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APPROVED 4/5/2011 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING February 28, 2011 7:00 p.m. The Orange County Board of Commissioners and the Orange County Planning Board met for a Quarterly Public Hearing meeting on Monday, February 28, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at the DSS Building, Hillsborough Commons, in Hillsborough, NC. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Bernadette Pelissier and Commissioners Valerie Foushee, Alice M. Gordon, Barry Jacobs, Pam Hemminger, Earl McKee, and Steve Yuhasz COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: John Roberts COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Frank Clifton and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker (All other staff inembers will be identified appropriately below) PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Brian L. Crawford and members Pete Hallenbeck, Larry Wright, Mark Marcoplos, Judith Wegner, Rachel Phelps Hawkins, Andrea Rohrbacher, Alan Campbell, and Tommy McNeill. PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: May Becker and Samantha Cabe Chair Pelissier reviewed the information at their places that consisted of three PowerPoint presentations, draft resolutions from Carrboro and Chapel Hill, comments from Orange County Voice, a document related to the second public hearing item, a document related to the Master Telecommunications Plan, a pink sheet with an excerpt from minutes related to the public hearing on the Telecommunications Plan, and a series of emails related to the Telecommunications Plan. A. OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIRS Chair Pelissier turned the meeting over to Planning Board Chair Brian Crawford to chair the first two items. B. PUBLIC CHARGE The Chair dispensed with the reading of the public charge. Planning Board Chair Brian Crawford made introductory comments. Commissioner Gordon arrived 7:03 PM. Commissioner Gordon read a handout regarding the procedure for conducting this Quarterly Public Hearing. This handout contained a recommendation for how the actions of the public hearing should be considered. She said that the staff recommendation for action should be changed to follow the County Commissioners' policy for public hearings and planning items. For item C-1, Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), the wording for the action to be considered by the County Commissioners should be changed as shown: 1. Receive the proposed Unified Development Ordinance materials contained in this agenda abstract.