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Approved 8/3/2016 <br />1 <br />MINUTES 1 <br />PLANNING BOARD 2 <br />MAY 4, 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; Lisa Stuckey, Chapel Hill Township 7 <br />Representative; Maxecine Mitchell, At-Large Bingham Township; Kim Piracci, At-Large; James Lea, Cedar Grove 8 <br />Township Representative; Patricia Roberts; Cheeks Township Representative; 9 <br /> 10 <br />MEMBERS ABSENT: Andrea Rohrbacher, At-Large Chapel Hill Township; Buddy Hartley, Little River Township 11 <br />Representative; Laura Nicholson, Eno Township Representative; 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; Audrey Spencer-Horsley, Housing, Human Rights 15 <br />and Community Development Director; 16 <br /> 17 <br />OTHERS PRESENT: None 18 <br /> 19 <br />AGENDA ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER 20 <br /> 21 <br />AGENDA ITEM 2: INFORMATIONAL ITEMS 22 <br />a) Planning Calendar for May and June 23 <br /> 24 <br />Lydia Wegman reviewed Calendar for next meetings. 25 <br /> 26 <br />AGENDA ITEM 3: APPROVAL OF MINUTES 27 <br />a) April 6, 2016 Regular Meeting 28 <br />b) April 6, 2016 ORC Meeting 29 <br /> 30 <br />MOTION by Lisa Stuckey to approve the minutes. Seconded by Paul Guthrie 31 <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS 32 <br /> 33 <br />AGENDA ITEM 4: CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA 34 <br /> 35 <br />Craig Benedict: We will not be presenting item 8 tonight. 36 <br /> 37 <br />AGENDA ITEM 5: PUBLIC CHARGE 38 <br /> 39 <br />Introduction to the Public Charge 40 <br />The Board of County Commissioners, under the authority of North Carolina General 41 <br />Statute, appoints the Orange County Planning Board (OCPB) to uphold the written land 42 <br />development laws of the County. The general purpose of OCPB is to guide and 43 <br />accomplish coordinated and harmonious development. OCPB shall do so in a manner, 44 <br />which considers the present and future needs of its residents and business through 45 <br />efficient and responsive process that contributes to and promotes the health, safety, and 46 <br />welfare of the overall County. The OCPB will make every effort to uphold a vision of 47 <br />responsive governance and quality public services during our deliberations, decision, and 48 <br />recommendations. 49 <br /> 50 <br />Public Charge 51 <br />The Planning Board pledges to the residents of Orange County its respect. The Board 52 <br />asks its residents to conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner, both with the 53