SUBJECT: GENERAL BUSINESS
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Oil and Gas Update and Discussion
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DEPARTMENT: Administration
PRESENTER: Farrell Buller, Deputy Town Administrator
TIME ESTIMATE: 20 minutes
only required for non-consent items
FISCAL SUMMARY: N/A
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff requests Board direction and approval for the topics discussed in this agenda memo
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SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
At the request of the Board of Trustees, Town staff, with the assistance of the Town's oil and gas legal counsel, has been working to revise the Unified Development Code (UDC) Chapter 12 oil and gas regulations. Tonight's report will cover three topics for the Board's review and/or approval:
* Request approval of the timeline for adopting the Chapter 12 UDC revisions
* Seek consensus on the format to be used for the Chapter 12 UDC revisions
* Seek confirmation and/or direction on the community engagement activities staff should use. For comparison, the staff has summarized the process used in 2019 to inform the public and solicit comments on the Chapter 12 UDC revisions
Timeline
Below is the proposed timeline for adopting revisions to Chapter 12 of the UDC. The dates below listed in bold indicate meetings at which Barb Green, the Town of Erie's oil and gas counsel will be present. If the Board approves this timeline, staff will observe this timeline.
Date
Audience
Action
August 25, 2020
Board of Trustees
Share timeline with BOT, seek go ahead, share layout options
August 28, 2020
Residents
Comment period open
September 15, 2020
Planning Commission, BOT invited to attend
Chapter review, steps to date, current recommendations
September 14, 2020
Residents
Comment period closed
October 7, 2020
Planning Commission
Recommend "final draft"
October 21, 2020
Planning Commission
Seek recommendation of UDC updated chapter
October 27, 2019
Board of Tru...
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