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130 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />Approved 2/5/14 <br />Excerpt of ORC <br />Meeting Notes <br />SUMMARY NOTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br />JANUARY 8, 2014 <br />ORDINANCE REVIEW COMMITTEE <br />NOTE. A quorum is not required for Ordinance Review Committee meetings <br />MEMBERS PRESENT Peter Hallenbeck (Chair), Cheeks Township Representative, James Lea, Cedar Grove Township <br />Representative, Herman Staats, At- Large, Cedar Grove Township, Paul Guthrie, At- Large, Chapel Hill Township, Tony <br />Blake, Bingham Township Representative, Buddy Hartley, Little River Township Representative, Johnny Randall, At -Large <br />Chapel Hill Township, <br />STAFF PRESENT Craig Benedict, Planning Director, Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor, Perdita Holtz, Special <br />Projects Coordinator, Ashley Moncado, Special Projects Planner, Jennifer Leaf, Planner I, Tina Love, Administrative <br />Assistant II <br />AGENDA ITEM 1 CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL <br />AGENDA ITEM 2 UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE (UDO) TEXT AMENDMENTS - CHANGES TO THE PUBLIC HEARING <br />PROCESS <br />To continue review and comment upon proposed revisions to the UDO to change the existing public <br />hearing process and to amend other provisions that need to be changed if the public hearing process is <br />amended <br />Presenter Perdita Holtz, Special Projects Coordinator <br />Perdita Holtz: Reviewed abstract <br />Pete Hallenbeck I think the chart on page 11 Is really good, it tells you what's going on I also like the Idea of <br />discontinuing the point BOCC /Planning Board meetings It seems like the role of the Planning Board during these <br />meetings tends to be dust to sit there and there are other opportunities for the Planning Board to voice its concern. <br />There Is nothing to keep Planning Board members from attending the public hearing and I would not object If It was <br />decided that the Planning Board Chair was required to be at the public hearing or at least somebody from the <br />Planning Board I do think It Is good and Important when you have citizen input to be able to hear It In addition to <br />just reading it I think not having the point meeting Is good but I'd like to have a mechanism where someone from <br />the Planning Board is there so they can get more than the word There are comments from both the <br />Commissioners and the public during the hearing and It would be good to have a member present to hear them <br />41 Paul Guthrie. Basically, I think this Is a good move for a couple of reason. One Is the Increased number of hearing <br />42 opportunities which I think can expedite a lot of the procedure and maybe take a little pressure off the planning staff <br />43 since It gets spread out They don't have to dump everything Into four quarters I do have a couple of questions <br />44 One Is what kind of communication summarizing the public hearing will be transmitted to the Planning Board so that <br />45 the Planning Board can Intelligently consider the topic? <br />46 <br />47 Perdita Holtz It Is unlikely that official quarterly public hearing minutes would be available quick enough for <br />48 Planning Board meetings We are envisioning that the Planning Board meeting would occur within two to three <br />49 weeks after the public hearing and generally meeting minutes take longer than that for the Clerk's office to turn <br />50 around It would probably be, if the Planning Board was not going to view the meeting on the internet In the comfort <br />51 of your own home, similar to what happens now where comments that were made are In the amendment outline <br />52 form and the abstract and we provide a staff response, as necessary, to those comments So it would pretty much <br />53 be a staff report of what took place <br />