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p�a,4o� 4 4 -5 <br />90 <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />APRIL 9, 1997 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in joint session with <br />the Hillsborough Town Commissioners on Wednesday, April 9,-1997 at 7:30 <br />p.m. in the meeting room at the Government Services Center in <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br />CoUNTy c0XM3 :S8I0NERS PRESENT: Chair William L. Crowther and <br />Commissioners Margaret W. Brown, Moses Carey, Jr.,.Alice M. Gordon and <br />Stephen H. Halkiotis <br />,WOL•.'N OF H1L•LsBOROUGX CQMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Mayor Horace Johnson <br />and Commissioners Kenneth E. Chavious, Richard O. Simpson, Evelyn Lloyd, <br />Catherine Martin and Remus Smith <br />,COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br />COUNTY STAFF PRE YAtr: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant <br />County Manager Rod Visser and Albert Kittrell and Clerk to the Board <br />Beverly A. Blythe (All other staff members will be identified <br />appropriately below) <br />4_=_�!_ �Y � P � 4th' � � • _ ; • ;_• <br />INTRODUCTIONB UM OPENING REMARKS <br />Introductions were made. Commissioner Gordon expressed appreciation <br />that Catherine Martin is well after her car accident. Mayor Johnson said <br />that hopefully this is the beginning of a good relationship to enhance all <br />the lives of everyone in Orange County with joint efforts on parks and <br />recreation. The Town has the will and hopefully funds will be <br />available. <br />AGENDA. <br />1AL FM RIME $ PARK <br />Director of Economic Development Ted Abernathy distributed <br />colored maps of the proposed park. He summarized the components of the <br />park. They have applied for grant monies from the Kirby Foundation and <br />the Hillsborough Tourism Board. The plan for Stillhouse Creek will go to <br />the two governing boards upon completion in a few weeks. <br />Commissioner Gordon noted that the plan utilizes all of the land <br />and does not reserve any space for future county needs, including parking, <br />as the Commissioners had requested. <br />Commissioner Carey agreed and suggested that perhaps the section <br />marked "open field" would be appropriate. The County Manager is to revigw <br />the plans and provide a recommendation concerning space that should be <br />reserved for Orange County needs. <br />