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D R A F T 1 SUMMARY NOTES 1 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD 2 JULY 10, 2013 3 ORDINANCE REVIEW COMMITTEE 4 5 NOTE: A quorum is not required for Ordinance Review Committee meetings. 6 7 MEMBERS PRESENT: Peter Hallenbeck (Chair), Cheeks Township Representative; Stephanie O’Rourke, Eno Township 8 Representative; Tony Blake, Bingham Township Representative; Herman Staats, At-Large, Cedar Grove Township; James 9 Lea, Cedar Grove Township Representative; Paul Guthrie, At-Large, Chapel Hill Township 10 11 12 STAFF PRESENT: Craig Benedict, Planning Director; Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor; Perdita Holtz, Special 13 Projects Coordinator; Ashley Moncado, Special Projects Planner; Tina Love, Administrative Assistant II 14 15 16 AGENDA ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 17 18 19 AGENDA ITEM 2: UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE (UDO) TEXT AMENDMENTS –GOVERNMENTAL USES 20 To review and comment upon proposed revisions to the UDO to require that the site plan review 21 process for governmental uses include a neighborhood information meeting. 22 Presenter: Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor 23 24 Mr. Harvey reviewed abstract. 25 26 Tony Blake: Is this a conflict of interest for me? I have no financial interest but it is directly related to the substation we are 27 trying to build. 28 29 Michael Harvey: I don’t think you have a conflict. 30 31 Tony Blake: How does this affect the plan in progress? 32 33 Michael Harvey: If your site plan has already been submitted then you won’t have to follow this process. If it is adopted and 34 your site plan has not been submitted then you will need to follow this process. With due respect to White Cross Volunteer 35 Fire Department, Commissioner Jacobs has indicated his preference for a meeting to be held no matter what to address some 36 of the concerns of the local residents. 37 38 Craig Benedict: I would work with the attorneys to put a provision in on the effective date, what this applies to, like a clause 39 that says that anything from a certain date that it applies to. 40 41 Tony Blake: This is one of the volunteer organizations and we don’t have the time or wherewithal to host a public meeting so 42 would the county be hosting this meeting for us in a volunteer situation? 43 44 Michael Harvey: The ordinance says we will assist with scheduling the meeting but we are not assuming the liability or cost 45 for advertisements or informing the citizens. There is nothing in the code that says you can’t use county facilities. 46 47 Tony Blake: Typically the public hearings are run by the county. 48 49 Michael Harvey: This isn’t a public hearing just a neighborhood information meeting to inform the local residents as to what is 50 being proposed. 51 52 Tony Blake: Is the outcome of this meeting a decision as to whether to proceed or not? 53 5