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Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the public hearings and said that when the County Commissioners meet on May 15th to approve the plan, they will welcome public comment. A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Foushee that at these public session meetings that proposed possible park and ride lots be added to the maps that would allow rural residents to get to one of the bus lines. VOTE: UNANIMOUS Patrick McDonough said that Triangle Transit is 90% completed with adding this to the maps and they will be ready by April 23,d Commissioner Gordon said that there is a core plan and an enhanced plan. She thinks that the public should be given more complete information concerning the difference between the core plan and the enhanced plan. The core plan is the one that will be used just in case the federal funds and state funds do not come through. The enhanced plan is the more comprehensive plan which includes light rail. She suggested having this information in writing. Commissioner Yuhasz said that he attended a community forum tonight in Hillsborough and that was why he was late tonight, and this topic of transit and serving the needs of the rural residents was important to them. b. Amendments to Unified Development Ordinance WDO/Zoning 2012-08) — Stormwater The Board received the Planning Board's recommendation, closed the public hearing, and considered a decision on state required text amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO to meet the Falls Lake/Jordan Lake stormwater new development rules. Stormwater Resource Officer for Orange County Planning Department Terry Hackett introduced this item. The proposed stormwater text amendments were heard at the February 27, 2012 Quarterly Public Hearing. The purpose of the proposed amendments is to meet state required Falls Lake and Jordan Lake new development rules. The state's Falls Lake rules became effective January 15, 2011 and the Jordan Lake rules became effective August 11, 2009. To meet these rules, the state requires local governments to adopt specific stormwater standards, including nitrogen and phosphorus limits. After discussing the proposed amendments, the Planning Board unanimously voted to recommend approval of this item. A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to receive the Planning Board's recommendation and to close the public hearing. VOTE: UNANIMOUS A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to adopt the Amendments to Unified Development Ordinance (UDO/Zoning 2012-08) — Stormwater as contained in Attachment 2. VOTE: UNANIMOUS C. Review of Proposed UDO Text Amendment— Modification of Appeals Language The Board received the Planning Board recommendation, closed the public hearing, and considered a decision on a Planning Director initiated Unified Development Ordinance text amendment. Michael Harvey said that this was presented at the February 27, 2012 QPH.