Agenda - 10-15-2024; 8-a - Minutes

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2 1 Chair Bedford used her time to everyone to register to vote. 2 Commissioner Hamilton said she worked with Commissioner Portie-Ascott on the Bond 3 Education Committee this summer and has been busy working to educate the community about 4 the school bond on the November ballot. She said she attended Alliance Health board meetings 5 and the Capital Needs Work Group meetings as well. She said one of her favorite things was 6 attending Walk Fairview Day. She said during this event, youth interns from UNC presented 7 community needs they heard directly from residents. She highlighted the importance of young 8 people getting involved in advocating for their communities. 9 Commissioner Fowler said she is glad to see the alignment of agenda items to the 10 Strategic Plan. In terms of meetings, she said she attended the Board of Health Behavioral Health 11 subcommittee meeting on June 24th where the role of social media and screentime on adolescent 12 mental health was discussed. She recommended reading The Anxious Generation. She said she 13 attended the Board of Health meeting on June 261h and heard from Alliance Health, as well as a 14 second Board of Health meeting on August 28th where Cait Fenhagen presented on the Deflection 15 and Diversion Program and Tommy Green and Dr. Evan Ashkin presented on the FIT program. 16 Finally, she said she attended two IDEAL meetings and also worked on the subcommittee on 17 policy with the goals of increasing supply, providing financial assistance, and funding a community 18 facilitator/support position. 19 Commissioner Portie-Ascott said she attended the NCACC Conference this summer and 20 highlighted a presentation titled "Warning: Gale-Force Wind Gusts Ahead" from Dr. James 21 Johnson of UNC on major demographic shifts in North Carolina and across the country. She said 22 he focused on the aging population, migration patterns, and growing ethnic and racial diversity 23 and encouraged counties to embrace and adapt to these changes. She said she was proud that 24 Orange County was acknowledged at this conference for innovation in the Kinship Care Program 25 and that Cooperative Extension sponsored a youth delegate, Meg Prinzo, from Cedar Grove. 26 Finally, she encouraged small farmers to apply through Cooperative Extension to become the 27 2025 Small Farmer of the Year and win a $2500 award. 28 29 4. Proclamations/ Resolutions/Special Presentations 30 None. 31 32 5. Public Hearings 33 a. Zoning Atlas Amendment— 1031 Frazier Road, Mebane, Cheeks Township 34 The Board held a public hearing, received the Planning Board and staff recommendations and 35 public comments, closed the public hearing, and considered action on an applicant-initiated 36 Zoning Atlas Amendment to rezone a +/- 112.17-acre parcel (PIN: 9835-74-8573) located at 1031 37 Frazier Road, Mebane, Cheeks Township. 38 39 BACKGROUND: On April 19, 2024, a Conventional Zoning Atlas Amendment application 40 (Attachment 1)was received proposing to rezone+/- 112.17 acres at 1031 Frazier Road, Mebane. 41 The Staff Report in Attachment 2 contains additional information, maps, and analysis. 42 43 Requirements: As detailed within the Zoning Atlas Amendment application package (Attachment 44 1), and Section 2.8 of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), rezoning submittals are 45 required to contain: 46 47 1. A completed/signed Zoning Atlas Amendment application; 48 2. A map, at a legible scale, showing the land proposed for rezoning; 49 3. A detailed narrative denoting the following: 50 a. The existing zoning of the subject property and the requested zoning, as defined 51 in Article 3 of the UDO;