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E <br />MINUTES <br />QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />AND <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br />AUGUST 26, 1991 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners held a Quarterly <br />Public Hearing with the Orange County Planning Board on Monday, <br />August 26, 1991 at-7:30 p.m. in Superior Courtroom, new County <br />Courthouse, Hillsborough, North Carolina, <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chairman Moses Carey, Jr.. <br />Vice- Chairman Stephen Halkiotis and Commissioners Alice Gordon, <br />verla Insko (arrived at 9:25) and Don Willhoit. <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br />PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Betty Eidenier and <br />members Paul Hoecke, William Waddell, Dan Eddleman, D. Kent Scott, <br />Clinton Burklin, Virginia Boland, Amanda Carol Cantrell and Larry <br />Reid. <br />STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Clerk to the <br />Board Beverly A. Blythe, Planners, Gene Bell, Mary Scearbo and <br />David Stancil. <br />A. OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR <br />Chair Moses Carey, Jr. announced that Item C2 - Special Use <br />Permit for the Green Hi l l Bed & Breakfast has been deleted from the <br />agenda. <br />B. PUBLIC CHARGE <br />Chair Carey read the Public Charge. <br />C. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS <br />1. PROPOSED STATE WATERSHED CLASSIFICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT <br />STANDARDS <br />This was presented by David Stancil. In summary this <br />item was presented to receive citizen comment on proposed State <br />watershed classifications and development standards. <br />The Water Supply Watershed Protection Act of 1989 requires <br />each local government in the state to protect water supply <br />watershed, at a minimum, to the level of new standards adopted by <br />the Environmental Management Commission [EMC]. The EMC ,has <br />proposed preliminary classifications for each of the 11 water <br />supply watersheds that are completely or partially within the <br />county's boundaries. The proposed classifications as proposed by <br />the EMC were shown on a map and described by Planner David Stancil. <br />Recent legislation in the N.C. General Assembly has delayed <br />the final classification of watersheds until July 1, 1992. A <br />series of public hearings on the classifications and standards were <br />held in mid- August by the EMC. The hearing for jurisdictions in <br />