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z® The Chairman asked the Board to review each of the objectives to get an idea of where the Planning staff stood and what is expected of them. 1. Baseline Date - Chairman Whitted summarized just where the Planning Staff was. He stated that the Baseline Data needed for Land Use Planning was complete. Other baseline data, specifically, Housing surveys should be done at a later date with a coordinated effort of existing data that is available, and to touch base with the other exist- ing programs such as Section 8, the Housing Rehabilitation Program, Joint Orange-Chatham Community Action and Triangle J Housing Development. 2. Enlarge the Planning Board - Chairman Whitted stated that the Board would appoint five additional members to this Board at the January 4th meeting. Discussion ensued concerning an educational program for the Planning Board which would include a good understanding of the bylaws. Mr. Whitted summarized this item by stating that the County Attorney should look into the matter of terms as set out in the bylaws. He stated that at the December 21st meeting, the Planning Staff should furnish the Bommissioners with a list of names of persons interested in serving on the Planning Board. The Commissioners will also at that time submit names as recommendations to the Planning Board. The Board talked about the length of terms to be served by the Planning Board. `Mr. Gustaveson stated that he assumed the terms would be for three years. Commissioner Walker stated that he certainly felt that there should be zepresentation to the Planning Board from all townships. Chairman Whitted stated that this was the desire, however, he did not feel that the Board should be locked into this action. The Chairman added that another area of through concerning the Planning Board was that of training. The Planning Director suggested that the manual "Mr. Planning Commissioner" be used in the training sessions as well as other educational material. Commissioner Gustaveson stated that he felt it was important to have a planning staff employee to work with the Planning Board and the Commissioners to enable the Planning Board to have the resources they needed and so that both Boards and the staff will understand what is involved. The Planning Director stated that the training sessions would be a continuing program and he added that the Planning Department would work out a schedule of training sessions for the Planning Board. 3. Extend the Subdivision Regulations County-wide. Mr. Gustaveson stated that at the last meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee, the group had a rough set of suggestions. as~ramendments to the present Sub- division Regulations. He stated that the Committee broke the suggested amendments into two classes, one class contained amendments which the Planning Staff would attempt to insert into the present Subdivision Regula- tion for immediate purposes, and the second class was for long range plan- ning. He stated that the next meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee was scheduled for January 5, 1977, at 12:30 p.m., and at that time, the Committee would have ready a revised rough draft of suggested amendments to the Subdivision Regulations. Commissioner Finney stated that he felt the establishing of the Planning Advisory Council should take place before extending the subdivi- sion Regulations county-wide. Discussion ensued. Commissioner Gustaveson stated that.:;he saw this as a parallel effort to extend the Subdivision Regulations and developing the Advisory Councils which would essentially look forward to County-side zoning. Discussion ensued further concerning the citizens imput regard- ing the Subdivision Regulations extension. Commissioner Walker spoke of the imput of citizens at the proposed public hearing for the extension of the Subdivision Regulations and the Zoning Ordinance. He stated that regardless of what the Subdivision Regulations say, "are we going to listen to the people and be guided by the public hearing, or are we going to do it anyway?" Commissioner Gustaveson replied that it could be seen in Bingham, Cheeks and Hillsborough Townships, that there has been, and continues to be poor development in these township and the Commissioners have no