Agenda - 10-06-20; 6-c - Zoning Atlas Amendment – Master Plan Development Conditional Zoning District (MPD-CZ) for the Research Triangle Logistics Park (RTLP)

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Approved 9/2/2020 AGENDA ITEM 8: ZONING ATLAS AMENDMENT (MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION – RESEARCH TRIANGLE 111 LOGISTICAL PARK) - To continue review and make a recommendation to the BOCC on a developer-112 initiated application for an MPD-CZ (Master Plan Development Conditional Zoning). The proposed 113 project encompasses approximately 180 acres in the Hillsborough Economic Development District 114 (EDD) south of Interstate 40 and west of Old Highway 86, within Hillsborough Township. 168 115 acres are currently zoned MPD-CZ (Settler’s Point) and 12 acres are currently zoned R-1 (Rural 116 Residential). This item was continued from the August 5 regular meeting and is scheduled for 117 BOCC public hearing on September 15, 2020. 118 PRESENTER: Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor 119 Michael Harvey reviewed the abstract and proposed changes to the Zoning Atlas Amendment 120 121 Craig Benedict: Good evening, just for the help for the Planning Board, when the Planning Board suggests 122 conditions, it is good to make sure there’s consensus amongst the Planning Board that these are newly imposed 123 conditions that go beyond what was in the original abstract. If one of your thoughts is to vote on the three conditions 124 at are on page 17 of the abstract and those three new conditions that were suggested by the Board at the last 125 meeting, it wasn’t necessarily a vote. We want to make sure that when the vote does occur that these conditions are 126 clearly included in the other 50 plus conditions that are there. Of those 3 conditions that you mentioned a couple of 127 weeks ago, as Michael said, energy for the building, fuel storage more than 30 feet away from a flood plain area and 128 EV stations at the buildings. So, at some point in your deliberations or possibly now, you could at least make a 129 motion that the Planning Board is in agreement to add these to the other 50 plus conditions we have for the project. 130 That is one topic; another topic is tonight there is a lot of people that are participating in the meeting. It is up to the 131 Board to listen to proposals, it’s also up to the Board if there is some repetitiveness you can say that is clearly noted 132 in the record and we will take that under consideration. The motion that is available in the agenda package that is on 133 page 41 for this item talks about the Planning Board coming to a determination in enough time that it can reach a 134 public hearing in September. Please keep that in mind. It is not unlimited in your time to have to make decisions on 135 this item. If the Board feels like it would like another meeting to hear additional input from the public that is their 136 prerogative. It would probably be just one more opportunity to do that before we need to conclude this item, approval 137 or denial and move it on; and get the draft minutes of the meeting to move onto the formal public hearing which is 138 schedule to occur in mid-September. Those are just some additional items and we will help guide you through as 139 deliberations continue. The first item I brought up is just to get some clarity to get that behind us so that we do not 140 lose those additional conditions that were suggested by the Board on August 5th. 141 142 David Blankfard: Is everyone ok with the first condition about the fuel or chemical storage not occurring within 30 feet 143 of the floodplain? 144 145 Planning Board Members were in consensus 146 147 David Blankfard: The next one is at least two electrical vehicle charging stations per building. 148 149 Planning Board Members were in consensus 150 151 David Blankfard: Ok, Hunter what did you say about the third one? 152 153 Hunter Spitzer: I would like for it, instead of reading unnecessarily preclude, read necessarily prepare for 154 incorporation. 155 156 David Blankfard: So you want them to … 157 158 Hunter Spitzer: Necessarily prepare for incorporation of alternative energy systems. 159 160 Adam Beeman: What does that mean? 161 162 Hunter Spitzer: Well as it stated, they could necessarily preclude incorporation of alternative energy systems and it 163 seems if they so choose they can make up any reason why they can necessarily preclude. I would like for it to be a 164 little bit more forceful than that. So necessarily prepare would mean that I would like for them to design an idea, I 165 21