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16 <br /> f. Contract Award for Engineering and Environmental Services with Draper Aden <br /> Associates, Inc. <br /> The Board approved a new agreement for general engineering and environmental services <br /> between the Orange County Solid Waste Management Department and Draper Aden <br /> Associates, Inc. (DAA) of Coats, North Carolina for consulting services for a five (5) year period <br /> and authorized the County Manager to sign. <br /> g. Contract Award for Engineering and Environmental Services with SCS Engineers <br /> The Board approved a new agreement for general engineering and environmental services <br /> between the Orange County Solid Waste Management Department and SCS Engineers (SCS) <br /> of Midlothian, Virginia for consulting services for a five (5) year period and authorized the <br /> County Manager to sign. <br /> h. Health Department Fee Schedule Changes <br /> The Board adopted and revised multiple Dental Health and Environmental Health fees approved <br /> by the Board of Health at its January 25, 2017 meeting. <br /> i. Authorization for NC Recreational Trails Program Grant Submittal - Hollow Rock <br /> Nature Park <br /> The Board approved the submittal of an application to the North Carolina Division of Parks and <br /> Recreation Recreational Trails Program (RTP) for a $100,000 grant to develop an ADA <br /> accessible 1/3-mile loop trail consistent with the adopted Hollow Rock Nature Park master plan, <br /> with other amenities such as a wildlife viewing overlook, interpretive signage and restrooms <br /> being funded by previously-appropriated funds from Durham and Orange counties. The grant <br /> requires a 25% match or$25,000 (which would be shared by the two counties) and requires <br /> governing board approval to submit of the application by the February 24, 2017 deadline. <br /> 7. Regular Agenda <br /> a. Zoning Atlas Amendment: Modification of the Existing Zoning Boundaries for <br /> Non-Residentially Zoned Parcels — Efland Real Property LLC Properties in Cheeks <br /> Township <br /> The Board will consider continuing a review of, and take action on, Planning Director <br /> initiated amendments to the Zoning Atlas for four parcels owned by Efland Real Property LLC <br /> within the Cheeks Township. Based on concerns expressed at the November 21, 2016 <br /> Quarterly Public Hearing, action was deferred on these parcels. Consistent with direction from <br /> the BOCC, staff met with residents of the Ashwick subdivision to discuss the rezoning of the <br /> four parcels in greater detail including staff's basis for recommending the properties be rezoned <br /> General Commercial (GC-4). <br /> Based on concerns expressed at the November 21, 2016 Quarterly Public Hearing, action was <br /> deferred on these parcels. Consistent with direction from the BOCC, staff met with residents of <br /> the Ashwick subdivision to discuss the rezoning of the four parcels in greater detail including <br /> staff's basis for recommending the properties be rezoned General Commercial (GC-4). <br /> BACKGROUND: As the Board may recall from the November 21, 2016 Quarterly Public <br /> Hearing, staff presented an item seeking to modify/alter the zoning of 15 properties within the <br /> Bingham, Cheeks, and Cedar Grove Townships. The item was in response to a BOCC petition <br /> asking staff to review the zoning of several non-residentially zoned properties and identify <br /> constraints, associated with existing general use zoning boundaries, potentially limiting <br /> development opportunities. <br /> For more background information please refer to Attachment 1. A map denoting the specific <br /> properties reviewed in the Cheeks Township at the public hearing is contained within <br />