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17 1 Commissioner Jacobs said that the Board is supportive of this project and they 2 recognize that Mr. Chandler has limited resources, but since this is an entranceway to Orange 3 County, there should be standards in rural areas as in other areas. He asked staff to provide 4 some pictures of other storage units in Orange County that have buffers or clustered buffers so 5 that they can see what it will look like before making a decision. 6 Commissioner Gordon supported this. 7 There was continued discussion about the buffers. 8 9 A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner Yuhasz 10 to refer the matter to the Planning Board with a request that a recommendation be returned 11 to the Board of Commissioners in time for the November 20, 2012 BOCC regular 12 meeting, with specific additional attention on the water issue as well as other issues discussed; 13 and adjourn the public hearing until November 20, 2012 in order to receive the Planning 14 Board's recommendation and any submitted written comments. 15 16 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 17 18 7. Regular Agenda 19 a. Siting Criteria for Southern Branch Library—Final Recommendation 20 The Board considered approving the siting and locational criteria governing the review 21 and site selection process for the southern branch of the Orange County library. 22 Library Services Director Lucinda Munger said that this is the updated criteria for the 23 Southern Branch Library and staff has included modifications based on feedback from the work 24 session and from the Carrboro Board of Aldermen in March. The staff has incorporated 25 modifications to the criteria. The first modification is combining the previous Phases 1 and 2 26 into the 1St phase entitled Preliminary Phase, Technical Review, and Assessment. The physical 27 attributes of a site, including environmental factors, various modules of public transportation 28 and access, alignment with planning tools, location, costs, and availability will be taken into 29 account. This phase will be done by internal Orange County staff and is estimated to take 30 anywhere from four to eight weeks, depending on the number of properties under review. Many 31 items can be done simultaneously. 32 Phase 3 in a previous version is now the 2nd phase entitled Primary Phase, Public Input, 33 and Assessment. The Board will put before the community a top site choice or choices after 34 the completion of the technical review and analysis. This portion would involve significant input 35 from residents of the surrounding communities. Estimated time for this phase would be 36 anywhere from three to five months. 37 On August 30th, staff along with Assistant County Manager Michael Talbert, met with 38 Carrboro Manager David Andrews and some of his staff to review the criteria and answer any 39 questions. Mr. Talbert also indicated that this would be brought back at the September 40 meeting. As noted in the agenda, the Town of Carrboro has already begun its own internal 41 process of evaluating sites based on compliance with local development regulations and other 42 processes. 43 The change from the original title—Southern Branch from Southwestern Branch was 44 done after a request from the Board at the June work session expressing the desire to see a 45 clear visual representation as to what constituted Southwest. The map was prepared by Mr. 46 Harvey in Planning. The primary reason for the change from the longstanding title of 47 Southwest is that they wanted to more accurately reflect the area that this library will serve, 48 making sure that it will be seen as an inclusive place to serve the needs of all the surrounding 49 community. 50 Michael Harvey explained why the name was changed from Southwestern to Southern.