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O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: MAY 21, 1991 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # V_ <br />DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />MARY SCEARBO - EXT. 2583 <br />REVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Durham - 688 -7331 <br />Mebane - 227 -2031 <br />Chapel Hill - 967 - 9251/968 -4501 <br />PURPOSE: To review the procedure by which the Board of <br />Commissioners may be notified of the submittal of an <br />Environmental Assessment required by the Environmental <br />Impact Ordinance. <br />BACKGROUND: Environmental Impact Statements required by the <br />Environmental Impact Ordinance are presented to the <br />Board of Commissioners at a public hearing prior to <br />any action to approve or deny the development <br />application. <br />Environmental Assessments are not subject to Board <br />review or action to minimize processing time. <br />In the future, Environmental Assessments can be <br />distributed upon submittal to each Commissioner for <br />his /her information. This can be a Planning <br />Department administrative procedure and will not <br />affect any provisions or timelines contained in the <br />Environmental Impact Ordinance. <br />RECOMMENDATION: The Administration recommends that the current <br />practice for reviewing environmental assessments <br />continue to be an administrative process as outlined <br />in Attachment I with only Environmental Impact <br />Statements presented to the Board of Commissioners as <br />part of the public hearing process. Environmental <br />Assessments may be copied to individual commissioners <br />at their request. <br />