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17 <br /> DRAFT <br /> 55 was able to provide with regard to the climate action plan. She was not able to attend today's <br /> 56 meeting because she's in a conference in Richmond. Like I said this is a major element that <br /> 57 aligns with the climate action plan and Orange County sustainability efforts. With that greenhouse <br /> 58 and gas emission reduction goals to reduce by 50 percent by 2030 and reduce 100 percent by <br /> 59 2050. This just shows the distribution and the fair share. This was an interesting slide to me,the <br /> 60 amount that's dedicated in terms of emissions to electricity, 30 percent. Overall breakdown. All <br /> 61 energy was responsible for 54 percent of Orange County's greenhouse gas emissions,that was a <br /> 62 pretty amazing statistic to me. And by adding solar energy,we can cut those emissions. It's in <br /> 63 the climate action plan as identified. The manner of process they decided to brief at the ORC. <br /> 64 You heard this item last month in your April meeting where additions were made, based on the <br /> 65 ORC comments and comments received under courtesy and peer review. The item is recording <br /> 66 and refined in conjunction with sustainability programs and smart initiatives and then today, as <br /> 67 with the other one,the replacement items in your packet. Recommendation. Review and discuss <br /> 68 the LIDO text amendments; consider the planning director's recommendation and make a <br /> 69 recommendation to the BOCC on the statement of consistency,Attachment 2, and the proposed <br /> 70 text amendments. <br /> 71 <br /> 72 Lamar Proctor: All right. Any questions? <br /> 73 <br /> 74 Dolores Bailey: Can you go back about 3 slides. <br /> 75 <br /> 76 Patrick Mallett: There? <br /> 77 <br /> 78 Kirby Saunders: You said with solar added to it, it would do what? <br /> 79 <br /> 80 Patrick Mallett: So that would fall under this energy category here. <br /> 81 <br /> 82 Beth Bronson: It would reduce it. <br /> 83 <br /> 84 Patrick Mallett: And not entirely obviously, but it would offset some portion of that, but I think the point of this <br /> 85 graphic is to show that I would not have guessed that that was 30 percent of our overall <br /> 86 emissions. <br /> 87 <br /> 88 Lamar Proctor: Just a general question. So, these amendments,what's the practical effect? Like what will it do in <br /> 89 terms of these solar arrays for which they cover. <br /> 90 <br /> 91 Patrick Mallett: We feel like the language aligns with the model ordinances that NC State has,that Solar Smart <br /> 92 has that they've identified. I really wasn't driving this amendment. It was Amy and that initiative <br /> 93 and that collaboration with working with her group and others to make it more understandable, <br /> 94 transparent, and less fluff and requirements that are not necessary. To give you an example, <br /> 95 there's a requirement for a roof load. You have to get a structural engineer to approve that it <br /> 96 meets the supports. That's covered in the building code. We don't need it in the ordinance. It's <br /> 97 another layer of documentation and bureaucracy that's already there. <br /> 98 <br /> 99 Beth Bronson: I have one question. For Page 103, it says standards for farm related solar arrays. If you had <br /> 100 bona fide farm status, you were allowed to develop solar arrays? Would having a solar array <br /> 101 create bona fide farm status? <br /> 102 <br /> 103 Patrick Mallett: No. Completely separate. And part of that, I'll add a parenthetical to this that that was included at <br /> 104 the request of Solar Smart initiative and Amy Eckberg, also economic development. There's a <br /> 105 movement called photo-aggro-voltaics and that's the placement of solar arrays on farms and <br /> 106 studying the impacts,the temperature on a farm and the moisture composition. <br /> 107 <br /> 108 Beth Bronson: It's called innovative farming. <br />