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APPROVED MAY 18, 1999 <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />AND <br />CHAPEL HILL CARRBORO BOARD OF EDUCATION <br />NOVEMBER 10, 1998 <br />The Orange County Board of County Commissioners met for a joint work session with the <br />Chapel Hill Carrboro City School Board of Education on November 10, 1998 at 7:30 p.m. This <br />meeting was held in the Board of County Commissioners meeting room at the Southern Human <br />Services Center, Homestead Road, Chapel Hill. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Margaret Brown, and Commissioners Moses <br />Carey, Jr., Alice M. Gordon, and Steven Halkiotis. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Commissioner William L. Crowther <br />CHAPEL HILL CARRBORO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Nick Didow, <br />and members Roger Waldon, Ken Touw, Valerie Foushee, Elizabeth Carter, Bea Hughes-Werner <br />and Harvey Goldstein. <br />CHAPEL HILL CARRBORO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: None <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br />STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John Link, Jr., and Deputy Clerk to the Board Kathy <br />Baker. All other staff will be identified as necessary. <br />Chair Margaret Brown convened the meeting at 7:30 p.m. School Board Member Goldstein <br />presented the following item for discussion prior to the start of the regular agenda. <br />COUNTYWIDE INITIATIVE TO ELIMINATE ILLITERACY: Mr. Goldstein distributed a letter from <br />Orange County School Board member Rick Kennedy. A copy of this letter is in the permanent <br />agenda file in the Clerk's office. Mr. Kennedy's letter outlined his thoughts regarding a countywide <br />effort to eradicate illiteracy. After a brief discussion, those present endorsed this idea. County <br />Manager Link agreed to convene a meeting of local agencies, including the County, the Literacy <br />Council, both school systems, Smart Start and others. <br />CHAPEL HILL CARRBORO CITY SCHOOL - OPERATING AND CAPITAL ISSUES UPDATE: <br />Facilities: Chapel Hill School Board Chair Nick Didow thanked the Board of County Commissioners <br />for scheduling this opportunity to present an update on school issues. He said that tonight is an <br />opportunity to bring the County Commissioners and county staff up to speed about current projects <br />and to report on last year's activity. <br />Middle School site selection update Mr. Didow indicated that the School Board has most recently <br />indicated a preference for locating this school on the Homestead Road property within the Chapel Hill <br />jurisdiction. He discussed one site plan which would have the main building be located in Carrboro. <br />There is some concern regarding a designated minor stream which cuts across this property. In <br />discussions with the Town of Carrboro, they appear agreeable to supporting a request to designate <br />that area as a drainage problem which could be solved by drainage planning and not as a minor <br />stream. That would leave 18 acres of buildable area. This plan has a single story school, a parking <br />lot which would have access from Homestead Road and a second parking lot which would be used for <br />drop off, and parent /visitor traffic. The site would also accommodate several of the athletic fields