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1 <br /> 1 Attachment 5 <br /> 2 <br /> 3 DRAFT <br /> 4 MINUTES <br /> 5 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 6 QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING <br /> 7 May 27, 2014 <br /> 8 7:00 P.M. <br /> 9 <br /> 10 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met with the Orange County Planning <br /> 11 Board for a Quarterly Public Hearing on May 27, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at the DSS Offices, <br /> 12 Hillsborough, N.C. <br /> 13 <br /> 14 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Barry Jacobs and Commissioners Mark <br /> 15 Dorosin, Alice M. Gordon, Earl McKee, Bernadette Pelissier, Renee Price and Penny Rich <br /> 16 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br /> 17 COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: James Bryan (Staff Attorney) <br /> 18 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: Interim County Manager Michael Talbert and Deputy Clerk to the <br /> 19 Board David Hunt (All other staff members will be identified appropriately below) <br /> 20 PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Pete Hallenbeck and Planning Board <br /> 21 members, Lisa Stuckey, Andrea Rohrbacher, Maxecine Mitchell, and Herman Staats <br /> 22 PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: James Lea, Paul Guthrie, Tony Blake, H.T. <br /> 23 "Buddy" Hartley, (not sworn in yet: Bryant Warren, Laura Nicholson, and Lydia Wegman) <br /> 24 <br /> 25 Chair Jacobs called the meeting to order at 7:08 p.m. <br /> 26 <br /> 27 OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR <br /> 28 Chair Jacobs reviewed the following documents at the official's places: <br /> 29 - Blue sheets - Emails related to Item c-1- Class A Special Use Permit <br /> 30 - PowerPoint slides for Item c-1 - Class A Special Use Permit <br /> 31 - PowerPoint slides for Item c-2 — Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Text <br /> 32 Amendment <br /> 33 <br /> 34 A. PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> 35 Chair Jacobs dispensed with the reading of the Public Charge. <br /> 36 <br /> 37 B. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS <br /> 38 <br /> 39 1. Class A Special Use Permit -To review a Class A Special Use Permit application <br /> 40 seeking to develop a solar array/public utility station on two parcels of property, totaling <br /> 41 approximately 50 acres in area, off of Mt. Sinai Road near Cascade Drive in Chapel Hill <br /> 42 Township. <br /> 43 Planning Board Chair Pete Hallenbeck introduced this item. <br /> 44 <br /> 45 Pete Hallenbeck: Good evening, everyone. We will start with the first agenda. I will turn it over <br /> 46 to Michael Harvey. <br /> 47 <br /> 48 Michael Harvey: Thank you very much. Michael Harvey, current planning division. I think at <br /> 49 this point in time, since we are about to call a public hearing to order on a quasi-judicial item, <br /> 50 any individual intending to offer testimony before the Board, needs to come up and be sworn. <br /> 51 <br />