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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 I WHEREAS, all multifamily units and two - thirds of rural households now have on -site access to recycling; and WHEREAS, the Town of Carrboro, Town of Chapel Hill, Town of Hillsborough and Orange County have worked cooperatively for more than twenty -five years to achieve superior recycling and waste reduction program success; NOW THEREFORE be it proclaimed that in recognition of America Recycles Day (November 15, 2014), Orange County celebrates twenty -five years since beginning its comprehensive urban curbside recycling programs and initiation of the many other programs that now constitute its successful and renowned recycling and waste reduction efforts. This the 18th of November, 2014. A motion was made by Commissioner Rich, seconded by Commissioner Pelissier to adopt the proclamation Recognizing the Twenty Five Year Anniversary of Orange County's Curbside Recycling. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 5. Public Hearings a. Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Ordinance Text Amendments for Agricultural Support Enterprises Within the Rural Buffer Land Use Classification — Defer Public Hearing Process to March 3, 2015 The Board considered deferring the public hearing process on the Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) zoning text amendments pertaining to Agricultural Support Enterprises within the Rural Buffer land use classification to March 3, 2015. Perdita Holtz said the purpose tonight is to once again defer this item until March 3, 2015. She said the necessary amendments to the joint planning area documents have not yet been adopted by the three local governments, and the County cannot consider adoption of the comprehensive plan and UDO until after those documents are amended. Commissioner Gordon noted that the fact that this will be discussed at the Assembly of Governments meeting tomorrow night. She said the clerk sent out an email today with the resolution adopted by the Town of Carrboro, and this included the attachments. She said the joint planning land use plan and the joint planning agreement changes are needed in order to enable the agricultural support enterprises. She said it is important to understand any changes made by Carrboro. A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Price to open the hearing and to defer the hearing by adjourning it to March 3, 2015 in order to allow time for the necessary JPA land use amendments to be further considered. VOTE: UNANIMOUS b. Unified Development Ordinance Text Amendment Requiring Neighborhood Information Meetings for Special Use Permit Applications The Board received the Planning Board recommendation, closed the public hearing, and considered a decision on a Planning Director initiated text amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) requiring a Neighborhood Information Meeting (NIM) for all Special Use Permit (SUP) applications. Michael Harvey said there is a revised attachment 7 at the Commissioners' places. He said this is an item heard at the September 8th Quarterly Public Hearing, due to concerns that there was not adequate notice to the public when a project involved special use permits. He said the thought was that additional education was necessary in order to insure that individuals interested in a project understood what the project entailed, as well as their