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Approved 1/11/2016 <br /> <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 11/9/15 Page 1 of 48 <br /> <br />MINUTES 1 <br />BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT 2 NOVEMBER 9, 2015 3 <br />REGULAR MEETING 4 <br /> 5 <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: Samantha Cabe (Chair) 6 <br /> Karen Barrow (Vice-Chair) 7 <br /> Matt Hughes, Alternate Member 8 <br /> Barry Katz 9 <br /> Susan Halkiotis 10 <br /> 11 <br />STAFF PRESENT: Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor 12 <br /> Patrick Mallett, Planner II 13 <br /> James Bryan, Staff Attorney 14 <br /> Anne Marie Tosco, Staff Attorney 15 <br /> 16 <br />AGENDA ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER 17 <br /> 18 <br />Samantha Cabe called the meeting to order 19 <br /> 20 AGENDA ITEM 2: CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA 21 <br /> 22 <br />There were no additions to the agenda. 23 <br /> 24 <br />AGENDA ITEM 3 ELECTION OF VICE CHAIR 25 <br /> 26 <br />Chairperson Samantha Cabe called for an election of Vice-Chair for the Board of Adjustment. 27 <br /> 28 <br />MOTION made by Barry Katz to nominate Karen Barrow as Vice-Chair. Seconded by Matt Hughes/Susan Halkiotis. 29 <br />Vote: Unanimous 30 <br /> 31 <br />Samantha Cabe: Welcome Karen as our Vice-Chair person. The next item of business is the Public Charge and I will ask Vice-32 <br />Chair person to read that public charge. 33 <br /> 34 <br />Karen Barrows read the public charge 35 <br /> 36 <br />The Board of Adjustment pledges to the citizens of Orange County its respect. The Board asks its citizens to conduct 37 <br />themselves in a respectful, courteous manner, both with the Board and with fellow citizens. At any time should any 38 <br />member of the Board or any citizen fail to observe this public charge, the Chair will ask the offending person to leave the 39 <br />meeting until that individual regains personal control. Should decorum fail to be restored, the Chair will recess the meeting 40 <br />until such time that a genuine commitment to this public charge is observed. All electronic devices such as cell phones, 41 <br />pagers, and computers should please be turned off or set to silent/vibrate. 42 <br /> 43 <br />The Board of Adjustment is a quasi-judicial administrative body established in accordance with the provisions of local 44 <br />regulations and State law to perform specified functions essential to the County’s planning program. Action(s) taken by the 45 <br />board are based solely on competent, substantial, and material evidence presented during a previously scheduled and 46 <br />advertised public hearing on a specific item. As detailed within Section 2.12.2 of the UDO the Board chair reserves the 47 <br />right to exclude evidence and testimony that is deemed: ‘incompetent, irrelevant, immaterial, or unduly repetitious’ and 48 <br />therefore fails to reasonably address the issues before the Board of Adjustment. While it should be noted there is no time 49