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APPROVED 5/4/16 <br />1 <br />MINUTES 1 <br />PLANNING BOARD 2 <br />APRIL 6, 2016 3 <br />REGULAR MEETING 4 <br /> 5 <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: Lydia Wegman-At-Large Chapel Hill Township (Chair); Tony Blake, Bingham Township 6 <br />Representative (Vice-Chair); Paul Guthrie, At-Large Chapel Hill Township; Buddy Hartley, Little River Township 7 <br />Representative; Laura Nicholson, Eno Township Representative; Lisa Stuckey, Chapel Hill Township Representative; 8 <br />Maxecine Mitchell, At-Large Bingham Township; Kim Piracci, At-Large; James Lea, Cedar Grove Township 9 <br />Representative; Patricia Roberts; Cheeks Township Representative; 10 <br /> 11 <br />MEMBERS ABSENT: Andrea Rohrbacher, At-Large Chapel Hill Township; 12 <br /> 13 <br />STAFF PRESENT: Craig Benedict, Planning Director; Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor; Ashley Moncado, 14 <br />Special Projects Planner; Meredith Pucci Administrative Assistant; 15 <br /> 16 <br />OTHERS PRESENT: None 17 <br /> 18 <br />AGENDA ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER 19 <br /> 20 <br />Lydia Wegman called meeting to order and introduced new member, Kim Piracci. 21 <br /> 22 <br />AGENDA ITEM 2: INFORMATIONAL ITEMS 23 <br />a) Planning Calendar for April and May 24 <br /> 25 <br />Lydia Wegman reviewed Calendar for next meetings. 26 <br /> 27 <br />AGENDA ITEM 3: APPROVAL OF MINUTES 28 <br />a) March 2, 2016 Regular Meeting 29 <br /> 30 <br />MOTION by Buddy Hartley to approve the minutes. Seconded by Tony Blake. 31 <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS 32 <br /> 33 <br /> 34 <br />AGENDA ITEM 4: CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA 35 <br /> 36 <br />No changes to the agenda. 37 <br /> 38 <br />AGENDA ITEM 5: PUBLIC CHARGE 39 <br /> 40 <br />Introduction to the Public Charge 41 <br />The Board of County Commissioners, under the authority of North Carolina General 42 <br />Statute, appoints the Orange County Planning Board (OCPB) to uphold the written land 43 <br />development laws of the County. The general purpose of OCPB is to guide and 44 <br />accomplish coordinated and harmonious development. OCPB shall do so in a manner, 45 <br />which considers the present and future needs of its residents and business through 46 <br />efficient and responsive process that contributes to and promotes the health, safety, and 47 <br />welfare of the overall County. The OCPB will make every effort to uphold a vision of 48 <br />responsive governance and quality public services during our deliberations, decision, and 49 <br />recommendations. 50 <br /> 51 <br />Public Charge 52