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1 <br />APPROVED JUNE 2.1998 <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Regular Meeting <br />March 4, 1998 <br />The Orange County Board of County Commissioners met in regular session on Wednesday, March 4, <br />1998 at 7:30 p.m. in the Judge F. Gordan Battle Courtroom in Hiltsborough, North Carolina. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Margaret W. Brown, and Commissioners Moses <br />Carey, Jr., WiNam L Crowther, Alice M. Gordon and Stephen H. Handods. <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESM: Geoffrey Gledhill <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M Link. Jr., Assistant County Managers Rod <br />Yrsser and Albert Kitt W and Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe (AU other staff members will be identified <br />appropriately below) <br />NOTE: &L DOCUMENT'S RFCFSSr W TQ M THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT <br />AGQM EM MI = Q9WS OFFICE. ALL RECORDINGS QE MZ MEETING WILL <br />BE KEPT FOR S YEARS. <br />1: § =& ORMWATIMS <br />a. Marvin Collins <br />The Board recognised and expressed its appreciation to retiring Planning Director Marvin Collins <br />for more than 15 years of service to Orange County. <br />Chair Margaret Brown read the resolution. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon. seconded by Commissioner Carey to approve <br />the resolution of appreciation as stated below: <br />Resolution Honoring Marvin Collins <br />Whereas,' Marvin Collins has served as Orange County Planning Director for over 15 years and <br />has a distinguished record of almost 30 years of outstanding public service in local <br />9venivievnitplanning. <br />Whereasi, Marvin Collins has brought great dedication, creativity and vision to Orange County's <br />Planting program. <br />Whereas, Marvin Collins has made many innovative and significant contributions to planning in Orange <br />County including: <br />• Worts on joint planning with Chapel Hill and Carrboro leading to creation of the Joint <br />Planning Area Land Use Plan and Rural Buffer. <br />• Guiding the development of watershed standards to prated the quality of our water <br />rssoueres. <br />• Woridng with Randall Arendt, noted open space expert. to develop an open space design <br />guidebook which has been distributed statewide to all 100 counties. <br />• Analysis and support for development of public school impact fees. <br />• Development of the historic preservation element of the County's comprehensive plan, the <br />first Countywide historic preservation plan in the State. <br />