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9 <br />i <br />1 <br />z MINUTES <br />3 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />4 AND <br />S ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br />6 MAY 22, 2000 <br />7 <br />s The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in joint session with the Orange County <br />9 Planning Board on Monday, May 22, 2000 at 7:30 p.m. in the F. Gordon Battle Courtroom, <br />io Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br />11 <br />12 COUNTY COMMIS510NERS PRESENT: Chair Moses Carey, Jr. and Commissioners Margaret <br />13 W. Brown, Alice M. Gordon, and Bany Jacobs <br />14 COUNTY COMMISSIONER ABSENT: Stephen H. Halkiotis <br />15 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Leo Allison and members <br />16 Karen Barrows, Howard McAdams, Cranford D. Goodwin, Rachel Preston, Co-Chair James Selkirk, and <br />17 Robert Strayham <br />is ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Bony Katz, Theresa Nicole <br />19 Gooding-Ray, Onie Lea, Lynne Holtkamp, Runyon Woods, <br />20 COUNTY~ATTORNEY PRESENT: Harmony Whalen <br />21 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Planning Director Craig Benedict <br />22 and Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe (all other staff members will be identified appropriately below) <br />23 <br />z4 NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT <br />2S AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. ALL RECORDINGS OF THE MEETING WILL <br />26 BE KEPT FOR 5 YEARS. <br />27 ~ <br />2s A. OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR <br />29 Orange County Board of Commissioners Chair Moses Carey said that the Orange County <br />3o Planning Board Chair Leo Allison would be chairing the first two items on the agenda tonight and he <br />31 would be chairing the third item. <br />32 <br />33 B. PUBLIC CHARGE <br />34 Chair Carey dispensed with the reading of the public charge. <br />3S <br />36 C. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS <br />37 <br />38 1. O. range Cvu Zonis Ordinance Text Amendments <br />39 a. Section 20.6 Public Hearing and Notice Thereof <br />4o Planning. Director Craig Benedict made the presentation. He outlined the items to be <br />41 discussed as stated on the agenda. <br />a2 He summarized the two Zoning Ordinance amendments. He said that, consistent with the <br />43 goals that have been put forth from the County, staff looked at the public partiapation procedures that <br />44 are a requirement of the zoning code. They found that when a public hearing is called, the first time the <br />45 public hears about what will be on the public hearing is something in the newspapers. He said that a lot <br />46 of the public believes, from this advergsement, that all of the ideas have been created and decisions <br />47 have been made. He summarized the process of a public hearing. He said that the new process is <br />48 consistent with state law and includes notifications out to the public. He gave an example of changing <br />49 regulations within a watershed and said that the County would have to notify every person within the <br />so watershed and every person within a 500-foot radius around the watershed. The proposal is that a <br />sl notice will be sent out to have an open house or public forum prior to the public meeting. This would <br />S2 give the staff an opportunity to meet with the public and explain the changes that are being made. <br />