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<br />OC Board of Adjustment – 6/8/2015 Page 4 of 68 <br />Secretary Debra Graham swore in the following individuals: 1 <br />Thomas H. Johnson, Jr. <br />David Smith <br />Graham Herring <br />Robert (Bob) Hill <br />Lee Kerlin <br />Robert Hornik <br />Brack Hall <br />Ann Hall <br />Sue Wilkins <br />Jeffrey Fisher <br />Faye Olive <br />Mark Waller <br />Jon Blitz <br />Beth Bega <br />James M. Gibson <br />Vicki Gibson <br />Lois Madden <br />David J. Madden <br />Nancy Willson <br />Susan Sachs <br />Judy Martell <br />Susan E. Suttons <br />Rick Bartram <br />Judson Edeburn <br />Mary Edeburn <br />Lyn Gould <br />D. Kulousel <br />Michael Nicosia <br />Elizabeth Rusnak <br />Pam Waller <br />Cristen PennindocPeir <br />Madison Dietz <br />Michelle Dietz <br />Margie Dietz <br />David Pierce <br />Cristina Pierce <br />Carolina Diett <br />Joanie Yeargan <br />Megan Moore <br />Judith Bishop <br />Randy Bishop <br />Yesica Poou Martinez <br />Carrick Goldner <br />Richard Goldner <br />Tristran Ottwason <br />Nicole Chemla <br />Susan Schneider <br />C. Randolph Bishop <br />Judith Snyderman <br />Lucas Moore <br />Judith E. Dearlove <br />Joan G. Peck <br />Janet N. Ray <br /> <br />Harriet Sayre McCord <br />William Ray <br />Jane Norton <br />Luis Gulley <br />Katy Phillips <br />Scott Walden <br />Daniel T. Gauss <br />Patricia C. Smith <br />Elia E. Villanueva <br />Ben Philpot <br />Jamie Barnhill <br />Joy Martin <br />Denise Olson <br /> <br /> 2 <br />Michael Harvey: My name is Michael Harvey with the Current Planning Department for Orange County. I have been 3 <br />sworn. I am going to briefly summarize the memorandum I have prepared for you and allow the applicant to present his 4 <br />case. As has already been indicated, we are here to review a Class B Special Use Permit proposing the development 5 <br />of a telecommunications facility at 5022 Kerley Road. In your packet, you have attachments. Most notably, on page 6 <br />60, you have a Property Vicinity Map, on page 61 through 109; you have notification materials and certifications that 7 <br />include balloon tests as well as the public hearing. Beginning on page 110, you have the Special Use Permit Findings 8 <br />of Fact completed by staff. You will note there are a couple of places that staff did not make a determination. We will 9 <br />get to that in a moment. Attachment 4 beginning on page 127, you have staff comments. You have an application 10 <br />packet delivered by the applicant with a May 29 letter responding to some of the staff’s comments. You also have a 11 <br />letter offered by Carolina Telecommunications Services, LLC, our telecommunications consultant, Jackie Hicks. You 12 <br />have an email written by Mr. Patrick Young, a planner for the City of the Durham. The City of Durham reviewed the 13 <br />telecommunication application as a courtesy. In this email, they have no comments on the proposal. You have a 14 <br />notarized statement from me indicating the posting of the signs for the balloon test. Mr. Chairman, at this time, I would 15 <br />like to enter the Abstract which includes Attachments 1, 2, 3, 4, the application package including an 11x17 and full 16 <br />color copy of the site plan, the Carolina Telecommunications consultant’s recommendation, the email from the City of 17 <br />Durham, my certification of signed posting as well as copies of the Unified Development Ordinance, the 2030 Adopted 18 <br />Comprehensive Plan, into the record. 19 <br /> 20 <br />MOTION made by Jeff Schmitt to accept. David Blankfard seconded. 21 <br />VOTE: Unanimous 22 <br /> 23 <br />Michael Harvey: I will summarize the information on pages 52 through 59 . You have a proposal to build a 129 foot tall 24 <br />monopole as a 125 foot cell tower with a four foot lightning rod at 5022 Kerley Road with an Orange County parcel 25 <br />identification number of 0801154353. This is the map showing the property and the anticipated location of the tower. 26 <br />That is there for illustrative purposes only. It does not represent the actual location of the proposed tower. The 27 <br />applicant is proposing as summarized on page 54 will be to erect a cell tower within 100 by 100 foot leased area o f this 28 <br />parcel with a __________ of the tower and a 60 by 60 foot compound with access to the facility proposed from Mt. Sinai 29 <br />Road. We have provided a brief breakdown of comments relating to this tower application we have received. 30 <br /> 31