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APPROVED 4/15/2014 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING <br /> February 24, 2014 <br /> 7:00 P.M. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met with the Orange County Planning <br /> Board for a Quarterly Public Hearing on February 24, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at the DSS Officers, <br /> Hillsborough, N.C. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Barry Jacobs and Commissioners Mark <br /> Dorosin, Alice M. Gordon, Earl McKee Bernadette Pelissier, Renee Price and Penny Rich <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: James Bryan (Staff Attorney) <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: Interim County Manager Michael Talbert and Deputy Clerk to the <br /> Board David Hunt (All other staff members will be identified appropriately below) <br /> PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Planning Board members Maxecine Mitchell, <br /> Johnny Randall, Paul Guthrie, Herman Staats, Tony Blake, and H.T. "Buddy" Hartley <br /> PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Chair Pete Hallenbeck, Lisa Stuckey, Andrea <br /> Rohrbacher and James Lea <br /> Chair Jacobs called the meeting to order at 7:03 pm. He reviewed the following items at <br /> the members' places: <br /> - Booklet/Blue Sheets/Cream Sheets/PowerPoint— Item C-1 — Class A Special Use <br /> Permit <br /> - Letter— Item C-3 - Unified Development Ordinance (U DO) Text Amendment <br /> A. OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIRS <br /> B. PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> The Chair dispensed with the reading of the public charge. <br /> C. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS <br /> Planning Board Member Buddy Hartley introduced this item. <br /> 1. Class A Special Use Permit - To review a Class A Special Use Permit application <br /> seeking to develop a solar array/public utility station on two parcels of property, totaling <br /> approximately 52 acres in area, off of Redman Road between the railway and Interstate <br /> 85/40 in Cheeks Township. <br /> Buddy Hartley: An item involving a special use permit is a quasi-judicial setting, so <br /> approval or denial of such permits are based on sworn testimony and evidence from individuals <br /> who are speaking before the Board. So, we will ask that all individuals that wish to speak on <br /> this be sworn to before the clerk. <br /> Those who were speaking to this item were then sworn in. <br /> Michael Harvey: Good evening. I am Michael Harvey of the Orange County Planning <br /> Department. I have been duly sworn, and my job here this evening is to present to you a Class <br />