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Public Comments / Participation There are two methods for public comment: • Written submittals by email or drop-off • Speaking during the virtual meeting Written Public Comments Members of the public are encouraged to provide written public comments by emailing comments to planningboard(a-)-orangecountync.gov no later than 3:00 p.m. on the afternoon of the meeting. Please include in the Subject line of the email the title of the agenda item your comment pertains to. Emails sent to this address are viewable on Google Groups: https://groups.google.com/g/ocplanningboard Written comments can also be dropped off at the Planning Department's offices at 131 W. Margaret Lane, 2nd floor, Hillsborough, NC during normal business hours (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday). If a staff member is not available, please leave your comments in the drop-off box near the front counter. Written comments will be scanned and sent by staff to the email address indicated above. Verbal Public Comments Members of the public must contact Planning Department staff via email at ocpbpubliccommentCcDorangecountync.gov no later than 3:00 p.m. on the afternoon of the meeting and indicate they wish to speak during the meeting. When submitting the request to speak, please include the following: • The date of the meeting • The title of the agenda item you wish to speak on • Your name, address, email and phone number o The phone number must be the number you will call in from if participating by phone During the meeting, speakers will be called upon in the order in which requests to speak were received. Each speaker may speak once per agenda item and has 3 minutes to address the board. Ceding time to another speaker is not permitted. In the event a meeting is continued to a future date due to the length of public comments, the date for the continued meeting will be announced before the meeting adjourns. No additional requests to speak will be taken for the continued meeting, only the speakers who signed up to speak at the original meeting and were not called upon will be able to speak at the continued meeting. Written comments continue to be encouraged and can be sent to the email address indicated in the "Written Public Comments" instructions above. Zoom Meeting Registration Both members of the public who wish to speak at the meeting and those who wish to only view the meeting must register to receive a link to the meeting. Persons wishing to speak must register with the same name provided in the email that notified staff you wish to speak. The link to sign up for the meeting is: https://orangecountync.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN KOL4Ct5rS7uWpwEMgmMpew If you do not have internet access, you may participate in the meeting via phone. Please call (919) 245-2575 during regular business hours to receive information on the number to call-in to, the meeting ID, and a password. Review Process The Planning Board is an appointed volunteer advisory board which makes recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners (the elected officials). The Board of County Commissioners holds a formal public hearing and makes decisions. Section 2.8 of the County's Unified Development Ordinance contains a flowchart depicting the entire review process for rezoning and text amendment applications.