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10 Orange County Planning Department MEMORANDUM TO: Orange County Planning Board FROM: Gene Bell, Planner III l-3 SUBJ: Summary of July 2 Meeting of the Stoney Creek Planning Group DATE: July 5 , 1996 At the May 28 public hearing, Stoney Creek Planning Group member, Lee Rafalow stated that the group's recommendations on implementation were based on the Flexible Development Options (FDO) as presented in the spring. In the subsequent adoption of Flexible Development by the County Commissioners, there were changes that impacted the group's recommendations. Likewise, the group had requested the opportunity to review the forthcoming Rural Design Guidelines being prepared as a supplement to the FDO. Because of the above-referenced changes, the Planning Group requested another meeting before Planning Board consideration of the draft plan/recommendations to submit written comments consistent with article 20.7.1 in the zoning ordinance. The Planning Group met on July 2 with 13 members in attendance (see listing at end of memo) to discuss the following points relative to implementation. Village Qption In their deliberations on FDO modifications to make them specific to the Stoney Creek area, the Planning Group did not address the village option because the Planning Board had recommended another public hearing before the County Commissioners considered adoption of this feature. However, when the Commissioners discussed the FDO on May 1, they decided to include the village option in the adopted FDO package. In that the village option was included in the FDO, but not addressed in the draft small area plan and recommendations, the Planning Group was concerned that a village might be proposed in the Stoney Creek area. There was Planning Group consensus on the following statement relative to the village option: