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Attachment 5 44 <br /> Excerpt of Minutes DRAFT <br /> 1 MEETING MINUTES <br /> 2 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br /> 3 AUGUST 7,2024 <br /> 4 REGULAR MEETING <br /> 5 <br /> 6 <br /> 7 MEMBERS PRESENT: Adam Beeman (Chair), Cedar Grove Township Representative; Lamar Proctor(Vice-Chair), <br /> 8 Cheeks Township Representative; Statler Gilfillen, Eno Township Representative; Steve <br /> 9 Kaufmann, Bingham Township Representative; Charity Kirk,At-Large Representative; Chris <br /> 10 Johnston, Hillsborough Township Representative;Whitney Watson,At-Large Representative; <br /> 11 Marilyn Carter,At-Large Representative; Delores Bailey,At-Large Representative <br /> 12 <br /> 13 MEMBERS ABSENT: Liz Kalies, Chapel Hill Township Representative; Beth Bronson,At-Large Representative <br /> 14 <br /> 15 STAFF PRESENT: Perdita Holtz, Deputy Director— Long Range Planning &Administration; Patrick Mallett, <br /> 16 Deputy Director—Development Services; Lauren Coffey, Planner I; Jack Moran, Planning <br /> 17 Technician <br /> 18 <br /> 19 OTHERS PRESENT: Jamie COX, Brian McGuire, Jerry Blanchard, Tammy McGuire, Becky Laskody, Lucas <br /> 20 Babinec, Douglas Jones, Linda Ridenhouse, Jessica King, Frank Cohen <br /> 21 <br /> 22 ****** <br /> 23 AGENDA ITEM 9: ZONING ATLAS AMENDMENT OVERLAY DISTRICT)-To review and make a recommendation <br /> 24 to the BOCC on a County-initiated zoning atlas amendment to amend the boundary of the <br /> 25 Watershed Protection Overlay District on two parcels located east of Dimmocks Mill Road, <br /> 26 Hillsborough within the Hillsborough Township (PINs: 9863-09-3922 and 9864-00-2205). <br /> 27 This item is scheduled for BOCC public hearing on September 5, 2024. <br /> 28 Patrick Mallett: We've got two more cases on the agenda; I'll handle both of those. They're fairly similar. <br /> 29 This is different than your average duck that comes before you. I'm going to give you sort <br /> 30 of a brief overview before we start. Both of these involve a staff-initiated rezoning. In <br /> 31 both cases,what they're seeking to do and we, the staff, are seeking to do is to amend <br /> 32 the watershed boundary lines. There is a process, Orange County has an adopted storm <br /> 33 water watershed overlay throughout the county. We have the delegated authority from <br /> 34 the state and EMC to manage stormwater, erosion control, stream buffers, approve <br /> 35 limitations, whether it's impervious limits or density limits based on the watersheds. The <br /> 36 watershed boundaries were also subsequently adopted and decided to create overlay <br /> 37 districts for the protected and critical portions of the watersheds on that map. The map <br /> 38 was derived at a time when mapping was not as accurate as it is today. It needed to <br /> 39 make some general assumptions based on water courses. It is by no means perfect and <br /> 40 that's recognized by the state, it's recognized by us and several engineers and surveyors. <br /> 41 So, in these two cases it was realized by the property owners that the blue line is in one <br /> 42 location, ground truth, that line actually defies the laws of physics, the ridge line is not <br /> 43 there, it's here, the water course flows this way and that way, and the ridge line defines <br /> 44 the watershed boundaries. So that's the general overview of the two cases that I'm going <br /> 45 to go through very quickly. The first one is located off Dimmocks Mill Road, you can see <br /> 46 the red star there, southwest of Hillsborough. It's in the Upper Eno Critical watershed, the <br /> 47 majority of the property. What you see in blue on this map is the mapped watershed <br /> 48 boundary line and what you see in pink off to the left is what is certified by a surveyor and <br /> 49 an engineer as the true ridge line on that property. And this would hereby amend the <br />