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9 1 after the QPH. She said the amendment was presented at the June Planning Board Meeting, 2 and the Planning Board voted 10-2 to recommend approval of the Statement of Consistency; 3 and 9-3 to recommend approval of the proposed amendment. She said all comments from the 4 Planning Board meeting can be found on page 8 within attachment 2. 5 Commissioner Price asked if there had been any collaboration with the municipalities. 6 Ashley Moncado said the Town of Hillsborough is pursuing an amendment to implement 7 the session law, and there have been no comments from the other jurisdictions despite 8 notification of the proposed amendment being sent to them. 9 10 A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner Burroughs to 11 close the public hearing. 12 13 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 14 15 Commissioner Dorosin said he will vote against it. He said he knows it is a directive 16 from the State, but he finds it a poor way to do policy. 17 Commissioner Dorosin said at the last BOCC meeting, the Commissioners had 18 discussed about developing something specific to Orange County with broader parameters, and 19 he encouraged the Board to pursue this. 20 Commissioner Dorosin said the Board needs to re-visit the policy that no more than 3 21 unrelated persons can live together as this could be a violation of civil rights, and asked if staff 22 could revise this. 23 Ashley Moncado said staff is interested in pursuing these changes as well, but needed 24 to get this text amendment done first and then review changes to it. 25 Commissioner Dorosin asked what would happen if the Board rejected this law. 26 Ashley Moncado said the State law would trump County law. She said she spoke with 27 the County Attorney's office regarding modifying the language, and changes will be pursued. 28 Commissioner Dorosin said it does not matter if the Board passes this amendment. 29 Ashley Moncado said that is correct. She said the State law would trump the County's 30 refusal to pass it, but potential future changes could make the amendment more flexible and 31 accommodating. 32 Commissioner Price said she has concerns with the residency requirement. She asked 33 if there is a definition of, or process, to determine who is a resident. 34 Ashley Moncado said this was a concern with the planning board members as well, and 35 staff knows that this needs to be explored more thoroughly. 36 John Roberts said this has been the law for more than a year now, and he has to 37 recommend that the County adopt it, as it is a State law. 38 Commissioner Rich said she too is not supportive of this, and feels it is not well thought 39 out by State. She said if Orange County can make this better, it should do so. 40 Commissioner Jacobs asked if since many of the Board members do not feel that this 41 amendment is adequate, would it be possible to table the amendment and refer back to staff 42 with some suggested changes the Board would like to see, so that it is more tailored to what 43 the Board believes to be appropriate. 44 John Roberts said this is new ground for him. He said the public hearing would need to 45 be re-opened and the item referred back to the Planning Board. 46 Chair McKee asked if the Board could open the same public hearing that was just 47 closed. 48 John Roberts said he thinks so, but would research this now. 49 Commissioner Burroughs asked how long the process would take, if the Board passes 50 this amendment now and re-visits it through the UDO.