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a , <br />1 <br />APPROVED 4J4/94 MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />BOARD RETREAT <br />DECEMBER 11, 1993 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met on December 11, 1993 at <br />8:30 a.m. at the Homestead Community Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina <br />for the purpose of holding their annual Goals and Objectives Retreat. <br />COIINTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Moses Carey, Jr., and Commissioners <br />Alice M. Gordon, Stephen H. Halkiotis, Verla C. Insko and Don Willhoit. <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br />COIINTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant <br />County Managers Rod Visser and Albert Kittrell, Economic Development <br />Director Ted Abernathy, Deputy Clerk to the Board Kathy Baker, Clerk to the <br />Board Beverly A. Blythe, Finance Director Ken Chavious, Planning Director <br />Marvin Collins, Personnel Director Elaine Holmes, Purchasing Director Pam <br />Jones, Budget Director Sally Kost, Director of the Department on Aging Jerry <br />Passmore, Land Records Manager Roscoe Reeve, Health Director Dan Reimer, <br />Management Analyst Sharron Siler, and County Engineer Paul Thames <br />ADDITIONS OR CHANGES TO THE AGENDA <br />Chair Carey added to the agenda a discussion on the proposed watershed <br />regulations. He would like the Board to come to some conclusions so this <br />item will take less time at the next regular meeting. <br />Chair Carey stated that the focus for this meeting is for the County <br />Commissioners to discuss those issues on the printed agenda. Staff will be <br />called upon for additional information. <br />Commissioner Insko said she would like for the Board to discuss how <br />issues are addressed and how these issues impact on the goals which have <br />been agreed upon. While she supports most of the goals listed, she is not <br />sure if all Board members feel the same. <br />Commissioner Gordon said she is not sure if it has been determined how <br />to implement these goals. She would like for the Board to be consistent in <br />their fiscal responsibility and consider the taxpayer when implementing <br />these goals, especially when dealing with the proposed Economic Development <br />Districts. <br />ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS <br />Commissioner Willhoit said he would like to start with the discussion <br />of the Economic Development Districts (EDDs) and see how the creation of <br />EDDs promote the Commissioners' goals for high paying jobs within the <br />County. He feels the EDDs promote the overall goals they have worked on for <br />a long time. He suggested adjusting the Permitted Use Table to eliminate <br />those categories that do not promote what they want in the EDDs. At the I- <br />40, Old 86 interchange, he sees no need for fast food restaurants, gas <br />stations, storage areas, etc. The Permitted Use Table would list those uses <br />they want to encourage in these nodes that would meet their goals. <br />Commissioner Insko made reference to page 34 and stated that goals need <br />to have reasons articulated. <br />Chair Carey stated that there is a need to diversify the tax base with <br />