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Approved 9/7/2016 <br />2 <br />will make every effort to uphold a vision of responsive governance and quality public services 55 <br />during our deliberations, decisions, and recommendations. 56 <br /> 57 <br /> 58 <br />PUBLIC CHARGE 59 <br />The Planning Board pledges to the citizens of Orange County its respect. The Board asks its 60 <br />citizens to conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner, both with the Board and with 61 <br />fellow citizens. At any time, should any member of the Board or any citizen fail to observe this 62 <br />public charge, the Chair will ask the offending member to leave the meeting until that individual 63 <br />regains personal control. Should decorum fail to be restored, the Chair will recess the meeting 64 <br />until such time that a genuine commitment to this public charge is observed. 65 <br /> 66 <br /> 67 <br />AGENDA ITEM 6: CHAIR COMMENTS 68 <br /> 69 <br /> 70 <br />Agenda Item 7: Application For A Class A Special Use Permit: To make a recommendation to the Board 71 <br />of County Commissioners on a Special Use Permit application seeking to develop a solar 72 <br />array/public utility station on a 52 acre parcel of property (PIN 9835-02-9137, no address 73 <br />assigned yet) which is accessed via an easement from 6519 U.S. Highway 70 West within 74 <br />the Cheeks Township. This item is scheduled for the September 12, 2016 quarterly public 75 <br />hearing 76 <br /> Presenter: Patrick Mallett, Planner II 77 <br /> 78 <br />Patrick Mallett reviewed abstract. 79 <br /> 80 <br />Javier Gorbe (Oakwood Solar Farm) gave presentation. 81 <br /> 82 <br />Michael Harvey reviewed attachments and packet contents. 83 <br /> 84 <br />Lydia Wegman: On page 167-168 are your recommended additional conditions. Can you walk through those? 85 <br /> 86 <br />Michael Harvey: I would suggest we review the conditions at the end of the presentation once we walk the Board 87 <br />through the required findings. 88 <br /> 89 <br />Tony Blake: How many megawatts is this? 90 <br /> 91 <br />Javier Gorbe: 5 megawatts. 92 <br /> 93 <br />Tony Blake: I noticed that this is a Mebane address. There are no plans to have this annexed into Mebane? 94 <br /> 95 <br />Michael Harvey: No, sir, it’s just in the Mebane zip code for postal service. 96 <br /> 97 <br />Tony Blake: I noticed on one of the plats that pointed out some waste is going to be cleaned up? 98 <br /> 99 <br />Patrick Mallett: The portions I believe that are being currently used the Mace commercial operations will be 100 <br />removed, cleared out, and dealt with. 101 <br /> 102 <br />Patricia Roberts: Why don't we put solar panels on top of buildings? We have a big storage building facility, why not 103 <br />put those on top 104 <br /> 105 <br />Javier Gorbe: In some states it’s more favorable to do those types of installations. Those states have the possibility 106 <br />of use... electricity. When you have states that the utility has too much control then the utilities ban anybody else to 107 <br />sell electricity so they don’t have competition. So in the state of North Carolina you cannot sell electricity. 108