Chatham County Democratic Party P.O. Box 1118 Pittsboro, NC 27312 919-913-7215 www.ChathamDemsNC.net On Facebook at “Chatham County (NC) Democratic Party” Randy Voller, Chair [email protected] CHATHAM COUNTY PRECINCTS ALBRIGHT BENNETT BONLEE BYNUM EAST SILER CITY EAST WILLIAMS GOLDSTON HADLEY HARPER’S CROSSROADS HICKORY MOUNTAIN MANNS CHAPEL NEW HOPE NORTH WILLIAMS OAKLAND PITTSBORO THREE RIVERS WEST SILER CITY WEST WILLIAMS

County Board of Commissioners

4 year terms

Brian Bock, Chair (Rep) (District 3) Term ends Nov. 2014 Phone:(919)533-9807 E-mail: [email protected]

Sally Kost (Dem) (District 1) Term ends Nov. 2012 Phone: (919) 696-7840 E-mail: [email protected]

Walter Petty, Vice Chair (Rep) (District 5) Term ends Nov. 2014 Phone: (919) 200-1940 E-mail: [email protected]

Pam Stewart (Rep) (District 4) Term ends Nov. 2014 Phone: (919) 930-1044 E-mail: [email protected]

Mike Cross (Dem) (District 2) Term ends Nov. 2012 Phone: (919) 774-3309 E-mail: [email protected]

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Chatham County Board of Commissioners

2011 Voting Scorecard The 2010 election changed the majority on the Chatham County Board of Commissioners (BOC) from Democratic to Republican. The Republican majority quickly reversed policies regarding local environmental protections, provisions of valued county services and government operations. A review of BOC Minutes from December 2010 through December 2011 focused on the major issues that were decided by vote. The Scorecard shows a consistent attack on local environmental protections through reductions in dedicated staff and the elimination of Environmental Review Board input from the permit process, even though their expert scientific advice was free and non-binding. How the newly-elected BOC regards Chatham citizens is captured in several issues. The entire Human Relations Commission resigned in protest over a BOC action that eliminated the one staff position. The Republican majority BOC allowed Western Wake Partners to build their 8.1-mile wastewater pipeline through east Chatham with no reciprocity or restrictions on future annexations by Cary or Apex. Using the 2010 Census data, Chairman Brian Bock and Vice Chair Walter Petty redrew the maps of the five Commissioner districts without any citizen participation in the process or consideration of realignment with School Board districts. To further decrease citizen influence in county government, a new policy restricts an individual’s participation to 6 years on any county committee. This scorecard does not include votes on non-controversial items and normal permit requests (such as Conditional Use Permits and Variances) that followed the normal Planning protocols for public discussion.

Chatham County Government Schedule, includes BOC meetings

http://www.chathamnc.org/Index.aspx?page=15 Board of Elections

http://www.chathamnc.org/Index.aspx?page=1548 Primary Election Day . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday, May 8, 2012 2nd Primar y, if necessar y . . . . . . . Tuesday, June 26, 2012 General Election Day . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Chatham County Democratic Party P.O. Box 1118 Pittsboro, NC 27312 919-913-7215 www.ChathamDemsNC.net On Facebook at “Chatham County (NC) Democratic Party” Randy Voller, Chair [email protected]

ENVIRONMENT Eliminate staff position, Sustainability Communities Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Eliminate Resource Conservation Manager [vacant position]in Planning Deptartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Delay hiring a consultant for developing Land Use Plan; but “revisit” issue later in year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Resolution: Support Pittsboro’s application for Wastewater Treatment Plant on Haw River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Eliminate Environmental Review Board from major subdivision planning processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Eliminate Environmental Review Board review of conditional use permits that require environmental impact assessment, which will now be reviewed by Environmental Quality Dept. staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Eliminate staff position, Dir. of Environmental Resources, and move Environmental Review Bd. under “new” Environmental Quality Dept. [formerly Solid Waste] when budget adopted 6/01/2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Eliminate Environmental Impact Assessments (“EIA”) for subdivisions smaller than 50 lots; Subdivisions larger than 50 lots require an EIA that will be peer and staff reviewed only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Eliminate EIA requirement for General Use (non-residential) permits that disturbs 2+ acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Remove requirement for LEED certification for future Chatham public buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Remove requirement for LEED certification for new County jail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Reassign Watershed Protection Bd. tasks [required by NC regulation] to the Planning Bd. from the Environmental Review Bd. . . . N Deny Cross’s appointment of environmentalist Allison Weakley to Planning Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Resolution: Support Governor Perdue’s veto of S709 that will open door to hydraulic fracturing in NC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N EDUCATION Postpone construction of northeastern high school to 2016, Capital Improvement Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Allocate zero funds in 2011–12 Budget for projected increases in school enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y COUNTY SERVICES / LAND USE Stop site selection process for “future” Chatham County landfill site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Approve 2011–12 “austerity” budget that cuts library hours, eliminates Bookmobile, eliminates meal programs for seniors, cuts environmental staff, transportation, and other services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Reinstate $25,000 funding for operating library Bookmobile on reduced schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N Add $25,000 budget to extend hours at Chatham Community and Goldston libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Give Western Wake Partners authority to build 8.1 mile wastewater pipeline thru Chatham [Chatham did not pursue leverage thru a legislative local bill that could give it the right to approve/disapprove Cary annexation; received $500,000 for Moncure Community Center] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Appoint Stewart [removing Kost whose district is directly affected]as 3rd member of Chatham/Cary Joint Land Use Committee . . Y Select “closed” Chatham County landfill as site for new County jail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS Eliminate daytime BOC meeting [seniors could attend] in favor of night meetings only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Eliminate BOC review [and public input opportunity] of construction plan and final plat approval for subdivisions unless there is a “significant change” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Adopt Tri-Party Annexation Agreement with Cary/Apex on “involuntary” annexations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Adopt 2011–2012 Budget at a work session prior to presentations by departments and non-profits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Redistricted 5 County Commissioner Districts without citizen involvement [Bock/Petty drew maps] and no consideration to conform with Board of Education districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Restrict citizen participation on County committees to 6 years; no dual appointments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Provide property tax incentives to Acme-McCrary for expanding operations in Siler City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Delay property reappraisals for tax value from 2013 until 2015 [overvalued in current market] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y TRANSPORTATION Eliminate bus service between Pittsboro to Chapel Hill, effective June 30, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Approve preparing “new” Chatham Comprehensive Transportation Plan [last one was 1996] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Appoint Stewart to regional Metropolitan Planning Organization [she never attended] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Adopt Chatham County Bicycle Plan, see Chatham Comprehensive Transportation Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Adopt Pittsboro Comprehensive Transportation Plan, which includes 15/501 bypass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Adopt Secondary Road Improvement plan: Pave 3 gravel roads; widen O’Kelly Chapel Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y

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Cross

Kost

HUMAN RIGHTS AND COMMUNITY HEALTH Eliminate staff position, Exec.Director of Human Relations [prompted mass resignation of HR board members on 7/18/2011]. . Y Eliminate Childhood Obesity Prevention Educator [vacant position] in Dept. of Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Rescind 2009 BOC resolution that prohibited Sheriff from enforcing ICE immigration laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y

Petty

Bock

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