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APPROVED FEBRUARY 3, 1998 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br />QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING <br />NOVEMBER 24, 1997 <br />MINUTES <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners and the Orange County Planning Board, met in joint <br />session on Monday, November 24, 1997 at 7:30 p.m. in the Superior Court Room, Hillsborough, North <br />Carolina, for the purpose of holding a Quarterly Public Hearing. <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair William L. Crowther, and Commissioners Alice <br />M. Gordon, Steve H. Halkiotis and Moses Carey, Jr. <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT Commissioner Margaret Brown. <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Karen Barrows and members Paul <br />Hoecke, Howard McAdams, Jr., Elizabeth Walters, Renee Price, Libby Searles, Arnie Katz, Nell Andrews, Leo <br />Allison, and James Selkirk., <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: S.A.M. Brooks, and Robert Strayhorn. <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill. <br />STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Deputy Clerk to the Board Kathy Baker and <br />Planners Mary Willis, Don Belk, Emily Cameron, Slade McCalip and Eddie Kirk. Other staff members present <br />will be identified in the minutes as appropriate. <br />A. OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR <br />Chair Crowther convened the meeting. He indicated that he would Chair item CA and that <br />Karen Barrows, Chair of the Planning Board would preside over the remainder of the items on the agenda. <br />After all of the items are heard, the Public Hearings will be closed, except for written comment. The floor was <br />open for comments from the Board of Commissioners and Chair of the Planning Board. Karen Barrows <br />mentioned that the Planning Board will meet on January 10th to discuss the issue of stub-outs and would very <br />much appreciate having 2 members of the Board of Commissioners attend. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis mentioned that he had just come from a Landfill Owners Group meeting <br />during which several concerns were voiced. Alderman Gist addressed concerns about the cancellation of the <br />November 20 Assembly of Governments meeting. Alderman Anderson felt that recent newspapers articles <br />reflected negatively on the Landfill staff. Finally, it was reported that wooden pallets would be diverted from <br />the landfill. <br />B. PUBLIC CHARGE <br />Chair Crowther dispensed with the reading of the Public Charge. <br />C. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS <br />1. Special Use Permit <br />Everyone who intended to speak on this item was asked to come forward to be sworn in. The <br />oath was given by Deputy Clerk Kathy Baker to Liz King, Eddie Kirk and Barry Jacobs. <br />Commissioner Crowther Chaired this item. <br />a) SUP(A)-4-97 Local Government Employees Credit Union <br />This item was presented by Eddie Kirk for the purpose of receiving citizen comment on a <br />Class A. Special Use Permit for the State Employees Credit Union. The property is located on the southwest <br />corner of Old Hillsborough-Chapel Hill Road and Oakdale Drive in Hillsborough township. It contains the two <br />corner lots which total 2.07 acres in size. This property is in the Economic Development Zoning District as <br />well as the property immediately south and the lot immediately west. The applicants are requesting a Class A <br />Special Use Permit to construct a 4,837 square foot building. The Orange County Economic Development