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Approved 9/7/2016 <br />1 <br />MINUTES 1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD 2 <br />AUGUST 3, 2016 3 <br />REGULAR MEETING 4 <br /> 5 <br /> 6 <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: Lydia Wegman (Chair), Cheeks Township Representative; Paul Guthrie, At-Large Chapel Hill 7 <br />Township; Buddy Hartley, Little River Township Representative; Tony Blake (Vice-Chair), Bingham Township 8 <br />Representative; Lisa Stuckey, Chapel Hill Township Representative; Patricia Roberts, Cheeks Township 9 <br />Representative; Laura Nicholson, Eno Township Representative; Kim Piracci, At-Large; 10 <br /> 11 <br /> 12 <br />MEMBERS ABSENT: Andrea Rohrbacher, At-Large Chapel Hill Township; Maxecine Mitchell, At-Large Bingham 13 <br />Township; 14 <br /> 15 <br /> 16 <br />STAFF PRESENT: Craig Benedict, Planning Director; Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor; Perdita Holtz, 17 <br />Planning Systems Coordinator; Ashley Moncado, Special Projects Planner; Patrick Mallett, Planner II; Rachel 18 <br />McCook, Planner I; Molly Boyle, Planning Technician; Meredith Pucci, Administrative Assistant II. 19 <br /> 20 <br />OTHERS PRESENT: Sharon Mace; Dan Way; Austin Seifts; Annie Seifts; Nathan Robinson; Chris Cole; Franklin 21 <br />Garland; Jimmy Garland; Javier Latre Gorbe; George Horton; Jim Parker. 22 <br /> 23 <br /> 24 <br />AGENDA ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 25 <br /> 26 <br />Tony Blake called the meeting to order. 27 <br /> 28 <br /> 29 <br />AGENDA ITEM 2: INFORMATIONAL ITEMS 30 <br />a) Planning Calendar for August and September 31 <br /> 32 <br />Lydia Wegman arrived and assumed chair duties. 33 <br /> 34 <br />AGENDA ITEM 3: APPROVAL OF MINUTES 35 <br /> MAY 4, 2016 REGULAR MEETING 36 <br /> JULY 6, 2016 ORC NOTES 37 <br /> 38 <br />MOTION by Lisa Stuckey to approve the May 4, 2016 Planning Board minutes and July 6, 2016 ORC notes, seconded 39 <br />by Laura Nicholson. 40 <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS 41 <br /> 42 <br />AGENDA ITEM 4: CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA 43 <br /> 44 <br /> 45 <br />AGENDA ITEM 5: PUBLIC CHARGE 46 <br /> 47 <br />Introduction to the Public Charge 48 <br />The Board of County Commissioners, under the authority of North Carolina General Statute, 49 <br />appoints the Orange County Planning Board (OCPB) to uphold the written land development 50 <br />laws of the County. The general purpose of OCPB is to guide and accomplish coordinated and 51 <br />harmonious development. OCPB shall do so in a manner which considers the present and 52 <br />future needs of its citizens and businesses through efficient and responsive process that 53 <br />contributes to and promotes the health, safety, and welfare of the overall County. The OCPB 54