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Approved 10/4/17 2 54 AGENDA ITEM 6: CHAIR COMMENTS 55 56 Tony Blake commented on the quality of the minutes. He said that he was pleased to read that the airport was 57 discussed at the last meeting and hoped that Staff’s recommendations are adopted. He also commented that he was 58 glad that Laura Streitfeld provided comments to the Board. Mr. Blake said that he had been encouraging Ms. 59 Streitfeld to attend the meeting and give her pitch. He hopes that the County Commissioners will read her comments. 60 61 AGENDA ITEM 7: COMMITTEE/ADVISORY BOARD REPORTS 62 a) BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT 63 b) ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION 64 65 Michael Harvey said that there are no upcoming Board of Adjustment meetings. He also reported that there are 66 several cases pending but no dates have been set. There are some applicants with unique challenges. 67 68 No report from the Orange Unified Transportation Board (OUT Board) 69 70 AGENDA ITEM 4. CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA 71 72 Randy Marshall asked if there was any new information on tire storage issues at Triangle Tire. 73 74 Michael Harvey answered that Staff sent out a Notice of Violation to Triangle Tire but he has not heard a response 75 from the business at this time. This matter is being handled by Mr. Harvey’s division: Current Planning. 76 77 Randy Marshall said okay. He then talked about the situation in Houston with Hurricane Harvey and flooding where 78 there is lots of concerns about the fact that developers built on top of wetlands, impacting the extent to the damage 79 done there. He asked – Do we feel comfortable with the regulations we have in place in Orange County? Are 80 wetlands are well-protected or do we look at this matter further down the line? 81 82 Tony Blake commented that he would defer to Michael Harvey to answer this question, but that it is his 83 understanding that Orange County goes above and beyond what the state requires. 84 85 Randy Marshal replied that he would think that was the case. 86 87 Tony Blake said that the state has taken actions to override some of Orange County’s regulations. He deferred to Mr. 88 Harvey for more information. 89 90 Michael Harvey said that he has no concerns as of this evening. He asked the Board to remember that the state is 91 awaiting the results of a report on buffer requirements that could impact the County’s environmental management 92 program significantly. He said that Orange County has a fairly aggressive and proactive buffer protection program on 93 streams, wetlands, water features, and floodplain. It is conceivable, based on state action, that the County could lose 94 buffers currently enforced on wetlands, water bodies and streams and would have to follow the state minimum 95 model. Orange County does gets credit, especially when it comes to floodplain protection. Despite state action, Mr. 96 Harvey plans to enforce federal law to protect the County’s floodplain buffers, and he doubts that the federal 97 government would intercede. If Houston had respected its floodplain, it may not have had some of the issues it is 98 having now. 99 100 Randy Marshall wondered about the development off Homestead and the nearby creek downstream from Hogan 101 Farms. It seemed to him that the development was close to Bolin Creek. Does the County have any input into this 102 area or is it Carrboro’s jurisdiction? 103 104 Michael Harvey said that he thought the area was in Carrboro’s jurisdiction. The Orange County Planning 105 Department does not have regulatory authority of this area. However, the department may have been involved in joint 106