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OFFICIAL COPY MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONER JOINT PLANNING AREA HEARING JUNE 11, 1985 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Joint Planning Area Hearing with the Town Council of Chapel Hill and the Orange County Planning Board on June 11, 1985 at 7:30 p.m. in the Cultural Arts Roam at Chapel Hill High School. COMMISSIONERS pRESENT: Chair Don Willhoit and Commissioners Moses Carey, Shirley Marshall and Norman Walker. CHAPEL RILL TOWN COUNCIL PRESENT: Mayor Nassif, David Godschalk, Beverly Kawalec, and Reginald Smith. MANGE COUNTY PLANNING MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Alice Gordon and members Chris Best, Ruth Burnette, Valerie Greenberg, Peter Kramer, Betty Margison, Frank Pearson, Sharlene Pilkey, Carl Walters, and Steve Yuhasz. QRAIMEAMEGEIMMUJIMM21 David Shanklin, and Steve Kizer. l. Joint Planning _Public Hearing Procedures This agenda item is to identify the procedures to be followed in conducting joint public hearings involving the Orange County Board of Commissioners and Planning Board. The joint Planning Agreement adopted by the Orange County Board of Commissioners and the Chapel Hill Town Council requires joint public hearings on development proposals. Two governing boards and one advisory body (the Orange County Planning . Board) will be present at the hearings to receive testimony/hear presentations regarding such proposals. As each jurisdiction has different procedures for conducting public hearings, a standard procedure for the joint hearings is necessary. These procedures ODIUM included on pages of the minute book) consolidate those employed by each jurisdiction and have been recommended for use by the Orange County Planning Board. Minor refinements have also been made to reflect Chapel Hill procedures through discussions between the Planning Directors of each jurisdiction. Use of the procedures will provide a method for conducting joint public hearings. Geoffrey Gledhill, County Attorney, presented the Orange County procedures for consideration of Special Use Permits for Planned Developments. He explained the "findings of fact" that are prepared by the Planning Staff and the supporting evidence given as part of the presentation. He noted that the Planning Board completes a similar exercise when they consider these findings and public haring comments for their recommendation. The Board of Commissioners then use these findings and recommendations in making their decision as to the issuance of Special Use Permits. Dr. Alice Gordon inquired if there would be a time to review the three general findings and Gledhill indicated there would be and that the burden of proof under the Orange County Ordinance was on those speaking in opposition and must be presented in the form of competent material and substantial evidence,. çJx3l (Rezoning from Residential-1 to Planned Development Residential-2 with Class A Special Use Permit) . The following were sworn in for testimony: Marvin Collins, Susan Smith, 0 David Taylor, Roger Walden, Randy Smith, Alice Ingram, Ralph Cochran, and Fritz Brunson. Presentation was made by Planning Director Marvin Collins. The applicant, Allenton Realty, has requested a Planned Development Housing (PD-11) and Residential-2 (R-2) rezoning designation for 80.2 acres out of a 99.44 acre tract located contiguous to the Town of Chapel Hill's northeast corporate