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APPROVED 5/1/2008 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br /> QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING <br /> APRIL 1, 2008 RECONVENED FROM FEBRUARY 25, 2008 <br /> 7:30 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners and the Orange County Planning Board <br /> met for a Quarterly Public Hearing continuation meeting on Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. <br /> in the F. Gordon Battle Courtroom in Hillsborough, N.C. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Barry Jacobs and Commissioners Moses <br /> Carey, Jr., Valerie Foushee, Alice M. Gordon, and Mike Nelson <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geof Gledhill and Brian Ferrell <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Laura Blackmon and Clerk to the Board <br /> Donna S. Baker (All other staff members will be identified appropriately below) <br /> PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Jay Bryan and Members Craufurd <br /> Goodwin, Sam Lasris, Renee Price, Judith Wegner, Michelle Kempinski, Bernadette Pelissier, <br /> Jeffrey Schmitt, <br /> PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Joel Knight, Sandra Johnson-Quinn,and <br /> Brian Crawford <br /> A. OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR <br /> Chair Jacobs encouraged everyone that is going to speak to not repeat what has already <br /> been said at the previous public hearing. <br /> B. PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> The Chair dispensed with the reading of the public charge. <br /> C. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS <br /> The Clerk to the Board swore in the public citizens scheduled to speak. <br /> 1. Buckhorn Village Planned Development: Request by Buckhorn Road <br /> Associates to rezone approximately 130 acres along Buckhorn Road from I-85/Buckhorn <br /> Road Economic Development District (EDD) to Buckhorn Village Planned Development <br /> EDD. <br /> Craig Benedict: I have been sworn. This item, as has been stated, is the reconvening of the <br /> February 25, 2008 public hearing, which was reconvened to tonight, a date certain, and it <br /> involves the Buckhorn Village Planned Development, which is a rezoning from the I- <br /> 85/Buckhorn EDD to the Buckhorn Village Planned Development. This involves both a rezoning <br /> and a special use permit. At the previous meeting, the applicant provided information <br /> concerning their application and staff went through the criteria for both the rezoning and the <br /> special use permit and stated which parts of the application met the criteria. Also, at the last <br /> meeting, there were questions and comments from the public, and the majority of that public <br /> hearing took that information and staff made notes of it as well as the applicant. The applicant <br /> will be responding in writing tonight concerning some of those comments. Tonight's meeting, <br /> the intent primarily is to be able to have time to hear from both the Planning Board and the <br />