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D R A F T <br />4 <br />Bonnie Hauser: If I go to Mebane or another community versus Orange County what is the time table to get <br />something approved in another place versus Orange County? <br /> <br />Steve Brantley: I think Mebane approved Morinaga within 60 to 90 days and had Mebane not annexed Morinaga, it <br />still could have gone on here but it would have taken them longer to go through the process which in Orange County <br />would have been…. <br /> <br />Craig Benedict: What Steve mentioned was pre-zoning where zoning has certain uses permitted by right which <br />means review can be a staff function and if it was a staff function we would match the same time frame that Mebane <br />would have. If they have to go through a rezoning process where they have to change or up zone it from the base <br />zoning that is probably 4 to 5 months of process and a developer may not want to go through the site plan process <br />concurrent with this legislative rezoning process. <br /> <br /> <br />AGENDA ITEM 8: UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE (UDO) TEXT AMENDMENT: To continue discussion and <br />provide input on government-initiated amendments to the text of the UDO to change the <br />existing public hearing for Comprehensive Plan, UDO, and Zoning Atlas related items/ <br />amendments. This item was heard at the September 8, 2014 quarterly public hearing and was <br />discussed at the October 8 and November 5 Planning Board meetings. <br />Presenter: Perdita Holts, Special Projects Coordinator <br /> <br />Perdita Holtz reviewed abstract <br /> <br />Paul Guthrie: I think the flowchart pretty much portrays the conversation, I am still concerned about how some of this <br />will work. We may not find that out until we do it. <br /> <br />Pete Hallenbeck: I read the minutes and this certainly seems to align with it. The problem is that at the quarterly <br />public hearing the commissioners went in all different directions of opinions and at some point we have to just let <br />them decide. The other problem is the concept that some people only want to deal with the decision makers so no <br />matter what process you put in place some people will want to just wait and talk with the commissioners. We will at <br />least have a system where people can come to the Planning Board and express their concerns early; we can only do <br />as good as the feedback we get from people. <br /> <br />Lydia Wegman: How do you reconcile that with you hearing that the County Commissioners want the Planning <br />Board to attend the quarterly meetings? <br /> <br />Pete Hallenbeck: That’s a decision they have to make. My interpretation of that is because it is currently a joint <br />meeting and if the rules change on that then they’ll have to give us guidance. <br /> <br />Lydia Wegman: Then what is the point of the Planning Board? How significant has this quorum problem been? <br /> <br />Pete Hallenbeck: We’ve had two events in the last year of so where the meeting was held up and one 3 or so years <br />ago there was over a 30 minute hold up. <br /> <br />Lydia Wegman: Isn’t it a simpler solution to make sure the Planning Board members know they are expected to <br />attend rather than change the whole process. <br /> <br />Perdita Holtz: It depends a lot on who is on the Planning Board and what commitment they have. Some people had <br />jobs where they had to travel a lot and that Monday night meeting was difficult for them. It varies depending on who <br />is on the Planning Board. <br /> <br />Pete Hallenbeck: I think the fact that we’ve had two problems in the last year or so and we made it clear and it <br />happened again so I don’t know what more could be done. <br /> <br />12