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resource acquisition program. This program is to be developed in the spring of 1999 and will involve <br />acquisition of priority areas of important natural resources, as well as lands for recreational and other <br />purposes. The Land Resources Conservation Manager position will report to Environment and Resource <br />Conservation Director David Stancil. <br />At the March 3, 1999 meeting, the Board considered this item and requested it be brought <br />back on March 16, 1999 for further consideration due to discussions as to the position's salary grade <br />assignment. The Salary Grade 73 level takes into account the high level of responsibility in an area new to <br />Orange County government. It is anticipated the applicant pool will be limited due to the targeting toward <br />candidates with specific qualifications. Funding for the new Land Resource Conservation Manager position <br />has been appropriated from the Board of Commissioners' Contingency Fund for 1998-1999, and estimated <br />costs for 1999 are approximately $15,000.00, and approximately $54,000.00 for fiscal year 1999-00. <br />The manager recommends that the board establish the new permanent, full-time Land <br />Resources Conservation Manager position effective March 17, 1999, and amend the Classification and Pay <br />Plan to add the new class of Land Resources Conservation Manager at Salary Grade 73. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, and seconded by Commissioner Brown to <br />establish a new Land Resources Conservation Manager position in the Environment and Resource <br />Conservation Department and to amend the Classification and Pay Plan to add the new class of Land <br />Resource Conservation Manager at Salary Grade 73. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />C. Advertisement for Joint Plannina Public Hearing April 14, 1999 <br />This agenda item is to consider the legal notice advertising the Joint Planning Area public <br />hearing scheduled for April 14, 1999, involving Orange County and the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. <br />Planning Director Craig Benedict introduced this item and gave an overview of the two (2) items on this <br />public hearing agenda. The following items are proposed for consideration at the April 14, 1999 public <br />hearing: <br />1. Amendment to the Joint Planning Agreement <br />This amendment is to authorize and create the Northern Area Advisory Committee by <br />providing for its existence, composition, duties, and responsibilities in the Joint Planning Agreement. This <br />agreement will implement a recommendation contained in the Facilitated Small Area Plan for Carrboro's <br />Northern Study Area. <br />2. Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan and Map Attachment <br />(a) JPA-1-99 American Stone Company <br />This will be the fourth in a series of public hearings, the first occurring on <br />October 10, 1991, the second on October 14, 1993, and the third on April 14, 1994. <br />American Stone Company proposes to amend the Joint Planning Area Land <br />Use Plan to designate 164.97 acres located in Bingham and Chapel Hill Townships on the north side <br />of NC Highway 54 as Extractive Use. The property is currently designated as Extractive Use, Resource <br />Protection, Public/Private Open Space, and Rural Residential on the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan <br />Map. <br />The property fronts the north side of NC Highway 54 for a distance of 1,840 <br />feet and extends along the west side of Bethel-Hickory Grove Church Road (SR 1104) for a distance of <br />3,600 feet, and along the east side of Bethel-Hickory Grove Church Road (SR 1104) for a distance of 2,920 <br />feet. The proposed area will incorporate three parcels and a portion of a fourth parcel: one (1) parcel <br />(identified by Parcel Identification Number 9759-63-9813) and part of a second parcel (PIN 9759-44-2780), <br />both owned by American Stone Company, one (1) parcel owned by Phillip O. and Alice Durham (PIN 9759- <br />54-4097 - existing location of the American Stone Quarry), and one (1) parcel owned by the Orange Water <br />and Sewer Authority (PIN 9759-62-1992). <br />This amendment requires the approval of the governing boards of Orange <br />County, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro. <br />3. Orange County Comprehensive Plan Amendment