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UID:meeting-4276@govwatch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241203T183000
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SUMMARY:Chatham County: Planning Board Meeting
LOCATION:Old Agriculture Building\, 65 E. Chatham Street Pittsboro\, North Carolina 27312
DESCRIPTION:Planning Board\n\nChatham County's Planning Board met for eight minutes on 3 December 2024. One subdivision item rode on consent\, a sketch plan revision and preliminary plat for Fearrington Section X Area G\, 13 lots on 3.71 acres\, and there was nothing else.\n\nThe chair's last meeting was this one\, after two terms and eight years\, and the board had four vacancies waiting on the commissioners.\n\nAgenda: https://www.chathamcountync.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/70805/638681399563100000\nWatch: https://chathamnc.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/4276
URL:https://www.chathamcountync.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/43435/198
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-4319@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T002556Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241210T190000
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SUMMARY:Chatham County: Agriculture Advisory Board Meeting
LOCATION:Cooperative Extension Conference Room - Chatham County Agriculture & Conference Center\, 1192 US 64 Business\, Pittsboro\, LEFT ENTRANCE TO AGRICULTURE & CONFERENCE CENTER Pittsboro\, North Carolina 27312
DESCRIPTION:Agriculture Advisory Board\n\nChatham County's Agriculture Advisory Board elected officers on 10 December 2024\, approved two voluntary agricultural district applications and turned down a third\, and heard what the Unified Development Ordinance will mean for farmland.\n\nThe ordinance creates an agricultural zoning district meant to protect prime soils and working farms\, mostly north and south of Siler City. The county then has to rezone itself to match\, and nobody had approved a process or a timeline for that.\n\nAgenda: https://www.chathamcountync.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/71715/638773726062070000\nWatch: https://chathamnc.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/4319
URL:https://www.chathamcountync.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/43232/1795
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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UID:meeting-4275@govwatch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250107T183000
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SUMMARY:Chatham County: Planning Board Meeting
LOCATION:Old Agriculture Building\, 65 E. Chatham Street Pittsboro\, North Carolina 27312
DESCRIPTION:Planning Board\n\nChatham County's Planning Board recommended cutting the first phase of The Conservancy at Jordan Lake from 322 lots to 163 on 7 January 2025\, and dropping the per-phase lot counts from the development schedule altogether. The developer's argument was that the total lot count and the ten-year deadline do not change.\n\nThe board also planned its year\, including updating its code of ethics and implementing the Unified Development Ordinance if that became possible.\n\nAgenda: https://www.chathamcountync.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/71119/638703050758600000\nWatch: https://chathamnc.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/4275
URL:https://www.chathamcountync.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/46006/198
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-4254@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T002556Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250121T150000
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SUMMARY:Chatham County: Board of Commissioners
LOCATION:Historic Courthouse Courtroom
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nChatham County's commissioners set up their property tax relief program on 21 January 2025\, $200\,000 paying up to $500 each to low-income homeowners\, and awarded $150\,000 from the housing trust fund to Rebuilding Together of the Triangle.\n\nThey also heard what Senate Bill 382 does to the Unified Development Ordinance the county had adopted two months earlier. The weather cut the meeting short before the appointments\, which were made in special session on 30 January.\n\nAgenda: https://legistar.granicus.com/chathamnc/meetings/2025/1/1402_A_Board_of_Commissioners_25-01-21_Meeting_Agenda.pdf\nWatch: https://chathamnc.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/4254
URL:https://chathamnc.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?LEGID=1402&GID=246&G=4B928CDD-81EA-4353-807D-AA8CEB756487
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-4258@govwatch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250303T090000
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SUMMARY:Chatham County: Board of Commissioners — Special Meeting - Legislative Breakfast
LOCATION:Chatham County Agriculture & Conference Center 1192 US Hwy 64 West\, Pittsboro\, NC 27312
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nChatham County's commissioners\, the Town of Pittsboro\, the school board and Central Carolina Community College laid their 2025 legislative priorities before the county's state senator and representative over breakfast on 3 March 2025.\n\nThe county's first ask was to get its downzoning authority back\, which Senate Bill 382 had taken away four months earlier and which had stopped the Unified Development Ordinance from taking effect.\n\nAgenda: https://legistar.granicus.com/chathamnc/meetings/2025/3/1405_A_Board_of_Commissioners_25-03-03_Meeting_Agenda.pdf\nWatch: https://chathamnc.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/4258
URL:https://chathamnc.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?LEGID=1405&GID=246&G=4B928CDD-81EA-4353-807D-AA8CEB756487
CATEGORIES:Special or emergency meeting
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UID:meeting-4273@govwatch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250304T183000
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SUMMARY:Chatham County: Planning Board Meeting
LOCATION:Old Agriculture Building\, 65 E. Chatham Street Pittsboro\, North Carolina 27312
DESCRIPTION:Planning Board\n\nChatham County's Planning Board spent 4 March 2025 on the US 15-501 corridor: what plans and rules apply along it now\, and what would apply if the county could put the Unified Development Ordinance into effect. It also adopted its draft rules and procedures.\n\nNo land applications were on the agenda.\n\nAgenda: https://www.chathamcountync.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/71582/638760021361500000\nWatch: https://chathamnc.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/4273
URL:https://www.chathamcountync.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/46010/198
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-4318@govwatch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250311T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250311T210000
SUMMARY:Chatham County: Agriculture Advisory Board Meeting
LOCATION:Cooperative Extension Conference Room - Chatham County Agriculture & Conference Center\, 1192 US 64 Business\, Pittsboro\, LEFT ENTRANCE TO AGRICULTURE & CONFERENCE CENTER Pittsboro\, North Carolina 27312
DESCRIPTION:Agriculture Advisory Board\n\nChatham County's Agriculture Advisory Board heard a state geologist on the county's groundwater on 11 March 2025\, approved two voluntary agricultural district applications covering 99.35 acres\, and recommended three farmland preservation projects covering 366 acres to the commissioners.\n\nThe geologist said a groundwater vulnerability study could identify areas where new wells should not go. Nobody in North Carolina is doing one\, and it would be a way to steer development away from fragile groundwater.\n\nAgenda: https://www.chathamcountync.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/71721/638773726910670000\nWatch: https://chathamnc.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/4318
URL:https://www.chathamcountync.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/47296/1795
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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UID:meeting-4260@govwatch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250421T130000
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SUMMARY:Chatham County: Board of Commissioners
LOCATION:Historic Courthouse Courtroom
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nChatham County's commissioners committed $1.29 million in opioid settlement money to treatment\, recovery support\, early intervention\, naloxone and recovery housing on 21 April 2025. They also approved the year's farmland preservation grants\, received the 2023-2024 greenhouse gas inventory\, and heard the climate committee's case for a climate retreat.\n\nIn the evening they adopted a resolution honoring free speech\, opened a rezoning hearing at 680 Pea Ridge Road and a hearing on pushing the Unified Development Ordinance's effective date to 31 December\, and terminated the county's agreement with the Chatham Rescue Squad of Siler City.\n\nAgenda: https://legistar.granicus.com/chathamnc/meetings/2025/4/1412_A_Board_of_Commissioners_25-04-21_Meeting_Agenda.pdf\nWatch: https://chathamnc.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/4260
URL:https://chathamnc.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?LEGID=1412&GID=246&G=4B928CDD-81EA-4353-807D-AA8CEB756487
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-4261@govwatch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250505T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250505T200000
SUMMARY:Chatham County: Board of Commissioners
LOCATION:Historic Courthouse Courtroom
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nChatham County's manager laid the recommended 2025-2026 budget before the commissioners on 5 May 2025: $288.3 million\, with a tax rate of 60 cents per $100 against the current 72.5 cents. This is the first budget after the 2025 revaluation\, and the revenue neutral rate would be 52.96 cents\, so the recommended rate is a real increase against the new values.\n\nThe board also gave staff direction on rewriting the advisory committee policy\, and adopted a resolution objecting to the planning and zoning bills moving through the General Assembly.\n\nAgenda: https://legistar.granicus.com/chathamnc/meetings/2025/5/1422_A_Board_of_Commissioners_25-05-05_Meeting_Agenda.pdf\nWatch: https://chathamnc.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/4261
URL:https://chathamnc.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?LEGID=1422&GID=246&G=4B928CDD-81EA-4353-807D-AA8CEB756487
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-4271@govwatch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250506T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250506T203000
SUMMARY:Chatham County: Planning Board Meeting
LOCATION:Old Agriculture Building\, 65 E. Chatham Street Pittsboro\, North Carolina 27312
DESCRIPTION:Planning Board\n\nChatham County's Planning Board recommended Berrybrook Crossing on 6 May 2025\, a conservation subdivision of 188 lots on 232 acres off US 15-501 and Mt. Gilead Church Road. It also took a rezoning of 18.81 acres at 680 Pea Ridge Road from residential to general use regional business\, adopted its own rules and procedures\, and voted on text amendments to the ordinance that establishes it.\n\nThe contested item was the one on consent: pushing the Unified Development Ordinance's effective date from 1 July to 31 December 2025\, because Senate Bill 382 stripped the county's downzoning authority.\n\nAgenda: https://www.chathamcountync.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/72536/638815130329870000\nWatch: https://chathamnc.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/4271
URL:https://www.chathamcountync.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/47348/198
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-4262@govwatch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250519T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250519T160000
SUMMARY:Chatham County: Board of Commissioners
LOCATION:Historic Courthouse Courtroom
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nChatham County's commissioners held the first budget hearing for 2025-2026 on 19 May 2025 and drew the largest turnout of the year. Dozens spoke or wrote\, on the Haw River State Trail\, a part-time arborist\, a day program for adults with disabilities\, a full-time election coordinator\, and master's pay for teachers.\n\nThe board also heard a quasi-judicial hearing on a fueling station at the Chatham Downs shopping center\, took a waiver request for a pump-and-haul wastewater option at Briar Chapel\, appointed five members to the Housing Authority\, and adopted resolutions recognizing Juneteenth as an official county holiday and Pride Month.\n\nIn the afternoon it received the quarterly American Rescue Plan update\, the third-quarter budget update\, and a presentation from Chatham Economic Development.\n\nAgenda: https://legistar.granicus.com/chathamnc/meetings/2025/5/1411_A_Board_of_Commissioners_25-05-19_Meeting_Agenda.pdf\nWatch: https://chathamnc.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/4262
URL:https://chathamnc.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?LEGID=1411&GID=246&G=4B928CDD-81EA-4353-807D-AA8CEB756487
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-4317@govwatch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250610T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250610T210000
SUMMARY:Chatham County: Agriculture Advisory Board Meeting
LOCATION:Little Way Farm\, 5778 Siler City Snow Camp Road Siler City\, North Carolina 27344
DESCRIPTION:Agriculture Advisory Board\n\nChatham County's Agriculture Advisory Board met at Little Way Farm outside Siler City on 10 June 2025\, its last meeting of the fiscal year. It elected officers\, heard that the county has won a $295\,000 state grant for farmland preservation\, and reviewed House Bill 126.\n\nThe farm's owner\, a board member\, described running a direct-to-consumer meat and honey business in its fifth year\, mostly on subscriptions shipped or delivered.\n\nAgenda: https://www.chathamcountync.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/73012/638846320007130000\nWatch: https://chathamnc.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/4317
URL:https://www.chathamcountync.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/47298/1795
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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UID:meeting-4268@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T002556Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250805T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250805T203000
SUMMARY:Chatham County: Planning Board Meeting
LOCATION:Old Agriculture Building\, 65 E. Chatham Street Pittsboro\, North Carolina 27312
DESCRIPTION:Planning Board\n\nChatham County's Planning Board took three subdivisions on 5 August 2025\, together more than 800 acres. Meadow Pointe is 40 lots on 201.90 acres off NC 87. Intrepid Reserve is 29 lots on 36.98 acres off US 15-501. Riverbend Estates at Laurel Ridge is 107 lots on 622.32 acres off Rock Rest Road and Old Graham Road. The final plat for Parks at Meadowview Phase 2A\, 15 lots on 7.2 acres\, rode on consent.\n\nA member also asked the board to take up pausing development to reduce flood hazards\, five weeks after Tropical Storm Chantal.\n\nAgenda: https://www.chathamcountync.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/73843/638892973416370000\nWatch: https://chathamnc.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/4268
URL:https://www.chathamcountync.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/48170/198
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-4192@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T002556Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250909T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250909T210000
SUMMARY:Chatham County: Agriculture Advisory Board Meeting
LOCATION:Fidelis Fields Farm\, 424 Jim Moody Rd. Siler City\, North Carolina 27344
DESCRIPTION:Agriculture Advisory Board\n\nChatham County's Agriculture Advisory Board met at Fidelis Fields Farm in Siler City on 9 September 2025. It reviewed a voluntary agricultural district application\, took up the county's new advisory committee policy\, and reviewed candidates for its own vacancies.\n\nThe board also heard about House Bill 126\, which gives voluntary agricultural district members a right to a hearing when their zoning changes.\n\nAgenda: https://www.chathamcountync.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/74397/638924949066170000\nWatch: https://chathamnc.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/4192
URL:https://www.chathamcountync.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/49370/1795
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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UID:meeting-4073@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T002556Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251007T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251007T203000
SUMMARY:Chatham County: Planning Board Meeting
LOCATION:Old Agriculture Building\, 65 E. Chatham Street Pittsboro\, North Carolina 27312
DESCRIPTION:Planning Board\n\nChatham County's Planning Board had three land items on 7 October 2025. On consent\, the planning department asked to push the effective date of the Unified Development Ordinance from the end of 2025 to the end of 2026\, which Senate Bill 382 forced. The board also took the first plat for Pine Tree Creek\, 11 lots on 21 acres off Sugar Lake Road\, and a rezoning of 10.042 acres at 1656 Campbell Road in Bear Creek from residential to heavy industrial for Bear Creek Fabrication.\n\nPine Tree Creek came back on 4 November\, where the board recommended it 9-2.\n\nAgenda: https://www.chathamcountync.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/74667/638948230249170000\nWatch: https://chathamnc.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/4073
URL:https://www.chathamcountync.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/48260/198
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-85@govwatch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260216T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260216T160000
SUMMARY:Chatham County: Board of Commissioners
LOCATION:Historic Courthouse Courtroom
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nCommissioners open with a work session covering the county's FY2025 financial audit\, a resident satisfaction survey\, and a review of board rules of procedure. In the regular session\, an eight-item consent agenda handles routine business -- an NCDOT street resolution\, a resolution of intent to close part of NC Highway 902\, an amended Northeast District Park dam ordinance\, budget amendments\, tax refunds\, an economic-development contract increase\, private road naming\, and a 131-lot subdivision final plat. Separately\, the board adopts a Black History Month proclamation\, a resolution backing state juvenile-justice funding requests\, an amended project ordinance for Parkers Ridge Park\, and an $8.3 million construction contract with Blum Construction for the same park.\n\nAgenda: https://legistar.granicus.com/chathamnc/meetings/2026/2/1441_A_Board_of_Commissioners_26-02-16_Meeting_Agenda.pdf\nWatch: https://chathamnc.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/85
URL:https://chathamnc.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?LEGID=1441&GID=246&G=4B928CDD-81EA-4353-807D-AA8CEB756487
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-4200@govwatch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260226T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260226T210000
SUMMARY:Chatham County: Climate Change Advisory Committee Meeting
LOCATION:Virtual Meeting\, Virtual Pittsboro\, North Carolina 27312
DESCRIPTION:Climate Change Advisory Committee\n\nChatham County's Climate Change Advisory Committee met by video on 26 February to decide what to send the commissioners about Duke Energy. On the table were a resolution to Governor Stein and a letter asking the North Carolina Utilities Commission to weigh local government views when it rules on Duke's carbon plan and nuclear proposals.\n\nOld business was the data center moratorium. New business also covered community engagement and public-private partnerships for the climate action plan.\n\nAgenda: https://www.chathamcountync.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/75866/639074482948830000\nWatch: https://chathamnc.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/4200
URL:https://www.chathamcountync.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/51739/4930
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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UID:meeting-87@govwatch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260318T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260318T110000
SUMMARY:Chatham County: Board of Commissioners
LOCATION:Chatham County Agriculture and Conference Center\, 1192 US Hwy 64 West\, Pittsboro\, NC 27312
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nThis is Chatham County's annual legislative breakfast\, a special meeting where the county\, the Town of Pittsboro\, the Town of Siler City\, Chatham County Schools\, and Central Carolina Community College each present their 2026 legislative priorities to the county's state legislative delegation. It's informational\, not a voting meeting.\n\nState legislators give remarks in response before the meeting adjourns.\n\nAgenda: https://legistar.granicus.com/chathamnc/meetings/2026/3/1450_A_Board_of_Commissioners_26-03-18_Meeting_Agenda.pdf\nWatch: https://chathamnc.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/87
URL:https://chathamnc.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?LEGID=1450&GID=246&G=4B928CDD-81EA-4353-807D-AA8CEB756487
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-90@govwatch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260420T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260420T150000
SUMMARY:Chatham County: Board of Commissioners
LOCATION:Historic Courthouse Courtroom
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nChatham County commissioners open an afternoon work session with proclamations for Child Abuse Prevention Month\, Foster Care Awareness Month\, Black Maternal Health Week and Older Americans Month\, plus a resolution opposing state limits on county property tax authority. The agenda adds presentations on farmland preservation funding\, the Pittsboro Redevelopment Project\, a regional transportation needs study and a new GIS flood-mapping tool\, along with a review of the board's own rules of procedure and a discussion of the county's contract with Flock Safety\, a license-plate-reader camera vendor.\n\nThe evening regular session carries a long consent agenda -- budget amendments\, tax administration items\, a $251\,294 state trails grant\, a Duke Energy street-lighting easement in Pittsboro\, and a subdivision ordinance update tied to state fire code -- followed by five public hearings: closing a stretch of NC Highway 902\, delaying the county's Unified Development Ordinance effective date\, a 292-acre rezoning to heavy industrial off Christian Chapel Church Road\, a joint land-use plan amendment with Cary near Earnest Jones Road\, and a 372-acre conditional-district rezoning off Andrews Store Road.\n\nAgenda: https://legistar.granicus.com/chathamnc/meetings/2026/4/1462_A_Board_of_Commissioners_26-04-20_Meeting_Agenda.pdf\nWatch: https://chathamnc.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/90
URL:https://chathamnc.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?LEGID=1462&GID=246&G=4B928CDD-81EA-4353-807D-AA8CEB756487
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260504T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260504T200000
SUMMARY:Chatham County: Board of Commissioners
LOCATION:Historic Courthouse Courtroom
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nThe board gets its first formal presentation of the recommended FY2026-27 budget\, alongside a third-quarter FY2026 budget update and an ARPA (federal pandemic relief) funds quarterly update. On the consent agenda: a $425\,000 purchase of real property on Renaissance Drive\, a renewed $279\,309 inmate healthcare contract with Southern Health Partners\, a letter of commitment supporting Beacon Management Corporation's Low-Income Housing Tax Credit application\, easements with the Town of Pittsboro for Lewis Freeman Park\, sole-source purchasing exemptions for emergency-management and weather-alert software vendors\, and approval of the ABC Board's request to pay its general manager above the state-authorized salary cap. The board also closes in closed session to discuss pending litigation\, ECO TIP West LLC v. Chatham County.\n\nThe meeting opens with proclamations for Vulnerable Adult and Elder Abuse and Exploitation Awareness Month\, Professional Clerk's Week\, and Mental Health Awareness Month.\n\nAgenda: https://legistar.granicus.com/chathamnc/meetings/2026/5/1453_A_Board_of_Commissioners_26-05-04_Meeting_Agenda.pdf\nWatch: https://chathamnc.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/91
URL:https://chathamnc.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?LEGID=1453&GID=246&G=4B928CDD-81EA-4353-807D-AA8CEB756487
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-4064@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T002556Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260505T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260505T203000
SUMMARY:Chatham County: Planning Board Meeting
LOCATION:Chatham County Agriculture & Conference Center\, 1192 US 64 W Pittsboro\, North Carolina 27312
DESCRIPTION:Planning Board\n\nChatham County's Planning Board took two subdivisions\, a heavy industrial rezoning and the delay of the county's new development ordinance on 5 May. Hickory Mountain Reserve is 48 lots on 164.20 acres off Pleasant Hill Church Road\; Webster Farm is 132 lots on 182.98 acres off Buckner Clark Road. Both had been before the board in April.\n\nEC PROPCO asked again to rezone 292.288 acres off Christian Chapel Church Road from residential to heavy industrial. Toll Southeast asked to move 6.5 acres at 955 Earnest Jones Road from very low density to low density on the Chatham-Cary joint land use plan. The planning department asked to push the unified development ordinance's effective date from 1 June 2026 to 1 June 2027\, a consequence of Senate Bill 382.\n\nAgenda: https://www.chathamcountync.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/76837/639126417429830000\nWatch: https://chathamnc.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/4064
URL:https://www.chathamcountync.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/52273/198
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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SUMMARY:Chatham County: Board of Commissioners
LOCATION:Historic Courthouse Courtroom
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nChatham County commissioners' July 27 session is one of the heaviest of the summer. On the consent agenda\, the board votes to direct the county attorney to send notice terminating the economic development agreement between the county and VinFast Manufacturing USA\, LLC -- ending an incentive deal for the electric vehicle plant. Also on consent: a $424\,550 five-year contract with Priority Dispatch for the Emergency Communications Center\, additional Farmland Preservation Fund money for the Dry Creek Farm conservation easement\, a quasi-judicial approval of a 199-foot wireless tower near Goldston\, and interlocal tax-collection agreements with Pittsboro\, Apex\, Cary\, Goldston\, and Siler City. The board also announces a special meeting for public comment on the proposed Enbridge Gas pipeline expansion (held the following week) and adopts a resolution backing the Downtown Pittsboro Public Properties Pre-Development Analysis.\n\nThe evening's public hearings and land-use votes are substantial: a legislative rezoning by Fearrington Property Development\, LLC of roughly 372 acres off Andrews Store\, Parker Herndon\, and Morris roads from Residential to a Conditional District Compact Community\; a vote on EC PROPCO\, LLC's 292-acre rezoning from Residential to Heavy Industrial off Christian Chapel Church Road\; and first-plat approvals for two large subdivisions -- Webster Farm (132 lots on 183 acres) and Hickory Mountain Reserve (48 lots on 164 acres). Only the agenda was available\, not minutes\, so outcomes\, vote splits\, and public comment on these items are not recorded here.\n\nAgenda: https://legistar.granicus.com/chathamnc/meetings/2026/7/1479_A_Board_of_Commissioners_26-07-27_Meeting_Agenda.pdf\nWatch: https://chathamnc.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/98
URL:https://chathamnc.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?LEGID=1479&GID=246&G=4B928CDD-81EA-4353-807D-AA8CEB756487
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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SUMMARY:Chatham County: Board of Commissioners
LOCATION:Historic Courthouse Courtroom
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nChatham County commissioners' August 17 session runs an afternoon work session into an evening regular session with a heavy land-use docket. The regular session's consent agenda includes a $150\,000 Deep River State Trail feasibility study\, a $477\,558 economic development services contract\, two public safety radio tower repair contracts\, and a scheduled September 21 hearing on special-use-permit zoning text amendments. The evening brings four public hearings: county-initiated zoning text amendments to update bona fide farm exemptions and permitted-use tables for state-law compliance\; revised commercial and industrial landscaping design guidelines\; a rezoning of a 4.089-acre parcel on Bonlee Bennett Road from Neighborhood Business to Residential requested by Candace Beal\; and a quasi-judicial hearing on a proposed 199-foot wireless telecommunications tower on Andrews Store Road requested by Anthemnet\, Inc.\, open to evidence from people with standing on direct property impact.\n\nThe board then votes on two other land-use cases: a legislative rezoning by EC PROPCO\, LLC of 292.288 acres off Christian Chapel Church Road from Residential to Heavy Industrial -- by far the largest acreage change on this agenda -- and a quasi-judicial Special Use Permit for a contractor's storage yard on Campbell Road in Bear Creek. Only the agenda was available for this meeting\, not minutes\, so outcomes\, vote splits\, and any public comment on these hearings are not recorded here.\n\nAgenda: https://legistar.granicus.com/chathamnc/meetings/2026/8/1481_A_Board_of_Commissioners_26-08-17_Meeting_Agenda.pdf\nWatch: https://chathamnc.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/100
URL:https://chathamnc.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?LEGID=1481&GID=246&G=4B928CDD-81EA-4353-807D-AA8CEB756487
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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SUMMARY:Chatham County: Board of Commissioners
LOCATION:Historic Courthouse Courtroom
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nChatham County's commissioners vote Monday evening on a resolution opposing the Enbridge gas pipeline\, a month after the Agriculture Advisory Board held its own public hearing on it. That board reports back the same night\, and the pipeline company's attorney has already written to the county about the zoning amendments further down the agenda.\n\nFour legislative rezoning hearings follow. US HWY 64 Properties asks to take 13.145 acres off US 64 West at Ridge View Road from residential to regional business\; RTP Gardens asks for conditional regional business zoning on a tract off Bob Horton Road near Apex\; a Corinth Road owner in Moncure asks to move from R-5 to R-1. The fourth is the county's own amendment to the special use permit process. A separate set of the county's own zoning amendments sits on the board priorities list\, including one that removes off-street parking requirements to keep the ordinance in step with G.S. 160D. The board also votes on the first plat for Whispering Creek\, 238 lots on 288.6 acres off Bynum Ridge Road\, and on a contractor's storage yard at 1656 Campbell Road in Bear Creek\, where one resident has asked the board to reopen the quasi-judicial hearing before it decides.\n\nThe afternoon work session is where the money is. Commissioners take a space needs study and master plan from Hobbs Architects and The Wooten Company\, a report on whether to run the Expanding Access to Early Learning initiative for a full year\, presentations on opioid settlement spending and farmland preservation\, and a $250\,000 mobile health clinic from Tesco Specialty Vehicles. They close the session with two closed sessions\, one of them on ECO TIP West LLC v. Chatham County.\n\nAgenda: https://legistar.granicus.com/chathamnc/meetings/2026/9/1485_A_Board_of_Commissioners_26-09-21_Meeting_Agenda.pdf\nWatch: https://chathamnc.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3127
URL:https://chathamnc.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?LEGID=1485&GID=246&G=4B928CDD-81EA-4353-807D-AA8CEB756487
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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