OCPB agenda 110514 - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

appointment to the Chapel Hill Planning Board, from the area in which I live in, and the first thing that happened, it 699 happened to be me as the nominee, and the first thing that happened was Chapel Hill Planning Board and the 700 Council decided to eliminate that position so I think that we need to talk about those fringe areas that are in the 701 extraterritorial jurisdiction and see if we can get the process working there too. I’m in the southeast corner of the 702 County and it is going to be one of the big growth areas in a very small area over the next few years, I’m afraid, and 703 there is a lot going on but you usually have to read about it in the newspaper to find out about it. 704 705 Perdita Holtz: So you’re suggesting that we work with Chapel Hill Planning’s Department for them to overhaul their 706 practices on how they notify? 707 708 Paul Guthrie: No, I’m just saying it would be nice to know when those things are going on or how many newspapers I 709 need to subscribe to. 710 711 Perdita Holtz: It’s Chapel Hill’s planning jurisdiction and we don’t necessarily always know what is going on. 712 713 Pete Hallenbeck: I think the key thing is, you being in Chapel Hill, if there’s any neighborhood information meetings, 714 you’ll find out about it in the County because Michael’s suggestion was right on the money. It’s easy to implement 715 and everybody’s informed. 716 717 Buddy Hartley: I feel like the process we have now is working. The question is can we get a quorum at the public 718 hearing. That’s the question. The process is working, staff is doing their job. Staff is giving us the information for 719 whatever is taking place and we are recommending to the Board of County Commissioners, whether they like our 720 recommendation or not, they do what they want to do. So, I do like the fact of possibly having the public being able 721 to come to us before the public hearing but then the question is are we going to have a quorum at the public hearing. 722 I don’t see a big problem with that we just need to let staff know in advance if we cannot make that meeting so they 723 know. We should be able to get a quorum at the public hearing. 724 725 Perdita Holtz: Well it’s really far in advance because the legal ad gets published and notices get sent out, the legal 726 ad is due to the paper like three weeks before the public hearing. 727 728 Buddy Hartley: So we want to be able to have a quorum at the public hearing, we either do or we don’t. 729 730 Lisa Stuckey: Aside from the time somebody was late, and I was one of them one time, it’s been very close. There 731 were other meetings, I can think of two others, maybe three, where we were waiting for people to come. 732 733 Maxecine Mitchell: But I usually get an email and if not an email somebody calls. Does not everybody get that same 734 thing as a reminder? 735 736 Perdita Holtz: Yes, Tina sends out emails asking about quorum. 737 738 Maxecine Mitchell: I have it on my calendar but when I get the email I remember, that’s right I do have a public 739 hearing. 740 741 Buddy Hartley: And she does call. 742 743 Maxecine Mitchell: Yes, if she doesn’t hear from me, she’ll call. I just wondering, is that not working for everybody to 744 remember that there’s a public hearing? 745 746 Perdita Holtz: Often we call because enough people have said no, and so it’s getting very close on whether we’re 747 going to have quorum and so now we’re scrambling to get on the phone with people who haven’t responded to see if 748 they can show up or not. 749 750 Pete Hallenbeck: You can put a lot of procedures in place but the bottom line is we had a lot of trouble and if it 751 happens again something has got to change. I would ask, it’s not clear to me, what the value of having a true joint 752 32