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7 1 Orange County Board of Adjustment Leon Meyers 2 Orange Unified Transportation Board Erik Broo 3 Orange County Planning Board Lamar Proctor 4 Economic Development Advisory Board Estella Johnson 5 Chapel Hill Orange County Visitors Bureau Advisory Board Sharon Hill 6 & Laurie Paolicelli 7 Human Relations Commission Frances Castillo 8 Orange County Housing Authority Board Corey Root 9 Affordable Housing Advisory Board Jenn Sykes 10 Alcoholic Beverage Control Board Tony DuBois 11 Animal Services Advisory Board Ed Tiryakian 12 & Bryan Stuart 13 14 Tara May introduced the item. 15 Leon Meyers presented for the Board of Adjustment. He said the Board of Adjustment 16 met six times in the last year or so, for one work session, one orientation, one appeal case, two 17 variance cases, and a virtual meeting to approve minutes. He said there were issues with staff 18 support, which the Planning Director corrected. He said there is a regular member who has not 19 had any communication with the Board of Adjustment for over a year. He said that it was 20 important to move the alternates into regular member seats and to fill the alternate positions, so 21 the Board of Adjustment can operate. 22 Commissioner Richards asked what are the kinds of things that the Board of Adjustment 23 would take up. 24 Leon Meyers said the Board of Adjustment is a quasi-judicial board and it was created 25 by the North Carolina General Statutes and the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). He 26 said that it handles appeals of decisions that staff make, variances from the requirements of the 27 UDO, and a narrow class of special use permits. 28 Commissioner Richards asked about issues with the UDO and if it is handled separately, 29 or if it were collectively something the county would look at in the UDO. 30 Leon Meyers said the Board of Adjustment is not involved with the LIDO, except as a 31 distant advisory board. 32 Erik Broo presented for the Orange Unified Transportation Board (OUT Board). He said 33 they have met five times and that the virtual meetings helped with a quorum. He said that the 34 major thing they did in 2021 was to make recommendations on the Orange County CTP. He 35 said they review NCDOT projects in Orange County at every meeting. He said they review the 36 Burlington Graham MPO 2045 MTP update. He said they get updates from Nish Trivedi and his 37 staff about projects, and they offer feedback. He said they meet regularly with TAS. He said 38 they pursue the non STIP items that are outside of NCDOT's realm and those can be 39 accomplished din a timelier manner. He said they monitor local and regional plans, like 40 Robeson county's goal to have traffic fatalities at zero. He said the board looks at other 41 community plans to determine if they are good fit for Orange County. He said they use the 42 website to push information out and solicit feedback. He said they are actively trying to support 43 multi-modal transportation projects, and this is a challenge. He said that everyone wants bike 44 lanes, but they have to be called 4-ft shoulders to be able to meet the guidelines. He said in 45 2022, they are going to look at the US 70 multi-modal corridor study. He said they will continue 46 to look at the DCHC 2050 transportation plan and they are also awaiting the DOTMSTA study. 47 He said the Grady Brown and Cedar Ridge High Schools are included in the area of the 48 DOTMSTA study and they will be reviewing the information so that hopefully the constituents 49 can have their concerns better heard through improvements. He said there is a possible casino 50 being built in southern Virginia and that would affect the traffic on NC 86, and they are paying 51 attention to issues like that. He said they are looking at alternative means to address local