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M <br />Attachment 9 <br />SCRIPT FOR ACTING ON STRATA SOLAR — SOLAR ARRAY OFF OF REDMAN <br />ROAD <br />CLASS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION: <br />May 8, 2014 BOCC meeting <br />NOTE — Blue text denotes BOCC Chair /Member required action <br />1. Chair will explain the purpose of the item is to receive the Planning Board <br />recommendation. <br />For the project, the purpose of the meeting is as follows: <br />To receive the Planning Board recommendation, close the public hearing, and make <br />a decision on a Class A Special Use Permit (hereafter `SUP) application submitted <br />by Strata Solar and Stout Farms LLC proposing the development of a solar array in <br />accordance with Section 2.7 Special Use Permits and Section 5.9.6 (C) Solar Array - <br />Public Utility of the Orange County Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). <br />2. Chair will declare the public hearing re- convened for the purpose of receiving the <br />Planning Board recommendation and ask staff to make their presentation. <br />NOTE — The re- convening of a hearing is solely for the purpose of receiving the Planning <br />Board recommendation and allowing any new information, previously submitted in <br />writing, to be entered into the record. The hearing is not intended to solicit additional <br />input from the public or the applicant. <br />While the BOCC may ask staff questions related to the review of a given item, comments <br />from the public or the applicant shall not be solicited. The accepting additional public <br />comments at this stage of the review (i.e. the reconvened hearing) would constitute a <br />violation of the UDO. <br />3. Staff will review the abstract and ask it be entered into the record. Staff will review the <br />Findings of Fact (Attachment 7) for the Special Use component of the project. <br />4. Questions will be asked of staff. <br />5. A motion will need to be made to close the public hearing. <br />NOTE — once this is done staff cannot answer questions or <br />provide additional detail. <br />