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<br />1 <br />MINUTES 1 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD 2 NOVEMBER 1, 2017 3 <br />REGULAR MEETING 4 5 6 MEMBERS PRESENT: Lydia Wegman (Chair), At-Large Chapel Hill Township Representative; Tony Blake (Vice-Chair), 7 <br />Bingham Township Representative; Patricia Roberts, Cheeks Township Representative; Paul Guthrie, At-Large 8 <br />Chapel Hill Township; Kim Piracci, At-Large; Township; Alexander Gregory, Chapel Hill Township Representative; 9 <br />David Blankfard, Hillsborough Township Representative; Randy Marshall, At-Large; 10 11 MEMBERS ABSENT: Buddy Hartley, Little River Township Representative; Laura Nicholson, Eno Township 12 <br />Representative; Andrea Rohrbacher, At-Large Chapel Hill Township; Donna Coffey, Cedar Grove Township 13 <br />Representative; 14 <br /> 15 STAFF PRESENT: Craig Benedict, Planning Director; Perdita Holtz; Planning Systems Coordinator; Ashley Moncado, 16 <br />Planner II; 17 <br /> 18 AGENDA ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 19 20 <br />Lydia Wegman called the meeting to order and thanked the Board and members of the public for being present. She 21 <br />went over how the meeting would run and advised that if members of the public wanted to speak, they should sign-in. 22 <br /> 23 AGENDA ITEM 2: INFORMATIONAL ITEMS 24 <br />a) Planning Calendar for November and December 25 <br />• November 14 – Quarterly Public Hearing 26 <br />• December 6 – Planning Board Meeting 27 <br /> 28 <br />Lydia Wegman informed reminded the Board of the Quarterly Public Hearing on November 14 and informed the 29 <br />Board they are requested to attend. 30 <br /> 31 AGENDA ITEM 3: APPROVAL OF MINUTES 32 October 4, 2017 33 <br /> 34 <br />Lydia Wegman identified grammar errors in the October minutes. 35 <br /> 36 MOTION by Tony Blake to approve the October 4, 2017 Regular Meeting Minutes with changes. Seconded by Paul 37 <br />Guthrie. 38 <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS 39 40 AGENDA ITEM 4. CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA 41 42 <br />Craig Benedict added two items to the end of agenda regarding a review of County population and employment 43 <br />projections and Planning Board training 44 45 AGENDA ITEM 5: PUBLIC CHARGE 46 47 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 /> 5