Special Meeting Summary

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Mr. Bell explained the reason for the Special Meeting tonight which was to vote on signing a resolution to adopt the Solar Ordinance. Mr. Bell stated that he had not had time to read the latest proposed Solar Ordinance and was confused. Mr. Frederick explained that the Planning Board changes which were made to the ordinance at the last Planning Board meeting (9/22/16) were sent to the commissioners work session. Mr. Frederick said the commissioners made their changes and that is what is in front of you tonight. Mr. Bell stated that none of the changes the Planning Board worked on have been incorporated into this ordinance. Mr. Bell asked if any of the grammatical errors the Planning Board asked to be corrected had been changed. Mr. Frederick …show more content…

Hicks said that there are several references about technical changes and he thinks the Board of Commissioners absolutely wants to consider those changes, but at this point we are under a really short timeline. Mr. Hicks said there are solar farms that are ready to apply for permits and the longer this last the longer people can come in without a Solar Ordinance in place. Mr. Hicks said he thought it is the expectation to get the Solar Ordinance on the books as soon as possible. Mr. Hicks explained to the board that they can always come back and make recommendations for the technical changes to the commissioners. Mr. Hicks stated that the Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on their version and it is before the board as their requirement to vote consistent or inconsistent with the County’s Land Use …show more content…

Bell explained to Mr. Hicks that he had not had time to read the Solar Ordinance before him tonight. Mr. Bell said he did read the last Solar Ordinance that came from the commissioners. Mr. Bell told Mr. Hicks that in the last meeting he was highly critical of Mr. Hicks and his office for presenting that ordinance at the last meeting. Mr. Bell said that the grammar was bad with incomplete paragraphs and sentences. Mr. Bell said that if those items are not complete the commissioners can put the Solar Ordinance into effect if they want to do so, but it had glaring holes in it. Mr. Bell said that the planning board spent two or more hours going through the ordinance making notes mostly of the grammatical and misleading verbiage. Mr. Bell said if those errors have not been changed you can put the Solar Ordinance in place but any third grader can walk through the loop holes that are in it. Mr. Bell said he has not had time to read the Solar Ordinance tonight to tell whether it is consistent or inconsistent with the County’s Land Use Plan. Mr. Bell said that we would not have been here tonight if we would have been told at the last planning board meeting that all we were to do was to vote consistent or

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