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STAFF COMMENT: The required public hearing was held at the May 26, 2015 Quarterly Public Hearing where the following testimony/evidence was entered into the record: i. Staff abstract and attachments, including the actual SUP application, Master Plan site plan, staff comments on the project, and copies of the UDO and Comprehensive Plan. ii. Staff testimony on the project and its compliance with various provisions of the UDO. iii. Applicant sworn testimony from Mrs. Beth Trahos, Mr. George Retschle, Mr. Thomas Hester, Mr. Richard Kirkland, Mr. Richard Moretz, and Mr. Thomas Cleveland, on how the project complied with the UDO. The applicant entered copies of affidavits and a real estate report, completed by Mr. Hester, into the record providing additional information on the project’s compliance with applicable standards. The applicant further testified they had been working to address an adjacent property owner’s questions and concerns as they relate to the preservation of existing vegetation along a common property line. During the hearing the applicant testified a private agreement had been made with the adjacent property owner to the north for an additional buffer width of 15’ and the provision for an undisturbed area along the common property line. It should be noted this will become a requirement if the SUP is approved. iv. Comments from the BOCC, Planning Board, and the general public. • STEP THREE – PLANNING BOARD REVIEW: The Planning Board reviews the request and makes a recommendation on the project’s compliance with specific development standards (Section 5.9.6) and the general standards (Section 5.3.2 Special Uses) of the UDO. Staff prepares a script to aid the Board in making required findings and denoting the ‘evidence’ utilized in rendering a decision as contained in Attachment 3. STAFF COMMENT: This review will begin at the July 1, 2015 regular meeting where the Board will be asked to make a recommendation. • STEP FOUR – DECISION: The BOCC will receive the Planning Board recommendation as well as any other written evidence, deliberate, certify the record, close the public hearing, and then render a final decision. BACKGROUND: This item was presented at the May 26, 2015 Quarterly Public Hearing where staff indicated the applicant is proposing to develop a solar facility on a 20 acre portion of the subject property with the remaining 15 acres being retained by the current property owner. Proposed individual arrays shall be approximately 7 to 9 feet in height, with approximately 2 to 3 feet of ground clearance, and 47 feet in length. Approximately 20 acres of the site will be initially disturbed with 11.5 acres containing the actual solar facility. A 6 foot high chain link security fence, topped with 3 strand barbed wire, shall enclose the perimeter of the array to prevent access and the array shall be surrounded by a Type D 50 foot wide landscaped buffer. 60