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Article 1: Administration Section 1.9:Development Advisory Committee (A)Selection of officers, specifically a Chair and Vice-Chair, whose term of office shall be one year, with eligibility for re-election. (B)Attendance requirements. (C)Establishment of a quorum, which shall be a majority of the appointed members, to allow the Board to conduct business. (D)Establishment of a date and time for a regular meeting. (E)A procedure for calling special meetings as the need of the Board requires. 1.8.5Conduct and Notification of Meetings All meetings of the Board shall be conducted in compliance with: 1 (A)The North Carolina Open Meetings Law, (B)North Carolina General Statutes G.S.143.318.9 et seq.Chapter 143, Article 33C, (C)This Ordinance The Planning Directorshall give notice of Board meetings as provided in the Open Meetings Law NCGS Chapter 143, Article 33C. Notice of meetings shall be given to Board of Adjustment members as provided in the Rules of Procedure adopted by the Board as well as the provisions of this Ordinance. 1.8.6Record of Meetings The Planning Directorshall keep a record of Board meetings to be maintained as a permanent public record. This record shall include minutes from each meeting including the vote of each member on every question, the Board’s findings on required items, recommendations, and a complete summary of the evidence submitted to the Board including all documents, data, and testimony presented. SECTION 1.9:DEVELOPMENT ADVISORYCOMMITTEE 1.9.1Establishment and Intent (A)Establishment There is hereby established a Development Advisory Committee(DAC) to assist the Planning Departmentin the execution of its functions with respect to processing applications submitted in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance. (B)Intent The DAC is an informal advisory committee to allow various entities to review and discuss issues associated with a submitted application in order to assist with the development of a formal recommendation as to the disposition of the request by the Planning Department. 1.9.2Duties and Responsibilities The Development Advisory Committeehas the following duties and responsibilities. The Committee shall: (A)Review proposed text and atlas amendments, Conditional Districts, Special Use permits, rezonings, subdivisions or other similar technical issues that may be referred to the Committee. 1 Although NCGS chapter 143, article 33C is sometimes referred to as the “Open Meetings Law”, thereis nothing actually in the law that refers to it this way. MuniCode is suggesting the County adhere to the actual statute references. Orange County, North Carolina –Unified Development Ordinance Page 1-15