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Attachment 7 222 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br /> OCTOBER 17,2016 <br /> SPECIAL MEETING <br /> MEMBERS PRESENT: Tony Blake (Vice-Chair), Bingham Township Representative; Lisa Stuckey, Chapel Hill <br /> Township Representative; Patricia Roberts, Cheeks Township Representative; Laura Nicholson, Eno Township <br /> Representative; Kim Piracci,At-Large; Buddy Hartley, Little River Township Representative; <br /> MEMBERS ABSENT: Lydia Wegman (Chair), At-Large Chapel Hill Township Representative; Paul Guthrie, At-Large <br /> Chapel Hill Township; Andrea Rohrbacher, At-Large Chapel Hill Township; Maxecine Mitchell, At-Large Bingham <br /> Township; <br /> STAFF PRESENT: Craig Benedict, Planning Director; Perdita Holtz; Planning Systems Coordinator; Ashley Moncado, <br /> Special Projects Planner; Patrick Mallett, Planner II; Molly Boyle, Planning Technician; <br /> OTHERS PRESENT: Emily Bane, Member of the Public; Curtis Bane, Member of the Public; <br /> Agenda Item 8: Unified Development Ordinance(UDO)Text Amendment- To make a recommendation to <br /> the BOCC on government-initiated amendments to the text of the UDO pertaining to <br /> subdivisions, particularly minor subdivisions, flexible development options, and open space. <br /> This item is scheduled for the November 21, 2016 quarterly public hearing. <br /> Presenter: Patrick Mallett, Planner II <br /> Patrick Mallett reviewed the abstract. <br /> Craig Benedict:Also,with environmental health the state is also improving additional innovative systems that go <br /> beyond these conventional, off site or not... But there is major trend that the state's hoping looking to look at. <br /> Engineer systems that might be more expensive but they're a lot more innovative. We're encouraged by some of <br /> the new things that are being suggested. <br /> Tony Blake: Like the pods? <br /> Craig Benedict: Yeah. Pods, and systems that actually provide the liquid that could be used for irrigation on site. <br /> And that's something that really hasn't been used but the technology is there. There are some systems that the <br /> state still hasn't improved yet that we're trying to become a test area for them because they work in other parts of <br /> the United States and other countries. So, let's try that too. It's not a major risk. In any.. you do with these <br /> innovative pilot programs they're trying to get the approval that the state let us do it at a local level. We'll have ways <br /> of backing up the system with land so it doesn't become a problem. <br /> Kim Piracci: So that would be done on individual house level? <br /> Craig Benedict: Yeah, it would probably be a pilot program. We're trying to think of some lands up near Lake <br /> Orange that have had failing conventional septic systems and put something in. And it would be something that if <br /> you had to pump into it off site, a repair area,you could. <br /> Lisa Stuckey:An off site septic is new to me.What is that? How off site can it go? <br /> 1 <br />