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APPROVED 2/18/2013 <br /> MINUTES <br /> BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS / PLANNING BOARD <br /> DINNER MEETING <br /> NOVEMBER 25, 2013 <br /> 5:30pm <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners and the Orange County Planning Board <br /> met for a dinner meeting on Monday, November 25, 2013 at 5:30 p.m. at the Link Government <br /> Services Center, Hillsborough, N.C. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Barry Jacobs and Commissioners Alice M. <br /> Gordon, Bernadette Pelissier, Renee Price and Penny Rich <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Earl McKee and Mark Dorosin <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: Interim County Manager Michael Talbert and Clerk to the Board <br /> Donna Baker (All other staff members will be identified appropriately below) <br /> PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Pete Hallenbeck, and Planning Board <br /> members, Lisa Stuckey, Paul Guthrie, Herman Staats, Maxecine Mitchell, Tony Blake, and H.T. <br /> "Buddy" Hartley <br /> PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Andrea Rohrbacher, Johnny Randall, Stephanie <br /> O'Rourke, and James Lea <br /> Chair Jacobs called the meeting to order. <br /> Chair Jacobs noted that Commissioner McKee and Commissioner Dorosin could not <br /> attend tonight, and Commissioner Gordon would be late. <br /> 1) Opening Remarks <br /> 2) Comprehensive Plan, UDO Implementation Bridge, Other Areas of Interest (see <br /> Attachment) <br /> a. Planning Board Prioritization (Pete Hallenbeck/Craig Benedict) <br /> b. Staff Capacity <br /> Planning Board Chair Pete Hallenbeck said the board is coming out of the UDO tunnel <br /> after being focused on stage one and stage two. He said the board has been working on some <br /> deferred issues in the implementation bridge and bucket list, and some of these items are listed <br /> in the packet. <br /> He said the board is also being driven by a lot of state law changes. He noted that cell <br /> towers were a big topic two years ago, and now changes have been made, and three towers <br /> have been planned for the County. <br /> Pete Hallenbeck referred to the discussions on home occupations and noted that three <br /> quarters of the planning board does something at home that is related to work. <br /> He said emergency access is on the list, to make sure fire apparatus can get in where <br /> needed. <br /> He said, two years ago the former chair brought up the need to get ahead of the adult <br /> entertainment business, and work is being done on that. <br /> Chair Jacobs brought up a couple of items that have come up and are of particular <br /> interest to the Commissioners. He said Agricultural Enterprises was discussed at the recent <br /> Assembly of Governments (AOG) meeting. He said there were varying opinions regarding an <br /> 1 <br />