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Approved 9/3/14 <br />1 <br />MINUTES 1 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD 2 JULY 2, 2014 3 <br />REGULAR MEETING 4 5 <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: Peter Hallenbeck (Chair), Cheeks Township Representative; Lisa Stuckey, Chapel Hill 6 <br />Township Representative; Maxecine Mitchell, At-Large Bingham Township; Tony Blake, Bingham Township 7 <br />Representative; Laura Nicholson, Eno Township Representative; Bryant Warren, Hillsborough Township 8 <br />Representative; Paul Guthrie, At-Large Chapel Hill Township; Vacant-At-Large; 9 <br /> 10 MEMBERS ABSENT: James Lea, Cedar Grove Township Representative; Herman Staats, At-Large, Cedar Grove 11 <br />Township; Buddy Hartley, Little River Township Representative; Andrea Rohrbacher, At-Large Chapel Hill Township; 12 <br /> 13 STAFF PRESENT: Craig Benedict, Planning Director; Perdita Holtz, Special Projects Coordinator; Tina Love, 14 <br />Administrative Assistant II 15 <br /> 16 OTHERS PRESENT: Marabeth Carr, DEAPR; Ardra Webster, DEAPR 17 <br /> 18 AGENDA ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 19 <br /> 20 <br />AGENDA ITEM 2: INFORMATIONAL ITEMS 21 <br />a) Planning Calendar for July and August 22 <br /> 23 AGENDA ITEM 3: APPROVAL OF MINUTES 24 <br />JUNE 4, 2014 REGULAR MEETING 25 <br /> 26 MOTION by Lisa Stuckey to approve the June 4, 2014 Planning Board minutes. Seconded by Tony Blake. 27 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 28 29 <br />AGENDA ITEM 4: CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA 30 <br /> 31 AGENDA ITEM 5: PUBLIC CHARGE 32 33 Introduction to the Public Charge 34 <br />The Board of County Commissioners, under the authority of North Carolina General Statute, 35 <br />appoints the Orange County Planning Board (OCPB) to uphold the written land development 36 <br />laws of the County. The general purpose of OCPB is to guide and accomplish coordinated and 37 <br />harmonious development. OCPB shall do so in a manner which considers the present and 38 <br />future needs of its citizens and businesses through efficient and responsive process that 39 <br />contributes to and promotes the health, safety, and welfare of the overall County. The OCPB 40 <br />will make every effort to uphold a vision of responsive governance and quality public services 41 <br />during our deliberations, decisions, and recommendations. 42 <br /> 43 AGENDA ITEM 6: CHAIR COMMENTS 44 45 <br />Pete Hallenbeck: Part of being on the Planning Board is coming to the Quarterly Public Hearing. 46 AGENDA ITEM 7: PARKS & RECREATION MASTER PLAN: To review and comment on Orange County’s draft Parks 47 <br />& Recreation Master Plan. At the June 3, 2014 Board of County Commissioners meeting, the 48 <br />BOCC referred the draft plan to several advisory boards for review and comment. Comments 49 <br />are due no later than August 31, 2014. 50 <br /> 51 Presenter: Perdita Holtz, Planning Systems Coordinator and Department of Environment, 52 <br />Agricultural, and Parks & Recreation (DEAPR) staff. 53 <br /> 54