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Approved 12/2/15 <br /> <br />6 <br />Maxecine Mitchell: I had a personal experience when a decision was being made in my area and we left feeling that 263 <br />we were not represented. We went to Carrboro and Chapel Hill and it seemed like they didn’t really care. I can 264 <br />understand where Paul is coming from. I would support option B. 265 <br /> 266 <br />Lisa Stuckey: I am sticking with option A. I think one person for 6.7% is sufficient. 267 <br /> 268 <br />Andrea Rohrbacher: I am going to stick with option A for the same reason. I would like to also ask that both the Board 269 <br />of County Commissioners and the Town of Chapel Hill be more proactive in recruiting in these areas. 270 <br /> 271 <br />Tony Blake: I’m going to go with option B from the same reasons I stated and exactly for the reasons Paul and 272 <br />Maxecine said. 273 <br /> 274 <br />Lydia Wegman: I can see the virtues of option B and I would support option B for the reasons that have been 275 <br />previously stated. 276 <br /> 277 MOTION made by Tony Blake to recommend Option B to the County Commissioners. James Lea seconded. 278 VOTE: 6 – 2 (Lisa Stuckey and Andrea Rohrbacher opposed) 279 <br /> 280 AGENDA ITEM 9: PLANNING BOARD ANNUAL REPORT AND WORK PLAN FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ ANNUAL 281 PLANNING RETREAT: To discuss the input form for the annual BOCC planning retreat in 282 <br />early 2016. The annual report informs the BOCC of the past year’s activities of advisory 283 <br />boards/commissions and assists in overall County work planning. 284 <br /> 285 Presenter: Craig Benedict, Planning and Inspections Director 286 <br /> 287 <br />Craig Benedict reviewed the abstract. 288 <br /> 289 <br />Lydia Wegman: Will the Planning Board be working on the population projections or will the Planning Department 290 <br />work on it and bring it to the Board for comments? 291 <br /> 292 <br />Craig Benedict: The Planning Department will be the ones doing it and will then bring it to the Planning Board; this is 293 <br />more of a comprehensive plan. 294 <br /> 295 <br />Tony Blake: It’s foundational to the number of schools, roads, mass transit, and all of the other decisions that are 296 <br />being made. 297 <br /> 298 <br />Craig Benedict: Exactly and it’s the service provisions. 299 <br /> 300 <br />Tony Blake: In Wake County they have like 120 miles of bike paths that link their parks together. Is that possible in 301 <br />Orange County? 302 <br /> 303 <br />Craig Benedict: We have a bikeway map now. We have had difficulty creating greenway dedication requirements in 304 <br />the rural part of Orange County. 305 <br /> 306 <br />Tony Blake: Is there any focus on alternative septic arrangements? That’s the key to the whole thing. 307 <br /> 308 <br />Craig Benedict: We had a work session where Environmental Health and Planning looked at these and they didn’t 309 <br />give the go-ahead so I do think we need to bring it back up again. 310 <br /> 311 <br />Paul Guthrie: In terms of long term planning I think we need to develop a strategy to get ahead. 312 <br /> 313 <br />Andrea Rohrbacher: Are the County Commissioners going to need to address the co-housing issue? 314 <br /> 315