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Attachment 1 4 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> PLANNING BOARD <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: July 11, 2012 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 9 <br /> SUBJECT: Class A Special Use Permit— Public Utility Station (Solar Array) <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) Yes <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. Property and Vicinity Map Michael D. Harvey, Planner III 245-2597 <br /> 2. Applicant's Written Response to Questions Craig Benedict, Director 245-2575 <br /> 3. Findings of Fact <br /> 4. Draft May 29, 2012 Quarterly Public <br /> Hearing Minutes <br /> 5. Copies of Affidavits Presented at May 29, <br /> 2012 Quarterly Public Hearing <br /> PURPOSE: To make a recommendation to the BOCC on a Class A Special Use Permit (hereafter <br /> `SUP') application submitted by Strata Solar and the Bradshaw Family Partnership proposing the <br /> development of a public utility station in accordance with the provisions of the Unified Development <br /> Ordinance (hereafter`UDO'). <br /> BACKGROUND: This item was presented at the May 29, 2012 Quarterly Public Hearing. The <br /> applicant is proposing the development of a public utility facility, specifically a 5 megawatt (AC) <br /> (6.83 megawatt DC) solar array, on a 53 acre portion of a 122 acre parcel of property (PIN <br /> 9748-34-9639) owned by the John Bradshaw Family Limited Partnership off White Cross Road <br /> (please refer to Attachment 1). <br /> Public Hearing: During the hearing, the following comments/questions were posed concerning the <br /> application: <br /> • A BOCC member asked for additional information on the power lines erected on the <br /> property, their proximity to the existing mobile home park, and where the array would <br /> connect into the power grid. <br /> RESPONSE: The applicant's engineer, Mr. Phil Post of Phil Post and Associates, <br /> said there is a Duke Power substation to the north of the property where the array <br /> will connect into the power grid. <br /> Individual arrays would be connected through underground utility lines and feed <br /> into a central underground line to the north of the proposed array, south of the <br /> mobile home park, feeding directly into an existing Duke Power line and the <br /> aforementioned substation. <br /> • A BOCC member asked if the array could be seen from the road. <br />