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Attachment 3 12 <br /> Approved 12.1.21 <br /> 1 MEETING MINUTES <br /> 2 Excerpt of Minutes ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br /> 3 NOVEMBER 3,2021 <br /> 4 REGULAR MEETING <br /> 5 (Due to current public health concerns,this meeting was held virtually. <br /> 6 Members of the Planning Board, staff and public participated remotely) <br /> 7 <br /> 8 MEMBERS PRESENT: David Blankfard (Chair), Hillsborough Township Representative;Adam Beeman (Vice-Chair), Cedar <br /> 9 Grove Township Representative; Lamar Proctor, Cheeks Township Representative; Kim Piracci, Eno Township <br /> 10 Representative; Carrie Fletcher, Bingham Township Representative; Statler Gilfillen,At-Large Representative; <br /> 11 Randy Marshall,At-Large Representative; Susan Hunter, Chapel Hill Township Representative; Whitney Watson,At-Large <br /> 12 Representative; Melissa Poole, Little River Township Representative; Charity Kirk,At-Large Representative; <br /> 13 <br /> 14 MEMBERS ABSENT: Alexandra Allman,At-Large Representative; <br /> 15 <br /> 16 STAFF PRESENT: Perdita Holtz, Planning Systems Coordinator; Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor;Ashley <br /> 17 Moncado, Planner 11; Tina Love,Administrative Support <br /> 18 <br /> 19 ****** <br /> 20 <br /> 21 AGENDA ITEM 6: AMENDMENTS TO THE ORANGE COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND TO THE <br /> 22 ORANGE COUNTY ZONING ATLAS—ENO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT(EDD)—To make a <br /> 23 recommendation to the BOCC on BOCC-initiated amendments to the two maps listed in the title. The <br /> 24 proposed amendments to the Future Land Use Map(FLUM)would change the land use classification of <br /> 25 112.2 acres of land, comprised of 34 parcels,from Economic Development District Transition Activity <br /> 26 Node to 10-Year Transition. The same parcels are also proposed to be rezoned from EDE-1 (Economic <br /> 27 Development Eno Lower Intensity)to R-1 (Rural Residential)This item is scheduled for BOCC Public <br /> 28 Hearing on December 14, 2021. <br /> 29 PRESENTER: Perdita Holtz, Planning Systems Coordinator <br /> 30 <br /> 31 Perdita Holtz presented a PowerPoint presentation to the Board and provided background information and answered <br /> 32 questions. <br /> 33 <br /> 34 David Blankfard: Will this allow existing the pump station to serve everything else that is currently in the EDD. <br /> 35 <br /> 36 Perdita Holtz: A lot of the existing uses in the EDD are on well and septic and not hooked up to existing sewer. The <br /> 37 capacity for the pump station is focused on that 200 acres plus the development that Durham is anticipating on its side of <br /> 38 the county line. <br /> 39 <br /> 40 Adam Beeman: What is the long-term plan in Orange County for waste treatment? Seems like we're sending off to <br /> 41 Mebane and Durham and Durham has that explosion of growth on the border so it would be nice to have some sort of <br /> 42 commercial options available. <br /> 43 <br /> 44 Perdita Holtz: There is no plan for Orange County to get into what we call the water and sewer business. That has been <br /> 45 left to the municipalities not just Durham and Mebane but also Hillsborough, Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Chapel Hill and <br /> 46 Carrboro being through OWASA. <br /> 47 <br /> 48 Adam Beeman: So we have no intentions of trying to deal with that as far as the County is concerned? <br /> 49 <br /> 50 Perdita Holtz: That has been the political decision that was made to date. <br /> 51 <br /> 52 Adam Beeman: Well I think we need to rethink that because it's not going to work. If we are going to look at ourselves <br /> 53 along the industrial corridor, 1-40 and 1-85, because we are relying on other people. That limits any kind of commercial <br /> 54 growth. That concerns me not having any thoughts of potential restaurants, etc. We're going to limit ourselves the whole <br />