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Approved 6/5/13 <br />4 <br />Michael Harvey: We’ve had a lot of success with the site assessment. People don’t like to do it but when they find 162 <br />that its free and find that we identify issues before they go spending money, they seem to be somewhat happier but 163 <br />they still don’t like the notion, it ultimately down to ‘it’s my property, I’ll do what I want’ and unfortunately that’s not 164 <br />viable opinion to have in an age when zoning and land use issues are at the forefront of regulation. 165 <br /> 166 <br />Lisa Stuckey: I can envision a person who is under the limits and goes forward and then slowly but surely they 167 <br />landscape more and more over years. 168 <br /> 169 <br />Michael Harvey: It’s not a cumulative issue. Impervious surface is a cumulative issue but land disturbance is not. 170 <br />Having said that if you are required to adhere to an approved stormwater management plan and disturb property 171 <br />invalidating that plan, you will have to take appropriate measures to address compliance with our regulations. 172 <br /> 173 <br />Pete Hallenbeck: There’s the incremental project where you add impervious surface and there’s the incremental 174 <br />project where all the disturbed area from your previous project is grown over, has grass, is good and you’re 175 <br />disturbing a new area and those are different things. 176 <br /> 177 <br />Michael Harvey: Right, you may recall when Terry Hackett appeared before you last April, different types of land 178 <br />cover have different levels of credit for stormwater. A forest has the best and grass is not bad but it is the worst you 179 <br />can have because it is just grassy field. As we continue to move forward, these regulations are going to become 180 <br />somewhat more cumbersome. There are going to be more impacts on property owners and ability to develop 181 <br />property and unfortunately this is the direction we are headed. 182 <br /> 183 MOTION: made by Tony Blake to accept the Planning Department’s recommendation for Option C. Seconded by 184 <br />Buddy Hartley. 185 <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS 186 <br /> 187 188 AGENDA ITEM 8: COMMITTEE/ADVISORY BOARD REPORTS 189 <br /> 190 <br />a) Board of Adjustment 191 <br />b) Orange Unified Transportation 192 <br /> 193 <br />Members and staff had some general discussion regarding cell towers. 194 <br /> 195 <br /> 196 AGENDA ITEM 9: ADJOURNMENT 197 198 MOTION: made by Lisa Stuckey to adjourn. Seconded by Tony Blake. 199 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 200 201 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> __________________________________________ <br /> Pete Hallenbeck, Chair