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Planning Board Regular Meeting

Town of Hillsborough · Planning Board
Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 7:00 pm

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What was decided

  1. Approved 3.AMinutes from joint meeting on November 20, 2025 Approved 7-0
  2. Approved 4.AAmended Rules of Procedure (all meetings now at 7 pm) Approved 7-0

Read from the agenda's recorded outcomes. Where the board published minutes, those are the record — this is a pointer to them.

What's on this agenda

Hillsborough's Planning Board has a light agenda with no development cases. Members review and approve amended rules of procedure, consolidating all board meetings to a 7 p.m. start time, and elect a new chair, since current chair Frank Casadonte is rotating off the board on Jan. 31 after two full terms; the new chair takes over Feb. 1, 2026.

The rest of the meeting is a training session with Engineering Services Manager Bryant Green on the town's water and sewer system, followed by routine liaison updates from the Board of Adjustment and Parks and Recreation Board and general staff and board updates.

Summarized from the published agenda. Read the agenda itself before acting on it.

Meeting recap

What happened, drawn from the records published after the meeting. Minutes

The Planning Board elected Vice Chair Hooper Schultz as chair and Sherra Lawrence as vice chair, both by 7-0 roll-call votes effective February 1, as outgoing chair Frank Casadonte rotates off the board after two full terms. Staff also announced that member Tiffney Marley had resigned to pursue a PhD at UNC and introduced her successor, Kimberly Landaverde, whom the town board has appointed to the seat starting in February. The board approved amended rules of procedure moving all meetings, including joint public hearings, to a 7 p.m. start and updating the order of business to match current practice, and approved minutes from its November 20, 2025 joint public hearing with the Board of Commissioners.

Engineering Services Manager Bryant Green then gave the board a training session on the town's water and sewer system. He described treatment plants on Dimmocks Mill and Elizabeth Brady roads, a roughly two-year raw water supply from the West Fork Eno Reservoir, and 42 to 43 pump stations, a high count Green attributed to Hillsborough's terrain and barriers such as I-40, I-85, the railroad and the Eno River. He also covered infrastructure debt, damage Tropical Storm Chantal caused to the River Pump Station, a reduced Urban Service Boundary meant to cut water quality problems from long travel distances, and developer proffers used to fund system upgrades. In updates, Robert Iglesias said the Board of Adjustment did not meet in December, and Hooper Schultz said the Parks and Recreation Board also did not meet in December but would meet the following week.

How the votes went

The board approved the agenda 7-0, the November 20, 2025 joint meeting minutes 7-0, and the amended Rules of Procedure 7-0. By separate 7-0 roll-call votes it elected Hooper Schultz chair and Sherra Lawrence vice chair, both effective February 1. It adjourned on a 7-0 vote.

From the published minutes.

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Agenda items (10)

Procedural · 3Staff or committee report · 3Minutes approval · 1Resolution · 1Appointment · 1Presentation · 1
  1. 1 Call to order and confirmation of quorum
    Procedural
    Chair Frank Casadonte called the meeting to order at 7 p.m.; Senior Planner Molly Boyle confirmed a quorum.
    Quorum confirmed
  2. 2 Agenda changes and approval
    Procedural
    The board approved the agenda with no changes.
    Approved 7-0
  3. 3.A Minutes from joint meeting on November 20, 2025
    Minutes approval
    The board reviewed and approved minutes from its November 20, 2025 joint public hearing with the Board of Commissioners.
    Approved 7-0
  4. 4.A Amended Rules of Procedure (all meetings now at 7 pm)
    Resolution
    The board adopted two changes to its Rules of Procedure: all Planning Board meetings, including joint public hearings, now begin at 7 p.m. rather than 6:30, and the order of agenda items was updated to match current practice.
    Approved 7-0
  5. 5 Chair election
    Appointment Appointments and personnelElections and districts
    Chair Frank Casadonte is rotating off the board January 31 after two full terms. The board elected Vice Chair Hooper Schultz chair and Sherra Lawrence vice chair, both effective February 1. Staff also announced that Tiffney Marley had resigned to pursue a PhD at UNC and introduced Kimberly Landaverde, whom the town board has appointed to the vacant seat effective February.
    Schultz elected chair 7-0; Lawrence elected vice chair 7-0
  6. 6 Board training session with Bryant Green, Engineering Services Manager
    Presentation Water and sewer
    Engineering Services Manager Bryant Green briefed the board on the town's water and sewer system, including treatment plant capacity, the Eno River water supply, the town's 42 to 43 pump stations, infrastructure debt, damage from Tropical Storm Chantal, the town's reduced Urban Service Boundary, and developer proffers that help fund system upgrades.
    No action taken
  7. 7.A Board of Adjustment
    Staff or committee report
    Robert Iglesias, the Planning Board's liaison to the Board of Adjustment, said that board did not meet in December.
    No action taken
  8. 7.B Parks and Recreation Board
    Staff or committee report Parks and recreation
    Hooper Schultz said the Parks and Recreation Board did not meet in December but would meet the following week.
    No action taken
  9. 7.C Staff and board members
    Staff or committee report
    Molly Boyle had no updates beyond Tiffney Marley's resignation, addressed earlier in the meeting. No other board members had updates.
    No action taken
  10. 8 Adjournment
    Procedural
    The board adjourned at 8:51 p.m.
    Approved 7-0

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