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APPROVED 12/3/2012 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br /> Dinner Meeting <br /> November 19, 2012 <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 19, 2012 at 5:30p.m. at the Link Government <br /> Services Center, Hillsborough, N.C. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Bernadette Pelissier, and Commissioners Alice <br /> Gordon, Barry Jacobs, Valerie Foushee, Earl McKee, and Steve Yuhasz <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Pam Hemminger <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Staff Attorney Sahana Ayers <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Frank Clifton, Assistant County Manager <br /> Michael Talbert, and Deputy Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker (All other staff inembers will be <br /> identified appropriately below) <br /> PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Larry Wright, and Planning Board members <br /> Pete Hallenbeck, Andrea Rohrbacher, Maxecine Mitchell, Rachel Phelps Hawkins, Alan <br /> Campbell, Johnny Randall, H.T. "Buddy" Hartley, Lisa Stuckey, Howard Statts <br /> PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Dawn Brezina and Tony Blake <br /> Tentative 2013 Planning / Planning Board Work Plan and Discussion <br /> 1) Openinq Remarks <br /> Introductions were made. <br /> Chair Pelissier said this was Commissioner Foushee and Commissioner Yuhasz's last meeting <br /> and Commissioner Hemminger's too, but Commissioner Hemminger was unable to attend. <br /> Larry Wright, Planning Board Chair, welcomed everyone and thanked the Commissioners for <br /> meeting with them. <br /> 2) 2011/12 Work Products Accomplishments <br /> Land Use, Zoning, UDO (Craig Benedict) <br /> Craig Benedict briefly reviewed the planning departments/planning board accomplishments this <br /> past year including the Hwy 57 area and their first usage there. <br /> Craig Benedict then mentioned the mid-section of Orange County, in the Mebane area and that <br /> the county has completed a 400 acre land use element with amendments, and also completed <br /> some Economic Development District (EDD) amendments as well in this area. He said this was <br /> the largest amount of amendments for this Small Area Plan process thus far. <br /> Craig Benedict said the Hillsborough Economic development zone is also coming to fruition and <br /> Hillsborough has a MOU with Board of County Commissioners and they hope to move forward <br /> on this soon. <br />