <br /> 39 public sewer connection requirements. <br /> 40 <br /> 41 Planning staff Kevin Lindley gave background on this material. In general, this is a new <br /> 42 section, Section 6.20. About 25 years ago, the County invested in a small sewer system in <br /> 43 Efland for the general purpose of improving public health by helping out with some failing septic <br /> 44 systems. The County is currently constructing a sewer system as an extension to that original <br />