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MINUTES 1 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD 2 JANUARY 4, 2017 3
REGULAR MEETING 4 5 6 MEMBERS PRESENT: Lydia Wegman (Chair), At-Large Chapel Hill Township Representative; Tony Blake (Vice-Chair), 7
Bingham Township Representative; Maxecine Mitchell, At-Large Bingham Township; Lisa Stuckey, Chapel Hill 8
Township Representative; Andrea Rohrbacher, At-Large Chapel Hill Township; Patricia Roberts, Cheeks Township 9
Representative; Paul Guthrie, At-Large Chapel Hill Township; Buddy Hartley, Little River Township Representative; 10
Kim Piracci, At-Large; Laura Nicholson, Eno Township Representative; 11 12 13 MEMBERS ABSENT: 14
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16 STAFF PRESENT: Craig Benedict, Planning Director; Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor; Meredith Kern, 17
Administrative Assistant II 18
19 AGENDA ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 20
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Lydia Wegman called the meeting to order. 22
23 AGENDA ITEM 2: ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR FOR 2017 24 25
Laura Nicholson: I think you two are doing a fantastic job. Are you either of you trying to get out of it or are you ok 26
with continuing it? 27
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Lydia Wegman: I’m fine with continuing if that is the will of the Board. Tony? 29
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Tony Blake: Yeah, I’ll play along. 31
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Michael Harvey: There needs to be an official motion. 33
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Lydia Wegman: Does anyone else want to do it? I’m happy to turn it over if someone else wants to do it. 35
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37 MOTION by Laura Nicholson to re-elect Lydia Wegman for Chair and Tony Blake for Vice-Chair. Seconded by Kim 38
Piracci 39 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 40
41 AGENDA ITEM 3: INFORMATIONAL ITEMS 42
a) Planning Calendar for January and February 43
• February 1 – Planning Board Meeting 44
• February 13 – Quarterly Public Hearing 45
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Lydia Wegman informed the Board of the Planning Board Meeting on February 1st and the Quarterly Public Hearing 47
on February 13th. 48
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50 AGENDA ITEM 4: APPROVAL OF MINUTES 51 December 7, 2016 Meeting Minutes 52
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Kim Pirraci pointed out page 13, line 386 and informed that she was not the one who said that. 55 56
MOTION by Buddy Hartley to approve the December 7, 2016 Planning Board minutes as amended. Seconded by 57
Tony Blake. 58 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 59 60 61 AGENDA ITEM 5. CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA 62
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No additions to Agenda 64 65 AGENDA ITEM 6: PUBLIC CHARGE 66 67 Introduction to the Public Charge 68
The Board of County Commissioners, under the authority of North Carolina General Statute, 69
appoints the Orange County Planning Board (OCPB) to uphold the written land development 70
laws of the County. The general purpose of OCPB is to guide and accomplish coordinated and 71
harmonious development. OCPB shall do so in a manner, which considers the present and 72
future needs of its citizens and businesses through efficient and responsive process that 73
contributes to and promotes the health, safety, and welfare of the overall County. The OCPB 74
will make every effort to uphold a vision of responsive governance and quality public services 75
during our deliberations, decisions, and recommendations. 76
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PUBLIC CHARGE 79
The Planning Board pledges to the citizens of Orange County its respect. The Board asks its 80
citizens to conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner, both with the Board and with 81
fellow citizens. At any time, should any member of the Board or any citizen fail to observe this 82
public charge, the Chair will ask the offending member to leave the meeting until that individual 83
regains personal control. Should decorum fail to be restored, the Chair will recess the meeting 84
until such time that a genuine commitment to this public charge is observed. 85
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AGENDA ITEM 7: CHAIR COMMENTS 88
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No comments 90
91 AGENDA ITEM 8: COMMITTEE/ADVISORY BOARD REPORTS 92 a) BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT 93 b) ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION 94 95
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Michael Harvey informed the Board that the Board of Adjustment will reconvene a public hearing next January 9th for 97
a telecommunication tower off of Mount Carmel Church Road. 98
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Craig Benedict: The County as part of this year’s current budget process has created a new department. So Orange 100
Public Transportation will be un-nestled from the Planning and Inspections Department and they’ve hired a new 101
Transportation Director starting next Monday. 102
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Tony Blake: Can you share his name? 104
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Craig Benedict: Mr. Letman. 106
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Craig Benedict: There’s still a lot of connectivity with the OUTBoard and the Planning Department. But at least, 108
operationally and granted administration can be a little more independent than it has. 109
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Lydia Wegman: So will that department handle things like mass transit? 111
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Craig Benedict: Yeah. Or different service needs. Working with the citizens, and working with DSS, and aging 113
department and things like that. And all the services will still be nestled in there and I’ll be part of the OUTBoard 114
process and I’ll introduce you to him. 115
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Tony Blake: Could we ask for a read out from him at some point or just a chat to see where he is on things? 117
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Craig Benedict: I think we are in heightened alert at this moment because the Go Triangle is trying to update the bus 119
and rail investment plan within a 2-month period and so they’re asking for all the needs for bus service in Orange 120
County to year 2045. It’s kind of hard to evaluate all of that within a 2-month period and we were having meetings 121
every week in December. It’s a long story but we received something just last Friday that said they were looking for 122
an additional $40,000,000 from the County to help with the deficiencies and funding revenue sources for the light rail 123
and the meeting on Friday said, “Never mind, we don’t need $40,000,000 from the County”. 124
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Tony Blake: Well did you read the budget? The first paragraph says they don’t and then the second paragraph says 126
they do. But will Mr. Letman take over the OUTBoard? 127
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Craig Benedict: No. It’ll still be run by the Planning Department but four times a year there will be a Transportation 129
Services Advisory Board that will be part of that OUTBoard that will talk specifically about public transit needs. 130
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Lydia Wegman: Unless there are any other items for discussion by the Planning Board we can adjourn this meeting 132
and move onto our ORC meeting. 133
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135 AGENDA ITEM 10: ADJOURNMENT 136 137
Planning Board meeting was adjourned by consensus. 138
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Lydia Wegman, Chair