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1 <br /> APPROVED 8/23)94, MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> AUGUST 8, 1994 <br /> REGULAR MEETING <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on <br /> Monday, August 8, 1994 at 7:30 p.m. in the courtroom of the old County <br /> Courthouse, Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Moses Carey, Jr. , and Commissioners <br /> Alice M. Gordon, Verla C. Insko and Don Willhoit. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONER ABSENT: Commissioner Stephen H. Halkiotis <br /> COUNT'S ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br /> STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr. , Assistant County <br /> Manager Albert K ittre l l and Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe. Other staff <br /> members are identified appropriately below. <br /> I. ADDITIONS OR CHANGES TO THE AGENDA <br /> a. added to the Consent Agenda as item T "Resolution for Farmland <br /> Preservation Bond Application" <br /> b. deleted from Consent Agenda, the property tax refund for Mr. James <br /> Upchurch <br /> c. deleted the June 6 and June 15 minutes and accepted corrections to <br /> the May 26 and May 31 minutes <br /> d. removed the appointment to the Orange County Board of Adjustment <br /> II. AUDIENCE COMMENTS <br /> A. MATTERS ON THE PRINTED AGENDA <br /> Chair Carey said that those citizens who want to speak to an item <br /> on the printed agenda will be recognized at the appropriate time. <br /> B. MATTERS NOT ON THE PRINTED AGENDA <br /> Molly Johnson., representing her husband George and friends who live <br /> in Gastonia, spoke about some lots they own at Lake Orange. Her concern is <br /> that with the passage of the County's watershed requirements, the lots are <br /> nonconforming and not large enough to fulfill the setback requirements. <br /> She asked that the Board amend the Zoning Ordinance to exempt existing lots <br /> of record from the setback requirements. <br /> Besty Tilley expressed the same concerns as Ms. Johnson. She had <br /> been told that existing lots would not be affected and now finds out that they <br /> are. She noted that most of the lots around Lake Orange are now worth <br /> nothing. She asked that the Board undo the action they have taken. <br /> Chair Carey responded that the regulations were implemented because <br /> Orange County is serious about protecting their drinking water. The Board <br /> will take these comments under consideration. <br /> Ellen McLamb, owner of a home care facility located at 202 Crawford <br /> Road, expressed a concern about the fire inspection fee of $120 saying it is <br /> too much for a small home care facility to pay. She also expressed a concern <br /> about transportation for one of her tenants to participate in the senior <br /> center activities in Hillsborough. Her tenants are willing to pay for this <br />