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Chair Jacobs asked about the meeting schedule of the Planning Board and Craig <br /> Benedict said that there is a meeting tomorrow, and then there could be a meeting on June <br /> 111h, depending on what decisions are made tonight. <br /> Commissioner Gordon asked what would happen after the meeting on June 24th. Craig <br /> Benedict said that June 24th would be the time to take action with fuller recommendations from <br /> the Planning Board. <br /> Commissioner Nelson asked Jay Bryan if this was enough time for the Planning Board. <br /> Jay Bryan said that this would be a difficult timetable for the Planning Board to meet. <br /> Secondly, he made reference to the resolution in the white notebook, and said that most of the <br /> Planning Board needed a fair amount of additional information. <br /> Chair Jacobs said that he has spoken to Jay Bryan about this, and the Planning Board <br /> has been working diligently on two major items simultaneously, and they discussed bringing <br /> this back on August 19th to give the Planning Board more time to discuss this. <br /> Commissioner Foushee asked if there were members of the current Planning Board <br /> that would be rotating off at the end of June and Jay Bryan said that there are some members <br /> scheduled to rotate off even before the end of June, but have not rotated off yet because they <br /> have not been replaced. Commissioner Foushee said that she has some fears about new <br /> members coming onto the Planning Board and the education factor of this process, which is so <br /> involved. <br /> Jay Bryan said that the Planning Board is engaged and involved in this, and he would <br /> hope that the members would stay on for this additional period of time. <br /> Larry Wright, Planning Board member, said that up until May 21St, the Planning Board <br /> sessions were staff-driven. He said that, on that date, the Planning Board members voted to <br /> have the Planning Board member-driven. He said that Planning Board members were buried <br /> under piles of documents, much of it redundant; lacking attribution, identity, or date. He said <br /> that this consumed valuable time. Planning Board members found elements to be incomplete, <br /> non-conforming, conflicting, erroneous, or amiss. Requests were made in writing for <br /> documents and maps and they were never delivered. He said that the Planning Board has <br /> spent many hours on this issue, and the last session was five hours. The Planning Board <br /> outlines and details information it deems necessary to conduct a pragmatic, fair, and neutral <br /> assessment of the proposal relative to existing land use and zoning. He would like to hear <br /> some justifications for the extreme urgency to push this process through. He noted that the <br /> Planning Board members are volunteers and their occupations and personal business take <br /> priority over their volunteer activities. <br /> Commissioner Carey said that it is important to give the Planning Board a reasonable <br /> amount of time to review the materials and to have the needed discussions. He suggested <br /> shooting for the August meeting for this item to give the Planning Board time to discuss this <br /> issue. <br /> PUBLIC COMMENT: <br /> Judith Wegner, Planning Board member, said that the fiscal analysis was not neutral. <br /> She said that there is great talent on the Planning Board, but they are getting information from <br /> staff that is not responsive to the Planning Board's concerns. She said that one of the major <br /> concerns of the Planning Board was the traffic study. She said that no one is looking critically <br /> at this material. She said that the volume of paper is too much for the Planning Board, and <br /> she thinks that she might write to Sanford Holshouser and tell them her opinion of the <br />