HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning Board minutes 110619APPROVED 12/4/2019
1 MEETING MINUTES
2 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD
3 NOVEMBER 6,2019
4 REGULAR MEETING
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7 MEMBERS PRESENT:Lydia Wegman (Chair), At-Large Representative; Randy Marshall, At-Large
8 Representative; Kim Piracci, Eno Township Representative; Melissa Poole, Little River
9 Township Representative; Carrie Fletcher, Bingham Township Representative; Susan Hunter,
10 Chapel Hill Township Representative; Gio Mollinedo, At-Large Representative; Patricia Roberts,
11 Cheeks Township Representative; Hunter Spitzer, At-Large Representative;
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14 MEMBERS ABSENT:David Blankfard (Vice-Chair), Hillsborough Township Representative; Adam
15 Beeman, Cedar Grove Township Representative; Hathaway Pendergrass, At-Large
16 Representative;
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19 STAFF PRESENT:Craig Benedict, Planning Director; Perdita Holtz, Planning Systems
20 Coordinator; Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor; Tina Love, Administrative Assistant
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24 AGENDA ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
25 Chair Lydia Wegman called the meeting to order
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27 Introductions were made around the table.
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30 AGENDA ITEM 2: INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
a.31 Planning Calendar for November and December
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33 Craig Benedict advised the members that there would be an orientation scheduled for new
34 Planning Board members,to be schedule to take place prior to the December 4,2019 Planning
35 Board meeting and any current members interested in attending are also welcome to attend.
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38 AGENDA ITEM 3: APPROVAL OF MINUTES
39 September 4, 2019,Training Session Notes
40 September 4, 2019, Regular Meeting
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42 Perdita Holtz: There are 2 corrections to the training session notes. Under the attendance, Kim
43 Piracci is listed as present and she was not at the meeting and my title is listed as Current
44 Planning Supervisor and should be Planning Systems Coordinator.
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46 Lydia Wegman: Are there any other changes or corrections?
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48 MOTION by Randy Marshall to approve the September 4, 2019 Training Session Notes and
49 Meeting Minutes with corrections . Seconded by Hunter Spritzer.
50 VOTE:Unanimous
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53 AGENDA ITEM 4: CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA .
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55 There were none
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58 AGENDA ITEM 5: PUBLIC CHARGE
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60 INTRODUCTION TO THE PUBLIC CHARGE
61 The Board of County Commissioners, under the authority of North Carolina
62 General Statute, appoints the Orange County Planning Board (OCPB) to uphold
63 the written land development law of the County. The general purpose of OCPB
64 is to guide and accomplish coordinated and harmonious development. OCPB
65 shall do so in a manner, which considers the present and future needs of its
66 citizens and businesses through efficient and responsive process that contributes
67 to and promotes the health, safety, and welfare of the overall County. The OCPB
68 will make every effort to uphold a vision of responsive governance and quality
69 public services during our deliberations, decisions, and recommendations.
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71 PUBLIC CHARGE
72 The Planning Board pledges to the citizens of Orange County its respect. The
73 Board asks its citizens to conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner,
74 both with the Board and with fellow citizens. At any time, should any member of
75 the Board or any citizen fail to observe this public charge, the Chair will ask the
76 offending member to leave the meeting until that individual regains personal
77 control. Should decorum fail to be restored, the Chair will recess the meeting
78 until such time that a genuine commitment to this public charge is observed.
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81 AGENDA ITEM 6: CHAIR COMMENTS
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83 There were none
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86 AGENDA ITEM 7: PLANNING BOARD ANNUAL REPORT AND WORK PLAN -To discuss the annual
87 input form which informs the BOCC of the past year¶s activities of advisory boards/commissions
88 and assists in overall County work planning.
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90 PRESENTER: Perdita Holtz, Planning Systems Supervisor
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92 Perdita Holtz reviewed the work plan,current year activities, and emerging issues.
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94 Craig Benedict: In this year¶s budget we put $15,000 to assist with the City of Mebane to do a
95 growth strategy in around these economic development zones that are primarily on the outskirts
96 of Mebane. We are working on a request for proposal from the Triad Council of Governments
97 and we¶ll probably look for a person or two from this group to be part of our community outreach
98 when we move along a bit further. We need to coordinate with Mebane and a consultant.
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100 Lydia Wegman: How does that fit in with the analysis and revisions to the economic
101 development districts?
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103 Craig Benedict: Presently under our map now we have economic development land use and
104 the County has gone ahead and changed the zoning in that area to that economic development
105 zone. In the commercial/industrial activity transition nodes (CITAN) they change the land use
106 for commercial industrial but they didn¶t go forward with rezoning the land. They left it in
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107 residential which can be problematic ± there probably will be pre-zoning to move forward with
108 preparing them with some designation.
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110 Perdita Holtz: Going back to emerging issues, from last year still is climate change as an
111 emerging issue and the energy emerging issue which has a lot to do with solar arrays.
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113 Lydia Wegman: Has anything actually happened with that.
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115 Perdita Holtz: Not at this point.
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117 Craig Benedict: One other thing is transportation issues with the light rail being discontinued but
118 a transit tax is still being collected for enhanced bus service, Amtrak station in Hillsborough and
119 we are in the process probably within the next month of hiring a consultant to help with what is
120 done with the money that has been collect and will be collected for years to come.
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122 Susan Hunter: When is the Amtrak station for Hillsborough supposed to be built?
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124 Craig Benedict: We¶re still 5 years out on that. Now they are looking at that same train track for
125 heavy rail. That study is in process now and Hillsborough would be one of the stops.
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127 Hunter Spitzer: Were these 10 goals decided by the planning staff.
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129 Craig Benedict: It was a combination of the planning and transit staff for all of the towns in
130 Orange County and elected officials. It goes back to 2011. I¶ll bring the executive summary to
131 the next meeting that explains where we are going.
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133 Perdita Holtz: So the recommendation for this item for tonight is to discuss if any additional
134 activities that should be added to the emerging issues lists and then to either approve the work
135 plan or, if the revisions are extensive, to ask staff to incorporate the results and bring it back in
136 final form to the December meeting.
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138 Craig Benedict: Let me mention, as part of the update to our Comprehensive Plan that was
139 adopted in 2008 there is roughly a 10 year window on that and we were going to wait for the
140 2020 Census to help us collect some more data. The idea is to meet with other advisory boards
141 in the coming year to create better cross pollination. As we have been submitting regulation
142 changes such as the access management plan, that was approved last year but this Board,
143 what is very good for transportation might seem like an impediment to economic development.
144 The goal of planning is to push environment, equity, infrastructure, and economic development
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147 Lydia Wegman: Does anyone have any other questions or comments?
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149 MOTION by Kim Piracci to approve the Annual Report and Work Plan.Seconded by Randy
150 Marshall
151 VOTE:Unanimous
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154 AGENDA ITEM 8: ADJOURNMENT
155 Meeting was adjourned by consensus
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159 Lydia N. Wegman, Chair