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17 <br /> <br />• Appointment to a first full term (Position #1) “Non-Profit Agency” for Barbara Jessie-1 <br />Black expiring 06/30/2021. 2 <br />• Reappointment to an additional term (Position #2) “Tourism” for Anthony Carey 3 <br />expiring 06/30/2021. 4 <br />• Reappointment to an additional term (Position #5) “Agriculture” for James Watts 5 <br />expiring 06/30/2021. 6 <br />• Appointment to a first full term (Position #7) “Core Business Community” for John Morris 7 <br />expiring 06/30/2021. 8 <br />• Reappointment to an additional term (Position #8) “Core Business Community” for 9 <br />John Anderson expiring 06/30/2021. 10 <br />• Extension Reappointment of one year (Position #10) “Core Business Community” for 11 <br />Mark O’Neal expiring 06/30/2019. (Extension of a term, is at the BOCC discretion 12 <br />provided for in the “ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMISSIONERS 13 <br />ADVISORY BOARD POLICY, Section III, Item D6. REFER TO RECOMMENDATION 14 <br />MEMO). 15 <br /> 16 <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS 17 <br /> 18 <br />5. Public Hearings 19 <br /> 20 <br />a. Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) and Zoning Atlas Amendments – 21 <br />Modification of Neighborhood Information Meeting (NIM) Requirements 22 <br />The Board held a public hearing on a Planning Director initiated Unified Development 23 <br />Ordinance (UDO) text amendment updating existing requirements for holding Neighborhood 24 <br />Information Meetings (NIM) to be held a minimum of 14 days before said meeting and decide 25 <br />on one of the following options: 26 <br />a. Adopt the proposed amendments by approving the Statement of Consistency 27 <br />b. Defer a decision to a later BOCC regular meeting date 28 <br />c. Refer the item back to the Planning Board for a specific purpose. 29 <br /> 30 <br />BACKGROUND: 31 <br />NIMs are required for several types of projects (i.e. special use permits, conditional use 32 <br />districts/conditional zoning applications, minor subdivisions proposing more than 33 <br />5 lots through flexible development, major subdivision concept plan, government land uses, 34 <br />etc.) and are typically required to occur before formal review commences (i.e. staff, Planning 35 <br />Board, or BOCC). A synopsis of the current requirements is as follows: 36 <br /> 37 <br />1. Section 2.7.5 Special Use Permits (Class A or B not including telecommunication 38 <br />facilities): NIM held a minimum of 45 days prior to public hearing. 39 <br />STAFF COMMENT: Class A permit requests are reviewed by the BOCC during a 40 <br />previously advertised public hearing, with review/recommendation made by the 41 <br />Planning Board. The Planning Board typically reviews the item anywhere from 30 42 <br />to 40 days prior to the anticipated public hearing. Class B permit requests are 43 <br />reviewed by the Board of Adjustment during a previously advertised public 44 <br />hearing with no recommendation/review required by the Planning Board. 45 <br /> 46 <br />2. Section 5.10.8 (B) (2) Telecommunication Facilities: 47 <br />a. For Class A permit applications (i.e. 200 ft. and taller) a balloon test is held a 48 <br />minimum of 11 weeks (77 days) prior to the public hearing. Staff attends the balloon 49 <br />test and conducts the NIM on-site. 50