Planning Commission

Town Hall TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Planning Commission Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Meeting Minutes Chair Michael Everhart Jonathan Mitchell Vice-Chair James Baxter John Rees Neal Bench Louie Rivers Elizabeth Losos Stephen Whitlow Tuesday, November 2, 2021 7:00 PM Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting Notification Board members will attend and participate in this meeting remotely, through internet access, and will not physically attend. The Town will not provide a physical location for viewing the meeting. The public is invited to attend the Zoom webinar directly online or by phone. Register for this webinar: URL After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar in listen-only mode. Phone: 301-715-8592, Meeting ID: ###-####-#### Opening Roll Call Caroline Chen, Judy Johnson Present 8 - Chair Michael Everhart, Vice-Chair James Baxter, Neal Bench, Elizabeth Losos, Jonathan Mitchell, John Rees, Louie Rivers, and Stephen Whitlow Secretary reads procedures into the record Approval of Agenda Additional discussion items added to agenda: Discussion of LUMO Re-write project General procedure and sharing with Council Status and follow-up from Rod Stevens report approved as amended. Announcements Petitions Approval of Minutes Page 1 of 3 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes November 2, 2021 A motion was made by Rees, seconded by Vice-Chair Baxter, that this be approved. The motion carried by a unanimous vote. 1. [21-0839] A motion was made by Rees, seconded by Vice-Chair Baxter, that October 19, 2021 minutes be approved. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 8 - Chair Michael Everhart, Vice-Chair James Baxter, Neal Bench, Elizabeth Losos, Jonathan Mitchell, John Rees, Louie Rivers, and Stephen Whitlow New Business 2. [21-0840] The Planning Commission unanimously agreed to the following text: The Planning Commission feels the Town needs to work to recruit and appoint more diverse candidates as the current composition is heavily biased to males and only one person of color. As a starting point, the Town needs to have representation from a woman of color on the Planning Commission. A motion was made by Bench, seconded by Mitchell, that James Bartow be recommended for approval. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 5 - Chair Michael Everhart, Neal Bench, Jonathan Mitchell, John Rees, and Stephen Whitlow Nay: 3 - Vice-Chair James Baxter, Elizabeth Losos, and Louie Rivers 3. Election of Officers A motion was made by Bench, seconded by Losos, that Michael Everheart remain as Chair and James Baxter remain as Vice-Chair was approved. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 8 - Chair Michael Everhart, Vice-Chair James Baxter, Neal Bench, Elizabeth Losos, Jonathan Mitchell, John Rees, Louie Rivers, and Stephen Whitlow Adjournment Next Meeting - November 16, 2021 Page 2 of 3 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes November 2, 2021 approved. Old Business [21-0875] Page 3 of 3