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OR NGE, COUNTY PL UQ- ni - DEPARTl1E.i1'T IULLSSOR OUGH NORTH CAROLINA: 27278 b."S%a ul q. 9 17.+ .'�. . 52 '114 Cos Memo To: Oran a County Board of Commissioners From: Plan ing Department Date: Sept tuber 20, 1: 77 Subject: Prog ess report on Advisory Councils The initi tion of Advisory Council meetings started in Bingham Township in June, 1977. Since that time, Councils have also been appointed by the Planning Board in Cheeks, Hillsborough, and Eno Townships. The initial meetings will have been held in all- three remaining townships by Monday, September 26, 1977. Attendance has generally been good in all townships and participation has been active. While the Planning Board decided to leave specific decisions regarding voting, member hip, officers and rules of procedure in the hands of the . individual to ship meetings, both Bingham and Cheeks, the only meetings to consider these items at this point, delegated official decision making to the Advisory C uncil. it will then be the Councils' responsibility to actively solicit input rom township residents before recommendations are made to the Planning Board The meth& of nominating Council members for appointment by the Planning Board has varied by .township. Generally the list of interested people which the Planning Department bad on file has been augumented by the township Planning Board members t o include broader representation. At the first meeting1following the identification of community areas within the township, additional names have been solicited to principally insure geographic representation. A list of 15 to 20 people, eveloped through this process, has then been officially appointed by the Plannin Board. I,n Eno Township, an unusually large list was developed at the first m eting, followed by a nomination by ballot at the second meeting. The Planning B and selected the first twenty names from this election and added another six pe ple to better represent the township. While mos of the Councils are at the organizational stage, the process in Bingham Township has also included problem ranking by questionnaire, discussion of the actors in land use! decision making, and one meeting of discussion about the Subdivision Regulations. To date, the Councils have taken the following action: Bingham Township - Official action taken by appointed Advisory Council, quorum: simple majority - Officers: Lindsay Tapp, Chairman Jimmy Foust, Vice-chairman - Attendance: 7.9-25 - Cou cil Membership: 17