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The Board of County Commissioners, under the authority of North Carolina General Statute, appoints the Orange 1 County Planning Board (OCPB) to uphold the written land development laws of the County. The general purpose of 2 OCPB is to guide and accomplish coordinated and harmonious development. OCPB shall do so in a manner which 3 considers the present and future needs of its residents and business through efficient and responsive process that 4 contributes to and promotes the health, safety, and welfare of the overall County. The OCPB will make every effort to 5 uphold a vision of responsive governance and quality public services during our deliberations, decision, and 6 recommendations. 7 8 Public Charge 9 The Planning Board pledges to the residents of Orange County its respect. The Board asks its residents to conduct 10 themselves in a respectful, courteous manner, both with the Board and with fellow residents. At any time, should any 11 member of the Board or any resident fail to observe this public charge, the Chair will ask the offending member to leave 12 the meeting until that individual regains personal control. Should decorum rail to be restored, the Chair will recess the 13 meeting until such time that a genuine commitment to this public charge is observed. 14 15 AGENDA ITEM 6: CHAIR COMMENTS 16 17 Pete Hallenbeck: I would like to thank everyone for attending the Quarterly Public Hearing. 18 19 20 AGENDA ITEM 7: MAJOR SUBDIVISION CONCEPT PLAN: To review and make a decision on a Major Subdivision 21 Concept Plan (using the Flexible Design Option) application (Henderson Woods) seeking to 22 subdivide a 48 acre parcel of property into 19 single family residential lots with 21.2 acres 23 (44% of the site) held in common open space. The proposed subdivision is located at the 24 intersection on Erwin Road and Whitefield Road in Chapel Hill Township. 25 26 Presenter: Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor 27 28 Michael Harvey: Reviewed abstract. 29 30 Craig Benedict: To conceptionalize the difference between a conventional subdivision and this flexible conservation 31 cluster. The conventional would give you 19 2.5 acre lots. The flexible with give you 19 1.2 acre lots and 21 acres of 32 open space. Everyone living within the project would have a share of this common open space. This is the tendency 33 over the last 10 years for people to have a smaller lot to have the extra space for common open space. 34 35 Tom Heffner: My name is Tom Heffner and I am the developer of Henderson Woods. I have done a number of 36 subdivisions in the area, Creekwood, Northfield, etc. I felt it was more desirable to have open space rather than larger 37 lots. We came in with a plan, got comments from staff and made modifications, had the neighborhood information 38 meeting, listened to their comments and input, made revisions to the proposal based on those comments. Talked to 39 NCDOT and made their modifications. We believe this proposal captures most concerns and represents a reasonable 40 project for the area. 41 42 Pete Hallenbeck: The existing road that comes through and Michael said you can’t get rid of the right of way but it 43 would be limited to the occupants of technically the people in this subdivision couldn’t use that road to get out onto 44 Erwin. 45 46 Tom Heffner: NCDOT has been explicit in saying they didn’t want that to become a secondary entrance because that 47 road is so close to a signalized intersection. We would pave that road and put a gate on it so the folks who have a right 48 11