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~a~~~ y <br />APPROVED 6/18/2002 MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />REGULAR MEETING <br />May 8, 2002 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Wednesday, May 8, 2002 <br />at 7:30 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Barry Jacobs and Commissioners Margaret W. <br />Brown, Alice M. Gordon and Stephen Halkiotis <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONER ABSENT: Moses Carey, Jr. <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill and S. Sean Borhanian <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant County Manager Rod <br />Visser and Cierk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe (All other staff members will be identified appropriately <br />below) <br />NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT <br />AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. <br />1. ADDITIONS OR CHANGES TO THE AGENDA <br />Item 5-c was postponed and item 8-u, "Amendment to HUD Cooperative Agreement," was added. <br />• PUBLIC CHARGE <br />Chair Jacobs dispensed with the reading of the public charge. <br />2. CITIZEN & AUDIENCE COMMENTS <br />a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda <br />Susan Osborne presented the County Commissioners with information from the Churton <br />Grove Civic Association. She distributed a packet about the pool and clubhouse. Churton Grove Civic <br />Association is asking the County Commissioners to intercede on-their behalf to secure commitments <br />regarding this issue. There are four major issues. They are requesting that the developer, Churton <br />Grove LLC, keep their commitment to complete the pool and clubhouse by the end of 2002. They are <br />basing this on a survey of 2/3 of current inhabitants, a sign that has been on the site, and a cover of a <br />document that was circulated at the time the sign was placed, which was the middle of September. The <br />second issue is that the original plan with the Orange County Planning Department was for the <br />community to have town homes, condominiums, or apartments. They would like to affirm the verbal <br />understanding that it would be town homes and the quantity of those. The third issue is that they would <br />like a clubhouse and pool constructed to ensure longevity of each facility. Lastly, the facility was to be <br />an open membership facility. The facility is for a two meeting room clubhouse and a junior Olympic <br />sized pool. At this time, there are 1'65 inhabitants that must pay for the use of the pool every month. <br />They are asking that no memberships be sold. She said that many of the inhabitants expected the pool <br />to be available by Memorial Day. She spoke about the documents that were in the information that was <br />distributed to the County Commissioners. She hopes that the County Commissioners will assist the <br />homeowners in getting clarification on this issue as they have been requesting a meeting with the <br />developer since October and have not been successful. <br />This will be referred to the staff and they will make a report back to the County <br />Commissioners, which will be forwarded to Ms. Osborne. <br />Commissioner Brown asked that this be referred back to the County Commissioners before <br />they adjourn for the summer, which is June 27'h <br />