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15 1 Peter Murphy (OPT Administrator) introduced Malcolm Massenburg, the new Assistant 2 OPT Administrator. 3 Peter Murphy said during the past summer OPT's system was reviewed and found to be 4 in non-compliance in several areas. He said these items are listed in the summary. He said 5 the items have been addressed and a letter of closure has been sent to the NCDOT. He said 6 one remaining item is for the Board to adopt the systems safety plan. 7 Commissioner Price referred to one citation where an employee was using a cell phone 8 while driving. She asked if the use of cell phones is or will be prohibited while the vehicle is in 9 motion. 10 Peter Murphy said the use of cell phones, with the exception of hands free devices, are 11 prohibited. He said drivers are instructed to pull over. He said the challenge is that the radio 12 service does not reach all of the areas of the County, so the backup communication method is 13 cell phones. He said drivers are told to pull over even when using a hands free device. 14 Commissioner Price asked clarifying questions regarding the policy. 15 Peter Murphy said the document makes it clear that drivers are not to drive and talk on 16 the phone, and it references the way the law is written. He said this is discussed in training with 17 drivers. He said there is also no texting allowed while driving. 18 Chair McKee expressed his appreciation for staff's efforts to work on these issues. 19 20 A motion was made by Commissioner Pelissier, seconded by Commissioner Price for 21 the Board to adopt the staff-recommended System Safety Program Plan. 22 23 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 24 25 e. Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Amendment 26 Outline and Schedule for Impervious Surface Amendments 27 The Board considered: 1) Approving process components and schedule for a 28 government initiated Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) text amendment for the May 26, 29 2015 Quarterly Public Hearing regarding impervious surface regulations; 2) Directing staff to 30 proceed accordingly; and 3) Providing feedback on the need to establish a County wide 31 impervious surface limit in those areas of the County not located within a watershed protection 32 overlay district. 33 Michael Harvey said this item is regarding a text amendment that will be reviewed at the 34 May Quarterly Public Hearing. He reviewed the information in this abstract. He said staff has 35 received a petition from an Orange County property owner to modify impervious surface ratios. 36 He said he was instructed to initiate the ordinance amendment process to create the outline 37 form in attachment 1 with a schedule to bring this forward for approval at the May quarterly 38 public hearing. He reminded the Board of the current methodologies for modifying existing 39 impervious surface allowances. 40 Michael Harvey said this proposal looks to incorporate a current state practice that will 41 allow for the installation of a stormwater feature, called best management practices (BMPs), to 42 allow for additional impervious surface to be installed on a lot. He said this is outlined in 43 attachment 2. He said staff is requesting the Board to approve the outline form to allow them to 44 move forward with the ordinance amendment process and to give direction on several other 45 questions. 46 Commissioner Jacobs referred to page 11 and item 4b-ii. He asked about the example 47 of increasing impervious surface by 50 percent in the University Lake watershed protection 48 overlay district. 49 Michael Harvey said the impervious surface would not be raised by 50 percent. He said 50 under the state programming, if you have a certain amount— say 3,000 square feet - of