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MINUTES 1 <br />PLANNING BOARD 2 <br />DECEMBER 2, 2015 3 <br />REGULAR MEETING 4 <br /> 5 <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: Lydia Wegman (Vice Chair), At-Large Chapel Hill Township; James Lea, Cedar Grove 6 <br />Township Representative; Paul Guthrie, At-Large Chapel Hill Township; Andrea Rohrbacher, At-Large Chapel Hill 7 <br />Township; Maxecine Mitchell, At-Large Bingham Township; Buddy Hartley, Little River Township Representative; 8 <br />Patricia Roberts, Cheeks Township Representative; Laura Nicholson, Eno Township Representative; Herman Staats, 9 <br />At-Large; 10 <br /> 11 MEMBERS ABSENT: Lisa Stuckey, Chapel Hill Township Representative; Tony Blake, Bingham Township 12 <br />Representative; 13 <br /> 14 STAFF PRESENT: Craig Benedict, Planning Director; Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor, Perdita Holtz, 15 <br />Special Projects Coordinator, Meredith Pucci, Administrative Assistant II; 16 <br /> 17 AGENDA ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER 18 <br /> 19 <br />Craig Benedict: Opened the meeting by thanking Pete Hallenbeck for the work he has done as a member and as 20 <br />Chair of the Planning Board. He noted that Pete worked on the Efland-Mebane Small Area Plan (SAP) and also the 21 <br />implementation group for the Efland-Mebane SAP. 22 <br /> 23 <br />Pete Hallenbeck: Noted that while it may seem like a huge and long process, that Efland now has water and sewer 24 <br />and has gone from nothing to being commercial allowed to over 2,000 acres that can now be commercial. The Sim 25 <br />Efland property tract of land has opened up and the watershed has been pushed back so it makes sense and it is 26 <br />actually an incredible amount of progress. His advice to the members is it to be true to the County and to 27 <br />themselves. 28 <br /> 29 <br />Craig Benedict presented Pete Hallenbeck with a plague thanking him for his service. 30 <br /> 31 <br />The Planning Board members introduced themselves and gave a little background information about themselves and 32 <br />their interest in serving on the Planning Board. 33 <br /> 34 <br />AGENDA ITEM 2: INFORMATIONAL ITEMS 35 <br /> a. Planning Calendar for December and January 36 <br />b. Reminder: Annual Election of Chair/Vice Chair in January 37 <br />c. Revised Public Hearing Process Begins in January (Items on February QPH 38 <br />Agenda will be on January Planning Board Agenda for a Recommendation) 39 <br /> 40 <br />Lydia Wegman reviewed the calendar and January QPH items 41 <br /> 42 <br />AGENDA ITEM 3: APPROVAL OF MINUTES 43 <br /> November 4, 2015 ORC Notes 44 <br />November 4, 2015 Regular Meeting 45 <br /> 46 MOTION by Paul Guthrie to approve the minutes. Seconded by Laura Nicholson. 47 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 48 <br /> 49 <br /> 7