Agenda 06-04-2019 6-a - Major Subdivision Preliminary Plat Application

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102 Jessica Aguilar:That's the question of meeting standards versus best practice. David Blankfard: I don't think this Board can dictate everyone going above and beyond what is stated in the code that's already been voted for and approved by multiple agencies. Jessica Aguilar: I understand that the project is going to happen. I think that maybe it would be possible for some sort of conversation for the developers to be somehow aimable in accommodating to the current residents as a show of good faith and show of appreciation for changing the nature of their day. You can say it's just a new gated community but that's going to change the nature of the school. Sixty new kids in the school system is going to change the tone of their schools. Especially if 60 new kids are from$300,000 homes going to school with kids who are from$100,000 homes. That's a social divide and it's going to happen, and it's going to affect things in the community. It's something that needs to be thought of. David Blankfard:Thank you for the comment. There's nothing else I can say about that. MOTION by Randy Marshall to recommend approval that the Fairway Hills development go to the County Commissioners as a major subdivision preliminary plot application proposing a 20-lot single family residential subdivision in the Eno Township of the County in accordance with the provision to Section 2.15 In Article 7 subdivisions of the Unified Development Ordinance. Adam Beeman seconded. VOTE: Passed (7-3) (Spitzer, Piracci,Aguilar) Craig Benedict: Before we adjourn, regarding the topics addressed,we can bring material to you that's independent of a project and if we have the opportunity for new and old members to explain some of the science behind these issues. We went through an orientation tonight about the background and planning. The topics of what you can issues are permitted by right,what regulations we have, and can you exceed them or not. Those are all topics that we need to get to so that everybody understand how a development process is reviewed. As was suggested tonight, if the Board as an idea to raise a standard up,they can vote to have us bring something forward to the Commissioners. We might forward it to another advisory board. If we get authorization from the Board to move forward with this that's what we do. Once those standards are established,that's what we hold the development community to and then we move forward on known information with clarity. Hathaway Pendergrass:That first I had, I said the word abstain I meant to say recuse just because of the potential conflict that I would have. That's why I didn't vote. Michael Harvey: Those with an interest in having a motion made to ask the County Commissioners to direct to staff to initiate a comprehensive discussion of the existing stormwater standards. Kim Piracci: I feel like the staff like Brennen Bouma, I would like to see these people involved in this. Michael Harvey: That's up to the County Commissioners to decide. David Blankfard: Do we have a recommendation to send that to the Board of the County Commissioners? Kim Piracci: I don't know. I just feel like the Planning Board has a different agenda than an environmental board. MOTION by Hunter Spitzer to request the Board of Orange County Commissioners to commission a study within the planning department to review the existing stormwater standards. Hathaway Pendergrass seconded. Craig Benedict: I mean the Board would have to have consensus to at least make that suggestion. What we'll do if the Board does so vote on that to move it forward you can have us in advance of that provide where those standards come from,what other standards are just so you have an idea of the context of where the standard came from and then if you decide to move forward you can still do that. We'll bring in the experts and things like that, so everybody has the context of where existing standards came from.