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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br />PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 20, 2006 <br />Action Agenda <br />.Item No. D.1-D. 4 <br />SUBJECT• Non-Public Hearing Informational Items <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />None <br />Craig Benedict, Planning Dir, 245-2592 <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />PURPOSE: To receive an update on various Planning Department tasks currently underway. <br />BACKGROUND: Planning Department staff is involved in a number of on-going projects and <br />tasks. Following is a brief. update on four items proposed for presentation at Quarterly Public <br />Hearings during calendar year 2007: <br />1. Efland-Mebane Small Area Plan (EMSAP) Implementation Focus Group Update <br />The EMSAP Implementation Focus Group has met three (3) times since its appointment <br />by the BOCC in August. The Group .has identified implementation measures to be <br />pursued for each of the recommendations contained in the EMSAP along with the <br />entities and/or groups that should be involved with each measure. The Group has also <br />prioritized-which implementation measures should be pursued first. <br />It is possible that some implementing regulations related to zoning in the EDD could be <br />heard at the February 2007 Quarterly Public Hearing. The Group is meeting on <br />November 30 to review potential zoning text and/or. map changes. <br />2. Proposed Changes to the Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control Ordinance <br />The Department of the Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Land Quality <br />Section conducted a technical audit of the Orange County Sedimentation and Erosion <br />(S&E) Control program in November 2005. The audit results were mailed in September <br />of 2006. The State has requested various revisions to the County's ordinance to match <br />requirements in their model ordinance. <br />Historical Note: The State last requested/suggested changes to Orange County's S&E <br />Ordinance in 1992. <br />i:i:`.C"rnnpr<:ha:nsivr t'Irnmiu; Lic`,Citi(Vi''•?~)pG Pidaic Ide;irin~s~Nc,;~ .^..p QVi1':~rn-1''HH fntorft~at.ion~zl Item;Nnn-C'rSiticitrxrioiram~;A,~.t:K)C~ <br />