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- Deleted:PR <br /> ---- Formatted <br /> APPROVED 12/15/2009 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br /> Dinner Meeting <br /> November 23, 2009 <br /> 5:30 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners and the Orange County Planning Board <br /> met for a dinner meeting on Monday, November 23, 2009 at 5:30 p.m. at the Link Government <br /> Services Center in Hillsborough, NC <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Valerie P. Foushee, and Commissioners <br /> Alice M. Gordon, Barry Jacobs, Pam Hemminger, Mike Nelson, Bernadette Pelissier, and Steve <br /> Yuhasz <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Frank Clifton and Clerk to the Board <br /> Donna S. Baker(All other staff members will be identified appropriately below) <br /> PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Brian L. Crawford, May Becker, <br /> Pete Hallenbeck, Rachel Phelps Hawkins, Tommy McNeill, Earl McKee, Mark Marcoplos, <br /> Jeffrey L. Schmitt, Judith Wegner and Larry Wright <br /> PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Samantha Cabe, Mary Bobbit-Cook <br /> I. Introductions and Opening Comments <br /> Valerie Foushee, BOCC Chair <br /> Brian Crawford, PB Chair <br /> Introductions were made. <br /> II. Developing and Prioritizing 2030 Comprehensive Plan Implementation Strategies <br /> Planning Director Craig Benedict said that the County Commissioners have been <br /> focusing on the goals and objectives. With the recent update to the Comprehensive Plan, it <br /> provided a laundry list of objectives that are of interest to move the County forward. He said <br /> that, in the interest of trying to prioritize these goals, the Planning Board needs to know the <br /> Board of County Commissioners' priorities. He said that if there is a joint interest between the <br /> Planning Board and other boards and they work together with their associated advisory boards, <br /> then maybe there can be a comprehensive list at the end of each year and the Board could pick <br /> 10 of these. <br /> Brian Crawford said that the Planning Board is interested in narrowing down their focus <br /> and what the Board of County Commissioners wants the Planning Board to do this year. He <br /> said that the small area plans are a priority for the planning board but may be different for the <br /> Board of County Commissioners. He said they want to give feedback about staffing <br /> considerations for planning on these issues. <br /> Commissioner Yuhasz said that he thinks that the things that should be focused on <br /> should include the Unified Development Ordinance, how to implement all of the small area plans <br /> that have been adopted, anything and everything that has to do with economic development. <br /> There may need to be some new planning constructs created to allow implementation. <br /> Commissioner Pelissier agreed with Commissioner Yuhasz and said that the economic <br /> development issue may require some coordination with other advisory boards. <br />