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1 <br />APPROVED 4/17/2001 <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />REGULAR MEETING <br />June 6, 2000 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, June 6, 2000 at 7:30 <br />p.m. in the F. Gordon Battle Courtroom in Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Moses Carey, Jr. and Commissioners Margaret W. <br />Brown, Alice M. Gordon, Stephen H. Halkiotis, and Barry Jacobs <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant County Manager Rod <br />Visser and Clerk 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 AGENDA <br />FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. ALL RECORDINGS OF THE MEETING WILL BE KEPT FOR <br />5 YEARS. <br />1. ADDITIONS OR CHANGES TO THE AGENDA <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to add as item <br />9g, "Consideration of a Moratorium of Development Applications near Intersections of I-85/NC86 and I- <br />40/Old NC86." <br />Commissioner Brown suggested moving item 9f -consideration of The Woodlands Preliminary Plan - <br />forward so that the speakers on this item would have time to speak. <br />Commissioner Brown amended the motion to address item 9f and 9g after 9c, and then address items <br />9d and 9e. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />John Link asked if the Efland Wastewater Extension report, item 10a, could be addressed tonight. He <br />said that this report would be important to hear before considering the Richmond Hills Subdivision at the <br />next meeting. <br />There was a consensus by the Board to hear the Efland Wastewater Extension report after item 9g. <br />CITIZEN ~ AUDIENCE COMMENTS <br />a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda <br />Jim Singleton said that he lives at the rock house at the comer of US 70A and Lawrence Road <br />and there is a problem with dump trucks coming up Lawrence Road. He said that his house was one of <br />only two occupied dwellings in all of Orange County that has been designated a historic landmark. Tonight <br />during dinner, six trucks came up Lawrence Road. The trucks are causing damage to the property because <br />of vibration. He asked that the County Commissioners declare Lawrence Road off limits for heavy trucks. <br />He also spoke about the speed limit on Lawrence Road. The speed limit is 45mph. On a wet day he has <br />seen cars skid through the stop sign. He asked that the speed limit be lowered to 35mph. <br />Keith Burns spoke on behalf of Joe Phelps, who is involved in developing Bricewood subdivision. <br />He distributed a letter related to his presentation. The development is near the intersection of Governor <br />Scott Road and Mill Creek Road. The development is 27 acres and would have 15 residential sites of about <br />one to two acres each. He said that at the Board of County Commissioners April 4th meeting, the Board had <br />some concerns and referred it back to the Planning Department for additional information. He said that it <br />was unclear as to what additional information was needed. It appears that the information relates to <br />adjoining waterways and the efforts to police buffers that are in place in this plan. He said that efforts to <br />work with the Planning Department and to bring the matter back have not been successful. A conservation <br />