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32 <br /> DRAFT <br /> 1428 <br /> 1429 Othlone McCalla: Okay. <br /> 1430 <br /> 1431 Cy Stober: And also the area of disturbance. So, it's proportional to the area of disturbance, and then also <br /> 1432 which watershed you're in. <br /> 1433 <br /> 1434 Othlone McCalla: Okay. So,why I asked is I saw where we had permit costs going from$200.00 to$600.00. <br /> 1435 Right? So, if you were to look at reducing the cost of permits,would that be an incentive to get <br /> 1436 more persons involved in terms of developments? <br /> 1437 <br /> 1438 Cy Stober: It would be. I was also directed by the commissioners to increase all of our permits this year to <br /> 1439 balance the budget. So. <br /> 1440 <br /> 1441 Charity Kirk: I think, I think we're getting off topic. The key question is do we want to release control over to the <br /> 1442 ordinance because we don't really have control anyway. But are we okay with not seeing any of <br /> 1443 these major subdivisions come through because we can't do anything anyway. <br /> 1444 <br /> 1445 Statler Gilfillen: I would like to raise a question. <br /> 1446 <br /> 1447 Cy Stober: So, hold on. <br /> 1448 <br /> 1449 Charity Kirk: I think Beth is next. <br /> 1450 <br /> 1451 Chris Johnston: Yeah. Are you good? <br /> 1452 <br /> 1453 Othlone McCalla: So, I think the primary goal is for us to increase development in Orange County. Right? That's <br /> 1454 one of the goals. right? <br /> 1455 <br /> 1456 Chris Johnston: That depends on who you ask. <br /> 1457 <br /> 1458 Othlone McCalla: Is not that the goal? That you want to increase the housing stock in the county. Right? <br /> 1459 <br /> 1460 Cy Stober: I think, no. The commissioner's goal was to increase,to eliminate obstacles for flexible <br /> 1461 development. So,flexible development can provide slightly more homes, but they preserve more <br /> 1462 open space at the same time. So, it's kind of a win,win. So,you get more open space protection <br /> 1463 for smaller lots, but with those smaller lots,you can typically get a couple,you can squeeze a <br /> 1464 couple more onto a property than you would otherwise. <br /> 1465 <br /> 1466 Chris Johnston: But he did not say the word affordable in any of that. <br /> 1467 <br /> 1468 Beth Bronson: Nothing about this has to do with creating affordable housing. <br /> 1469 <br /> 1470 Chris Johnston: So, let us look back on that. Beth, I believe you were next in line for your questions in regards to <br /> 1471 the presentation. <br /> 1472 <br /> 1473 Beth Bronson: Yep. Yeah. It's a lot of questions that are circulating around, and I can absolutely understand this <br /> 1474 concern of eliminating the planning board from these reviews, even though we are not providing <br /> 1475 approval or denial. We are providing recommendations to the county commissioners in which <br /> 1476 they, as well, have a lot of other priorities,and I do have a couple questions about the wording. <br /> 1477 So, I will stop there and come back to that point, but you had mentioned about minor regulated <br /> 1478 versus exempt some divisions, and your point being that rather than be regulated as a minor <br /> 1479 subdivision, they normally just exempt themselves by meeting the state-level criteria. Is that <br /> 1480 correct? <br /> 1481 <br /> 1482 Cy Stober: Expedited. <br />