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Tim Nichols is from the Stoneybrook Homeowner's Association. He made <br />reference to item 8-m relating to zoning regulation enforcement procedures. They live on the <br />banks of Morgan Creek and there has been an illegal dump there for a period of time. He <br />understands that item 8-m will give the County staff the authority to give the stop order to the <br />illegal dumping. They are representing the homeowner's association in support of this. He <br />distributed pictures of the dumpsite. <br />Jim Dingfelder reemphasized what Mr. Nichols said about the dumpsite. He said <br />that they have only been aware of this dump in the last two or three years. He urged the Board <br />to take whatever measures possible to end the dumping. <br />Chair Brawn asked if the access to the dump area was in their subdivision and Mr. <br />Dingfelder said that it is on Hatch Road. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis asked about some of the debris at the dump and Mr. <br />Dingfelder said that there are rumors that the landowners are hostile and armed, so the <br />residents are afraid to approach the site. He said that it is clear that there is a lot of construction <br />debris and he has seen dump trucks on Hatch Road going into the area loaded with <br />construction debris. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis asked to have the Sheriff work with the inspection staff to <br />see what is going on here. <br />Planning Director Craig Benedict said that the code enforcement staff is aware of <br />this and they will be bringing it before the BOCC for civil penalties. He said that this should be <br />addressed very strictly. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis said that this did come to the Board's attention three years <br />ago and he asked why this process has taken so long. He asked if the County Attorney could <br />get involved in this also. <br />Chair Brown said that item 8-m would be addressing this issue. <br />Ann Pedersen is a member of the APS Board of Directors. She said that they were <br />surprised and concerned that the Board of County Commissioners only extended the contract <br />for 90 days with a month-to-month renewal. They met after that to consider the ramifications of <br />this. The APS Board hopes that the Board of County Commissioners will reconsider this <br />decision. She read from a prepared statement, which is incorporated by reference. She said <br />that it would be difficult to operate when they do not know if they will be operating a shelter in <br />the next months. They need to think now about their future and the possibility of APS and <br />Orange County going their separate ways. They may need to make some changes. There are <br />several programs that they provide to the County at entirely their expense. One is the <br />Emergency Animal Rescue program, which costs them $30,000 a year and an additional <br />$24,000 in equipment. If APS cannot provide this service, the calls will go to the Sheriff's <br />Department or the Police. She said that they couldn't continue to provide services and plan for <br />their own future with only athree-month guaranteed contract. The six month contract as <br />recommended by the staff would have allowed all of the parties to sit down and look at the <br />recommendations and use the additional three months to make plans. She commended the <br />Board far creating the Shelter Design and Implementation Committee and said that work needs <br />to begin an designing a new shelter. She said that, despite all of the problems with the decision <br />of the Board of County Commissioners, the APS Board of Directors voted to accept the <br />contract. They are asking the Board of County Commissioners to reconsider the six month <br />contract so they can move forward together in a rational manner. <br />Matters on the Printed Agenda <br />{These matters were considered when the Board addressed that item on the <br />agenda below.) <br />