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Approved 5.5.21 57 58 AGENDA ITEM 5: CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA. 59 60 There were none 61 62 63 AGENDA ITEM 6: PUBLIC CHARGE 64 65 INTRODUCTION TO THE PUBLIC CHARGE 66 The Board of County Commissioners, under the authority of North Carolina General Statute, appoints 67 the Orange County Planning Board (OCPB) to uphold the written land development law of the County. 68 The general purpose of OCPB is to guide and accomplish coordinated and harmonious development. 69 OCPB shall do so in a manner, which considers the present and future needs of its citizens and 70 businesses through efficient and responsive process that contributes to and promotes the health, safety, 71 and welfare of the overall County. The OCPB will make every effort to uphold a vision of responsive 72 governance and quality public services during our deliberations, decisions, and recommendations. 73 74 PUBLIC CHARGE 75 The Planning Board pledges to the citizens of Orange County its respect. The Board asks its citizens to 76 conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner, both with the Board and with fellow citizens. At 77 any time, should any member of the Board or any citizen fail to observe this public charge, the Chair will 78 ask the offending member to leave the meeting until that individual regains personal control. Should 79 decorum fail to be restored, the Chair will recess the meeting until such time that a genuine commitment 80 to this public charge is observed. 81 82 83 AGENDA ITEM 7: CHAIR COMMENTS 84 85 There were none 86 87 88 AGENDA ITEM 8: UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE(UDO)TEXT AMENDMENTS—"160D"LEGISLATION —To make a 89 recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners on UDO text amendments related to State 90 legislation that is referred to as 160D(a reference to the statute section).The amendments are also 91 require changes to Appendix F of the Comprehensive Plan and to the Planning Board Rules of 92 Procedure. This item is scheduled for BOCC public hearing on May 4, 2021. 93 Presenter: Perdita Holtz, Planning Systems Coordinator 94 95 Perdita Holtz reminded the Board that the item was reviewed at the March 3, ORC meeting and at the conclusion of that 96 meeting the Board decided they did not need to see the presentation again. She reviewed the recommendations for the 97 Planning Board to consider. 98 99 Charity Kirk: I have a question about how you notify people; a half a page ad in a newspaper seems potentially ineffective 100 in this day of people not having newspapers subscriptions. I was wondering if you could talk about why that was chosen. 101 102 Perdita Holtz: We are not necessarily, choosing to do this. Currently, before 160D and for many years, statutes allowed 103 for local governments to place a half page ad in a paper for large scale amendments. Orange County never adopted that 104 provision. We have always done mailed notifications. However, our County Attorney's office feels that we need to include 105 the option in the UDO so that we are in conformance with the State regulations that allow local governments to do this. 106 We don't really anticipate that something like that would be used unless it's for a project that already had a public 107 participation component leading up to amendments so that people would be informed,they would already know that 108 something was going on. 109 110 Lamar Proctor: In terms of that notice, are these things put on the Orange County website? The notice in the newspaper 111 ad or the signage that appears next to parcels where there's a zoning amendment or letters, do those reference back to 112 the website. I have the same kind of concern that Charity has. I've looked at 160D and I know that it's an option for the 50