HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 06-29-2000-5aORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: June 29, 2000
Action Agenda
Item No. ,~-q,
.SUBJECT: Request By American Stone Company, Orange Water And Sewer Authority, And
Philip And Alice Durham To Amend The Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan And Orange
Coun Com rehensive Plan
DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No
ATTACHMENT(S): (Under Separate Cover)
• Draft 4-12-00 Public Hearing Minutes
• 5-8-00 Joint Staff Report ~ Attachments
• 4-20-00 Correspondence from Erwin
Danziger to Craig Benedict
• 6-2-00 E-mail response to Erwin
Danziger from Craig Benedict
• 4-24-00 Correspondence from Julie
Tucker
• 5-24-00 Correspondence and Minutes
from Town of Carrboro
• 5-30-00 Correspondence from OWASA
• 6-6-00 Minutes from Town of Carrboro
• 5-8-00 Chapel Hill Resolution of Adoption
• 6-1-00 Handouts from Elliot Cramer
~ 6-7-00 Handouts from Erwin Danziger
• 6-15-00 Comments from Commission for
the Environment
• Proposed BOCC Resolutions of Adoption
• 6-23-00 Correspondence from Peter
Gordon/OWASA
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Craig Benedict, ext. 2592
Gene Bell, ext. 2589
TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
Hillsborough 732-8181
Chapel Hill 968501
Durham 688-7331
Mebane 336-227-2031
Note: To conserve paper and reduce printing and postage costs, please bring your 4-12-00
public hearing agenda and attachments (Reports A, B, and C -165 pages total).
PURPOSE: To consider a decision on a request to amend the Joint Planning Area (JPA) Land
Use Plan and Land Use Element of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan.
BACKGROUND: Applications to amend the JPA Land Use Plan and the Land Use Element of
the Orange County Comprehensive Plan submitted on behalf of American Stone Company, the
Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA), and Philip and Alice Durham were presented at a
Joint Planning Public Hearing on April 12, 2000. The subject area is located in Bingham
Township along the northern side of NC 54, both east and west of its intersection with Bethel-
Hickory Grove Church Road (SR 1104).
The proposed amendments which were considered jointly are summarized as follows (PIN refers
to property identification number):
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JPA-1-00 requests a 75.20 acre expansion of the extractive use plan category as contained
in the JPA Land Use Plan. The extractive use category encompasses mining and quarry
operations. The application requests that the extractive use category be extended to a 15.20 acre
parcel (PIN 9759-63-9813) owned by American Stone Company and a 60 acre parcel (PIN 9759-
62-1992) owned by OWASA. Amendments to the JPA Land Use Plan require the approval of
Chapel Hill; Carrboro, and Orange County as specified in the Joint Planning Agreement.
CP-1-00 requests the establishment of a 180.51 acre rural industrial activity node. A rural
industrial activity node is land focused on designated road intersections in the rural areas that is
appropriate for industrial uses which da not require urban-type services. The request includes
the properties referenced in JP-1-00 as well as five acres of a parcel (PIN 97574-2780) owned
by American Stone Company and a 100.31 acre parcel (PIN 9759-54-4097) owned by Philip and
Alice Durham (American Stone leases this property and operates an existing quarry there under
a Special Use Permit issued October 23, 19$1). Comprehensive Plan amendments require
only the approval of the Orange County Commissioners.
The Chapel Hill Town Council considered JPA-1-00 on May 8, 2000 and voted to approve the
amendment. The Carrboro Board of Aldermen .considered the amendment on May 16, 2000, but
took no action. They considered JPA-1-00 again on June 6, 2000 and deferred action until their
first meeting. in August. The Orange County Planning Board considered JPA-1-00 and CP-1-00
at a special meeting on June 21, 2000 and recommended denial by a vote of 5 - 4.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: None at this time.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Administration recommends that the Board approve
JPA-1-00 and CP-1-00 based on the fiollowing rationale:
• Approval creates a finite time limit on excavation operations.
• Mitigation measurer agreed to by American, Stone and OWASA during mediation discussions
will promote a more environmental) sound and safe operation than without the amendments.
ote: If plan amendments receive approval, staff will recommend that an application for Planned
Development (PD) I-1 rezoning be submitted concurrently with the petition for special use permit
modification). This rezoning process will permit the County to limit uses within the PD I-1 district.
(Comprehensive Planning Note: As a separate but supportive research item, County staff will be
suggesting two distinct rural industrial node types which will separate public uses from higher
intensity private uses. Accordingly, the permitted use table -those "by right"'and those by special use
- will be modified to reflect the different intent of the two districts).
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1 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD
z SPECIAL MEETING
3 MINUTES
4 JUNE 21, 2000
MEMBERS PRESENT: Leo Allison (Chaix), Rachel Preston, Bob Strayhorn, Crauford
Goodwin, Karen Barrows, Howard McAdams, Nicole Gooding-
Ray, Barry Katz, Lynne Holtkamp.
MEMBERS ABSENT: James Selkirk, Runyon Woods, Onie Lee.
STAFF PRESENT: Planning Director Craig Benedict, Planners Robert Davis, Gene
Bell, Eddie Kirk, and Tom King, and Administrative Assistant
Joanna Bradshaw
AGENDA ITEM #1: CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
Chair Allison called the meeting to order.
AGENDA ITEM #2: CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA
Craig Benedict will present the legal advertisement far items proposed for the August 28, 2000
Quarterly Public Hearing.
AGENDA ITEM #3: APPROVAL OF MIl~TUTES -May 4, 2000
Chair Allison made reference to a few typographical errors.
Barrows made reference to page eight of the minutes, line 29, and said that she would like a little
more background about the safety concern of Kenion Road.
MOTION: Strayhorn moved approval of the May 4, 2000 minutes of the
Orange County Planning Board with the corrections as stated
above. Seconded by McAdams.
VOTE: Unanimous
AGENDA ITEM #4: COMMISSIONERS' MEETINGS ACTION REPORTS
None.
AGENDA ITEM #S: PUBLIC CHARGE
The Chair dispensed with the reading of the public charge.
AGENDA ITEM #6: CHAIR COMMENTS
Chair Allison made reference to agenda item 9a that has to do with American Stone Company
and explained that this was not a public hearing. The staff will give an update of the item and
there will be questions and comments by the Planning Board. He limited the public input to a
total of five minutes for those in favor and another five minutes for those in apposition.
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1 Benedict said that in the Resolution of Approval, some additional language could be added that
2 the Homeowner's Association would be, permanently responsible for the maintenance of the
3 buffer in accordance with the County standards.
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5 There was a friendly amendment to the motion to take out the mention of the berms.
7 Benedict said that berms could be shaped so that irrigation of the plants is not as much of a
8 problem.
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1o Barrows has a problem with making the Homeowner's Association responsible for the buffer
11 right away. She said that the landscaping should be well done initially so that the homeowners
12 aze just maintaining and not picking up pieces.
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14 Chair Allison said that there were landscaping requirements and it would not be done poorly.
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16 VOTE: Unanimous
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1 s AGENDA ITEM #9: MATTERS HEARD AT JPA PUBLIC HEARING (4/12/00)
19 a. JOINT PLANNING AREA LAND USE PLAN
zo AMENDMENTS
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22 (1) JPA-1-00 American Stone Company
23 (2) CP-1-00 American Stone Company
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25 Benedict made the presentation. He showed the area subject to the land use plan amendments on
26 a map. The first item is an amendment to the joint planning area where Carrboro, Chapel Hill,
27 and Orange County must decide on any changes to the joint land use map. In this case, all
28 authorities would have to agree to change the existing land use to an extractive use that could
29 allow the expansion of the quarry operation. The second part of the process has to do with an
30 amendment to the Orange County Comprehensive Plan. If the item is approved in the joint
31 planning azea, then Orange County looks at its awn comprehensive plan and changes it to a land
32 use designation that would be consistent with the intended use of the property. In this case,
33 Orange County will be considering a change to a rural industrial node, which allows extractive
34 uses. If the rural industrial node is approved, the applicant will have to come just to Orange
35 County for a Special Use Permit to expand the existing Special Use Permit to allow the
36 expansion of the quarry and the eventual reservoir. Chapel Hill has recommended approval to
37 the joint plan and Carrboro has not yet approved the recommendation. The Board of County
3s Commissioners will be making a decision on June 29`k'. However, the joint planning amendment
39 cannot occur without the Town of Carrboro's approval.
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4.1 Benedict said that there were comments from the opponents on the changing conditions
42 requirement that were occurring. Staff did some research on amendment criteria, and one of the
43 bases for the change has to do with either an error in the plan or changing conditions. Benedict
44 summarized a chart of changing conditions in Orange County regarding population change,
45 increase of water demand and decreasing rock supply. There have been no changes to the
46 original mitigation measures that were discussed during the April 12, 2000 meeting. After
47 tonight's meeting, there will be no more written information that can come forward to the County
48 Commissioners about these amendments.
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1 Benedict reiterated the staff's position that the staff does find that the two amendments meet the
2 criteria established within the joint planning agreement and the comprehensive plan text
3 amendment changes. The staff is recommending that the Planning Board recommend the
4 amendments to the County Commissioners for adoption.
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6 Holtkamp asked about the concerns of Carrbora.
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s Benedict said that Carrboro's concerns have to do with the impacts to the wells that are in the
9 `general area of the quarry. He said that since there was a lot of rock in that area, there is not
1o much water in the strata. The discussions between American Stone, OWASA, Carrboro, and the
11 residents have been primarily on the ability to monitor wells in the area and find out if there is a
12 problem related to the quarry operation and not the existing geology of the azea.
13
14 Goodwin asked if there had been any consideration of running OWASA water to the residents in
15 the quarry area.
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17 Benedict said that this has been discussed. There has been afive-yeaz process to develop a water
1 s and sewer boundary agreement between Hillsborough, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Orange County,
19 and OWASA. This happens to be a rural buffer area where water and sewer would not be
20 extended. He said that the well situation in the quarry area has not risen to a level of it being a
21 major public health risk. The failure rates of water and sewer systems that are occurring in the
22 County are not too different than what is occurring in the quarry area.
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24 Gooding-Ray asked if these amendments would affect the County's ability to revoke the Special
25 Use Permit.
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27 Benedict said that after these two items, if it were approved through the process, the Special Use
28 Permits would have additional protection. The County can revoke a permit any time there is a
29 violation. It is intended that there will be additional mitigation measures and stricter regulations
30 an the conduct of the quarry than there is now. He said that the staff would suggest that a
31 Planned Development Industrial zoning district come forwazd where the uses would be limited
32 just for quarry and water resource operations.
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34 Katz mentioned that at the public hearing, it was suggested that the failure rate of the wells in the
35 quarry area was much greater than the average failure rate in the County. He asked if this had
36 been denied. He also asked about the instances of foundation damage that were noted by the
37 residents. He made reference to the official from American Stone that stated that in 30 years
38 there had been one complaint, which was not their fault. The afficial did not stay after he spoke
39 to listen to the people who had signed up to speak. He believes that the problems with the wells
4o in the quarry azea are a result of the blasting and the quazry operations. He made reference to the
41 3000-foot radius from the quarry that American Stone is claiming some responsibility. There
42 has been a motion to extend this to 6000 feet and he agrees that it should be extended. He made
43 reference to the chart that Benedict showed eazlier that indicated the population increases in the
44 County over the next 30 years. He said that he did not know if the existing hole at the quarry
45 would fill the water needs of the County in 2050. He said that there have been conflicting
46 statements about the capacity and the needs.
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48 .Benedict said that there was an extensive discussion at the public heazing about water supply,
49 demand, capacity, and availability. He said that the quarry operation has to do with one issue.
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1 The question is whether it is better to have an operation with additional mitigation measures.
2 The reservoir would also provide downstream flow to University Lake, provide water into
3 various streams, and provide water in case something happens to other water systems.
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5 Katz said that he did not believe that American Stone would be involved in a meaningful way in
6 the mitigation of the problems of the residents azound them. He is concerned about this. He is
7 also concerned about the movement flf Bethel Hickory Grove Church Road because of the fast
8 moving trucks going downhill.
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1o Strayhorn is also concerned about some of the comments made by the neighbors. He feels that
11 there should be same compensation for the residents for their wells and structural damage. He is
12 very concerned that the residents are going to be a host to a water supply that they can never
13 participate in. He said that in most cases, when a new water supply moves in, the zoning
14 changes around it. He feels that the recreation that is to be funded for 10 years by OWASA
15 should be continually funded.
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17 Chair Allison invited the proponents to speak at this time.
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19 Paxton Badham came on behalf of American Stone Company. He spoke at the April 12~'
20 meeting. He said that he did not leave, but went out to get a drink of water and came back to
21 heaz everyone speak. He made reference, to the mitigation measures and said that one of them
22 was to donate 10 acres as a community pazk and provide $15,000 a year while they were mining
23 for maintenance of the park. Another measure was to provide $5,000 every year they were
24 mining for general community benefit. He said that at the public hearing the residents said that
25 they did not want a park, so the mitigation measures have been restructured. American Stone
26 will be selling the 10 acres to OWASA for $67,500. They will put this money into a No Fault
27 Well Repair Fund, add the $15,000 maintenance money and the $5,000 community benefit
28 money'to that fund every yeaz they were mining. This fund would be used by people in the
29 community, to be decided by some local or County appointed group, for the benefit of wells
30 without regard to the cause or the fault of the failure. He said that if American Stone does
31 damage a well, they will pay for it out of their own money and not out of the No Fault Well
32 Repair Fund. He said that OWASA has agreed to add $15,000 a year to the fund on an as needed
33 basis.
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35 Katz asked if the fund would include the repairs of foundational damage.
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37 Badham said that the fund is only for wells because there are a lot of things that could cause
3$ cracks in houses. He said that the blasts were scientifically regulated and they were proven
39 clean.
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41 Katz believes that there has been damage to homes as a result of the blasting.
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43 Holtkamp asked if there could be an independent evaluation of the blasting and the foundational
44 damage. Badham said that American Stone would welcome such an investigation. He said that
45 if American Stone paid someone to do this, everyone would automatically think that the result
46 was rigged.
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1 Chair Allison asked who had the responsibility for the mitigation measures. Benedict said that
z some of the responsibility will be County and some will be State. Chair Allison said that there
3 should be a place for citizens with problems to go to start the process of the mitigation.
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5 Badham said that one of the mitigation measures says that there would be periodic community
6 meetings, hosted by American Stone, to go over questions and concerns. The intent is that the
7 mitigation measures would be part of the new Special Use Permit.
9 Holtkamp asked if there could be a designated spokesperson for the County to address the
l0 concerns. Badham agreed with this.
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12 Goodwin asked what would happen if the quarry had to close early. He asked where the County
13 would get the stone that was needed.
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15 Badham said that there was a quarry in Wake County neaz Umstead Pazk, one in the northern
16 part of Orange County, two in Alamance County, and one in Chatham County. He said that
17 hauling was a large part of the cost.
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19 Ed Kerwin, Executive Director of OWASA, said that OWASA does support the repackaging of
20 the mitigation for the No Fault Well Repair Fund. He said that since the April 12~' meeting,
21 OWASA's staff met with Environmental Health Director Ron Holdway and looked at Health
22 Department files for the 64 home sites closest to the quarry and found only two reported well
z3 failures in 20 yeazs. He clarified that the radius was between 1,000-1,500 feet from the quarry.
24 It represented two homes deep from the quarry. He said that the water for the extended quarry
25 would come from University Lake and Cane Creek. There will be no additional water impacts.
26 He summarized some of the other benefits as a result of the abundant supply of water:
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28 Holtkamp suggested that the residents get together individually and determine haw many wells
29 have indeed failed. She said that maybe the wells were not reported to the Health Department.
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31 Katz made reference to Mr. Badham's chart that showed the shock waves and said that even
3z below the failure rate of a single incident, the incremental effect could create well failure and not
33 just one blast.
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35 Chair Allison would like more comment on the mitigation process from the opponents.
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37 Benedict pointed out that any well that has to be dug again must be permitted by the
38 Environmental Health Department.
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4o Elliott Kramer, a retired UNC-CH professor, said that there was a focus on the wrong issue. He
41 thinks the real issue is whether or not an expanded quarry is needed. He said that the current
42 quarry could be mined for another 15 yeazs and could hold about 2.5 billion gallons of water. An
43 expanded quarry would take 30 years to hold 3 billion gallons of water. The additional water
44 that is received from this is only 2% more. He feels that this is a negligible difference. He said
4s that OWASA has made many misstatements of fact. He said that 15 yeazs of additional mining
46 would be sufficient.
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48 Katz asked 1VIr. Kramer to elaborate on why Benedict's population projections were misleading.
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1 Kramer said that the population projections were irrelevant because they address Orange County
2 as a whole and OWASA's service azea is only Chapel Hill and Carrbaro. He said that the
3 Planning departments for Chapel Hill and Carrboro aze projecting-that growth will flatten
4 because they aze approaching build out in about 25 yeazs. He said that American Stone was
5 saving about six million dollars in royalties by this deal. He said that the issue was whether
6 quarry expansion was needed. He attended the Carrboro meetings and said that the issue was not
7 the mitigation measures, but that the-expansion was not needed. There was also a concern about
8 the immorality of expanding this quarry and not providing water to the people in this historically
9 ~ African American community. His projections are that there is enough water without any quarry
l0 at all to go unti12065. He stated that he was a statistician and none of the people representing
11 American Stone Company had any expertise in statistics.
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13 Chair Allison asked where the population chart came from. Benedict said that it was from a
14 company (Woods & Poole) hired by the County. He said that it was just a depiction to explain
15 that there aze changing conditions. He said that the purpose of the chart was not to show the rate
16 of population growth.
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1 s Chair Allison asked if there were other azea5 azound reservoirs where the residents could not use
19 the water supply that was generated. Benedict said that this was the general case:
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21 .Jenny Foushee has lived on Bethel Hickory Grove Church Road for the last 54 years. She said
22 that lately her water has become muddy and she cannot drink it, cook with it, or wash with it.
23 She had to dig another well last year. She made reference to a Mr. Smith who has had to dig
24 three wells. She said that the issue was clean water and not a pazk. She made reference to the
25 blasting and the damage that has occurred to the homes as a result. She said that there were 600
26 homes in the azea that would be affected by the expansion of the quarry' .
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2s Holtkamp asked about the opinion of the well contractors as to why the wells had failed.
29 Foushee said that the contractor that drilled her well said that he has drilled a lot of wells in the
30 area and that it comes from shifting of the rack from the blasting.
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32 Benedict said that blasting would help the wells, if anything, because it creates small f ssures
33 through the strata and would provide more water.
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35 Katz said that the water that moves through the strata. could contain iron and other materials that
36 are of poor quality and could ruin wells.
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3s Foushee said that she has a filtering system installed and she has to change the filters twice a
39 day.
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41 Katz asked Foushee if the No Fault Well Repair Fund was an acceptable solution if the new
42 wells were provided in a timely manner:
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44 Foushee said that the residents would need assurance that the new wells would be provided in a
45 timely manner.
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47 Erwin Danziger said that he was part of the mitigation group and there were two African
48 American families that were also part of the mitigation process. This group met almost every
49 two weeks far a yeaz. He said that the bottom line was that American Stone put in a 3,000-foot
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boundary and a 1978 requirement at the very end that blew them out of the water. He said that
the mitigation measures could not be accepted by the people because of what happened neaz the
end. He said that some of the neighbors aze saying that it is environmental racism. He said that
the violations that have occurred at American Stone Company have not been enforced for many
years. He is very concerned that there is no enforcement mechanism.
Holtkamp said that she is not sure that the mitigation measures are viable.
9 Danziger said that the only thing the neighbors want is for the quarry to close down as soon as
10 possible. He said that he would rather bet on the quarry shutting down rather than some
11 agreement between OWASA and American Stone.
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13 Katz asked about the 1978 requirement that Danziger mentioned.
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15 Danziger said that after a yeaz's worth of working out the mitigation measures, he thought it was
16 worked out that the neighbors would be compensated in certain ways if they were affected by the
17 quarry. At the very last moment, American Stone said that the neighbor would have had to own
18 the property or the well would have had to be existing before 1978 before a claim could be filed.
19 He said that the 3,000-foot radius would not cover the homes that were being affected.
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21 Chair Allison asked for clarification about the No Fault Well Repair Fund.
22
23 Ed Kerwin said that OWASA took very seriously their responsibility of being a good neighbor.
24 He said that the criteria for the No Fault Well Repaix Fund were open to the County. He said
25 that the reason the radius was so small was so the benefits would not be diluted for those closest
26 to the quarry. He said that OWASA does have responsibility to make sure the residents close to
27 the quarry have safe and reliable water. He said that the property or the well did not have to be
28 in place before 1978 to benefit from the fund.
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3o Gooding-Ray verified that a new well would cost between $3,500 to $5,000.
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32 Kerwin said that if, for some reason, the neighbors of the quarry did not use the fund, that money
33 would be available to the community. to use in any way. OWASA's contribution would be
34 earmazked for use only in problem wells. He said that the 2% increase in water mentioned by
35 Elliott Cramer was incorrect and that OWASA thought it was impossible to project the amount
36 of water that would be needed. However, there aze significant environmental benefits to having
37 additional supply of water.
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39 Holtkamp asked. if 15 years would be enough time to get this same amount of water and Kerwin
40 said no. She asked what the issue was to extend water to the neighbors.
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42 Kerwin said that since there were only two failures in 20 yeazs that there was not a real need. It
43 would cost approximately two million dollazs worth of improvements to get the water lines in the
44 vicinity. He said that it was prohibited to extend water lines in the neighborhood because it was
45 in the rural buffer.
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47 Benedict said that the Joint Planning Agreement ensured that there were finite urban growth
48 boundaries so that urban areas would not grow out into the countryside. One of the limitations is
49 that water and sewer lines would not be allowed beyond the urban growth boundaries.
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2 Barrows said that she has been on the Flanning Board since the early 1990's and has heard these
3 testimonies from the very beginning. She finds the testimonies and Mr. Kramer's statistics very
4 compelling. She said that the environmental impact statement was old. She said that the costs of
5 extending the water lines to the neighbors was a drop in the bucket compared to what OWASA
6 was going to lie making and not paying royalties on. She is worried about the redirection of the
7 road. She made reference to the 1$Q acres that is being asked for in the industrial zone and that
s 20 acres would be quarried. She does not understand what the discrepancy is about.' She is
9 'going to have a hard time saying that the quarry expansion is acceptable.
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11 Preston agrees with Barrows and is concerned about the outdated Environmental Impact
12 Statement.
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14 Katz said that however big the hole is that OWASA gets will be an added benefit to the area that
15 OWASA can serve. He feels that the limiting factor for growth is going to be land and not
16 water. He thinks that this is a business deal and this troubles him. He is apposed to the
17 expansion under these circumstances.
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19 Chair Allison asked for more information on the redirection of the road. Benedict said that
20 NCDOT forwazded a letter to the County saying that the proposed new location is viable. The
21 request has to go through a submittal and approval process. NCDOT thinks that it would be
22 better if the truck traffic and vehicular traffic were separated.
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24 Discussion ensued about the location of the proposed quarry expansion.
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z6 MOTION: Holtkamp moved to recommend denial of the land use plan
27 amendments with the notion that affidavits would be received from
28 people who have had to dig new wells. Seconded by Barrows.
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3o Strayhorn said that he realized that crushed stone was a necessity of life. He said that if there
31 was a request for a permit to put a rock crusher in this area, he would vote against it. He said
32 that the County needed to do all it could to make sure that it is operated in a way that is mare
33 acceptable to the people who live around it. He cannot vote against the Planning staffs
34 recommendation because he thinks it would be in the best interest of Orange County to keep the
3s stone where it is accessible to people rather than hauling stone from faz away.
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37 Katz said that'the denial of this proposal would give a chance for a remedy of the concerns.
38
39 Goodwin agrees with Strayhorn. He regrets that water lines aze not being extended to the
40 neighbors of the quarry. He would like to accept the Planning staff s recommendation on the
41 condition that water lines would be extended to the neighbors.
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43 Holtkamp is concerned that this is a business deal and that there is no pressing urgent need other
44 than the people who aze involved in the deal.
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46 Chair.Allison said that this was a work in progress. He feels that this is goad far all of Orange
47 County. He said that reasonable people could work out the mitigation measures.
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Barrows agrees with Chair Allison, -but she thinks if this is approved then it is a go ahead. She
feels that if it is denied it will come back for more scrutiny and corrections.
Benedict said that this was amulti-part process and the Special Use Permit process was where
the specifics were added.
VOTE: Ayes, -S; Noes, 4 (Goodwin, Allison, Strayhom, McAdams)
' AGENDA ITEM #10: MATTERS HEARD AT PUBLIC HEARING (6/20/00)
a. Hillsboroygh Area EDD Moratorium
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MOTION: McAdams moved to accept the Planning staff s recommendation to
approve the moratorium of development applications near the
intersection of I-85/NC 86 and I-40/Old NC 86. Seconded by
Gooding-Ray.
VOTE: Unanimous.
AGENDA ITEM #11: PLANNING BOARD ITEMS
AGENDA ITEM #12: INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
a. Monthly Reports (distributed at meeting)
b. Planning Calendar
c. Next Planning Board Meeting -July 12, 2000
Typically there are two meetings in July. The staff is
suggesting that there be just one meeting in July. This will be a
long-range planning meeting in addition to the regular agenda
items. There will be a lot of items concerning the
comprehensive plan process and the discussion of some of the
items for the August 28, 2000 public hearing. This meeting
will start at 5:30 p.m.
AGENDA ITEM #13: ADJOURNMENT
With no further items to be discussed, the meeting was adjourned at 10:30 p.m.
Becky Butler, Minutes Preparer
Approved By
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