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200 <br /> Draft <br /> Attachment 6 <br /> Excerpt of Draft Minutes for MINUTES <br /> the Solar Array Class A SUP ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br /> application AUGUST 3,2016 <br /> REGULAR MEETING <br /> MEMBERS PRESENT: Lydia Wegman (Chair), Cheeks Township Representative; Paul Guthrie, At-Large Chapel Hill <br /> Township; Buddy Hartley, Little River Township Representative; Tony Blake (Vice-Chair), Bingham Township <br /> Representative; Lisa Stuckey, Chapel Hill Township Representative; Patricia Roberts, Cheeks Township <br /> Representative; Laura Nicholson, Eno Township Representative; Kim Piracci,At-Large; <br /> MEMBERS ABSENT: Andrea Rohrbacher, At-Large Chapel Hill Township; Maxecine Mitchell, At-Large Bingham <br /> Township; <br /> STAFF PRESENT: Craig Benedict, Planning Director; Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor; Perdita Holtz, <br /> Planning Systems Coordinator; Ashley Moncado, Special Projects Planner; Patrick Mallett, Planner II; Rachel <br /> McCook, Planner I; Molly Boyle, Planning Technician; Meredith Pucci,Administrative Assistant II. <br /> OTHERS PRESENT: Sharon Mace; Dan Way; Austin Seifts; Annie Seifts; Nathan Robinson; Chris Cole; Franklin <br /> Garland; Jimmy Garland;Javier Latre Gorbe; George Horton; Jim Parker. <br /> Agenda Item 7: Application For A Class A Special Use Permit: To make a recommendation to the Board <br /> of County Commissioners on a Special Use Permit application seeking to develop a solar <br /> array/public utility station on a 52 acre parcel of property (PIN 9835-02-9137, no address <br /> assigned yet) which is accessed via an easement from 6519 U.S. Highway 70 West within <br /> the Cheeks Township. This item is scheduled for the September 12, 2016 quarterly public <br /> hearing <br /> Presenter: Patrick Mallett, Planner II <br /> Patrick Mallett reviewed abstract. <br /> Javier Gorbe(Oakwood Solar Farm)gave presentation. <br /> Michael Harvey reviewed attachments and packet contents. <br /> Lydia Wegman: On page 167-168 are your recommended additional conditions. Can you walk through those? <br /> Michael Harvey: I would suggest we review the conditions at the end of the presentation once we walk the Board <br /> through the required findings. <br /> Tony Blake: How many megawatts is this? <br /> Javier Gorbe: 5 megawatts. <br /> Tony Blake: I noticed that this is a Mebane address.There are no plans to have this annexed into Mebane? <br /> Michael Harvey: No,sir, it's just in the Mebane zip code for postal service. <br /> Tony Blake: I noticed on one of the plats that pointed out some waste is going to be cleaned up? <br /> 1 <br />