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<br />1 <br />MINUTES 1 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD 2 AUGUST 3, 2016 3 <br />REGULAR MEETING 4 5 <br /> 6 MEMBERS PRESENT: Lydia Wegman (Chair), Cheeks Township Representative; Paul Guthrie, At-Large Chapel Hill 7 <br />Township; Buddy Hartley, Little River Township Representative; Tony Blake (Vice-Chair), Bingham Township 8 <br />Representative; Lisa Stuckey, Chapel Hill Township Representative; Patricia Roberts, Cheeks Township 9 <br />Representative; Laura Nicholson, Eno Township Representative; Kim Piracci, At-Large; 10 11 12 MEMBERS ABSENT: Andrea Rohrbacher, At-Large Chapel Hill Township; Maxecine Mitchell, At-Large Bingham 13 <br />Township; 14 <br /> 15 <br /> 16 STAFF PRESENT: Craig Benedict, Planning Director; Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor; Perdita Holtz, 17 <br />Planning Systems Coordinator; Ashley Moncado, Special Projects Planner; Patrick Mallett, Planner II; Rachel 18 <br />McCook, Planner I; Molly Boyle, Planning Technician; Meredith Pucci, Administrative Assistant II. 19 <br /> 20 <br />OTHERS PRESENT: Sharon Mace; Dan Way; Austin Seifts; Annie Seifts; Nathan Robinson; Chris Cole; Franklin 21 <br />Garland; Jimmy Garland; Javier Latre Gorbe; George Horton; Jim Parker. 22 <br /> 23 <br /> 24 <br />AGENDA ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 25 <br /> 26 <br />Tony Blake called the meeting to order. 27 <br /> 28 <br /> 29 <br />AGENDA ITEM 2: INFORMATIONAL ITEMS 30 <br />a) Planning Calendar for August and September 31 <br /> 32 <br />Lydia Wegman arrived and assumed chair duties. 33 <br /> 34 AGENDA ITEM 3: APPROVAL OF MINUTES 35 MAY 4, 2016 REGULAR MEETING 36 JULY 6, 2016 ORC NOTES 37 38 MOTION by Lisa Stuckey to approve the May 4, 2016 Planning Board minutes and July 6, 2016 ORC notes, seconded 39 <br />by Laura Nicholson. 40 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 41 42 AGENDA ITEM 4: CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA 43 44 45 AGENDA ITEM 5: PUBLIC CHARGE 46 47 <br />Introduction to the Public Charge 48 <br />The Board of County Commissioners, under the authority of North Carolina General Statute, 49 <br />appoints the Orange County Planning Board (OCPB) to uphold the written land development 50 <br />laws of the County. The general purpose of OCPB is to guide and accomplish coordinated and 51 <br />harmonious development. OCPB shall do so in a manner which considers the present and 52 <br />future needs of its citizens and businesses through efficient and responsive process that 53 <br />contributes to and promotes the health, safety, and welfare of the overall County. The OCPB 54 <br /> 5