JACKSON COUNTY PLANNING BOARD  MINUTES  Date: August 10, 2023 Time Begin: 6:02 p.m. Time End: 6:56 p.m.  Location: Department on Aging, Heritage Room  Members Emily Moss Sandy Davis Brian Barwatt Adam Holt Staff Present: Michael Poston- Planning Director Anna Harkins- Planner) I Allison Kelley- Administrative Assistant III Call to Order and Quorum Check Approval oft the Agenda motion, and it carried unanimously. Approval of the Minutes the motion, andi it carried unanimously.  Present Absent X X X  Present Absent X X  Present Absent X X X  Nathan Shepherd Ollin Dunford Joyce Cooper X Ken Brown  Thomas Taulbee X Beverly Crespo Elmer Rhodie Humbert X  Chairman Thomas Taulbee called the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m. and a quorum was present.  Joyce Cooper made a motion to approve the agenda as written. Elmer Rhodie Humbert seconded the  Nathan Shepherd made a motion to approve July 13, 2023 minutes as written. Beverly Crespo seconded  Public Comment  Greg Galloway: Mr. Galloway stated he grew up in Cullowhee and was the last graduating class of Cullowhee High School but now lives in Tuckasegee. He stated the Board had recently passed some new regulations on cell towers, and was interested to know ift there were any plans to try to coordinate efforts  for more coverage in the areas where there is no service. a) Development regulations discussion  New Business  Mr. Poston stated they discussed in detail at the last meeting the County's development regulations. He inquired how the Board wanted to move forward with looking into potentially updating and modernizing some of these development regulation standards. Nathan Shepherd inquired ifthey should begin looking into updating signage in the County. Mr. Poston stated they could start having conversations regarding any of these topics the Board wants to prioritize and Beverly Crespo inquired if the general state statute 160D would be a guiding document. Mr. Poston stated the state legislator passed G.S. 160D that is our enabling statutes that tell us what counties are allowed to do and options in managing land development. He stated everything  develop a work plan to move through these topics.  1    that is in G.S. 160D was allowed in the old G.S. 153A with some changes of merging the counties enabling statutes that were housed in G.S. 153A. In addition, he stated these statues give municipalities, cities, and counties certain powers. Ms. Crespo inquired ifthel Board could review G.S. 160D to discuss at the next meeting. Mr. Poston stated they could and staff would send out the link for the document to the Board to review and discuss at the next meeting. In addition, he asked thel Board to move their regular scheduled October meeting from the 12th to the 16tha as staff will be out oft town at a conference. The Board unanimously agreed to move the meeting date to Ms. Harkins stated she is still working on finalizing the Outdoor Lighting Ordinance, which will be forthcoming to the Board at a later meeting. Currently, CodeWright Planners is working on a Cashiers ordinance rewrite where modern lighting would be addressed that we may  October 16".  want to incorporate within this ordinance.  Adjournment  With no further business, Nathan Shepherd made a motion to adjourn. Elmer Rhodie Humbert seconded  the motion, and the meeting adjourned at 6:56 p.m.  Submitted by:  Approved by:  ply  On  Allison Kelley  Thomas Taulbee Planning Board Chairman  Administrative Assistant - Planning  2