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7 <br /> • "...current ETJ/JPA population (6.7%) as compared to current Planning Commission <br /> member percentage (22%)." <br /> Other Options... <br /> • Make no changes to membership...retain JPA seat on Planning Commission & Board of <br /> Adj. <br /> Another Option... <br /> • Change the JPA seat to an ETJ or JPA seat <br /> o County Commission appointment <br /> • Seat can be filled by a Chapel Hill Resident if unfilled for 90 days <br /> o Town Council appointment <br /> Recommendation <br /> • Consider the amendment <br /> • Continue the Public Hearing <br /> • Chapel Hill Town Council <br /> ❖ November 11 <br /> • Carrboro Board of Aldermen <br /> ❖ November 24 <br /> • Orange County Commission <br /> ❖ December 7 <br /> Town Council Member Palmer said the slides did not reflect the current membership that <br /> shows the enormous contrast between the less than 1 percent of the population being in the <br /> joint planning area, yet being 20 percent of the representation on the Planning Board. <br /> Mayor Kleinschmidt said if another column was added to show the percentage of <br /> representation on the Chapel Hill Planning Commission and Board of Adjustment, a huge <br /> disparity would be evident between the population and the representation. <br /> Alderman Seils asked if the Chapel Hill Planning Commission had permitting issuing <br /> authority. <br /> Mayor Kleinschmidt said this Commission is a quasi-judicial group, depending on the <br /> type of permit that is being sought. <br /> Alderman Seils said the Carrboro Planning Board does not have such authority. <br /> PUBLIC COMMENT: <br /> Debbie Masquela read an email that she had sent to all boards: <br /> 1 live in the JPA Chapel Hill map area. I would like to suggest a good compromise on <br /> the Option B for the Joint Planning Area Membership. Please consider this compromise. <br /> If we are to use Option B but to retain the title on the individual seats on the Chapel Hill <br /> Planning Commission and Chapel Hill Board of Adjustment as having JPA/ETJ status. Which <br /> means the persons filling those seats, if they do remain vacant after 90 days of being available <br /> to JPA or ETJ residents, those people would be responsible to represent the interests of <br /> JPA/ETJ residents. The seat would retain their titles as JPA/ETJ representatives, even if after <br /> this 90-day vacant period lapsed and the seats were then filled by Chapel Hill residents. <br /> If you do not agree with this compromise, 1, plus my neighbors would like to know why <br /> we would be denied this representation in our own Town's government; and not just because <br /> we are outnumbered in population and acreage. Our countryside landscapes of rolling hills of <br /> farms, woods, forest, fields, creeks, streams, ponds add immeasurably to the aesthetic value <br /> and harmony of our Chapel Hill Community as a whole. These peaceful lands cannot be held in <br /> comparison to the Town's lands that are weaved with shops, traffic lights, cookie cutter <br /> neighborhoods upon a mixture of asphalt and cement. JPA/ETJ areas are greatly different in <br />