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68 <br />DRAFT-NOT APPROVED YET <br />4 <br />1 DRAFT <br />2 MINUTES <br />3 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />4 HILLSBOROUGH TOWN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS (Item A.1) <br />5 AND <br />6 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br />7 QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING <br />g May 21, 2007 <br />9 7:30 p.m. <br />10 <br />11 The Orange County Board of Commissioners, Hillsborough Town Board, and the <br />12 Orange County Planning Board met for a Quarterly Public Hearing on Monday, May 21, 2007 at <br />13 7:30 p.m. in the F. Gordon Battle Courtroom in Hillsborough, N.C. <br />14 <br />15 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Moses Carey, Jr. and Commissioners <br />16 Valerie Foushee, Alice M. Gordon, Barry Jacobs, and Mike Nelson <br />17 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br />18 .COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoff Gledhill <br />19 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Laura Blackmon, and Deputy Clerk to the <br />20 Board David Hunt (Ali other staff members will be identified appropriately below) <br />21 PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Jay Bryan and Members Brian <br />22 Crawford, Craufurd Goodwin, Sam Lasris, Renee Price-Saunders, Sandra Johnson-Quinn, <br />23 Judith Wegner, and Jeffrey Schmitt <br />24 PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Michelle Kempinski, Joel Knight, and <br />25 Bernadette Pelissier <br />26 HILLSBOROUGH BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Tom Stevens and Members <br />27 Evelyn Lloyd, Brian Lowen, Michael Gering, and Eric Hallman <br />28 HILLSBOROUGH BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Frances Dancy <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT <br />32 AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 A. OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR <br />36 The meeting was called to order by Chair Carey at 7:37 pm. He noted that this is the first <br />37 time that a meeting has been held with these three boards in a very long time. <br />38 Planning Board Chair Jay Bryan welcomed everyone. <br />39 Mayor Tom Stevens said that he and his board were delighted to be at the table. <br />40 <br />41 B. PUBLIC CHARGE <br />42 The Chair dispensed with the reading of the public charge. <br />43 <br />44 C. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS <br />45 <br />46 2. NC Highway 57 Speedway Area Small Area Plan: A citizen task force, Durham and <br />47 Person County representatives, and two Orange County Commissioners have spent the <br />48 past 10 months addressing planning issues fora 900- acre area in the northeast corner <br />49 of Orange County. Issues include non-conforming, non-residentia! land uses, <br />50 trafficlaccess management, water quality and quantity, noise and noxious odors, and an <br />51 appropriate level of residential and non-residential development. The Task Force <br />