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Approved 4/1/15 <br />1 <br />MINUTES 1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD 2 <br />MARCH 4, 2015 3 <br />REGULAR MEETING 4 <br /> 5 <br /> 6 <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: Peter Hallenbeck (Chair), Cheeks Township Representative; Lisa Stuckey (Vice-Chair), Chapel 7 <br />Hill Township Representative; Maxecine Mitchell, At-Large Bingham Township; Herman Staats, At-Large, Cedar 8 <br />Grove Township; James Lea, Cedar Grove Township Representative; Tony Blake, Bingham Township 9 <br />Representative; Laura Nicholson, Eno Township Representative; Paul Guthrie, At-Large Chapel Hill Township; 10 <br />Buddy Hartley, Little River Township Representative; Bryant Warren, Hillsborough Township Representative; Lydia 11 <br />Wegman-At-Large Chapel Hill Township; 12 <br /> 13 <br />MEMBERS ABSENT: Andrea Rohrbacher, At-Large Chapel Hill Township; 14 <br /> 15 <br />STAFF PRESENT: Craig Benedict, Planning Director; Perdita Holtz, Special Projects Coordinator; Michael Harvey, 16 <br />Current Planning Supervisor; Tina Love, Administrative Assistant II; 17 <br /> 18 <br />OTHERS PRESENT: Tim and Ruth Sukow, Joe Forrest, Doug Efland, Marsha Efland, Lindsay and Knox Efland 19 <br /> 20 <br />AGENDA ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 21 <br /> 22 <br />AGENDA ITEM 2: INFORMATIONAL ITEMS 23 <br />a) Planning Calendar for March and April 24 <br />b) JPA Public Hearing item for March 26, 2015 (initiated by Town of Chapel Hill) scheduled 25 <br />for May Planning Board meeting for a recommendation. 26 <br /> 27 <br />Perdita Holtz: The Town of Chapel Hill pulled their application because they need to iron out details and it wouldn’t 28 <br />have been ready in time so we are going to wait until October’s Joint Planning Hearing. 29 <br /> 30 <br />AGENDA ITEM 3: APPROVAL OF MINUTES 31 <br />FEBRUARY 4, 2015 REGULAR MEETING 32 <br /> 33 <br />Tina Love: There were two minor corrections submitted by via email by Tony that are highlighted in yellow. 34 <br /> 35 <br />MOTION by Lisa Stuckey to approve the February 4, 2014 Planning Board minutes with corrections. Seconded by 36 <br />Tony Blake. 37 <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS 38 <br /> 39 <br />AGENDA ITEM 4: CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA 40 <br /> 41 <br />AGENDA ITEM 5: PUBLIC CHARGE 42 <br /> 43 <br />Introduction to the Public Charge 44 <br />The Board of County Commissioners, under the authority of North Carolina General Statute, 45 <br />appoints the Orange County Planning Board (OCPB) to uphold the written land development 46 <br />laws of the County. The general purpose of OCPB is to guide and accomplish coordinated and 47 <br />harmonious development. OCPB shall do so in a manner which considers the present and 48 <br />future needs of its citizens and businesses through efficient and responsive process that 49 <br />contributes to and promotes the health, safety, and welfare of the overall County. The OCPB 50 <br />will make every effort to uphold a vision of responsive governance and quality public services 51 <br />during our deliberations, decisions, and recommendations. 52 <br /> 53 <br /> 54