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Approved 3/4/15 <br />2 <br />• The Edge Subdivision in Chapel Hill 55 <br /> 56 <br /> 57 AGENDA ITEM 4: APPROVAL OF MINUTES 58 DECEMBER 3, 2014 REGULAR MEETING 59 60 MOTION by Bryant Warren to approve the December 3, 2014 Planning Board ORC Notes. Seconded by Tony Blake. 61 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 62 63 MOTION by Bryant Warren to approve the December 3, 2014 Planning Board minutes. Seconded by Tony Blake. 64 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 65 66 67 <br />AGENDA ITEM 5: CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA 68 69 70 AGENDA ITEM 6: PUBLIC CHARGE 71 72 <br />Introduction to the Public Charge 73 <br />The Board of County Commissioners, under the authority of North Carolina General Statute, 74 <br />appoints the Orange County Planning Board (OCPB) to uphold the written land development 75 <br />laws of the County. The general purpose of OCPB is to guide and accomplish coordinated and 76 <br />harmonious development. OCPB shall do so in a manner which considers the present and 77 <br />future needs of its citizens and businesses through efficient and responsive process that 78 <br />contributes to and promotes the health, safety, and welfare of the overall County. The OCPB 79 <br />will make every effort to uphold a vision of responsive governance and quality public services 80 <br />during our deliberations, decisions, and recommendations. 81 <br /> 82 PUBLIC CHARGE 83 <br />The Planning Board pledges to the citizens of Orange County its respect. The Board asks its 84 <br />citizens to conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner, both with the Board and with 85 <br />fellow citizens. At any time, should any member of the Board or any citizen fail to observe this 86 <br />public charge, the Chair will ask the offending member to leave the meeting until that individual 87 <br />regains personal control. Should decorum fail to be restored, the Chair will recess the meeting 88 <br />until such time that a genuine commitment to this public charge is observed. 89 <br /> 90 <br /> 91 <br />AGENDA ITEM 7: CHAIR COMMENTS 92 93 94 <br />AGENDA ITEM 8: EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION (ETJ) EXPANSION POLICY: To review a draft ETJ policy and 95 <br />provide comments on the proposed policy 96 Presenter: Craig Benedict, Planning Director 97 <br /> 98 <br />Craig Benedict reviewed the abstract and background. 99 <br /> 100 <br />Pete Hallenbeck: With regard to Hillsborough, ‘easy to supply utilities’ was easy cost or engineering? 101 <br /> 102 <br />Bryant Warren: Cost and some areas that weren’t feasible to get water and sewer. 103 <br /> 104 <br />Pete Hallenbeck: I took these six considerations and encapsulated them. The first one says you must have a plan, 105 <br />you can’t just do an ETJ because you think it would be fun. The second one is no satellite annex, no gerrymanders. 106 <br />The third one is that it has to be real and it has to align with infrastructure, there’s a feasibility test there. The fourth 107 <br />one is a no tug of wars clause. The fifth one is you can’t use an ETJ to get around the county or someone’s rules that 108