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4 <br /> 1 October 9-15, 2022, as Fire Prevention Week throughout this community, and urge all the <br /> 2 people of Orange County to prepare and practice a home fire escape plan for Fire Prevention <br /> 3 Week 2022 and to support the many public safety activities and efforts of Orange County's fire <br /> 4 and emergency services. <br /> 5 <br /> 6 This the 3rd day of October, 2022. <br /> 7 <br /> 8 <br /> 9 Renee Price, Chair <br /> 10 Orange County Board of <br /> 11 Commissioners <br /> 12 <br /> 13 <br /> 14 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Fowler, to <br /> 15 approve and authorize the Chair to sign the proclamation. <br /> 16 <br /> 17 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 18 <br /> 19 Chair Price said this is the 100th year of fire prevention week. She said even though this <br /> 20 proclamation is dedicated to fire prevention, fires do happen, and we should recognize and <br /> 21 acknowledge the challenging and heroic acts of firefighters and first responders and thank them <br /> 22 as well. <br /> 23 Elizabeth Farnan, Orange County Fire Marshall, said we are fortunate to be in a county <br /> 24 that recognizes and supports the importance of fire prevention and fire and life safety education. <br /> 25 She said as a fairly new Division Chief of Fire and Life Safety with all fairly new staff, it is their <br /> 26 passion and goal to provide fire prevention and education on a level and in a manner that has <br /> 27 never been provided before in Orange County. She said they know this is the key to reducing <br /> 28 the number of fire fatalities, fire responder injuries, and increasing fire and life safety for all <br /> 29 residents, employees, and visitors in Orange County. She said one of the Division's first goals <br /> 30 with the help of a very generous donation from the Hillsborough Exchange Club was to adopt a <br /> 31 dog that would help accomplish providing fire prevention and education. She introduced the <br /> 32 very first robotronic "Sparky the Dog". She said during the month of October, Sparky will assist <br /> 33 the Orange County Fire and Life Safety Division working collaboratively with the schools, <br /> 34 Orange Rural Fire Department, and Safe Kids in providing every public, charter, and private <br /> 35 school in the Orange County school system with fun, interactive, and STEM-driven fire <br /> 36 prevention and education activities. <br /> 37 <br /> 38 5. Public Hearings <br /> 39 a. Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Text Amendments — Erosion & Sedimentation <br /> 40 Control (E&SC) and Stormwater Management <br /> 41 The Board received the proposed UDO amendments, considered conducting a public hearing <br /> 42 and accepting public comment, and considered approving the Statement of Approval and <br /> 43 Consistency and UDO Amendments. <br /> 44 <br /> 45 BACKGROUND: As Planning staff shared during the May 18, 2021 public hearing to adopt <br /> 46 UDO amendments related to North Carolina General Statute (NCGS) 160D, additional <br /> 47 amendments related to stormwater Performance Guarantees were necessary and were moving <br /> 48 forward on a separate path for consideration. The proposed UDO amendments proposed now <br /> 49 seek to specifically: <br /> 50 <br />