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11 1 • Adoption of an Ordinance approving or rejecting the proposed atlas 2 amendment, and 3 • Adoption of a separate statement denoting the atlas amendment complies 4 with an adopted comprehensive plan. This statement must describe whether 5 the action is: `consistent with any controlling comprehensive plan and explain 6 why the action is reasonable and in the public interest'. 7 It should be noted that according to North Carolina General Statute, this statement is 8 not subject to judicial review. 9 A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner McKee to adopt 10 the Ordinance Amending the Orange County Zoning Atlas as contained within Attachment 6 of 11 the abstract package. 12 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 13 A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner McKee to adopt 14 the Resolution of Comprehensive Plan Consistency as contained within Attachment 8 of the 15 abstract package. 16 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 17 b. Class A Special Use Permit—Public Utility Station (Solar Array) 18 The Board considered receiving the Planning Board recommendation, closing the public 19 hearing, and making a decision on a Class A Special Use Permit(SUP) request submitted by 20 Strata Solar and the Bradshaw Family Partnership proposing the development of a public utility 21 station, solar array, on a 53-acre portion of a 122-acre parcel of property in accordance with the 22 provisions of the Unified Development Ordinance (hereafter'U DO') 23 24 Chair Pelissier explained that the purpose of this item was to receive the Planning Board 25 recommendation. For Strata Solar the purpose of the meeting is as follows: 26 To receive the Planning Board recommendation, close the public hearing, and make a 27 decision on a Class A Special Use Permit request submitted by Strata Solar and the 28 Bradshaw Family Partnership proposing the development of a public utility station, 29 specfcally solar array, on a 53 acre portion of a 122 acre parcel of property in accordance 30 with the provisions of the Unified Development Ordinance 31 32 33 Chair Pelissier declared the public hearing re-convened and asked staff to make their 34 presentation. 35 36 Michael Harvey: Good evening, once again, Michael Harvey, Orange County Planning, here 37 to present the Planning Board recommendation concerning the issuance of a Class A Special 38 Use Permit to allow for the development of public utilities, specifically the solar array on a 53- 39 acre portion of a 122-acre parcel of property off of White Cross Road in Orange County. As 40 part of this item, you have Attachment 1, which is the July 11, 2012 Planning Board abstract. 41 Attachment 2 is additional information supplied by the applicant at the July 11, 2012 Planning