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20 <br />Attachment 4 — Excerpt of Approved 11/5/14 <br />Approved October 8, 2014 <br />Planning Board Minutes <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br />OCTOBER 8, 2014 <br />REGULAR MEETING <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: Peter Hallenbeck (Chair), Cheeks Township Representative; Lisa Stuckey, Chapel Hill <br />Township Representative; James Lea, Cedar Grove Township Representative; Herman Staats, At- Large, Cedar <br />Grove Township; Tony Blake, Bingham Township Representative; Laura Nicholson, Eno Township Representative; <br />Paul Guthrie, At -Large Chapel Hill Township; Andrea Rohrbacher, At -Large Chapel Hill Township; Buddy Hartley, <br />Little River Township Representative; Maxecine Mitchell, At -Large Bingham Township; Bryant Warren, Hillsborough <br />Township Representative; <br />MEMBERS ABSENT: Lydia Wegman -At -Large Chapel Hill Township; <br />STAFF PRESENT: Craig Benedict, Planning Director; Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor, Tom Altieri, <br />Comprehensive Planning Supervisor, Perdita Holtz, Special Projects Coordinator, Tina Love, Administrative <br />Assistant II <br />OTHERS PRESENT: Bonnie Hammersley, County Manager; James Bryan, Staff Attorney; Andrew Vanard <br />HANDOUTS GIVEN: (email from Lydia Wegman concerning Item 10 which is attached at the end of the minutes) <br />AGENDA ITEM 9: UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE (UDO) TEXT AMENDMENT: To make a recommendation to <br />the BOCC on government- initiated amendments to the text of the UDO to require that a <br />neighborhood information meeting be held at least 45 days prior to the public hearing <br />regarding applications for a Class A or Class B Special Use Permit. This item was heard at <br />the September 8, 2014 quarterly public hearing. <br />Presenter: Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor <br />Michael Harvey reviewed abstract <br />Tony Blake: I have a couple of questions, it seems to me 45 days is obsessive but what we really need is a window <br />of time because you don't want somebody introducing a plan and two years and then 45 days before they execute <br />have a neighborhood information meeting. <br />Michael Harvey: That doesn't typically happen. <br />Tony Blake: It seems me that there should be a minimum and a maximum. The second is in the rural areas, 500 <br />feet is not sufficient. What you will get are people who are really against whatever it is as opposed to a broader <br />audience of people who may benefit from it in a larger sense. I am pointing specifically to the fire station substation <br />we built. If we had strictly stayed with the 500 feet we would have gotten the people who didn't want to live within <br />500 feet of a fire station instead of the larger population who would benefit from a reduction in insurance rates. You <br />are going to miss in this neighborhood information meeting, the point of view of the greater good. <br />Michael Harvey: You're allowed to your opinion and I don't want to argue with you on it. It is your opinion, I see pro <br />and con to it. The only comment I will make is that the notice that we send out is not the only means of advertising <br />we also post the property. I think when you take a look for example the Binks solar facility, which we did notify <br />