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Excerpt of Minutes Attachment 3 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD APRIL 2, 2014 REGULAR MEETING Approved 5/7/14 MEMBERS PRESENT: Peter Hallenbeck (Chair), Cheeks Township Representative; Herman Staats, At- Large, Cedar Grove Township; Paul Guthrie, At -Large Chapel Hill Township; Tony Blake, Bingham Township Representative; Andrea Rohrbacher, At -Large Chapel Hill Township; James Lea, Cedar Grove Township Representative MEMBERS ABSENT: Lisa Stuckey, Chapel Hill Township Representative; Buddy Hartley, Little River Township Representative; Maxecine Mitchell, At -Large Bingham Township; Vacant- Eno Township Representative; Vacant - Hillsborough Township Representative; Vacant- At- Large; STAFF PRESENT: Craig Benedict, Planning Director; Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor; Perdita Holtz, Special Projects Coordinator; Ashley Moncado, Special Projects Planner; Tina Love, Administrative Assistant II OTHERS PRESENT: Brent Niemann, Louis lannone, Beth Trohes, Rich Kirkland HANDOUTS: Email from Louis lannone to Mrs. Wise AGENDA ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL AGENDA ITEM 10: JOINT PLANNING LAND USE PLAN AND AGREEMENT: To receive educational Information on the Joint Planning Land Use Plan and Agreement, a joint planning effort between Orange County and the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro that was adopted in the mid- 1980s. The purpose of this item is to familiarize the Planning Board with the plan and agreement in anticipation of recommendation the Planning Board will be asked to make in regards to Agenda Items 11 and 12. Presenter: Perdita Holtz, Special Projects Coordinator Perdita Holtz: Reviewed background. Paul Guthrie: Given the nature of the Annexation laws in this state, does the annexation plan really have any relevance to the process? Craig Benedict: Yes, a joint planning agreement is more effective now under new annexation laws because the ability for a city to annex an area not contiguous is more difficult. This gives them the opportunity to have some control of what may eventually be urban environment when the annexation does allow so there is more consistency. In many cases, where people want to have a future annexation area or control land use and zoning, they ask the state to expand their ETJ. Perdita Holtz: Not by people, municipalities. Craig Benedict: That still happens across North Carolina. This was a hybrid solution as opposed to an ETJ expansion. IM.