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25 <br /> 1 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 2 <br /> 3 3. Application for a Class A Special Use Permit—To review and receive sworn testimony <br /> 4 on a Special Use Permit application seeking to develop a solar array/public utility station on <br /> 5 a portion of a 35.8 acre parcel of property located at 1612 White Cross Road within the <br /> 6 Bingham Township. <br /> 7 <br /> 8 THIS IS VERBATIM. <br /> 9 <br /> 10 Michael Harvey: Good evening. <br /> 11 <br /> 12 Chair McKee: Good evening, again. <br /> 13 <br /> 14 Michael Harvey: At this juncture, I'd like to ask everyone intending to offer testimony on this <br /> 15 item, to come up and please be sworn. <br /> 16 <br /> 17 Those who were planning to speak were sworn in. <br /> 18 <br /> 19 Patrick Mallet: Good evening Commissioners. I'm still Pat Mallet with the Planning <br /> 20 Department and I've been duly sworn. I'm going to skip through a few of these slides because <br /> 21 for the sake of avoiding redundancy and repetition. But the same rules apply, obviously, as <br /> 22 we've just discussed. But I did want to call your attention to this slide. This sort of highlights the <br /> 23 property in blue. The area and the limits of the Special Use Permit are defined roughly in red on <br /> 24 the aerial photo. The site is at the intersection northwest quadrant of White Cross Road and <br /> 25 Old Greensboro Road. The area here is the —just to orient you —this is the White Cross <br /> 26 Recreational Facility, which has been in existence for quite some time. The zoning is <br /> 27 agricultural-residential. It's in the Haw River protected watershed. Future land use calls for <br /> 28 agricultural-residential. Gross management system designation is rural. <br /> 29 <br /> 30 Patrick Mallet made the following PowerPoint presentation: <br /> 31 <br /> 32 MAY 26, 2015 <br /> 33 AGENDA ITEM: C-3 <br /> 34 QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING <br /> 35 CLASS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT <br /> 36 DEVELOPMENT OF A <br /> 37 SOLAR ARRAY - PUBLIC UTILITY <br /> 38 <br /> 39 PROPERTY INFORMATION <br /> 40 • PIN(s): 9748-32-0786. <br /> 41 • Size: Approximately 35.8 acres. <br /> 42 • Zoning : Agricultural Residential (AR) Haw River Protected Watershed Protection <br /> 43 Overlay District. <br /> 44 • Future Land Use Map Designation: Agricultural Residential. <br /> 45 • Growth Management System Designation: Rural. <br /> 46 <br /> 47 REQUIRED REVIEW <br /> 48 Project involves the review of a Class A Special Use Permit in accordance with the provisions of <br /> 49 Section 2.7 of the UDO. <br />