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we'll call the meeting
order
uh so we'll call the meeting of the
board of adjustments for Pender County
on this what is today 20
March spring spring almost
right
um all
right roll
call here Mr olon does he do this
uh he said he was out this month he was
out okay all right can we stand for the
Pledge of
Allegiance Al to the flag the United
States of America to the Republic for
which it stands na
indivisible andice for all thank you
very
much all right um we have our current
agenda in front of us any changes to the
agenda Daniel that you no
okay all right I'll take a motion to
adopt the agenda move second all right
all those in favor say
I all right minutes of our last meeting
from uh February 21st
2024 Mr chairman if I may note one thing
um on the on the minutes it it reflects
uh Mr Brewer as Vice chairman should be
Mr Keeler per per the board's vote so
we'll make that correction very good
thank you very
much other questions or comments about
the
minutes in the order is what is is
binding for any appeal or in not the
minutes
correct yeah yeah in the in the
recording if it's right and that be
submitted as as evidence and
um trans made from minut yeah from
record okay so I uh move to approve the
minutes because they're reflective of
the
conversation have a motion of a
second all right all those in favor say
I all right motion passed minutes have
been
approved all right do we have anybody
signed up for public comment this
morning all
right all
right we'll move into item number seven
our variance
so
um anything else or should I yes sir
please you sure yes sir you're positive
yes sir welome to interject anytime you
need to all right good morning and
welcome everyone to the board of
adjustments meeting uh Pender County
we're going to hear two cases today
appeal of administrative decision 202
24-12 and variance
20236 before we begin it's important for
everyone to understand some facts
related to this meeting this is known as
a quaide judicial proceeding which means
it functions much like a court where one
individual's rights are being determined
only persons who can demonstrate that
they will be affected by the outcome of
the decision are allowed to participate
as parties in the proceeding testimony
will be limited to only those who those
issues concerning whether the variance
or appeal application should be granted
modified or denied under the unified
development ordinance and state
statute persons providing testimony
shall have standing in accordance with
the North Carolina General stat statute
160
d-402 the purpose of the hearing is to
gather relative evidence so that it can
make a decision that is fair to the
applicant neighbors and the community
and respects the procedures and
standards established in the unified
development ordinance in North Carolina
General
statutes any board members who feel they
cannot sit as impartial decision makers
in today's
proceedings if not we will continue with
the meeting
um I assume we have people who are going
to testify
today yes sir okay do we want to go
ahead and swear everyone in who going to
testify today we yes we can go for all
items have sign up for 711 okay well we
just go ahead and swear anyone who's
going to testify in any matter in
today's uh meeting please uh stand up
and raise your right
hand
thank you very much all right we'll
start with variance
20236 yes sir Mr chairman if I may
um at the at the last board meeting uh
this case was continued the applicant
was going to resubmit their master plan
um they have made that resubmission and
they've showed the cross access Corridor
uh that was in question staff needs a
little bit of time to evaluate the
feasibility of that location um and so
we're asking staff is asking to continue
that case till the April meeting so that
would be April
17th okay all
rights Mr ol will be here on
17 I know the the May meeting was um
unlikely to occur based on scheduling
conflex okay so yeah so April have
to unless we I think in May unless we
moved yeah we could always change dates
that's
right I'm out seven to the 18
Mays all right we can maybe move a
date table Yeah but I'm fine the table
anybody have any objection to that if if
you're going to change the DAT if we can
do it when you table that avoid some of
the the notice
issues that on right let's
uh just look at it real quick uh April
17th is the next meeting date yes sir
that's the next scheduled meeting date
are
you I'm I'm good for that so we just
need to firm
up if
um if he's not available Mr bur did I
understand you to say move it to the 10
yeah yeah the
10 the the only thing I would say is um
would it be better if we I think it
might be better for the second case that
we might discuss us here in a moment to
give ourselves a little bit more time um
perhaps the 18th or the
24th 24th is not good for
me I think so
have a work calendar me but yeah I think
so I'm off today I took to but I think I
think Thursday morning the 18th be so
9:00 a.m. April 18th here in M I'll make
a motion to table variance
20236 to April 18 at 9:00
a.m. second all right all those in favor
say
I
oos all right there's no conflict with
this room on that day is there I don't
think so we can confirm that um and we
can bomb
F
okay okay all right great that's uh
that's done all right number eight
appeal yes sir um there are a couple
representatives of the applicant here Mr
Scot Holmes Mr Andy McBay um we've been
working closely with them in a similar
scenario
um in in discussions this morning we we
think that we can uh work towards a
resolution and may be able to do that
outside of a hearing before the board of
adjustment Mr McVey if you'd like to
offer anything as well thank you Mr
appreciate it very much Mr kler um board
members Mr Thurman good to see you um
yes so this is on for an appealed an
administrative decision the uh location
of a a collector Road um it would appear
that that our client and the adjacent
property owners have um an agreement as
to the location of the roadway as as
proposed the application um obviously
that's something that we need to work
with staff to to make sure that that
everybody is on boarded on that and
we're going to Endeavor to have
conversation within the next
several possibly as early as Friday or
next week um to uh see whether we can
achieve agreement it would appear that
it would be in everyone's best interest
uh and Cly the interest of time to
continue the matter one single time it
would appear that April the 18th is the magic date right now so so will
the variance still be needed if you it's not a variance
um excuse me yeah appeal would that
still be necessary if you guys reach
agreement um not if we reach agreement
Mr Paper I I would say okay all right
well I I say that I mean there is a
possibility that we would need to come
before you all as a formality all right
okay so you're formally requesting we
just move that to the 18th as well yes
sir and then we you'll let us know if
you work it out between now and then yes
I Mr Adam's office we will do on okay
all right any objection to that moving
to
the I'll
uh table appeal case 20
24-12 to April 18th
2024 Board of adjustment
meeting second all right motion second
all those in favor say
I all right thank you I guess we're good
thank you sir for coming appreciate
it much better if they get worked
out way to hand
meeting all op
we'll give you your raise
onil we get
this do today tomor please all right
sir all right number nine uh approvals
and resolutions Amendment to the rules
of procedure yes sir Mr chairman this is
something that we've been discussing now
for uh the better part of a year y uh we
formalized the rules of procedure after
multiple discussions with the board um
you all saw this last meeting and it's
ready to be voted on uh it's there's two
additions aside from updating the
language to reference
160d um there are two additions to
article four of the rules of procedure
the attachment uh shows all the changes
in
red and I and J are the ones we were
discussing last yes sir that's correct
disc no like it because in written form
it gives the chairman and the board that
opportunity to limit discussion because
we've seen it in this forum that uh you
know supposed to be evidence it's not
supposed to be matters of opinion or
conjecture so this this gives
that
yeah all right any questions or
comments keeping us up today Absolutely
I'll make a motion to approve uh 9.1
amendments to the rules of procedure as
presented I'll second that all
right all right we have a motion to
Second all those in favor say I iose
okay all right it is adopted thank you
very much for all your work on that yes
sir and if you don't mind I'll uh I'll
print this if you could get it signed
before you take off today that way
we he's got exra
hour I don't want to hold you up good
can do
breakfast great uh okay discussion it
any other discussions for the board just
looking at the website the website needs
to be updated based on your
thank you thank you yeah I think there's
a couple website there's a couple
landing pages where board members are
outdated and different things are
outdated because there's like two or
three different landing pages whether
it's Civic web or the Pender County and
also the advertisement for our openings
it has two districts but it only has one
opening and it needs to say right in the
paper right so there's also um the
county has hired a and I may botch the word of this but essentially a
company to build us a website so we're
transitioning to a new website um
essentially each department has been
managing like kind of its own website um
and I don't say that as an excuse for
why things are wrong but just you know
there is going to be a transition to to
a new website but we'll get that
straightened out
okay U is there any notice requirements
moving
meeting because we because we Contin the
cases to dates certain and time certain
location certain um and we'll do our
standard notice procedures you know that
we normally would post property and put
it in the
newspaper all right so our next meeting
date will then be Thursday April
18th
2024 and uh any other business for the
board okay if not I'll take a motion to
adjourn all
right
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