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50 Approved 2/4/15 162 Bonnie Hauser: If I go to Mebane or another community versus Orange County what is the time table to get 163 something approved in another place versus Orange County? 164 165 Steve Brantley: I think Mebane approved Morinaga within 60 to 90 days and had Mebane not annexed Morinaga, it 166 still could have gone on here but it would have taken them longer to go through the process which in Orange County 167 would have been…. 168 169 Craig Benedict: What Steve mentioned was pre-zoning where zoning has certain uses permitted by right which 170 means review can be a staff function and if it was a staff function we would match the same time frame that Mebane 171 would have. If they have to go through a rezoning process where they have to change or up zone it from the base 172 zoning that is probably 4 to 5 months of process and a developer may not want to go through the site plan process 173 concurrent with this legislative rezoning process. 174 175 176 To continue discussion and AI8: UDO(UDO)TA: GENDA TEM NIFIED EVELOPMENT RDINANCE EXT MENDMENT 177 provideinput on government-initiated amendments to the text of the UDO to change the 178 existing public hearing for Comprehensive Plan, UDO, and Zoning Atlas related items/ 179 amendments. This item was heard at the September 8, 2014 quarterly public hearing and was 180 discussed at the October 8 and November 5 Planning Board meetings. 181 Perdita Holts, Special Projects Coordinator Presenter: 182 183 Perdita Holtz reviewed abstract 184 185 Paul Guthrie: I think the flowchart pretty much portrays the conversation, I am still concerned about how some of this 186 will work. We may not find that out until we do it. 187 188 Pete Hallenbeck: I read the minutes and this certainly seems to align with it. The problem is that at the quarterly 189 public hearing the commissioners went in all different directions of opinions andat some point we have to just let 190 them decide. The other problem is the concept that some people only want to deal with the decision makers so no 191 matter what process you put in place some people will want to just wait and talk with the commissioners. We will at 192 least have a system where people can come to the Planning Board and express their concerns early;we can only do 193 as good as the feedback we get from people. 194 195 Lydia Wegman: How do you reconcile that with you hearing that the County Commissioners want the Planning 196 Board to attend the quarterly meetings? 197 198 Pete Hallenbeck: That’s a decision they have to make. My interpretation of that is because it is currently a joint 199 meeting and if the rules change on that then they’ll have to give us guidance. 200 201 Lydia Wegman: Then what is the point of the Planning Board? How significant has this quorum problem been? 202 203 Pete Hallenbeck: We’ve had two events in the last year of so where the meeting was held up and one 3 or so years 204 ago there was over a 30 minute hold up. 205 206 Lydia Wegman: Isn’t it a simpler solution to make sure the Planning Board members know they are expected to 207 attend rather than change the whole process. 208 209 Perdita Holtz: It depends a lot on who is on the Planning Board and what commitment they have. Some people had 210 jobs where they had to travel a lot and that Monday night meeting was difficult for them. It varies depending on who 211 is on the Planning Board. 212 213 Pete Hallenbeck: I think the fact that we’ve had two problems in the last year or so and we made it clear and it 214 happened again so I don’t know what more could be done. 215 4