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f D (� 117 Uu !U1 BOCC 3/6/96 Regular Meeting Minutes x A. ! 94SPEC3M PROGRAM FEES (8:55-9:10) Rod Visser provided a report on current fire inspection program fees and suggestions for reviewing the sdie"of fees as outlined in the agenda. Commissioner HaNdotis said he supports the recommendations. His concern is with small businesses paying the full fee. He feels that the 10%fee that Hillsborough has added is not fair. His other Concern is that, because of doing the fire inspections for the Town of Hillsborough, the County does not get around to inspections in the County. In answer to a question from Commissioner Gordon, Rod Visser indicated that the Town would need.8 of a person to do their own inspections. Mr.Jack Davis made reference to the fire inspection at his place of business on July 13, 1994. The inspec dorh took 20 minutes and they found two violations. He does not feel it is fair to charge him 5165.00— Vw same as it cost to inspect WalMart or a larger facility. He told about his ordeal with the Magistrate's offke. He asked that the County Commissioners rescind the contract with Hillsborough and charge a reasonable amount for the inspection. Commissioner Gordon said she wants the program to be self-supporting through fee revenue. Commissioner Wiillholt said he does not want to charge a fee to schools or public entities. He feels On feels should be realigned with the time it takes to do the inspection or the square footage to be inspected. Ri. RFT;BMBLE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL. Planner David StanW presented a report on the Planning Board's recommendations concerning proposed Flexible Development open space preservation strategies that were presented at a pubic hearing on November 27, 1995. He summarized the recommendations as listed on pages 5,6 and 7 of the agenda abstract He presented an implementation schedule for the Board's consideration of approval. Commissioner Wilthoit noted that the Planning Board discussed having an intensive orientation to distribute the information and asked if June 17 through June 28 workshops address this issue. David Stencil said that the intent is to do these initial training workshops and then to provide ongoing workshops once a month or as often as necessary. Commissioner Willhoit made reference to the issue of the yield plan and asked if it was necessary to do a conventional design in order to get a yield plan. David Stencil said that the basic yield plan would be to do a conventional design to see how many lots could be created on the site and then to e than in accordance with the open space provisions. Commissioner Willhoit said he feels that affordable housing should be a flexible option rather than a separate category. He feels that if a developer comes in with a flexible plan that provided affordable housing or one that provided open space and met a criteria of 40 or 50%open space, they should not have to do a yield plan. David Stencil stated that, as it now stands,they would still need to do a yield plan. Commissioner W iillhoit feels that if a plan cones in which more than meets the level of open space required that it may be desirable to eliminate the yield plan. He made reference to the annual review and said he preferred a system where each time a development comes in it is tracked instead of waiting for a year to accumulate the data. A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Crowther to accept the report and approve continuing the discussion on this item at a work session scheduled for March 21. 1996 at the Government Services Center in Hftborough at 7:30 p.m. After the work session the Board will consider the timeline for implementation of the flexible development proposal. VOTE: UNANIMOUS TOTAL P.01