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D R A F T 2 AGENDA ITEM 5: PUBLIC CHARGE 54 55 Introduction to the Public Charge 56 The Board of County Commissioners, under the authority of North Carolina General Statute, 57 appoints the Orange County Planning Board (OCPB) to uphold the written land development 58 laws of the County. The general purpose of OCPB is to guide and accomplish coordinated and 59 harmonious development. OCPB shall do so in a manner which considers the present and 60 future needs of its citizens and businesses through efficient and responsive process that 61 contributes to and promotes the health, safety, and welfare of the overall County. The OCPB 62 will make every effort to uphold a vision of responsive governance and quality public services 63 during our deliberations, decisions, and recommendations. 64 65 PUBLIC CHARGE 66 The Planning Board pledges to the citizens of Orange County its respect. The Board asks its 67 citizens to conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner, both with the Board and with 68 fellow citizens. At any time, should any member of the Board or any citizen fail to observe this 69 public charge, the Chair will ask the offending member to leave the meeting until that individual 70 regains personal control. Should decorum fail to be restored, the Chair will recess the meeting 71 until such time that a genuine commitment to this public charge is observed. 72 73 74 AGENDA ITEM 6: CHAIR COMMENTS 75 76 77 Agenda Item 7: 2030 Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Text 78 Amendments and Zoning Atlas Amendments. – To make a recommendation to the BOCC 79 on government-initiated amendments to the text of the Comprehensive Plan and UDO and to 80 the Zoning Atlas in order to establish two new zoning overlay districts in the Efland area. 81 This item was heard at the November 19, 2013 quarterly public hearing 82 Presenter: Perdita Holtz, Special Projects Coordinator 83 84 Perdita Holtz: I did a presentation at the Quarterly Public Hearing and there were comments and questions about 85 the material. On pages 18-20 of your agenda packet the comments are summarized with the staff’s response. 86 There are two comments that the Board should weigh in on how it should be handled. The first is on page 19, 87 number four about the “tick” mark in the 20 Year Transition and the second issue is about the internal pedestrian 88 circulation system, comment number five. 89 90 Larry Wright: Could you tell us about the Efland community and how they met and how long they have met. 91 92 Perdita Holtz: The Efland Mebane Small Area Plan is available online in electronic format. This was adopted in 93 June 2006 after 2 ½ years of community meetings. That board was made up of folks who live in the area and a 94 representative from the Planning Board. After the plan was adopted the BOCC appointed an Implementation Focus 95 Group which contained a few folks from the original group and a Planning Board liaison. Since then, this group has 96 met as needed. A lot of the recommendations have been implemented. 97 98 Larry Wright: Many of these changes did come from that grass roots level from 2006 through the Focus Group and 99 is reflected here? 100 101 Perdita Holtz: Correct. The changes that are part of this takes the desires of the plan and puts it into a regulatory 102 language. 103 104 Larry Wright: This is a good example of an area that underscores grass roots run involvement within Orange 105 County where local interest groups meet over time, codify results of their meetings, something comes of it. 106 6