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the north of this particular site was in a similar situation and could easily be <br /> renovated and redeveloped, and he thought it made sense to have the <br /> characteristic of the whole street looked at to treat all of the properties on the <br /> east and west side of 50th Avenue the same in terms of setbacks. <br /> Discussion followed. <br /> Chairman Zimmerman opened the public hearing at 7:42 p.m. and since <br /> no one wished to speak, the public hearing was closed. <br /> ON MOTION BY Mr. Brognano, SECONDED BY Mr. <br /> Stewart, the members voted unanimously (6-0) to <br /> recommend that the Board of County <br /> Commissioners adopt the proposed ordinance. <br /> Commissioner's Matters <br /> Chairman Zimmerman asked if the BCC had asked staff to start to compile <br /> information to respond to the environmental report tied to the proposed high <br /> speed railroad. <br /> Mr. Boling advised because the All Aboard Florida (AAF) project was <br /> seeking a government loan an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was <br /> required for the segment running from West Palm Beach to Orlando and every <br /> affected local government staff was learning about the process. He stated the <br /> BCC had approved hiring an outside engineering and environmental expert and <br /> legal counsel to work for the County and with staff of the cities and other local <br /> governments in the region to assist with the EIS process. <br /> Mr. Boling noted the EIS process normally had a 45-day comment period; <br /> however the County had asked for a 90 or preferably a 180-day comment period, <br /> and so far the response had been to allow 75 days. He did not know when the <br /> EIS would be issued and it was felt the process could take years with public <br /> hearings and a lot of people looking at every facet and making comments. Mr. <br /> Boling mentioned information was constantly being added and updated on the <br /> County's web site. <br /> Discussion ensued. <br /> Planning Matters <br /> Mr. Boling updated the members on recent action taken by the Board of <br /> County Commissioners (BCC) on planning matters that had been before the <br /> PZC/Unapproved 4 May 22, 2014 <br /> F:\BCC\AII Committees\P&Z\2014—AGENDAS& MINUTES\P&Z-05-22-14.doc <br /> lOS <br />