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Key votes and motions recorded in the meeting packet and approved by the committee:
- Agenda with addendum — moved by Locke; seconded by Farney. Approved by voice vote.
- Minutes of Nov. 7, 2024 — motion to approve moved by Aaron; seconded by Jamal; committee noted a date correction in the packet and approved the minutes.
- Recreation and entertainment licenses for demo derby events (tails Taylor Feldkamp) at the Champaign County Fairgrounds (1302 North Collier Avenue) for two weekend events — motion made and seconded; approved by voice vote.
- Recreation and entertainment license for the Champaign County Fair (calendar of events at 1302 North Kohler Avenue) for 2025 — moved by Jamal; seconded by Jen; approved by voice vote.
- Hotel/motel license for Urbana Motel Inc., d/b/a Motel 6 at 1906 North Cunningham Avenue for calendar year 2025 — moved by Aaron; seconded by Jamal; approved by voice vote.
- Recreation and entertainment license for Hudson Farm Wedding and Events LLC (1341 County Road 1800 East, Urbana) for 2025 — motion moved and seconded; approved by voice vote.

All of these items were presented as packet items and carried with no substantive debate recorded in the transcript. Committee members noted a few clerical date corrections in the packet for two items and asked no follow‑up questions on the licenses.

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Jonathan Hettinger, speaking for Prairie Rivers Network, told the committee his organization supports a moratorium while local officials study the risks of subsurface carbon sequestration. Dr. Stewart said the moratorium is important to protect the county’s sole‑source aquifer and urged the creation of a task force or working group to evaluate the technology and recommend long‑term policy.

Staff reported that the zoning board of appeals had sent the item back to the county committee and that the zoning board considered the matter unanimously; a staff member said no speakers had opposed the moratorium in prior meetings. The committee approved the 12‑month safety moratorium after brief discussion and said it expected detailed study and stakeholder input in the coming months.

Committee members emphasized that the moratorium is intended to buy time for analysis of potential groundwater and public‑health effects and to inform any future permitting framework. Dr. Stewart asked that the committee consider forming a task force to investigate groundwater modeling and interagency coordination; committee members welcomed public input on that next step.

The committee’s approval sends the moratorium to the full county board for final action. No specific technical safeguards or permit conditions were adopted at the committee meeting; staff and members said detailed requirements would be part of the follow‑up work.

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The amendment narrows what animals and how many may be kept in those affected residential areas and sets odor and sale restrictions; committee members described the change as a compromise between allowing small‑scale urban agriculture and protecting established residential neighborhoods.

At public comment, Champaign Township Supervisor Norman Davis said the proposed rules were needed to stop farm animals and associated noise and odor from spreading into denser residential areas. “These behaviors belong on a farm and with some distance between homes,” Davis said, adding that roosters and recent introductions of hogs had aggravated neighbors and prompted earlier enforcement action.

Several residents who said they had kept animals inside the county’s 1,000‑foot boundary urged the committee to strike a balance. Eric Auf described living near a property that at times housed “as many as five roosters, 40 chickens, up to 20 ducks, five turkeys and three swine” and called that situation “not a pleasant experience.” Lisonbee Harper and Andy Harper said covenants, fees and emergency removal notices had led them to remove animals from a property on South Madison; Lisonbee Harper told the committee that neighbors and a neighborhood covenant — not the county alone — had affected what animals could remain on the lot.

Public speakers and several committee members asked technical questions about the draft text. The ordinance attachments cited in the meeting include Attachment A (sections 7.8.1 and related subsections) and Attachment B (noted as section 7.19 h). Speakers raised these details:
- The draft would allow up to six hens in some areas and a flexible cap described in the draft as “up to 18 head equivalents” in other circumstances; one speaker asked that those flexible limits be reduced.
- Section 7.8.1(d) in the draft prohibits meat sales unless approved by the Champaign County Public Health authority, while section 7.8.1(e) permits sale of some “food items”; a resident asked for clarity on what food items would be allowed beyond eggs.
- Attachment B (7.19 h) sets penalties but the process for lodging complaints was not specified in the draft and speakers asked which county office would receive and process odor or nuisance complaints.

Committee members discussed geography and scope: the 1,000‑foot boundary applies to parts of zoning districts that fall within 1,000 feet, not simply a straight radius from city limits, and members noted that some small pockets of neighborhoods near Champaign and other municipalities fall inside the boundary. Several members described the amendment as a compromise that preserves limited urban agriculture while preventing the kinds of high‑density animal keeping that have produced noise, odor and neighbor disputes.

The committee voted to approve the proposed zoning text amendment. Committee members said this action will be the committee’s final action on the item (the draft will not be forwarded to the full county board for further action).

The committee did not adopt numeric enforcement metrics for odor in the meeting; several speakers asked how odor would be measured and who would enforce violations. Staff said some clarifications remain to be worked out in follow‑up drafting.

Going forward, committee members said they expect the draft to be available for review by affected residents and that the committee will not reopen the item unless additional technical changes are proposed or requested.

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