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Approved 8.7.24 unit, the project would generate a bit more than 30,000 gallons per day of sewage. The 903 project proposes a high-tech solution to provide onsite waste management. Such 904 solutions are not free from failure. If the sewage system of the project should fail, the 905 company would have to condemn the existing drawings and provide water and sewer to 906 the outreaches of the county. 907 908 Adam Beeman: Thank you, unfortunately, time is up. 909 910 Colin Austin: Thank you, my name is Collin Austin. I'm the chair of the advisory board on aging here in 911 the county. We sent a letter to the planning department outlining our support for this 912 project. Our board supports this project because it was created by seniors for seniors, 913 and in response to many of the goals in our county master aging plan. I'd just like to 914 highlight three aspects. First, it increases accessibility for people regardless of age or 915 disability, incorporating wide doorways, handrails, level entries. Only a small fraction of 916 the housing stock in Orange County currently meets this criteria. Second, the 917 development enhances social interaction for older adults; has walking trails, outdoor areas 918 for recreation and events, community garden; and third provides a continuum of care in 919 the community to ensure that the needs of the community are covered and that would 920 allow community members to age in place with their increasing care needs rather than 921 forcing them to leave the community. We believe this is an important proposal, seniors 922 helping seniors age in place, instead of seniors living in isolation or being relocated to 923 facilities with little or no connection to any community. Thank you very much. 924 925 AGENDA ITEM 8: UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE (UDO) TEXT AMENDMENT – ADD FAMILY CARE HOMES AS 926 PERMITTED USE TO MPD-CD ZONING DISTRICT AND ASSOCIATED AMENDMENTS – To continue review and make a 927 recommendation to the BOCC on applicant-initiated amendments to the UDO pertaining to Family Care 928 Homes. The BOCC public hearing date is “to be determined.” 929 930 Adam Beeman: Thank you. So, this next item is the UDO Text Amendment referring to the family care. If 931 you have comments on that, we're going to go through this group right now. 932 933 Dan Eddleman: This agenda item is based on the premise that the entire region encompassed by Orange 934 County has no provision for family care homes and that the rural neighborhood activity 935 nodes located throughout the county ought to be exploited to permit such use. My first 936 speaking to you about rural activity nodes states why that's inconsistent to use that kind of 937 rural activity node for this. Here is why. The assertion that the Orange County region has 938 no provision for high density family care homes and is an omission needing correction is a 939 mistaken assertion. By design, the UDO mandates that high density residential housing is 940 to be where water and sewer, transportation, and other infrastructure is in place and in 941 fact accommodated in the municipalities by the use of R5 and other zoning categories. 942 Chapel Hill and Hillsborough have accommodated many variations of such facilities, some 943 for the most advanced healthcare needs, some for 55-plus senior living facilities, and a 944 number with specific requirements for affordability. Examples are, as many recent news 945 articles point out, these reports include the Legion Road Residential Community Priority 946 Conditional Zoning that was approved for such use. Other similar facilities are located in 947 Chapel Hill where the required infrastructure is in place and make frequent use of R5 948 zoning. Just to quote a little bit about the Legion Road from Chapelboro.com, the Chapel 949 Hill Town Council unanimously proposed a resolution for the project at 1708, 1712 Legion 950 Road Development that will provide affordable housing property to accommodate 951 affording housing units for, and over the age of 55 and that is a legally binding 952