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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 8, 2014 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 5 -a <br />SUBJECT: Class A Special Use Permit — Solar Array Off Redman Road in Cheeks <br />Township - Public Hearing Closure and Action (No Additional Comments from <br />the Public or Applicant Accepted) <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) Yes <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />1. Vicinity Map <br />2. March 5, 2014 Planning Board Abstract <br />and Handouts <br />3. April 2, 2014 Planning Board Abstract <br />and Handouts <br />4. Excerpt of Minutes from the February 24, <br />2014 Quarterly Public Hearing <br />5. Excerpt of Approved Minutes from the <br />March 5, 2014 Planning Board Meeting. <br />6. Excerpt of Minutes from the April 2, 2014 <br />Planning Board Meeting <br />7. Planning Board Recommended Findings <br />of Fact and Conditions of Approval <br />8. Letter from Applicant Accepting <br />Imposition of Recommended Conditions <br />9. Script for Acting on Findings of Fact <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Michael D. Harvey, Planner III, 245 -2597 <br />Craig Benedict, Director, 245 -2592 <br />PURPOSE: To receive the Planning Board recommendation, close the public hearing, and make a <br />decision on a Class A Special Use Permit (hereafter `SUP') application submitted by Strata Solar and <br />Stout Farms LLC proposing the development of a solar array in accordance with Section 2.7 Special <br />Use Permits and Section 5.9.6 (C) Solar Array - Public Utility of the Orange County Unified <br />Development Ordinance (UDO). <br />The reconvening of this hearing is solely to receive the Planning Board recommendation and <br />any additional written evidence submitted since the February 24, 2014 Quarterly Public Hearing. <br />This hearing is not intended to solicit additional input from the public or the applicant. While the <br />BOCC may ask staff questions related to the review of a given item, comments from the public <br />or the applicant shall not be solicited. <br />As a reminder the review of this item is carried out in a quasi-judicial format. Decisions relating <br />to the approval or denial of SUP applications are based solely on the sworn testimony of all <br />parties involved with the case, both those for and against, as well as the review of competent <br />material and substantial evidence submitted during the public hearing. Hearsay or <br />unsubstantiated opinions are not sufficient testimony. <br />