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13 ~Q~~j issioner Gordon "I'd make that a motion and I'd add,AdministrafionCrecamim nds~ fer ing ~~ 1 Comm leasure. So it would re , 2 Environment, if it's the Board's p 20~', 2003." the ro osed amendment to the Planning Board ommiss oniers no sooneE han Maynt or a 3 P P 4 recommendation to be returned to the Board of n for the Environment make its 5 6 Commissioner Jacobs "And do we want to have the Commissio ndation to the Planning Board or are we going to get two separate recommendations?" 7 recomme Board." 8 9 Commissioner Carev I think we ought to have them make it to the Planning 10 11 Commissioner Jacobs "So do I. If that's your motion, then I will second it. 12 lease say 'Aye.' 13 Chair Brown "Motion and a second. All those in favor, p 14 1~ VOTE: UNANIMOUS 16 17 [END OF DISCUSSION ON THE LIGHTING ORDINANCE 18 19 20 b. Amend Antic{e 6.23.d7s to` de B ficat on of st earns that requ're s earn 21 broaden the metho buffers. The specific change is to include a provision allowing use~ff toe 22 Soil Survey of Orange County and field identification by County 23 24 identify streams subjecarttOOf the amendment. new definition for a er 25 Feature is added as a p 26 27 Craig Benedict made this presentationeamsS The streams are den ified on United States 28 zoning code that talks about the identifyin9~tion is to increase the opportunfies to idenfrfy streams 29 Geologic Survey maps (USGS). The su99 Soil Surve maps. The 30 with two additional methods. The fitso ut t ~ethe~ a ~~~~ n Program where people can 31 Department of Water Quality has a p o9 32 identify streams or identify that something is a zonin ecode so that when subdivisions are 33 recommendation is to add this provision to th 9 4 anal ed, they can take into consideration all of the aspeof al~f areas drained n the County afeoal of 3 Yz 35 Orange County to protect the headwaters because 85 /o 36 headwaters. An implication of this provision is that there will be additional stream miles that will be 37 protected. of this and Planner Robert 38 Commissioner Jacobs asked if Mr. Feathers has seen a copy 39 Davis said that he was aware of it. 40 Commissioner Gordon would like to have anhe wonders what he mpact would be onShe 41 wants to protect streams as much as possible, buts mi ht be in this classification. 42 people's properties since so much of Orange County 9 43 There were no Planning Board comments. 44 45 Public Comment 46 There was no one signed up to speak to this item, but Chair Gooding-Ray asked ' anyone 47 would like to speak. 48 Robert Nichols, a retired dairy farm ai, Benediict sad n the peeslentation tha the stream Y 49 buffer wo d be from 130-170 feet On h srproperty this would take about 37 acres of his 175 50