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~i ~ ~ 1 1 2 MINUTES 3 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 4 AND 5 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD 6 MAY 22, 2000 7 s The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in joint session with the Orange County 9 Planning Board on Monday, May 22, 2000 at 7:30 p.m. in the F. Gordon Battle Courtroom, 1o Hillsborough, North Carolina. 11 ],Z COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Moses Carey, Jr. and Commissioners Margaret 13 W. Brown, Alice M. Gordon, and Bany Jacobs 14 COUNTY COMMISSIONER ABSENT: Stephen H. Halkiotis is ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Leo Allison and members X6 Karen Ban'ows, Howard McAdams, Crauford D. Goodwin, Rachel Preston, Co-Chair James Selkirk, and 17 Robert Strayhom 18 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Bony Katz, Theresa Nicole 19 Gooding-Ray, Onie Lea, Lynne Holtkamp, Runyon Woods; 20 COUNTY•ATTORNEY PRESENT; Harmony Whalen 21 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Jahn M. Link, Jr., Planning Director Craig Benedict zz and Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe (all other staff members will be identified appropriately below) 23 24 NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TD IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT 25 AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. ALL RECORDINGS OF THE MEETING WILL z6 BE K,_,EPT FOR 5 YEARS. 27 2s ~-. OPENING RE^ 11A, ARKS FROM THE CHAIR 29 Orange County Board of Commissioners Chair Moses Carey said that the Orange County 3o Planning Board Chair Leo Allison would be chairing the first two items on the, agenda tonight and he 31 would be chairing the third item. 32 33 B. PUBLIC CHARGE 34 Chair Carey dispensed with the reading of the public charge. 35 36 C. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS . 37 3s 1. Oranae Cou Zo.~ Ordinance~Text Amendments 39 a. Section 20.fi Public Hearing and Notice Thereof 4o Planning Director Craig Benedict made the presentation. He outlined the items to be 41 discussed as stated on the agenda. 4z He summarized the two Zoning Ordinance amendments. He said that, consistent with the 43 goals that have been put forth from the County, staff looked at the public participation procedures that 44 are a requirement of the zoning code. They found that when a public hearing is called, the first time the 45 public hears about what will be on the public hearing is something in the newspapers. He said that a lot 45 of the public believes, from this advertisement, that all of the ideas have been created and decisions 47 have been made. He summarized the process of a public hearing. He said that the new process is 4s consistent with state law and includes notifications out to the public. He gave an example of changing 49 regulations within a watershed and said that the County would have to notify every person within the so watershed and every person within a 500-foot radius around the~watershed. The proposal is that a 51 notice will be sent out to have an open house or public forum prior to the public meeting. This would sz give the staff an opportunity to meet with the public and explain the changes that are being made.