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42 <br />Attachment 6 — Excerpt of Draft <br />1 Minutes from April 2, 2014 <br />2 Planning Board Meeting <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 MINUTES <br />6 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br />7 APRIL 2, 2014 <br />8 REGULAR MEETING <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 MEMBERS PRESENT: Peter Hallenbeck (Chair), Cheeks Township Representative; Herman Staats, At- Large, Cedar <br />12 Grove Township; Paul Guthrie, At -Large Chapel Hill Township; Tony Blake, Bingham Township Representative; <br />13 Andrea Rohrbacher, At -Large Chapel Hill Township; James Lea, Cedar Grove Township Representative <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 MEMBERS ABSENT: Lisa Stuckey, Chapel Hill Township Representative; Buddy Hartley, Little River Township <br />17 Representative; Maxecine Mitchell, At -Large Bingham Township; Vacant- Eno Township Representative; Vacant - <br />18 Hillsborough Township Representative; Vacant- At- Large; <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 STAFF PRESENT: Craig Benedict, Planning Director; Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor; Perdita Holtz, <br />22 Special Projects Coordinator; Ashley Moncado: Special Projects Planner; Tina Love, Administrative Assistant II <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 OTHERS PRESENT: Brent Niemann, Louis lannone, Beth Trohes, Rich Kirkland <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 HANDOUTS: Email from Louis lannone to Mrs. Wise <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 AGENDA ITEM 7: CLASS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT: To make a recommendation to the BOCC on a Class A Special <br />32 Use Permit application seeking to develop a solar array /public utility station on two parcels of <br />33 property, totaling approximately 52 acres in are, off of Redman Road between the railway and <br />34 Interstate 85/40 in Cheeks Township. This item was heard at the February 24, 2014 quarterly <br />35 public hearing and was discussed at the March 5, 2014 Planning Board Meeting. <br />36 Presenter: Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor <br />37 <br />38 Michael Harvey: Reviewed abstract. <br />39 <br />40 Pete Hallenbeck: I have a comment regarding the letter regarding the fields that might be omitting from this and 1 <br />41 would like to state I am an electrical engineer and I am comfortable with the statement being submitted. <br />42 <br />43 Michael Harvey: It is appropriate for a member of the board to make a motion to approve staff findings beginning on <br />44 page 22 through page 34 finding in the affirmative as recommeded by staff and then begin deliberation on the <br />45 information provided on the pages 35 through 37. On page 38, staff has recommended seven conditions on this <br />46 project. <br />47 <br />48 MOTION made by Tony Blake to approve pages 22 through 34 to find in the affirmative and non - applicable where <br />49 indicated. Seconded by Herman Staats. <br />50 VOTE: Unanimous <br />51 <br />52 MOTION made by Herman Staats to approve Section 5.3.2 on page 35 keeping in mind the conditions on page 38. <br />53 Seconded by Tony Blake. <br />54 VOTE: Unanimous <br />