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12a <br /> have something happen, but, she did not want to <br /> become so concerned with getting something out that <br /> important issues are not adequately addressed and <br /> completed. <br /> Rosemond noted that she too, felt an urgency, it is <br /> important that everyone feels a good sense of where <br /> we are going and that the quality of open space <br /> which we had said we wanted is accomplished. <br /> Discussion of various dates indicated November 7, <br /> at 7:30 p.m. would probably be the best time to <br /> schedule a special meeting. Waddell asked that Staff <br /> contact absent Planning Board members to determine <br /> if a quorum could be met and notify him as soon as <br /> possible. (This was done and special meeting was <br /> scheduled for November 7, 1994, 7 :30 p.m. ) <br /> AGENDA ITEM #10: MATTERS HEARD AT PUBLIC HEARING (8/22/94) <br /> a. Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment <br /> ( 1) Borrow Pits/State & Federal Highway Projects <br /> Presentation by Mary Willis. <br /> This item is to consider a proposed amendment to <br /> the Zoning Ordinance to allow a borrow pit <br /> associated with a state or federal highway <br /> construction project as a use permitted by right <br /> in all zoning districts. <br /> The issue of borrow pits was recently brought to <br /> the attention of the Planning Staff by a <br /> contractor bidding for an NCDOT contract to <br /> replace the bridge on NC 54 which crosses Haw <br /> River. A borrow pit is an area excavated to <br /> provide fill dirt for construction projects, <br /> including major road construction projects. After <br /> the excavation is completed, the area is <br /> generally reclaimed. Reclamation may include <br /> refilling the borrow pit with inert construction <br /> debris from the road project. <br /> Currently, the Zoning Ordinance does not provide <br /> a distinction between a borrow pit and a <br /> commercial quarry operation, nor does it <br /> distinguish between the reclamation of a borrow <br /> pit and the creation of a landfill. Both <br /> landfills and quarries require approval of a <br /> Class A Special Use Permit. <br /> 'The amendment would allow the creation and <br /> reclamation of a borrow pit associated with a <br /> State or Federal highway improvement project as a <br />