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<br />1 <br />MINUTES 1 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD 2 FEBRUARY 1, 2017 3 <br />REGULAR MEETING 4 5 <br /> 6 MEMBERS PRESENT: Lydia Wegman (Chair), At-Large Chapel Hill Township Representative; Tony Blake (Vice-Chair), 7 <br />Bingham Township Representative; Maxecine Mitchell, At-Large Bingham Township; Lisa Stuckey, Chapel Hill 8 <br />Township Representative; Andrea Rohrbacher, At-Large Chapel Hill Township; Patricia Roberts, Cheeks Township 9 <br />Representative; Paul Guthrie, At-Large Chapel Hill Township; Buddy Hartley, Little River Township Representative; 10 11 12 MEMBERS ABSENT: Laura Nicholson, Eno Township Representative; Kim Piracci, At-Large; 13 <br /> 14 <br /> 15 STAFF PRESENT: Craig Benedict, Planning Director; Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor; Patrick Mallett, 16 <br />Planner II; Meredith Kern, Administrative Assistant II; 17 <br /> 18 AGENDA ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 19 20 <br />Lydia Wegman called the meeting to order. 21 <br /> 22 <br /> 23 AGENDA ITEM 2: INFORMATIONAL ITEMS 24 <br />a) Planning Calendar for January and February 25 <br />• February 13 – Quarterly Public Hearing 26 <br />• March 1 – Planning Board Meeting 27 <br /> 28 <br /> 29 AGENDA ITEM 4: APPROVAL OF MINUTES 30 <br /> January 4, 2017 Meeting Minutes 31 <br /> January 4, 2017 ORC Notes 32 33 <br />MOTION by Maxecine Mitchell to approve the January 4, 2017 Planning Board minutes and ORC Notes. Seconded by 34 <br />Lisa Stuckey. 35 <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS 36 37 <br /> 38 <br />AGENDA ITEM 4. CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA 39 40 <br />No additions to Agenda 41 42 AGENDA ITEM 5: PUBLIC CHARGE 43 44 Introduction to the Public Charge 45 <br />The Board of County Commissioners, under the authority of North Carolina General Statute, 46 <br />appoints the Orange County Planning Board (OCPB) to uphold the written land development 47 <br />laws of the County. The general purpose of OCPB is to guide and accomplish coordinated and 48 <br />harmonious development. OCPB shall do so in a manner, which considers the present and 49 <br />future needs of its citizens and businesses through efficient and responsive process that 50 <br />contributes to and promotes the health, safety, and welfare of the overall County. The OCPB 51 <br />will make every effort to uphold a vision of responsive governance and quality public services 52 <br />during our deliberations, decisions, and recommendations. 53 <br /> 54 <br /> 5