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4~c~ rt fi ;~ MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MAY 22, 1979 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in special session on Tuesday, May 22, 1979, at 4:00 p.m., in the Board Room, of the Municipal Building, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Commissioners present: Commissioner. Richard Whitted, Chairman, and Commissioners Anne Barnes, Don Willhoit and Norman Gustaveson. Commissioner Walker was absent. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss joint planning goals and objectives with members of the Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen. Chapel Hill Aldermen present: Mayor James C. Wallace, and Aldermen Jonathan Howes, Bev Kawalec, Gerry Cohen, Marilyn Boulton, R. D. Smith, Ed Vickery and Bill Thorpe. Chairman Whitted called the meeting to order and briefly discussed the subject matter of the last joint meeting between the Chapel Hill Aldermen and County Commissioners. Chairman Whitted suggested opening the floor to discussion about goals and objectives of joint planning so that a committee consisting of Aldermen, County Commissioners, Planning Boards and Planning Staffs could finalize a statement of goals and objectives for both board's approval,set procedure for joint planning and delineate the specific area. Orange County Planning Director submitted to both boards a copy of draft memorandum suggesting goals and objectives for d acussion. Alderman Hawes suggested both boards serve as a joint committee of the whole which would meet on a monthly basis. Mayor Wallace said he preferred both boards, rather than a smaller committee, doing the preliminary °+~ork and suggested alternating joint afternoon `meetings (4:00 - 6:00 p.m.) between Chapel Hill and Hillsborough. He suggested these meetings be advertised to the public. • It was the consensus of the boards to accept the five broad goals listed in the memorandum of May 21, 1979. For copy of this memorandum, see page 428 of this book.