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Minutes 1 Orange County Planning Board 2 December 18, 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; 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; Adam Beeman, Cedar Grove 10 <br />Township; Hunter Spitzer, At-Large; 11 12 MEMBERS ABSENT: Buddy Hartley, Little River Township Representative; Laura Nicholson, Eno Township 13 <br />Representative; 14 <br /> 15 STAFF PRESENT: Craig Benedict, Planning Director; Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor; Meredith Kern, 16 <br />Administrative Assistant; 17 <br /> 18 OTHERS PRESENT: Cheryl Sadgrove, Minutes Preparer; Jim Parker, Summit Engineering; Ariel Gamboa, Summit 19 <br />Engineering; Ed Sirgany, Summit Engineering; 20 <br /> 21 AGENDA ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 22 23 <br />Lydia Wegman called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. and noted new members were present. 24 <br /> 25 <br />Adam Beeman said he moved here in 2008 and lives in Cedar Grove. He is interested in making sure the county 26 <br />moves forward in a nice, controlled manner rather than what he experienced up north. 27 <br /> 28 <br />Hunter Spitzer said he is a sophomore at UNC. He has lived in Hillsborough all his life, is interested in planning and 29 <br />wanted to get involved. 30 <br /> 31 AGENDA ITEM 2: INFORMATIONAL ITEMS 32 <br />a. a) Planning Calendar for December and January 33 <br />• January 10 – Planning Board Meeting 34 <br />• January 23 – BOCC public hearing on this matter 35 <br />• January 26 – BOCC retreat. Planning Board members are not required to attend. 36 <br /> 37 AGENDA ITEM 3: APPROVAL OF MINUTES 38 November 1, 2017 39 <br /> 40 MOTION by Paul Guthrie to approve the November 1, 2017, Regular Meeting Minutes. Seconded by Tony Blake. 41 VOTE: Unanimous 42 43 AGENDA ITEM 4. CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA 44 <br />No additions to the agenda. 45 46 AGENDA ITEM 5: PUBLIC CHARGE 47 <br /> 48 Introduction to the Public Charge 49 <br />The Board of County Commissioners, under the authority of North Carolina General Statute, 50 <br />appoints the Orange County Planning Board (OCPB) to uphold the written land development laws 51 <br />of the County. The general purpose of OCPB is to guide and accomplish coordinated and 52 <br />harmonious development. OCPB shall do so in a manner, which considers the present and future 53 <br />needs of its citizens and businesses through efficient and responsive process that contributes to 54 <br />and promotes the health, safety, and welfare of the overall County. The OCPB will make every 55 <br /> 5