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APPROVED 12/15/2009 MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ANNUAL PLANNING RETREAT <br /> SOUTHERN HUMAN SERVICES CENTER <br /> November 14, 2009 <br /> 9:00 a.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Board retreat on Saturday, <br /> November 14, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, North <br /> Carolina. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Valerie P. Foushee and Commissioners Alice <br /> Gordon, Pam Hemminger, Barry Jacobs, Bernadette Pelissier, and Steve Yuhasz <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Commissioner Mike Nelson <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Frank Clifton, Clerk to the Board Donna S. <br /> Baker, Assistant County Managers Gwen Harvey and Willie Best, and Economic Development <br /> Director Brad Broadwell and Financial Services Director Gary Humphreys <br /> UNC PRESENTERS: <br /> Lydian Altman (UNC Public Intersection Project) <br /> Dr. Jonathan Morgan (UNC School of Government) <br /> I. Getting Started: Setting Expectations <br /> Lydia Altman: The Board produced a goal about economic development (ED): <br /> Implement planning and economic development policies which <br /> create a balanced, dynamic local economy, and which promote <br /> diversity, sustainable growth and enhanced revenue while embracing <br /> community values. <br /> One of the purposes of the meeting today is to define some of those words <br /> more precisely. [See section V.] <br /> What do we want to see happen in the retreat today? <br /> • Focus on the positive--what we do want rather than on what we don't <br /> want <br /> • Follow through with action <br /> • Come out with consensus, agree on vision and how to proceed <br /> • Be willing to take risks <br /> • Create a definite plan <br /> • Come up with details that outsiders can understand <br /> • Create a cohesive vision that can be acted on <br /> • Move forward <br />